[WikiEN-l] Invitation for review

[Risker]

2009/9/24 stevertigo stvrtg at gmail.com
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> The latest device is this notion that
> we can just sort of pick from "reliable" sources. I would prefer
> instead that we 'use sources reliably.'
>
> Well, that is not the same thing at all.

Using a _reliable source_ means that we depend on the source to be reliable;
the qualitative analysis is on whether or not the source can be reliable.
Using a _source reliably_ means that it doesn't matter the quality of the
source, as long as we use it in a consistent ("reliable") manner; the
qualitative analysis has nothing to do with the source itself, but in the
way that it is used on Wikipedia.

I sincerely hope that you aren't suggesting that the quality ("reliability")
of a source is unimportant compared to the consistency of the source's use
in Wikipedia.

Risker