[Foundation-l] WSJ on Wikipedia

[Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)]

By that logic, a book, which costs money to buy, would never be a
"verifiable source" either.

We might *prefer* to cite free (gratis) accessible sources over others, all
things being equal, but the fact that a source is behind a paywall does not
negate verifiability.

Newyorkbrad

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hoi,
> Given that the WSJ is making a lot of noise about moving all its content
> behind a paywall and is planning to remove its headlines from the "prying
> eyes" of Google, I think it is appropriate to honour their wish and no
> longer consider the WSJ as a verifiable source. It is appropriate because
> it
> is the direct consequence of their actions.
>
> When this means that the blogs are part and parcel of this wish, then we
> should not try to circumvent this even when they write about us.
> Thanks,
>     GerardM
>
> 2009/11/23 William Pietri <william at scissor.com>
>
> > A reporter pal points out to me that the  Wall Street Journal has a
> > front page story on Wikipedia: "Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages".
> > Alas, it's subscriber-only:
> >
> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125893981183759969.html
> >
> > There's also a publicly viewable blog article "Is Wikipedia Too
> > Unfriendly to Newbies?", and an interview with their reporters:
> >
> >
> >
> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/23/is-wikipedia-too-unfriendly-to-newbies/
> >
> >
> http://online.wsj.com/video/news-hub-wikipedia-volunteers-quit/BB9E24E7-2A18-4762-A55E-4D9142975029.html
> >
> > I suspect it's nothing we haven't been talking about for a while, but if
> > anybody with access has a chance to summarize the main points, I'd find
> > that helpful in replying to the friends who will inevitably be asking
> > about this. If not because of this article, then from the other
> > reporters that I presume will be joining in shortly.
> >
> > William
> >
> >
> >
> >
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