<<In a message dated 1/10/2009 11:53:17 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, toddmallen@gmail.com writes:

There is no question as to his expertise. The question is "Was his expertise important enough that someone who's -not him- fact checked and published what he had to say on this matter?" The answer appears to be "no". Self-published sources, even by experts, are not particularly reliable, nor do they in any way establish notability.>>

If a person is such an expert, that some third party *has previously* published his work in this subject area, *then* a blog by that same person in the same area can be considered a reliable source.

In our policy page discussion for example, we discussed the situation where a reporter blogs on a unfolding story. That we can cite it prior to its final published version (if any) was acceptable, since the reporter was already acknowledged to credibly construct their story.

Will Johnson

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