On 30/03/2008, Matthew Brown <morven(a)gmail.com> wrote:
However, Joe Strapac is a respected author on these
subjects, with a
large list of published works on this exact subject matter. This
makes him a noted authority. The fact is that on such subjects he is
very likely to be correct, and he has a lot of professional and
personal reputation riding on the quality of his research.
Sources must be evaluated individually.
For example, I recall Kim Bruning pointing out that an AFD in which
Patrick Nielsen Hayden commented on a subject therefore counted as a
Reliable Source as to someone's notability, insofar as it was
inarguably PNH so commenting ;-)
- d.