From: Alphax <alphasigmax(a)gmail.com>
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JAY JG wrote:
> From: Alphax <alphasigmax(a)gmail.com>
>
> Delirium wrote:
> > Alphax wrote:
> >
> >> What about if the author has blogged about (some current event) that
> >> they witnessed or attended?
> >>
> >>
> > That still seems like a shaky source. That's basically saying, "some
> > guy on the internet claims he saw this happen". If I "blogged"
about
> > witnessing an event on my Wikipedia User page, could we cite that as
a
> > source?
> >
>
> What's the difference between a blog and any other page on the
internet?
Blogs have no editorial standards, no way of verifying that anything on
them is correct, true, relevant, notable, reliable, sane. Blogs are
only good as sources for articles about those specific blogs.
You still haven't answered my question: what's the difference between a
blog and ANY OTHER WEBSITE?
There's little difference between a blog and any other *personal* website.
There is a huge difference between a blog and the website of a respected
news source (e.g. New York Times, BBC), or the site of a publically traded
corporation, or that of a major non-profit organization, or of an
encyclopedia, or a government website, or a UN website, or etc.
All websites are not created equal.
Jay.