If there's another source with the same info, we can cite that, but failing that, I agree with the other posters. If there's no better source, citing Amazon is perfectly acceptable.
On 3/19/07, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/19/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
So: should we link to a retailer's sales page as a reference for (trivial?) information? Does the presence of a "buy now" link in and of itself introduce a problem for the project?
Absolutely, if it's the most reliable source readily available, and IMO it doesn't introduce a problem for the project. Quite frequently sources for commercial products will be commercial sites; most software and many other products can be purchased from their producer's sites, for instance.
If one is going to cite a commercial website for such trivial but likely non-controversial information, and it can't be obtained directly "from the horse's mouth", Amazon is possibly one of the most reputable commercial sites for that info.
I'd also say that a worse-quality non-commercial source is not necessarily preferable. Given equal quality, I'd prefer the non-commercial source.
-Matt
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