[WikiEN-l] Re: So what do we do about this?

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Phil Boswell wrote:
> "Fastfission"  wrote:
> 
>>The key issue here is not the topic at hand but whether or not it is
>>verifiable. The main question here seems to be, "Do blogs count as 
>>sources?"
>>In certain rare cases they ought to be, but in general they are no better
>>than citing user pages on Wikipedia. If a blog can cite a source, then we
>>can find that source and cite it ourselves, I assume.
> 
> 
> If the article is not actually about a particular blog, you'd be on rather 
> shaky ground depending upon it as a "primary source".
> 

What about if the author has blogged about (some current event) that
they witnessed or attended?

(Yes, I know we're talking about political opinions and such, but I hope
you won't throw the baby out with the bathwater...)

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