On 28 March 2011 12:38, Scott MacDonald <doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
"It fails our reliable source
requirement."-- geni
Wow. Geni that's truly the remark that encapsulates exactly what's wrong
with BLPs, and the irresponsible attitude of Wikipedia.
Since people can write anything there with zero fact checking its a
bit hard to see why you would want to use it as a source so much.
Nevermind our many biased articles, factual errors,
and stuff written from
"reliable sources" (aka tabloid sensationalist hatchet jobs), we can dismiss
the subject trying to set our record straight because it fails our
Scriptural requirement. That's Wikipedia's myopic fundamentalism taken to
its extreme.
The site is no different from someone's personal blog. I for one would
not be happy to encourage people to drop £1000 for a blog post but
perhaps you are.
Ever considered the requirements just might
occasionally be screwed?
Having dealt with some interesting BLP subjects over the years not
really. Now if someone were to start say the journal of BLP [[Citation
Needed]] with at least a nominal review process that would be a far
better approach and would have the advantage of not looking to sting
people for £1000.
--
geni