[WikiEN-l] original research, sources, and verification

[Robert Brookes]

--- JAY JG <jayjg at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> >What if I want to describe the British
> >National Party's official policy on asylum seekers?
>  Wouldn't the best way
> >to do that be to cite the official policy itself? 
> It isn't produced by a
> >reputable organisation, but it's pretty
> authoritative on official
> >published party policy.
> 
> That's not the issue.  Citing the National Party on
> it's own policy is 
> perfectly reasonable.  However, the real issues
> occur when people want to 
> cite webpages like this 
>
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/fake_invasion.htm
> on the 
> George Bush article:  to prove that George Bush
> "first started selling drugs 
> to our children. The drug money was used to finance
> the deep underground 
> alien bases."
> 

I agree to the extent that where one cites information
from say virusmyth.net one should clearly state that
the website presents opinion that questions the
"HIV-causes-AIDS" hypothesis. Such information is only
OK if it is in context and the source clearly stated
IMHO.

Robert 


	
		
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