User talk:Jonblast

Dude, I get in trouble sometimes for spamming on casey's page, but im trying to source everything. His blog doesnt really count as a source, as I learned.

Im sourcing as best I can...unless you can add sources, uh, i reverted your edit--Jerichohill817 23:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not trying to spam it his entry - if i wanted to spam it, i'd do it. I'm actually trying to undo the whitewashing that Nigel seems to be hell bent on.

So the primary source of all his information and admissions, which is his personal blog, is not a good place to cite, despite the fact that it's already been cited multiple times? That makes sense!


 * No, it's not an acceptable source for Wikipedia; the standards are higher for sourcing negative information in a biography of a living person. Personal blogs, and even google/technorati caches, are in general are not regarded as good sources, because there's no fact-checking and it's very easy for the blog owner to change and delete entries after the fact.  In Serin's case it's even more problematic, because he's not always 100% truthful in his posts.  Whenever he puts up something like his April Fool's Day joke about buying gold mining stocks, or his assertion that he "paid off" a loan (instead of simply refinancing it), readers run like dogs to report it as fact in his article.  Then he recants later, and the article appears even more poorly researched.  WP:ATTR, WP:RS, and WP:BLP contain information about reliable sources that you can use for this article. Saranary 16:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)