[WikiEN-l] News agencies are not RSs

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/6/30 Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net>:
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Andrew Turvey wrote:
>> I think the only way of responding to these kind of dilemmas is through office actions like this. Although Jimmy Wales was the main driver on this, it was largely implemented by admins - independent volunteers like the rest of us who no doubt would have kicked up a fuss if the case had been more problematic.
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>> As to whether it was a "reliable source", I've no doubt it was in the context - this was just the easiest excuse to hang the actions off.
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> It would have been much better if it was officially an office action.

Would it have worked as an office action, though? They aren't very discreet.