[WikiEN-l] Another sourcing problem

[Ken Arromdee]

On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Bod Notbod wrote:
> Put the character on a comics Wikia with all the desired information
> and have Wikipedia link to it. Presumably a Wikia on comics can
> establish its own reliable sources list to allow comic fan journals

We'd then have Wikipedia linking to something that's an unreliable source by
Wikipedia standards.

> If your desire is to overturn a central plank of Wikipedia policy -
> verifiability - then it would probably be wise not to present a "joke
> comic character" and a "fan fiction" dispute as plausible grounds to
> do so.

It's not a "fan fiction" dispute in the sense that you imply.  It's about a
published author claiming that there was a fan fiction dispute and being able
to have only her side of the story on Wikipedia because the "fan fiction"
author cannot publish her side in a reliable source.

If you really think it's unimportant because it's about fan fiction, then
we shouldn't mention it at all.  That's no excuse to mention one side.