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I see emphasis on reliable sources. Is a PhD thesis a reliable source? _ Ninatukawewe ( talk) 19:19, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Finished Ph.D. dissertations, which are publicly available, are considered publications by scholars and are routinely cited in footnotes. They have been vetted by the scholarly community; most are available via interlibrary loan. UMI has published two million dissertations since 1940. Dissertations in progress are not vetted and are not regarded as published. They are not reliable sources as a rule.
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I see emphasis on reliable sources. Is a PhD thesis a reliable source? _ Ninatukawewe ( talk) 19:19, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Finished Ph.D. dissertations, which are publicly available, are considered publications by scholars and are routinely cited in footnotes. They have been vetted by the scholarly community; most are available via interlibrary loan. UMI has published two million dissertations since 1940. Dissertations in progress are not vetted and are not regarded as published. They are not reliable sources as a rule.
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19:36, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Your name has been mentioned in connection with a sockpuppetry case. Please refer to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Trabucogold for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to cases before editing the evidence page. b W 21:19, 11 May 2011 (UTC)