Work done by professionals of a field that is not directly related to the field itself does not reflect on the field as a whole.
User talk:Tcaudilllg/Esoterism in Academics
This proposal prohibits collusion between Wikipedia users and "rouge" professionals who are attempting to mislead the public about the nature of their field. As it stands, a user can cite pseudo-reliable sources -- meaning sources that are reliable by Wikipedia's guidelines, but not reliable for their content -- as a means of POV pushing. Admins are powerless before this behavior because 1) the user can always assert good faith, and 2) Wikipedia has no policy on sources that are pseudo-reliable. The use of these sources for purposes of misleading the public is damaging to the integrity of Wikipeida, and must be stopped. Tcaudilllg ( talk) 17:43, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Work done by professionals of a field that is not directly related to the field itself does not reflect on the field as a whole.
User talk:Tcaudilllg/Esoterism in Academics
This proposal prohibits collusion between Wikipedia users and "rouge" professionals who are attempting to mislead the public about the nature of their field. As it stands, a user can cite pseudo-reliable sources -- meaning sources that are reliable by Wikipedia's guidelines, but not reliable for their content -- as a means of POV pushing. Admins are powerless before this behavior because 1) the user can always assert good faith, and 2) Wikipedia has no policy on sources that are pseudo-reliable. The use of these sources for purposes of misleading the public is damaging to the integrity of Wikipeida, and must be stopped. Tcaudilllg ( talk) 17:43, 22 October 2009 (UTC)