Talk:Suzuki MR Wagon

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An entry from Suzuki MR Wagon appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on February 1, 2007.

[edit] Unreliable blog source

I removed the blog link[1] and replaced it with an official Tokyo Motor Show link as the blog source[2] appears to clearly fail WP:V (see also Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Self-published_sources_as_secondary_sources). Personal blogs as secondary sources are generally unacceptable on Wikipedia. My change was reverted by another editor who claims the blog is a reliable source - please can they clarify why it they think it is so. If there is information missing from the Tokyo Motor Show link I provided, I'm sure there are many reliable sources with that info (unless it is wrong - we can't trust personal blog sites for information like this). Tell me what the missing details are and I will locate other reliable sources. But we can't have personal blog links like this Bwithh 20:54, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, PaulTan's blog might be "personal" in essence, but I've found it a highly reliable English-language source on the Asian automobile industry. But, of course, if you can find a "reliable" English source (or perhaps speak Japanese well enough to interpret Japanese sources) listing all the features of the Mum's Personal Wagon mentioned, I would be most grateful if you could replace one with the other. Regards, PrinceGloria 21:48, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to remove the maintenance tag on this article. Paul Tan is notable enough to have his own WP article (albeit an untidy stub), and most bloggers do not get invited to press launches and test drives by manufacturers; that he does qualifies him as a bona fide automotive journalist.[3][4][5] He's also cited in MINI (BMW), an automotive featured article, so he's passed close scrutiny in the past. --DeLarge 22:47, 27 February 2007 (UTC)