[WikiEN-l] Notability in Wikipedia

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/28/2009 1:15:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
saintonge at telus.net writes:

They're  not unreliable either.  I prefer to site my sources as precisely 
as  possible, and trust the reader to decide the reliability of those 
sources  for himself.  Dictating to a reader that only our preferred 
sources  are reliable is outright arrogance.>>
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Yes we are arrogent in assuming that we editors can use judgement.
That is what we're called to do in this project.  Not go willy-nilly  
helter-skelter about, but to use judgement and discernment, to weed out those  
sources that should be used, from those that should not.
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In a message dated 4/28/2009 1:15:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
saintonge at telus.net writes:

Why  narrow the discussion to websites?  The same arguments on both sites  
can be applied to printed material. What do you mean by "authorial  
prominence"?  Failure to name the authors is not fatal.   Pseudonymous 
and anonymous articles are very common in magazines  throughout the lat 
three centuries.  That is not sufficient reason to  jump to the 
conclusion that they are unreliable.>>
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I am solely speaking of websites here, but anonymous contributions to  
magazines are also quite suspect.  Without knowing who the speaker is, we  
cannot determine their reliability except by using sources that make it  
unnecessary to use the first party, in the first place.
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In a message dated 4/28/2009 1:15:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
saintonge at telus.net writes:
Of course notability is not a matter of  numbers.  The obsession of 
gutter journalist Nancy Grace on CNN with  the child murder of Caley 
Anthony and the reporting of such events by other  programs does not make 
that child notable.  Who determines when a  source is reliable?>>
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We do.  The community as a whole.  When in doubt, you ask at  the Reliable 
Sources Noticeboard.
 
Will Johnson
 
 
 





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