[WikiEN-l] Blog Entries (Bauer fork)

[John Lee]

On 3/27/07, Cary Bass <cbass at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> David Gerard wrote:
> > On 27/03/07, Cary Bass <cbass at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Blog entries are bad sources and BLP violations.
> >>
> >
> >
> > See, this is the sort of rule that if applied without thought leads to
> > occasional stupid results.
> >
> I'm sorry, David, you are right.  Let me rephrase that.  I've never seen
> a blog entry that was reliable enough to be used as source material.
> These blog entries do not meat WP:RS, and any material derived from them
> should be eliminated.
>
> Cary.
>

IMO, most blogs are unreliable for the same reason most personally published
sources are unreliable - any old crank can get his views published if he has
the moolah (or time to set up a blog).

But there are many blogs that can be cited. In Malaysia, for example, many
politicians blog. It seems silly to avoid quoting from their blogs in
articles where their views are relevant. Their blogs should be avoided as a
source for other things such as facts, but for their opinions, I don't see
how you can get any more reliable.

Johnleemk