[WikiEN-l] Is Slate an attack site?

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

Fred Bauder wrote
 
> The problem is that the link to the speculations about SlimVirgin, seem simply added as an afterthought. Kinda of like spitting in soup right before you serve it. The link really doesn't add anything to the discussion about Google. I think the information could be found in a source that is not spoiled in that way.

Slate's purposes are not Wikipedia's purposes. This we should bear in mind, in discussing linking to any sites that are self-confessed journalism. 

I'm going to come down on the side of saying that the Slate page as link wouldn't be a great addition to an article on Google. It's not actually factual reporting, is it? It would be a lazy source for an article, if not actually tainted. However this is a long way from saying "don't link to Slate".

Charles

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