[WikiEN-l] Encyclopedia or Gossip Rag

[Fred Bauder]

> I came across this today in the English Wikipedia:
>
> "In 2011, it has been reported that [the subject] has been caught
> cheating
> on his wife with a 30 year old intern turned reporter."
>
> Is this worthy of a credible Encyclopedia or, if it needs reported at
> all,
> in a gossip tabloid rag?
>
> Marc Riddell

Depends on reliability of the source and notability. If the subject was
Barack Obama and the sources were The Washington Post, The New York
Times, AND The Wall Street Journal, the mere report would be
encyclopedic.

If the subject was Joe the Plumber and the source was perezhilton.com/, no.

Answering your specific question requires reference to the factual
situation, but, no, we are not a "gossip rag."

Fred