[WikiEN-l] Reliable sources

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_January_16#Able_and_Baker
Yet another deletion discussion where reliable sources are debated.
I totally agree that creators of fictional material are not a reliable
source for their own notability in 99.9% of the cases,
but I also believe that for uncontroversial information like character
information creators are a source far more superior than fansites (who
speculate) and newspaper articles and interviews (who can misunderstand and
misinterpret).

The same applies to blogs. They're generally not reliable, but when it's the
blog of a director, it's an excellent source for information about the movie
he's shooting.

I think people should spend more time on judging sources depending on what
they are supposed to back up rather than blindly apply a single
non-discriminant rule.

Mgm