[WikiEN-l] Nuke [[WP:CITE]] and [[WP:RS]]

[Ken Arromdee]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Phil Sandifer wrote:
> >   Think I made that article up?  People quite reasonably believe the
> > batarang deserves an article.  Extend that to Moon Knight's throwing
> > arrows, which I could quite happily add an article on the basis of  
> > West
> > Coast Avengers #18-24 or thereabouts.  The best stick we've got at the
> > moment to cut away at this is reliable sources.
> No. That's a crappy stick, because quite frankly, West Coast Avengers  
> #18-24 is a reliable source, and should remain a reliable source.  
> (Because otherwise we get into a whole host of other problems.  
> Primary source research like this is important.) The thing to tell  
> someone who wants an article on Moon Knight's throwing arrows is "No,  
> and stop being stupid." But we're doing a bad job of that, and so  
> we've contorted our sourcing policies to try to cover this, which is  
> a problem, because they do a very bad job of it.

I think you're otherwise right, but the correct thing to tell someone
who wants an article on Moon Knight's arrows is "that isn't notable."

Stretching WP:RS to encompass something that really should be under notability
is a bad idea.