[WikiEN-l] pirate radio station as source (was: Zero0000 has blocked Lance6Wins)

[Phil Sandifer]

I don't think the small but hardcore following necessarily makes their 
views encyclopedic - consider the case of Lyndon LaRouche, which the 
arbcom has ruled ought not be mentioned in articles that do not 
directly pertain to LaRouche. So I would still lean towards this not 
being encyclopedic.

-Snowspinner

On Sep 22, 2004, at 3:20 PM, Delirium wrote:

> Poor, Edmund W wrote:
>
>> If a contributor's only source is a pirate radio station, then write 
>> an
>> article about the station. Then link all mentions of the station with 
>> [[
>> and ]] brackets, like this:
>>
>> * According to [[Pirates R Us]], the PLO leader smells of 
>> elderberries.
>>
> I agree, but I would also note that you don't have to mention what 
> everyone says on everything.  However, the main criterion should not 
> be objectivity (it's not our job to be media critic) but relevance.  
> If it's a pirate radio station with a shady reputation but a large 
> audience and large name-recognition, then what they say should be 
> noted and attributed to them (and people can decide if they're just 
> nuts).  If it's some random guy nobody knows about, we of course don't 
> have to say "but this guy said [blah blah]".
>
> In this case from what I can tell it's somewhat borderline.  It's a 
> station with a small but hardcore following, but it seems well known 
> in the general public because of the controversy surrounding it.  So 
> I'd lean towards reporting what they say (where reasonably relevant, 
> as given the media coverage I think this case is) and just attributing 
> it to them.  If other people have questioned the veracity of the 
> report, we can say that too.
>
> -Mark
>
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