[WikiEN-l] Arbitration Committee Seeking Comment

Mon Jun 6 16:00:47 UTC 2005

Fred Bauder said:
> I think we are thinking about creating a committee to consider
> whether there is published authority for information, popular or
> unpopular. Beyond that it might consider the reputation and
> credibility of the source, but first it must pass the threshold of
> whether it exists at all. There is also the question of whether it is
> reasonably convenient to access it. For example, a NYT's article
> might cost 2 bucks but something that requires accessing Nexus or
> consulting an obscure journal is much more expensive.

Well the latter problem can usually be solved by someone with a library
subscription.  I'm loath to sanction anyone to rate the credibility of
sources; rather we should continue to treat all sources with great
circumspection.