On 6/27/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
You keep alluding to other reliable sources, but I have yet to come across any. What are they?
eSorn, the sex offender list, the court records, Fox Toledo...
These are not encyclopedic sources. What I mean by that is not that they are unreliable and thus should not be used, since they are obviously accurate as sources go. What I mean is that they are not encyclopedic in the sense that they don't tell us anything about why a particular individual is worthy of an encyclopedia entry. They provide raw data, not information or context. By repeatedly citing the google search stats, you are (I assume) trying to justify the existence of a Brian Peppers article on the grounds that he is a noteworthy internet meme, so what is needed are reliable sources establishing that he is in fact a noteworthy internet meme, not sources that merely establish his existence as a person or a criminal sex offender. In short, a reliable source establishing why *this particular* person should have an article, as opposed to all the other essentially anonymous people on the sex offender list or in Ohio court records.