[WikiEN-l] Bans and online/offline reputation (was Re: Follow-up on my Ban from Wikipedia (part 3))

[Thomas Dalton]

> If I wrote on my blog that you eat hobbits, my blog is a primary source for
> "Ken claims Mr. Dalton eats hobbits", but an unreliable self-published
> source for "Mr. Dalton actually does eat hobbits".  The former is an event
> that happened on my blog.  The latter is unreliable info about a living
> person.

Absolutely true.

> Most people who Google someone's name and come across a Wikipedia page about
> them will be using Wikipedia as a source in the latter, unreliable, way.

I'm sure I understand your point. People using sources badly isn't our
problem...