[WikiEN-l] Wikimedia Foundation sued

[Matthew Brown]

On 3/25/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is one of those things that is obvious if you're in the SF field
> - i.e., the Nielsen-Haydens are highly respected editors, and their
> blog is not your average blog any more than Groklaw is.
>
> Just how far out of our way should we have to go to justify references
> to those ignorant of the field who still consider their proudly
> ignorant opinion is just as valid on AFD as that of someone who
> actually has half a clue what they're talking about?

On the other hand, it never hurts to make the notability of the source
clear - because some readers won't be in the field.  Often, on
WIkipedia, you don't have to do that much - a link would do most of
it.

-Matt