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

[Philip Sandifer]

On Jan 10, 2009, at 2:52 PM, toddmallen wrote:

> 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.

"Self-published work is acceptable to use in some circumstances, with  
limitations. For example, material may sometimes be cited which is  
self-published by an established expert on the topic of the article,  
whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by  
reliable third-party publications"

Three points if you can guess what that's a quote from.

"Self-published," incidentally, only comes up in WP:N in terms of  
autobiography.

-Phil