[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

Quoting Will Beback <will.beback.1 at gmail.com>:

> James Farrar wrote:
>> On 18/10/2007, Will Beback <will.beback.1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> To restate my proposal: "Self-published sites that are actively
>>> harassing Wikipedia editors should not be considered reliable sources or
>>> suitable external links for articles. "
>>>
>>
>> Does that give us anything beyond what we already have in [[WP:SPS]]?
>>
> [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources (online and paper)]]
> (AKA WP:SPS) prohibits most uses of self-published sources. It allows
> two exceptions: we may use the self-published material from
> previously-published individual who are recognized experts in the field
> (a contrversial addition) and we may use self-published sources in
> articles about the subjects themselves provided a number of criteria are
> met. My proposal would add another limitation to the existing exceptions.
>
> W.

I really don't think we're getting anywhere. It seems like no one is being
convinced in either direction. At minimum it seems clear that there's no
consensus for this or a similar proposal.