[WikiEN-l] Illegal sources

[Fred Bauder]

This material has been used before in Wikipedia. Especially the  
Venona decrypts.

Fred

On Apr 7, 2006, at 8:25 AM, Andrew Gray wrote:

> On 07/04/06, Sam Korn <smoddy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/7/06, David Alexander Russell <webmaster at davidarussell.co.uk>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, the fact that you obtained the document yourself (e.g. by  
>>> siccing
>>> FOIA on the FBI) does not IMHO make it original research - any  
>>> more than
>>> going to the library and finding a book to read about the  
>>> subject, and
>>> then citing that book as a source.
>>>
>>
>> But... it doesn't pass WP:V because it has not been published in a
>> reliable source.
>>
>
> The FBI puts most of its released FOIA material online; much more is
> held by places like the National Security Archive and, again,
> accessible to the public. Wouldn't this class as publication by a
> reputable source?
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
>   andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
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