In a message dated 11/29/2010 11:33:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, midom.li...@gmail.com writes:
> Hi! > > > Go on record, then I'll cite you. > > An email list is not a citable source, per our policy. > > Why would I care about your policy? Which policy is 'our' policy? Why does > it apply to anything here? > > > However a page on the server is citable. > > So put your reputation up for view, then you'll be citable :) > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-November/062730.html > > > Domas > It's isn't my policy, it's our policy. If you don't know to what I refer, then perhaps you can read up on it. As far as citing the archives of an email list, that is also not a citable source. If Foundation staff and supporters themselves, are *not prepared* to go on the record with their claims, then why should anyone trust anything they say on an email list? That is the very nature of *false authority*, the bane of our project. I must say, I'm quite surprised that some people here don't grasp this concept yet, after the projects being in existence for so many years now, almost a decade right? It is a fundamental principle, that we should be citing actual authorities, not false claims to authority. W _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l