Re: Wikipedia:Verifiability - Mailing lists as sources

Though it must be noted that not every open wiki has such rigorous
administration as Pedia. That much you must give them credit for.

Eugene

On 26/02/2008, Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> wrote:
> Hallo!
>
>
>  On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:25:24 -0800, Sai Emrys wrote:
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>  > Referring specifically to CONLANG..
>  >
>  >
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Verifiability#Mailing_lists_as_sources
>  >
>  > Y'all might be interested in the discussion.
>
>
> Hmmm - I don't really know what to say about this.
>
>  On one hand, it is good that the Wikipedians are concerned about
>  the quality of their articles and thus are worried about the
>  reliability of the sources.  On the other hand, I somehow feel
>  this goes a bit out of hand.  To my taste, there is too much
>  deletionism in fashion.  And it is a bit self-contradictory to
>  forbid references to open wikis if your own project itself is
>  an open wiki, isn't it?
>
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