[WikiEN-l] blogs vs websites - (was Bauer DRV question - history)

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

Policy requires possibly defamation to be properly sourced. If she was
convicted and the source was a news article, there wouldn't be any problem
even though we wouldn't have any of the evidence to judge for ourselves. So,
how come SFWA material is deemed unreliable?

Mgm


On 3/27/07, charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com>
wrote:
>
> "James Farrar" wrote
> x
> > On 27/03/07, charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
> > <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > > "Denny Colt" wrote
> > >
> > > > I am wondering why the 'blog' aspect itself has this dirty Scarlet
> Letter
> > > > connotation...
> > >
> > > If you want to use a blog as a source, the burden of proof lies with
> you to substantiate its reliability. The low barriers to access for blogging
> mean this is the only sane approach.
>
> > OK, fine; that seems reasonable. It's no excuse for a speedy deletion
> > in the current case, though.
>
> Disagree. Articles on living people containing statements likely to damage
> their way of making a living have to get across some high hurdles. Anything
> apparently defamatory hardly needs an 'excuse' for zapping. We have a policy
> on this, which insists on reliable sources. We also discourage the
> importation into Wikipedia of quarrels from the rest of the Internet (a
> growing problem). We also discourage under teh heading of 'conflict of
> interest' various kinds of campaigning; and a recent Arbitration shows that
> this type of reasoning is likely to be used on material from 'activist'
> websites. So, even setting aside the issue of whether the blog references in
> question can be made to stand up, deleting the article (pro tem) is not
> something I'd want to criticise. Getting potential defamation off the live
> part of the site gives one a chance to go more properly into the issue.
> Articles can be restored, you know.
>
> Charles
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