Talk:Smoking ban in England

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Note: I changed the sign in question because the original piece was under Crown Copyright (a non-free licence), and under Wikipedia: Images, free licenses are preferred over non-free licences. 159753 16:58, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Iffy quote

"The argument that passive smoke harms others is denied by Freedom To Choose and many scientists including some that are directly involved with the anti-smoking movement."

This quote does provide a reference, but the reference is a heavily biased Blogspot page. Get rid of it? Jamyskis Whisper, Contribs 13:20, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

It's a dead end link anyway. It doesn't point to the quote in question which has probably been archived. I've searched the July archive and can't find the quote. But in direct answer WP:VERIFY states "Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published books, personal websites, and blogs are largely not acceptable as sources" - so the intended quote needs to be found and if it's a quote of a quote an original source for the quote is needed, if it's the blog author stating it without a source then given the blog's point of view on the subject, it would be on very shaky ground. - X201 15:40, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Smoking ban.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:43, 26 November 2007 (UTC)