On Sat, 3 Dec 2011, Steve Summit wrote: >> Summary: Demi Moore, in a tweet but verified as being her, says that her own >> birth name is Demi. Wikipedians do not want to use this statement because >> the "reliable sources" say otherwise. > And, per that talk page, they've got some pretty darn good arguments.
Except for common sense. Common sense says that if someone tells you what their birth name is, you believe them, not something that's probably misinformation but which has been multiply repeated. Someone on BLPN is actually arguing that WP:IAR *doesn't allow you to ignore sourcing policy*. Of course it does. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l