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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by pg on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @09:33PM (#288722)
reliable sources (blogs don't count)

Aren't there reliable blogs?

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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by rms on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @09:41PM (#288729)
They're good for adding more information but bad for establishing notability (as per Wiki policy) because their reliability is contentious.

So yes, there are reliable blogs, but a post from Scoble and no mainstream media hits won't save an article from the deletionists.

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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by cstejerean on Thursday August 28, 2008 @11:19AM (#289191)
I don't get Wikipedia at times. How is this article notable?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_in_Miami_Vice

(I have use the wikipedia random page as my homepage)

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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by pb30 on Thursday August 28, 2008 @11:59AM (#289229)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion...
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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by DanielBMarkham on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @09:38PM (#288727)
But no commonly accepted way to validate their reliability
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Re:Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia ... by rsheridan6 on Thursday August 28, 2008 @10:34AM (#289145)
As if newspapers and books are reliable. I'd trust a comment at this website about YC by a YC applicant over a Business Week article.
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