[WikiEN-l] BLP messiness

[The Cunctator]

On 7/11/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:


The Cunctator wrote:
> > On 7/11/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > For example, a lot of people get knowledge of things from
> television,
> > > > friends, parents, family, local newspapers, blogs, teachers, etc.,
> all
> > > > of which are unacceptable or difficult to reference.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe you only learn things from proper sources, but if so, you
> would
> > > > be the exception.
> > >
> > > I know plenty of things that I haven't got from reliable sources. I
> > > don't use that knowledge to write Wikipedia articles, though. Writing
> > > an article based on personal knowledge violates our policy of only
> > > using reliable sources.
>

> That is unreasonable, unenforceable, and not in any way what the policy
> states.
>
> It's perfectly reasonable and perfectly enforceable. Policy can, and
> should, change.


Maybe I'm just misunderstanding what you're writing, but how does one
discern between a contribution gleaned from non-reliable sources (but with a
reference) and a contribution gleaned from that reference?