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Jan 11, 2012
Bishop Hill in Climate: MWP, Climate: Sceptics

Further to yesterday's post on Wikipedia's Soon and Baliunas article, do go and take a look at the talk page for the article, where the usual suspects are going through agonising contortions over why the allegation - that Chris de Freitas accepted an article that had been rejected by four peer reviewers - should stand, despite the retraction of that claim that Fred Pearce sent me.

Much of this seems to centre around whether I am a reliable source under Wiki rules. This is not a question that bothers me hugely, but I must say, I thought that as a published author in the area, I might carry some weight.

Perhaps more importantly though, given the damaging nature of the allegations for de Freitas's reputation, I would have wanted quite a lot of documentary evidence to support them. If there was even a hint that they were wrong, I would be erring on the side of caution. Each to their own, I suppose.

(As always with Wikipedia, please don't get involved - there are rules against canvassing for support).

Article originally appeared on (http://www.bishop-hill.net/).