On 3/27/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
Same in academic papers, I believe: you can cite a personal communication, but it is deprecated and should only really be used as corroboration of facts otherwise known or inferred. Guy (JzG)
Right, and the reason it's acceptable in academic papers is that the author is known, which is not the case with most Wikipedia editors.
Sarah