Talk:Greg Williams (sportscaster)

message: Some of the sources being used here probably don't qualify as WP:RS since they're being used for negative information on a WP:BLP. I've posted this for comment at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Dallas_Observer_blog_on_BLP. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 05:06, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As a former resident of Dallas, the DO's blog is the definitive source on what is going on at The Ticket. They have inside sources that no one else does. Mr Which??? 05:12, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They may have sources no one else does, but that doesn't mean they fit WP:VER, WP:RS, and especially WP:BLP. My concern is how do we know that they're a reliable source? AliveFreeHappy (talk) 06:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Observer is a well-respected newspaper in the Dallas community. In some ways, since the corporatization of the DMN with the sale to Belo, it's a more respected (in the community) paper than that far more established daily. They do serious reportage and feature writing, and the blog is a subsidiary of the main paper, just as is the DMN's blog. Mr Which??? 06:47, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: With WP:BLP issues we have to differentiate between newpapers and their blogs, especially when the information from them is potentially defamatory. There is no way to know on the blog what the sources are, and therefore it fails WP:RS and the information should probably be removed. See also Wikipedia:Verifiability#Questionable_sources and from that same page further down The requirement to provide carefully selected qualitative sources for exceptional claims especially applies in the context of scientific or medical topics, historical events, politically charged issues, and biographies of living people (emphasis added) and Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Presumption_in_favor_of_privacy and especially Wikipedia:BLP#Remove_unsourced_or_poorly_sourced_contentious_material Editors should remove any contentious material about living persons that is unsourced, relies upon sources that do not meet standards specified in Wikipedia:Verifiability, or is a conjectural interpretation of a source AliveFreeHappy (talk) 01:57, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What has happened with Williams' career is an unquestioned, uncontroversial fact. He no longer works for the Ticket. I'm not sure if the DMN has reported on it yet, but I'll see if it can be sourced properly to a source such as that. Mr Which??? 17:50, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
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