> "I'm sorry, but if I see somebody starting to source information from > such tabloids you mentioned, especially information on biographies of > living people regarding stuff that is not confirmed, there are going to > be problems with me."-MuZemike > > All well in theory, but have you looked? The Daily Mail, Sun and various > other tabloids are regularly used as sources on BLPs. The typical way of > getting round the reliability issue will be to use phrases likes "it was > reported in the popular press that...", on the pretext that that anything > tabloids report is notable by virtue of being reported in popular > newspapers > (regardless of whether the source is reliable or not wrt the facts). > After > all: "surely that The Sun has said x is notable, and The Sun is a > reliable > source regarding what The Sun has said." :( > > As has been said, Wikipedia has yet to define what it means by "reliable > source", and "notable source" is very easily substituted as a metric, > with > the small safeguard of attribution (sometimes). > > Scott
One is expected to use sound editorial judgment. Using British tabloids for a biography of a living person falls outside that remit. One is expected to have some familiarity with what is an appropriate source for the subject. Fred Bauder _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
