Thomas Dalton wrote:
Real quick question: Is there any problem with using a foreign language WP Article as a source in the English language one? In this case it's birth & death dates.
Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Yes, there is definitely something wrong with that. What are you talking about?
I'm talking about respecting the work of other Wikipedians in other languages without supporting any systemic bias that English language work is in any way better.
We're always telling the public not to use Wikipedia as a source - that same rule applies to us for exactly the same reasons.
That's not the reason. Outsiders may use that as a reason; we shouldn't. Our reason is to discourage dependence on a single source; it is the same reason that we would use to discourage the use of _any_ encyclopedia as a source on anything other than a superficial level.
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