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Note that the HuffPost article is a blog, written by a "contributor", not a staff member. For contributors', HuffPost says
"Editorially, bar typos, house style or legal issues, we will not edit your argument or point." Looking at various discussions at
WP:RSN's archive, there seems to be a firm consensus that "contributor" articles to Forbes or HuffPost aren't reliable sources, unless the writer is themselves a journalist, expert, or some otherwise independently notable person. There was an RFC about explicitly adding language to
Wikipedia:Verifiability to note that these "contributor" blogs were not reliable sources, at least for BLPs or contentious claims. I don't have an opinion about whether we should have an article about BlackHatWorld, but right now none of the sources we currently present seem to me to meet the "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" requirement of
WP:GNG. --
Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 17:54, 31 March 2020 (UTC)reply
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Internet, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the
Internet on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.InternetWikipedia:WikiProject InternetTemplate:WikiProject InternetInternet articles
Note that the HuffPost article is a blog, written by a "contributor", not a staff member. For contributors', HuffPost says
"Editorially, bar typos, house style or legal issues, we will not edit your argument or point." Looking at various discussions at
WP:RSN's archive, there seems to be a firm consensus that "contributor" articles to Forbes or HuffPost aren't reliable sources, unless the writer is themselves a journalist, expert, or some otherwise independently notable person. There was an RFC about explicitly adding language to
Wikipedia:Verifiability to note that these "contributor" blogs were not reliable sources, at least for BLPs or contentious claims. I don't have an opinion about whether we should have an article about BlackHatWorld, but right now none of the sources we currently present seem to me to meet the "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" requirement of
WP:GNG. --
Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 17:54, 31 March 2020 (UTC)reply