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Wikipedia should ideally have, so far as its policies and guidelines allow, an article on every substantial publication that is likely to be used as a source for Wikipedia, and on the author and publisher of every such publication.
The reasons for this are:
Paragraph (1) applies to unreliable sources which are likely to be mistaken for reliable ones. In those cases, an article has the effect of putting a "health warning" on them.
The foregoing does not apply in cases where it is not possible to say something meaningful about the publication, author or publisher.