On 3/19/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote: Absolutely, if it's the most reliable source readily available, and IMO it doesn't introduce a problem for the project. Quite frequently sources for commercial products will be commercial sites; most software and many other products can be purchased from their producer's sites, for instance. If one is going to cite a commercial website for such trivial but likely non-controversial information, and it can't be obtained directly "from the horse's mouth", Amazon is possibly one of the most reputable commercial sites for that info. I'd also say that a worse-quality non-commercial source is not necessarily preferable. Given equal quality, I'd prefer the non-commercial source. -Matt _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Turns out that there are three other sources... with *different* info. Amazon disagrees with all other sources. Rather dents the credibility of Amazon sales pages as a source, in my view.

Yes. And no it's not worth citing all of them because frankly it's the VHS release date of a film, and *nobody cares*.

Turns out that there are three other sources... with *different* info. Amazon disagrees with all other sources. Rather dents the credibility of Amazon sales pages as a source, in my view.