[WikiEN-l] Abuse of your services

[Delirium]

slimvirgin at gmail.com wrote:

>I think the point here is that WP policy states that we must used only
>reputable or credible published sources as secondary sources, and
>Usenet doesn't count as that. It can be used as primary-source
>material for information about itself, but it can't be used as a
>secondary source of information about someone else, especially not
>when we're using a person's real name (unlike the case of Sollog).
>  
>
But the article, [[Alt.usenet.kooks]], *is* about UseNet, so of course 
it is relevant to use UseNet in that case as a primary source for 
information about itself.  The article simple states the verifiable fact 
that this usegroup has given out "Kook of the Year" awards to several 
people.

-Mark