On 30/03/2008, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
However, Joe Strapac is a respected author on these subjects, with a large list of published works on this exact subject matter. This makes him a noted authority. The fact is that on such subjects he is very likely to be correct, and he has a lot of professional and personal reputation riding on the quality of his research. Sources must be evaluated individually.
For example, I recall Kim Bruning pointing out that an AFD in which Patrick Nielsen Hayden commented on a subject therefore counted as a Reliable Source as to someone's notability, insofar as it was inarguably PNH so commenting ;-)
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