On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 04:19:47 -0500, "John Lee" johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
Wait, we have a rule saying only English sources are acceptable now? Or do you just mean that an article should never rely on non-English sources alone?
I don't think it's unreasonable that on the *English* Wikipedia, the English-speaking community should be able to verify at least the core facts.
But you miss the point: the sources are not significant *even in their own language*. The entire country has a smaller population than my town. Is there a big newspaper culture there? Have the press played a significant cultural role, as they did in some periods of Apartheid South Africa? Is this paper run by the local equivalent of Donald Woods? Do the population mostly read papers from Guyana or Brazil?
And can this article ever hope to e anything other than a one-line directory entry? Do sources exist to expand beyond that?
I did do a Google search for English-language coverage and all I could find that was usable was this: http://www.freemedia.at/cms/ipi/freedom_detail.html?country=/KW0001/KW0002/K...
That says more about the publisher of De West. But perhaps there is a story to tell here? If you read Dutch I'm sure you can make something of it.
Guy (JzG)