The wording of the policy is ambigous, and many believe that foreign-language sources are not allowed.
2007/8/12, Delirium delirium@hackish.org:
J.L.W.S. The Special One wrote:
I agree about systemic bias caused by requiring that sources be in
English
(or whatever language the Wikipedia is in).
I'm pretty sure there isn't any such requirement. Now if it's a subject on which tons of information *is* available in English, gratuitously referencing non-English material is frowned on, but on more obscure subjects non-English references are perfectly fine. I've written dozens of articles myself that reference non-English books and encyclopedias, and nobody's ever complained about that, so I'd be surprised if it were against some sort of policy.
-Mark
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