2009/9/9 Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net>: > Well, you see, with respect to news of the Taliban's doings, they > probably are much more reliable then other media. They did talk to a > Taliban regional commander and got the story.
Iran and the Taliban don't exactly get on so unlikely they would just repeat a taliban story. It's fairly clear that the story wasn't really secret within Afghanistan. >I'm sure the CIA took their > information seriously. I'm sure they already knew if they felt they needed to. > It is a fiction that they are not reliable as it > is a fiction that a Taliban commander is a not lot more trustworthy than, > say, the President of Afghanistan. Nah they are probably about level. >However, we need not be so clever as > all that. We can play dumb, and should. And users who come upon this > information can chose to play along, or not. At some point, a reasonably > perceptive person will realize that the information is hot, and > inappropriate for inclusion in Wikipedia. Except there were other sources. > Let's suppose you have in your possession exact detailed plans for a > small H-bomb. Would you think you could simply put it into Wikipedia? Depends where I got it from. -- geni _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l