[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia as a primary source

[Anthony]

On 3/13/07, Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Slim Virgin wrote:
> > The policy on sources, WP:ATT, allows self-published sources to be
> > used in biographies of living persons. This means we can use the
> > subject's personal website or blog, so if someone wants to address an
> > issue in their Wikipedia article, they only have to publish it
> > themselves on their blog first, which anyone can set up at no cost.
>
> Setting up a blog can be quite a hassle, especially for a non-techie, even
> if he doesn't have to pay to get it.  Basically, "if you want this fixed,
> set up a blog" is a big hoop you're making people jump through in order to
> fix something that they probably didn't even want in the first place.
>
We could always set up the blog for them.  Or we could set up a wiki
which allows original research, and which can be referenced from
Wikipedia.

Anthony