By that logic, a book, which costs money to buy, would never be a "verifiable source" either.
We might *prefer* to cite free (gratis) accessible sources over others, all things being equal, but the fact that a source is behind a paywall does not negate verifiability. Newyorkbrad On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hoi, > Given that the WSJ is making a lot of noise about moving all its content > behind a paywall and is planning to remove its headlines from the "prying > eyes" of Google, I think it is appropriate to honour their wish and no > longer consider the WSJ as a verifiable source. It is appropriate because > it > is the direct consequence of their actions. > > When this means that the blogs are part and parcel of this wish, then we > should not try to circumvent this even when they write about us. > Thanks, > GerardM > > 2009/11/23 William Pietri <will...@scissor.com> > > > A reporter pal points out to me that the Wall Street Journal has a > > front page story on Wikipedia: "Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages". > > Alas, it's subscriber-only: > > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125893981183759969.html > > > > There's also a publicly viewable blog article "Is Wikipedia Too > > Unfriendly to Newbies?", and an interview with their reporters: > > > > > > > http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/23/is-wikipedia-too-unfriendly-to-newbies/ > > > > > http://online.wsj.com/video/news-hub-wikipedia-volunteers-quit/BB9E24E7-2A18-4762-A55E-4D9142975029.html > > > > I suspect it's nothing we haven't been talking about for a while, but if > > anybody with access has a chance to summarize the main points, I'd find > > that helpful in replying to the friends who will inevitably be asking > > about this. If not because of this article, then from the other > > reporters that I presume will be joining in shortly. > > > > William > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
