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According to WP:RSP, Quackwatch is a self published and partisan source. While it is reliable on scientific matters, under BLP policy we are not allowed to use an SPS to make claims about a living person. See WP:BLPSPS. - Bilby (talk) 21:39, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yet Quackwatch is used on hundreds of biographies on Wikipedia for living and dead people. I noticed you tried to remove Quackwatch as a source on the Gary Null article and others. 81.147.137.6 (talk) 22:38, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It is a reliable source for the opinions of Stephen Barrett, so we can use it when attributed that way. It is also reliable (per WP:PARITY) on the grounds that he is a subject-matter expert and we can use it when talking about the science. But we can't use it as a source for factual statements about a living person that isn't Barrett - for that we need something that isn't self-published. Per WP:BLPSPS, "Never use self-published sources—including but not limited to books, zines, websites, blogs, and tweets—as sources of material about a living person". - Bilby (talk) 23:14, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
QuackWatch is RS for discussion of quacks and quackery. In the case of Young, particularly, QuackWatch was one of the first places to properly document his activities. It is cited as a RS by other reliable sources including government websites. Guy (help!) 08:55, 31 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It is still an SPS, and we have another source that isn't. We don't need two sources, and having one that meets BLP and one that doesn't isn't a good solution when we can just keep the one that does. - Bilby (talk) 08:57, 31 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
