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No original research please
by Rebelgecko 5mo ago
No original research please
- pngwen 5mo agoAh, but we could cite Cliff's Facebook page as evidence that he is disputing the reports of his own death. That's at least strong enough to put his earthly existence in the "debatable" column.
- shakna 5mo agoFacebook is an unreliable source, and should not be cited.
- amiga386 5mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SELFSOURCE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SELFSOURCE > Self-published or questionable sources may be used as sources of information about themselves Clifford Stoll's own Facebook page saying he's not dead can be cited on Wikipedia, even if Facebook itself (or Clifford's non-expert opinions) are unreliable
- tptacek 5mo agoYou laugh, but it's a real problem. In this case: a WP claim that Stoll was dead would quickly fall to the lack of reliable sources indicating his death; naturally, there's a WP policy for this.