On 6/27/07, Anthony <wikimail(a)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.