== Ping! Mediation question == 

 The question was posed by Equazcion in this section. where he asks: "This is an example of a common point of contention in this dispute: Whether not only publications, but author credentials as well, should be researched and subjected to some validation standard first. I've never heard of this requirement. But since this is one of the arguments that never gets anywhere, the mediator's input would now be helpful before this turns ugly yet again. Equazcion (talk) " 

 and I then replied and asked: "I think we need a clarification from the mediator on this point. Does the Author and their expertise have any bearing on the source being "relaible' for use on Wikipedia. I see this as a non issue myself as we have already established that much as a framework for determining what is RS as established within policy.Amadscientist (talk) "