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