G'day Steven,
After reading all of this, I only have one question
left...is the Register
ever considered a reliable source per WP:Notability? Is there some way we
can list it as being unsuitable for referencing?
/The Register/ is a tabloid. It's trashy, chatty, often interesting[0],
sometimes relevant, frequently inaccurate. So is /The Daily Telegraph/.
So is /The New York Post/. So is /The Daily Mail/.
For our purposes, the only major difference between /The Register/ and,
say, /The Herald Sun/ is that the Reg had the temerity to make mistakes
in an article about Wikipedia[1], instead of in every other article.
I wouldn't trust it, but then I wouldn't trust most tabloids. And there
are those who say the same about Wikipedia. Takes all kinds.
[0] "I only read it for the BOFH."
[1] Oh, and it publishes Andrew Orlowski. Hmm, there's a point.
--
Mark Gallagher
"'Yes, sir,' said Jeeves in a low, cold voice, as if he had been bitten
in the leg by a personal friend."
- P G Wodehouse, /Carry On, Jeeves/