On 03/07/07, Gwern Branwen gwern0@gmail.com wrote:
That is precisely the issue with [[Essjay controversy]]: WR may not be a RS about anything else in the world - but is it a reliable source about what happens on WR? More generally, is any site with user-generated content a RS about what happens on that selfsame site? Obviously some people don't think the answer is yes.
Well, not really. It was edited greatly after the attempt to get Phil Sandifer in trouble with the police so as to cover their trail.
- d.