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Originally Posted by Nereid
There's also the small matter of your public position, iantresman.
If I am not mistaken, the Thunderbolts link in your sig includes, somewhere in the website, mention of an Ian Tresman as a Contributing Editor. So quoting a Thunderbolts page, even if there were links on that page to peer-reviewed papers, would still be (rather blatant?) promotion of ATM ideas, would it not?
Surely, as papageno has already pointed out, it would only be legitimate to post your own (ATM) ideas outside this ATM section if you had first published a paper (in a mainstream, peer-reviewed journal) containing those ideas?
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Indeed, I contribute to the Thunderbolts Web site, and it is my name on the pages. That it is displayed publicly allows readers to note conflicts of interest. I note Nereid that you 'hide' behind a pseudonym. We have no idea whether you have quoted your own material, and as such are unaccountable. A bit like peers in the peer-review process, but that's another issue. But I've never questioned your identity, or your credentials.
That I contribute to the Thunderbolt Web site is no indication of
what I contribute; my own pet theories? reporting the theories of others? reporting peer-reviewed theories?
So are we saying:
- News headlines may feature new theories that are not peer-reviewed.
- News headline comments on new theories must still be (a) "mainstream" (b) verifiable by peer-reviewed citation?
- News headline comments may not cite Peratt (or just the one paper mentioned by Nereid) because he (or is paper) is considered against the mainstream
- You can't refer readers to Web sites to which you contribute yourself, even if the Web site declares that oneself is a contributor, (unless you're an anonymous contributor to BAUT).
- You can't cite Web sites such as Thunderbolts because they are not considered "mainstream". How about Wikipedia?
I'm just trying to get a handle on what speculative comment are allowed, but are not "against the mainstream", since I have two official warnings against me, and I don't want to risk being banned.
Regards,
Ian Tresman