[WikiEN-l] iCorrect

[Sarah]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 05:38, Scott MacDonald
<doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "It fails our reliable source requirement."-- geni
>
> Wow. Geni that's truly the remark that encapsulates exactly what's wrong
> with BLPs, and the irresponsible attitude of Wikipedia.
>
> Nevermind our many biased articles, factual errors, and stuff written from
> "reliable sources" (aka tabloid sensationalist hatchet jobs), we can dismiss
> the subject trying to set our record straight because it fails our
> Scriptural requirement. That's Wikipedia's myopic fundamentalism taken to
> its extreme.
>
> Ever considered the requirements just might occasionally be screwed?
>
The requirements are good if people apply them properly.
Self-published material by living persons is allowed in their bios, so
long as -- we know they wrote it; it's not unduly self-serving; and
they're talking about themselves, not others. See [[WP:SPS]] and
[[WP:BLPSPS]].