[WikiEN-l] Abuse of your services

Fri May 6 23:47:07 UTC 2005

slimvirgin at gmail.com stated for the record:

> The anonymous posters on Usenet are not published authors just because
> they post to Usenet. So yes, any editor who wanted to delete material
> sourced to Usenet would be well within their rights - except where
> it's being used as a primary source about itself.

Such deletion would clearly be against policy.  As 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NOR#What_counts_as_a_reputable_publication.3F 
states, "When dispute arises regarding whether a publication is 
reputable, you can attempt to get more editors involved and work toward 
a consensus."  Notice that it does not state that a single editor taking 
a hardline zero-tolerance stance can delete material simply because that 
single editor does not feel that it comes from a reputable source.

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