[WikiEN-l] MUD history dissolving into the waters of time

[WJhonson at aol.com]

<<In a message dated 1/10/2009 11:53:17 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
toddmallen at gmail.com writes:

There is  no question as to his expertise. The question is "Was his
expertise  important enough that someone who's -not him- fact checked
and published  what he had to say on this matter?" The answer appears
to be "no".  Self-published sources, even by experts, are not
particularly reliable, nor  do they in any way establish notability.>>
 
If a person is such an expert, that some third party *has previously*  
published his work in this subject area, *then* a blog by that same person in  the 
same area can be considered a reliable source.
 
In our policy page discussion for example, we discussed the situation where  
a reporter blogs on a unfolding story.  That we can cite it prior to its  
final published version (if any) was acceptable, since the reporter was already  
acknowledged to credibly construct their story.
 
Will Johnson
 


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