Which is why any correspondence we use is footnoted as
such, and filed
with the Foundation. You don't have to know the background to be able
to tell that when we have a footnote saying "correction from subject,
filed at X", there is probably a reason why it doesn't correspond to
the public record...
But then, the source the actually WMF, and WMF is not a reliable
source. Why should anyone trust some random person on OTRS to have
correctly interpreted the email and copied the information across
without making any typos, etc? The whole point of citing sources is so
readers can go and check for themselves to confirm it's right - citing
a private source is pretty much useless because it's really just
saying "I know I'm right, just trust me on it." Just because I'm the
foundation doesn't make me trustworthy.