[WikiEN-l] Coordination on Secret/private lists

[Matthew Brown]

On Dec 10, 2007 11:42 AM, Relata Refero <refero.relata at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jayjg wrote:
> > We all did? Odd; I didn't get that impression from the article in The
> > Register. Perhaps it's not a reliable source, though, what do you
> > think?
> >
> It is a reliable source. Reliable sources are sometimes mistaken.
> Experienced editors know that. Verifiability, not truth.

I think you're rather mistaken about reliable sources.  The Register
has a long-standing and deserved reputation of printing whatever it
thinks it can get away with that's controversial, to increase their
traffic.  I don't think that's the definition of 'reliable'.

It's the equivalent of sourcing things to a celebrity gossip rag.  We
generally don't accept those as sources either.

-Matt