[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[K P]

On 10/17/07, Will Beback <will.beback.1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
But we're not linking to it as a reference.  KP