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It depends on the context. Was this a citation on the Tarsnap article? If so you just saying something publicly is a good a source as any, it doesn't matter tha
by avar 10y ago
It depends on the context. Was this a citation on the Tarsnap article? If so you just saying something publicly is a good a source as any, it doesn't matter that the publishing platform is Twitter or the New York Times.
Actually Twitter can be a much better source than an accredited newspaper, because in this case it would be coming directly from you, and you wouldn't need to worry that perhaps the source was being paraphrased, or the context wasn't what they intended.
- r0muald 10y agoThat's not how Wikipedia works. You are not a reliable source about yourself, be it social media, blogs, company websites.
- pwdisswordfish 10y agoPolicy says otherwise, and this particular one doesn't seem to be ignored. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_and_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-p... The general bias seems to be in favour of treating sources as acceptable, unless there are reasons not to; though that may be just a matter of enforcement.