Phil Boswell wrote:
"Steve Block"
<steve.block(a)myrealbox.com> wrote in
message news:4402F3B8.8090100@myrealbox.com...
Are we suggesting any blogger is a
reputable expert on a given field?
Not necessarily, but we are in danger of declaring that an Expert with a
Blog is no longer to be considered an Expert.
Which croggles the mind...
HTH HAND
I don't intend any such thing. But given Burns' writing on webcomics is
online, it makes it hard to quantify the credentials of his asserted
claim to expertness. I have no problem with established experts having
blogs, as long as guidance at [[WP:RS]] is noted. I have a problem with
someone who is cited as an expert because they have a blog on a topic.
Burns falls between the two stools, having also written for Comixpedia,
an online magazine which whilst I am happy to entertain as a source
others have indicated a refusal to do so. I would not describe Burns as
an expert in the field anymore than I would describe Andrew Johnson of
ninth art an expert in the comics field. I would describe them as
advocates. Their position is in advocating their particular field of
interest to respectability.
Steve block
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