Questionable/Unreliable Sources of Information: All users NOTE!

Official Announcement:

The TransAsian Axis Web site has prided itself on holding high standards when it comes to journalism and reporting - even simply pointing out news articles that hold some substance.

In recent weeks there have been a spate of unreliable sources quoted, and articles from both individuals and sites posted on the site containing inaccurate, unreliable information and sometimes simple conspiracy theory. This is not the type of data we want on the site.

Those of us who post on this site QUESTION our sources daily and while sometimes, on occasion something flaky will slip through the cracks and we post something that has less than noble intentions so we strive to correct this misinformation where we can.

To this end we have decided to post a list of sites and specific individuals that do NOT provide known-good information, are NOT good sources of information, repeat other material OUT OF CONTEXT, make unfounded accusations and in short are simply wrong more often than right.

A non-exhaustive list is printed below and some sites will be added in the future.

Thus all posters are reminded that if you are planning to post something from one of these sources the information will most likely be removed at some point.

Further, if you believe you have GOOD information from one of these sources then we admonish you to CHECK THE SOURCE and find the ORIGINAL source. If the information comes from ANY of the below sites or individuals directly, the material will be removed.

Do NOT post any information, stories or links to the sites or individuals below nor to people who quote these sources. Do not post links to sites or individuals who are connected to the sites or individuals below.

Please DO check your sources. It's alright to post news articles from known sources - even blogs, but, please make sure there is MORE THAN ONE SOURCE of the information (especially from bloggers).

Moderators will no longer tolerate incomplete, innaccurate and unfounded data on this. We WILL remove your posts if you continue to use these sites and individuals as sources.

We will expand this list shortly. If you have questions or comments direct your messages to the people below or a forum moderator - but specifically Ryan and Rick first and we will respond.

Site Administrators:
Ryan Ruck
Rick Donaldson
Brian Baldwin



This is not an exhaustive list and sites will be added as we find them or determine that they are not competent sources of reliable information.

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Moderators please note:

Contact Rick via PM or email to add sources to this list if you can't do it yourself.

Note, if a site on this list later is determined to have "cleaned up their act" we can and will remove them from the "No-Source" list.

Thanks

Rick