[WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

[geni]

2009/9/9 Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net>:
> Well, you see, with respect to news of the Taliban's doings, they
> probably are much more reliable then other media. They did talk to a
> Taliban regional commander and got the story.

Iran and the Taliban don't exactly get on so unlikely they would just
repeat a taliban story. It's fairly clear that the story wasn't really
secret within Afghanistan.

>I'm sure the CIA took their
> information seriously.

I'm sure they already knew if they felt they needed to.

> It is a fiction that they are not reliable as it
> is a fiction that a Taliban commander is a not lot more trustworthy than,
> say, the President of Afghanistan.

Nah they are probably about level.

>However, we need not be so clever as
> all that. We can play dumb, and should. And users who come upon this
> information can chose to play along, or not. At some point, a reasonably
> perceptive person will realize that the information is hot, and
> inappropriate for inclusion in Wikipedia.

Except there were other sources.

> Let's suppose you have in your possession exact detailed plans for a
> small H-bomb. Would you think you could simply put it into Wikipedia?

Depends where I got it from.

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geni