Wikipedia:WikiProject IRC/Sources
This page discusses the establishment of reliability of sources to be used in articles related to IRC.
irc-junkie.org
As noted by User:Tothwolf (found the book references & created full citations) and User:Lexein (verified, added url= params), http://irc-junkie.org has been used, listed, or recommended as a source in 4 independent books about computing and the Internet; these suggest its reliability for use as a Wikipedia source about IRC. The following is a distillation and merge of comments as of this edit of Talk:Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients#Article blanking and "sources":
- Shelly, Gary B.; Cashman, Thomas J.; Napier, H. Albert; Judd, Philip J. (April 11, 2007). "Real-time Online Communications". Discovering the Internet: Complete Concepts and Techniques (2nd ed.). Cengage Learning. pp. 223–224. ISBN 1-4188-5990-7.
You can learn more about IRC clients, networks, and channels at sites such as IRC-Junkie.org, New2chat.com, and IRCHelp.org.
(College textbook) - Kshetri, Nir (May 19, 2010). "Concluding Comments". The Global Cybercrime Industry: Economic, Institutional and Strategic Perspectives (1st ed.). Springer. p. 159. ISBN 3-642-11521-7.
[long quote of irc-junkie.org] and See "Help! I am being DoS'ed" at http://www.irc-junkie.org/content/a-DoS.php
{{cite book}}: External link in|quote= - Padula, Marco; Reggiori, Amanda (February 4, 2010). "Riferimenti webliografici". Fondamenti di informatica per la progettazione multimediale. Dai linguaggi formali all'inclusione digitale (in Italian). Franco Angeli. p. 182. ISBN 88-464-7893-2.
"IRC Junkie - IRC news", http://www.irc-junkie.org/.
{{cite book}}: External link in|quote= - Pranz, Sebastian (January 27, 2009). "Direkte Schrift-Kommunikation". Theatralität digitaler Medien: Eine wissenssoziologische Betrachtung medialisierten Alltagshandelns (in German) (1st ed.). VS Verlag. p. 128. ISBN 3-531-16243-8.
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The Shelly and Ksherti reliable sources provide the best support for the existence of expertise at irc.junkie.org, though they are not scholarly works commending other scholarly works. In fact, irc-junkie.org is according to Wikipedia WP:RS not reliable, but its expertise is supported. This is a conflict between policy, and our encyclopaedic goals. Invoking WP:IAR, I assert that irc.junkie.org is reliable, if carefully used in limited support of claims about IRC. --Lexein (talk) 00:43, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
schlitt.info
About "Tool of the year: ii (irc it)" - Tobias Schlitt, schlitt.info, 27 November 2008, here are citations of Schlitt's work in two books:
- Andi Gutmans, Stig Saether Bakken, Derick Rethans (2005) PHP 5 aus erster Hand. Addison Wesley Verlag. p. 662. ISBN: 978-3827322418 (DE). English tr.:"PEAR - License: PHP - By Tobias Schlitt (lead) Net_FTP provides an OO interface to the FTP functions of PHP and some accessories.")
- Bruno Pedro, Vitor Rodrigues(2007) PHP and Smarty on Large-Scale Web Development. O'Reilly Books Shortcuts. p. 9. ISBN:978-0-596-55771-3 "There are many sources of documentation about installing your own PEAR channel, but we recommend Tobias Schlitt's excellent tutorial, available at his blog, tinyurl.com/2doqj4."
These two reliable sources support Schlitt's software expertise, though they are not scholarly works commending other scholarly works. In fact, schlitt.info is according to Wikipedia WP:RS not reliable, but its expertise is supported. This is a conflict between policy, and our encyclopaedic goals. Invoking WP:IAR, I say schlitt.info is reliable, if carefully used in limited support of claims about software. --Lexein (talk) 05:02, 12 May 2011 (UTC)