[WikiEN-l] Pakistani politicians and systemic bias

[Ray Saintonge]

John Lee wrote:
> On Nov 9, 2007 4:14 AM, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
>   
>> We now have two independent sources, I see - one is 404 and the
>> other looks like a passing mention in a gazetteer.  Obviously since
>> you know so much about the subject, you'll find it trivially easy to
>> find some independent analysis of the subject and add it to the
>> article.  I look forward to seeing that.  Or is it really too much
>> to ask that the English Wikipedia actually provide some usable
>> English sources to back up an article?
>>     
> Wait, we have a rule saying only English sources are acceptable now? Or do
> you just mean that an article should never rely on non-English sources
> alone?
Let's hope we have not become so chauvinistic.  For a lot of foreign 
subjects the only credible and comprehensive information is in the 
language of that country.  Disallowing that would promote systemic bias.

Ec