In a message dated 3/23/2008 2:30:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bobolozo@yahoo.com writes:
My question is, is it a good idea to simply go through and remove large numbers of these? Are we better off with no sources at all for portions of text, rather than have references which consist of message board postings and personal websites and such?>>
----------------------- It's a common misconception of our RS guideline/policy that "personal websites" are verbotem. Actually we don't say that. There are exceptions. While it's true that *many* or perhaps *most* personal websites are not to be used, it's not true that they all are.
My second point would be, if the existing link gives evidence pointing toward other more reliable sources such as "... as he stated in a New York Times article..." then removing the link removes information that we could use to improve the article. That is, the link could be changed to say "New york times blah blah blah as reported by *this site*"
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