[WikiEN-l] Reliable sources for deaths

[Gwern Branwen]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Wylie
>
> My source for the death is a tweet.
>
> It is a tweet from the official Bletchley Park feed, so I think it's
> reliable enough ... but I've asked them for more, and a photo if they
> can :-)
>
> Remember: "reliable sources" is a guideline and requires the
> application of good sense.
>
>
> - d.

Here's what I wonder: how do we apply WP:V to *tweets* in a few decades?

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gwern