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I am getting shouted down while trying to verify the references in this article. There’s a pretty definite refusal to discuss, let’s just say, and so far I’ve been called specious and unworthy of a reply. I was also referred to a previous RFC, which I admit I haven’t examined inch by inch, but I took a pretty good look and what I see is a lot of other editors getting told that the references are “fine”. Given all the emotion over there I would like to specify that I am asking a very narrow question here. In the context of WP:CONTEXTMATTERS does this citation
Upchurch, H. E. (22 December 2021). Cruickshank, Paul; Hummel, Kristina (eds.). "The Iron March Forum and the Evolution of the 'Skull Mask' Neo-Fascist Network" (PDF). CTC Sentinel. 14 (10). West Point, New York: Combating Terrorism Center: 27–37. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
Smith also had ties to the Azov Battalion, a neo-fascist Ukrainian paramilitary group.
support a characterization of “right-wing extremist” I am asking about this one because it is the first reference. I may have more similar questions later.
As best I can tell, editors believe that it is RS because of its publisher, but its entire discussion of Azov is in passing on page 37. This mention does use the descriptor “neo-fascist” (which I accept as close enough to “right-wing extremist”) but its point, as demonstrated by the topic of its citation to NPR, is that a given American soldier had unspecified “ties” to Azov. According to the the prosecution case against the soldier, which was according to the FBI, which is explicitly restricted from jurisdiction outside the United States. And has sent people to Guantanamo for “ties” to 9-11 which amounted to waiting on one of the terrorists at a restaurant where the detainee had worked. True story. Bottom line I would like to hear more about these ties, if the soldier were the point, but he’s not.
Again, I think it is likely that one or another past or present incarnation or another of this group could be described as “right-wing extremist”, but I don’t think this sort of fourth-hand in passim reference proves that. Suggestions as to substantive discussions of the group that could be used instead would for my part be welcome.
What are not welcome are appeals to Google search results, cries of “everyone knows”, or declarations that lots of reliable sources exist. If they do, I think we should use them. Thank you for your attention. Oh and before somebody asks, yes I have tried to discuss {See above) and no I have not yet notified any other editors, but will start on this as soon as I hit publish. This will take a little time, as I am going to include participants in the prior RFC I keep getting referred to Elinruby ( talk) 23:58, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Azov’s neo-Nazi character has been covered by the New York Times, the Guardian, the BBC, the Telegraph and Reuters, among others. On-the-ground journalists from established Western media outlets have written of witnessing SS runes, swastikas, torchlight marches, and Nazi salutes. They interviewed Azov soldiers who readily acknowledged being neo-Nazis. They filed these reports under unambiguous headlines such as “How many neo-Nazis is the U.S. backing in Ukraine?” and “Volunteer Ukrainian unit includes Nazis.”. Please read the links posted in the article fully and also their human rights abuse. Apart from your textwall bombardments and incoherent ramblings on the talk page of the article, this is an instance of WP:FORUMSHOP. By your own admission you've stated
I do not claim to fully grasp the nature of this groupon the talk page. You have evidently not gone through any other sources already present in the article, but you want to overturn a very long and arduous previous RFC . If you aren't convinced about the nature of this group you can start a blog. I am sure it will receive the credit it deserves. - hako9 ( talk) 01:50, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Azov’s neo-Nazi character has been covered by the New York Times, the Guardian, the BBC, the Telegraph and Reuters, among others.not doubted, but would that be like O.J, Simpson's guilt has been covered by nearly every news source on the planet? Or more like Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction? There is clearly an issue with Azov having more far-righters than most western armies would be happy to have/admit to, but is the batallion inherently neo-Nazi? I'm not persuaded by these sources. Pincrete ( talk) 14:20, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Please re-read the post you are commenting on, reconsider the personal attacks, and look up “known unknowns”. As opposed to “unknown unknowns” Elinruby ( talk) 01:57, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Why exactly was I called in here, other than having participated in an RfC many months ago? The sources were discussed at length, the designation was discussed at length, the differences (or lack thereof) and distinctions (or lack thereof) between "right wing extremist", "neo-fascist", "neo-Nazi", "ultranationalist" et al. were also discussed at length, seeing as they were the main subject of the debacle in the first place. Is the ongoing (literal) war resulting in some effort to retread what at this point is very, very old ground? As for the source in question I fail to see what exactly the issue is. Are you implying that "Neo-fascism" is not "right-wing extremism"? Personally I would scrap it up to neo-Nazi but I'm certain many would oppose that idea and I've no problem with settling on "right-wing extremist" as a middle ground. Why is this noticeboard being used? You are not inquiring about the nature of the source, from the looks of it, but about the contents of the source (which is a question of interpreting sources, not verifying them). The theatrical "I may have more similar questions later" doesn't exactly help your case. If you want to ask questions, ask all of them, don't lead editors on. And unless this is in some roundabout way about verifiability I would recommend moving this back to the talk page of the article since this doesn't actually seem to be on topic for the NB. EuanHolewicz432 ( talk)
I honestly have neither the time nor the interest to read through the entirety of a complaint that starts with "I am getting shouted down"-type allegations. Please read WP:CONSENSUS. If you are "getting shouted down" then it may simply be that the consensus of interested editors is against you. Unless there is some cognizable evidence of canvassing or unallowable sockpuppeting or co-ordination, then simply being in the minority position is not grounds for intervention. No matter how sure your minority position is correct. Consensus is the fundamental model of content decision here and everyone winds up on the down side occasionally. Actually, if there is a WP:CANVASS violation here, it seems probable that it is by the OP. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 02:26, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Generally I would rather that Wikipedia avoid editorialization unless something is almost totally uncontroversial. Seeing disputed characterizations in the wikivoice just tells me I'm reading a non-neutral article. I don't like Wikipedia's "RS police" either, and would rather that we use (though not endorse) a wider range of sources, with appropriate skepticism, as I believe our NPOV philosophy intended (i.e. it is now being gamed by people using RS disputes to get rid of info and viewpoints that they want our readers not to see). Here is another thing like that, which I found interesting, from a source that has been deprecated on Wikipedia. Do I believe its thesis? Not really. Do I feel better informed anyway? Yes. Do I want the US arming this group with Stingers like it did the Taliban in the 1980s? Hell no. The article also cites some reports from 2018 calling the AB extremist. Maybe some of those are usable as evidence of the AB's status, as its incorporation into the Ukraine NG was apparently in 2014, so 2018 is relevant. Something more recent would still be better though.
Anyway, yes, I'd ditch the wikivoice editorialization unless there is better current sourcing. I do have the impression that the editorialization is likely basically right, but I'd rather conclude that for myself than have it dished out to me, unless it is nailed down better than I've currently seen. And in fact I thought the viewpoint was understated in the article when I last read it a few days ago, to the point where I felt that the article seemed useless. (Added post-EC: I haven't looked at the RFC someone mentioned and wasn't aware of it. My first exposure to this topic was about a week ago, post-invasion.) 2602:24A:DE47:B8E0:1B43:29FD:A863:33CA ( talk) 02:26, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
@ USER:Elinruby invited me here. I'm not sure why; I'm curious about the AB, but on any article involving international politics and nationalist politics, I assume that the article is a WP:BATTLEGROUND, and take everything with a bushel of salt. And I've never even looked at the sources. In these matters, everyone has an axe to grind.
I contribute to a lot of articles; I have about 800 on my watchlist. If I got invitations to WP:RS from a tenth of those, I'd have left long ago. FWIW, I've never been invited here before. I feel as if I've gate-crashed.
MrDemeanour ( talk) 20:34, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
But there are sources for this [ [1]] [ [2]] [ [3]]. As well as what we already have. Slatersteven ( talk) 14:16, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
I do think there is some issue of missing context here. The right-wingness of AB is rather like that of many football ultra organisations and they are indeed descended from one. It is troubling that such an organisation is part of Ukraine's military, but a piece of missing context is that Ukraine doesn't have a US-style top-down military, but has a system that draws on its long volunteer militia history that goes back to the Cossacks. This is no cause for complacency: in German history the somewhat similar Freikorps movement played what I consider a crucial role in the rise of Hitler, but I question if that assertion should be made both in wikivoice and in the lead when the context is somewhat incomplete in the article and almost absent in the lead. — Charles Stewart (talk) 20:36, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
www.convoyweb.org.uk is a website currently referenced in approximately 673 mainspace articles primarily relating to World War 2 ships and convoys. In many articles, it forms the significant bulk of the references used by number (see e.g. SS Monrovia). It has not — to the best of my knowledge — been previously discussed on this noticeboard.
As far as I can determine, the website was started by one Arnold Hague, who was a " sub-editor for Jane's Fighting Ships." He also appears to have several books published with the US Naval Institute Press. I presume this makes him a subject-matter expert within the meaning used in WP:SPS. However, I have several concern relating to the website and it's reliability:
webmaster", but I cant establish who that is. The "e-mail me" link in the side bar doesn't work for me.
The records were collected by Arnold and his coworkers over a number of years but there can be no guarantee of accuracy except that it bears the name of one of the most highly respected WW2 naval historians. Consequently, the records should be treated with caution and it should not be assumed that the presence or absence of a particular vessel in convoy is complete evidence of it being so without corroborative evidence. Furthermore, it is VITAL that where an external reference is given, that it is followed up and compared with the data given here." (Capitalization retained, bolded highlighted in red in original)
With this discussion, I hope to elicit opinions from both the community at large and especially from the members of WP:MILHIST and WP:SHIPS WikiProjects. I think a formal RFC is, at least at this point, uncalled for, but would especially appreciate opinions on whether ConvoyWeb should be viewed as a reliable source in totality; for the parts authored by Arnold Hague; for the parts clearly indicating the author, and wherein the authors expertise is established to be a SME by e.g. several non-SPS publications; not at all; or perhaps some other option. Thanks in advance for your opinions, Ljleppan ( talk) 08:41, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
The webmaster is indebted to all those that have helped shape this part of the site and in particular Don Kindall, Dominique Lemaire whose input has been invaluable and for additional material supplied by Tony Cooper and Roy Martin(see [5] and click on "Click Here" in the red box). This leaves me rather confused about what we can actually attribute to the late Mr. Hague. - Ljleppan ( talk) 11:01, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
Source: Prosecutorspodcast.com https://prosecutorspodcast.com/2020/05/20/elisa-lam-ep-1-dont-drink-the-water/
Article: Declaration of Amy Price in support of defendants' motion....
Content: Wondering if (in this case) citing a PDF that seems to be a valid copy of a docket document from a civil lawsuit that's hosted or uploaded onto a 3rd party site. Access to these documents could be gained via lacourt.org or unicourt.com but those are locked behind fees.
Question: In general, I'm wondering if it is acceptable to cite sources when my access to this source is thru a 3rd party site. The PDFs in question seem to be genuine copies from the docket but I can't say for sure. Jasonkwe ( talk) 23:03, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
NOPE; NOPEITTY NOPE-NOPE - In an era of Photoshop and other, more subtle tools, I would never trust anything which allegedly reproduces documents, clippings, etc. unless it's got a spotless reputation. That said, in this case it's doubled and redoubled because you've got (purportedly) raw documents from a lawsuit or court case. That's WP:OR, due to the risk of cherrypicking and unconscious bias, etc. -- Orange Mike | Talk 18:27, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
Is The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet, a reliable source for the article Stede Bonnet? (See Talk:Stede Bonnet#Speculative / Unsourced Sentences for a discussion of its use.) The book is published by Koehler Books (no WP article), which advertises both "Traditional Publishing" and a "Co-Publishing/Hybrid Model" on its website. I can find only one peripheral mention of Koehler in the archives, and that may not be this company. The author's blog lists only a couple of 'forwards' to other books in addition to this one book as author. Donald Albury 16:46, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
As you can see at https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Russia&type=revision&diff=1079423664&oldid=1079422503
"some sources estimating that the nation contains over 30% of the world's natural resources"
is cited to a book by a good publisher which in turn cites an interview with Richard Branson.
As the book is by a good publisher Moxy contends that the reliability of Richard Branson for that statement (I don't doubt he is reliable for many other facts but he is not an expert on natural resources) need not be considered by Wikipedia editors.
But according to the NYT and other newspapers many good publishers do not fact check
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/business/publishing-books-errors.html
What do you think?
Chidgk1 ( talk) 18:47, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
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An editor directed me here. I think MSNBC's reliability should change due to it being controversial. /info/en/?search=MSNBC_controversies Master106 ( talk) 01:38, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
SUPPORT: That is not the point of the request, MSNBC format is editorializing with very few exceptions. The NY Times has a history of good reporting, MSNBC has a history of American Left Flackery. MSNBC should be in the same catagory as breitbart from a neutral point of view.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Loopbackdude ( talk • contribs)
MSNBC should be in the same catagory as breitbartcan you please point me to where MSNBC has made such wild claims like "Birth control makes women unattractive and crazy" [1] "Gay rights have made us dumber" [2] or one of the many birther conspiracy theories about Obama? I'm just trying to judge how they are remotely similar. CUPIDICAE💕 15:08, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
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This is completely dead on arrival. Close. Zaathras ( talk) 01:40, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
I understand your comment on this. Maybe it is up to the editors to decide when something is reliable no matter how bad of a source they are. I do admit, I do not like how MSNBC words things in their articles, it isn't my choice news company. Though I can't say that I acted upon bias here, I looked at many other news companies I did follow and I understood the decisions for each; MSNBC just seemed like an outlier to me. I am fine with the current decision right now, unless something comes up in the future. Master106 ( talk) 06:28, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
This US Navy text file is titled "SUBJ/ACTIVE DUTY PROMOTIONS TO THE PERMANENT GRADES OF CAPTAIN, COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT AND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER IN THE LINE AND STAFF CORPS". One of its entrants is for "Kim Jonathan Yong", under "LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LINE AND STAFF SENATE CONFIRMATION DATE". Now, I know that Jonny Kim has been promoted to lieutenant commander as cited in this version of his article. However, no other sources verify that Kim's full name is "Kim Jonathan Yong", and I question the propriety of making that leap in this BLP. Secondly, can this contextless text file be used as a reliable source, even if we assume it's the same Kim? Any assistance would be appreciated. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 01:01, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
exercise extreme caution in using primary sources. In order to ascertain that the source is talking about this individual, we also need to know that he was a Lieutenant in January 2020 ( Military dot com indicates he was a Lieutenant at age 35), that he was still a Lieutenant in June 2021 and that he's a lieutenant commander in March 2022 per NASA. None of this is contentious and it is all wholly consistent with the promotion occurring in the summer or autumn of 2021. I really don't see the big deal here if it's being used for the specific month; the month is almost certainly not a contentious claim and I think that the burden of using the primary source extremely cautiously would be met in this context. Since there's a public navy communique that contains his name on a list and we have evidence that he was a lieutenant very shortly before it and a lieutenant commander very shortly after that date, this seems like an OK source for what should amount to a non-contentious claim about which month (in a nine month window) or which year was the one in which went from being a lieutenant to a lieutenant commander. — Mhawk10 ( talk) 21:19, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Or, and hear me out on this: I could be less of a dunce and use the probably-accurate new source's claims to search for a better secondary source to cite. I've now replaced the primary source text file with a reliable secondary source that cites the subject's whole name. Thank you for the assistance; it really did help me facepalm myself and realize my other options. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 02:12, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
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Source: Heitzman, James; Worden, Robert, eds. (1995),
India: A Country Study (PDF), Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, p. 571
Statement in source: "There was some opposition to this move within the cabinet by those who did not agree with referring the Kashmir dispute to the UN. The UN mediation process brought the war to a close on January 1, 1949. In all, 1,500 soldiers died on each side during the war."
Discussion: Talk:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948#6000 casualties figure
Statement to be supported: Result in infobox per this edit
Summary: This is a highly partisan topic and is subject to DS. The talk page discussion started by questioning Pakistani casualties quoted as 6,000 killed, citing Globalsecurity.org and a figure of 1,500 killed. There is no consensus as to the reliability of that source but it actually cites India: A Country Study (the subject of this post). The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 was initially fought by proxy until the ultimate engagement of both national militaries. It is unclear from the other sources cited precisely what they are reporting as casualties (ie national military casualties v total combatant casualties). The other sources are not great, in that they are largely Indian in origin. The subject edit would add the 1,500 figure to both sides. However, the reliability of the source (India: A Country Study) has since been questioned, citing WP:CONTEXTMATTERS.
Question: Is the subject source (India: A Country Study) sufficiently reliable to support the made to the infobox in respect to casualties.
Cinderella157 ( talk) 11:16, 13 December 2021 (UTC) I have no ties to either country.
During the long campaign, the Indian Army lost 76 officers, 31 JCOs and 996 Other Ranks killed, making a total of 1103. The wounded totalled 3152, including 81 officers and 107 JCOs. Apart from these casualties, it appears that the J & K State Forces lost no less than 1990 officers and men killed, died of wounds, or missing presumed killed . The small RIAF lost a total of 32 officers and men who laid down their lives for the nation during these operations. In this roll of honour, there were no less than 9 officers. The enemy casualties were definitely many times the total of Indian Army and RIAF casualties, and one estimate concluded that the enemy suffered 20,000 casualties, including 6,000 killed. [4]
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On a sidenote, looking at the infobox of the article, every single source without exception, that is cited for the casualties is similarly problematic in some respect or the other.It would strongly suggest that the solution is: "remove one, remove all". Cinderella157 ( talk) 05:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
WP:CR request made. Cinderella157 ( talk) 05:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
As a curious passer-by who looked at this after User:Levivich closed the above, how did nobody find the 174 Google Scholar citations to this source? See: [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]. It was unnecessary to look at "globalsecurity.org" when there are so many better books and papers that cite India: A Country Study. So much wasted time! MGetudiant ( talk) 08:47, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
Any body still following this may be interested in contributing to a discussion at Talk:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948#Reasult of RfC. It would appear the the evidence to conclude that the source is reliable reasonably exists even if it wasn't presented earlier. Cinderella157 ( talk) 02:58, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
I feel like some parts of RYM can be used for sources, such as genre pages because the way genres have to be submitted on RYM has to be a queue, where people add a genre with sources, and people vote on it to see if the sources are reliable enough for it to gets in own page. I get about WP:USERG but the thing is that genre pages on RYM are sourced and approved before they appear, so would it be a good source for obscure internet genres that have their own page? Pyraminxsolver ( talk) 05:27, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
Recently added in support of this (possibly promotional) edit: Special:Diff/1080133388, but I hesitated before clicking the revert button. The name suggests it very much is not an independent, reliable source, but it also seems qualitatively different from e.g. WP:PRNEWSWIRE. The "in-depth" work seems mostly promotional, but the stuff at least seems to have individual authors and some sort of not-straight PR depth. My feeling is that it may be acceptable for certain statements of fact about a company, including Teneo in this case, but probably not for notability — additional considerations apply. Appears to be used in over 600 citations at the moment ( link). WhinyTheYounger (WtY)( talk, contribs) 15:55, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
It has been raised at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/H808Beats that marketminute.com is an affiliated source of ABC News and therefore should be considered as reliable. Please see this example. Would this be considered as the same as content directly hosted on ABC News' website? Also, this appears to be a copy of an Issuewire article. Do we have an official stance on Issuewire? It doesn't have a section on WP:RSPS but I come across their articles a lot at AfD so would be useful to have an official community opinion. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:53, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
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I am getting shouted down while trying to verify the references in this article. There’s a pretty definite refusal to discuss, let’s just say, and so far I’ve been called specious and unworthy of a reply. I was also referred to a previous RFC, which I admit I haven’t examined inch by inch, but I took a pretty good look and what I see is a lot of other editors getting told that the references are “fine”. Given all the emotion over there I would like to specify that I am asking a very narrow question here. In the context of WP:CONTEXTMATTERS does this citation
Upchurch, H. E. (22 December 2021). Cruickshank, Paul; Hummel, Kristina (eds.). "The Iron March Forum and the Evolution of the 'Skull Mask' Neo-Fascist Network" (PDF). CTC Sentinel. 14 (10). West Point, New York: Combating Terrorism Center: 27–37. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
Smith also had ties to the Azov Battalion, a neo-fascist Ukrainian paramilitary group.
support a characterization of “right-wing extremist” I am asking about this one because it is the first reference. I may have more similar questions later.
As best I can tell, editors believe that it is RS because of its publisher, but its entire discussion of Azov is in passing on page 37. This mention does use the descriptor “neo-fascist” (which I accept as close enough to “right-wing extremist”) but its point, as demonstrated by the topic of its citation to NPR, is that a given American soldier had unspecified “ties” to Azov. According to the the prosecution case against the soldier, which was according to the FBI, which is explicitly restricted from jurisdiction outside the United States. And has sent people to Guantanamo for “ties” to 9-11 which amounted to waiting on one of the terrorists at a restaurant where the detainee had worked. True story. Bottom line I would like to hear more about these ties, if the soldier were the point, but he’s not.
Again, I think it is likely that one or another past or present incarnation or another of this group could be described as “right-wing extremist”, but I don’t think this sort of fourth-hand in passim reference proves that. Suggestions as to substantive discussions of the group that could be used instead would for my part be welcome.
What are not welcome are appeals to Google search results, cries of “everyone knows”, or declarations that lots of reliable sources exist. If they do, I think we should use them. Thank you for your attention. Oh and before somebody asks, yes I have tried to discuss {See above) and no I have not yet notified any other editors, but will start on this as soon as I hit publish. This will take a little time, as I am going to include participants in the prior RFC I keep getting referred to Elinruby ( talk) 23:58, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Azov’s neo-Nazi character has been covered by the New York Times, the Guardian, the BBC, the Telegraph and Reuters, among others. On-the-ground journalists from established Western media outlets have written of witnessing SS runes, swastikas, torchlight marches, and Nazi salutes. They interviewed Azov soldiers who readily acknowledged being neo-Nazis. They filed these reports under unambiguous headlines such as “How many neo-Nazis is the U.S. backing in Ukraine?” and “Volunteer Ukrainian unit includes Nazis.”. Please read the links posted in the article fully and also their human rights abuse. Apart from your textwall bombardments and incoherent ramblings on the talk page of the article, this is an instance of WP:FORUMSHOP. By your own admission you've stated
I do not claim to fully grasp the nature of this groupon the talk page. You have evidently not gone through any other sources already present in the article, but you want to overturn a very long and arduous previous RFC . If you aren't convinced about the nature of this group you can start a blog. I am sure it will receive the credit it deserves. - hako9 ( talk) 01:50, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Azov’s neo-Nazi character has been covered by the New York Times, the Guardian, the BBC, the Telegraph and Reuters, among others.not doubted, but would that be like O.J, Simpson's guilt has been covered by nearly every news source on the planet? Or more like Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction? There is clearly an issue with Azov having more far-righters than most western armies would be happy to have/admit to, but is the batallion inherently neo-Nazi? I'm not persuaded by these sources. Pincrete ( talk) 14:20, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Please re-read the post you are commenting on, reconsider the personal attacks, and look up “known unknowns”. As opposed to “unknown unknowns” Elinruby ( talk) 01:57, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Why exactly was I called in here, other than having participated in an RfC many months ago? The sources were discussed at length, the designation was discussed at length, the differences (or lack thereof) and distinctions (or lack thereof) between "right wing extremist", "neo-fascist", "neo-Nazi", "ultranationalist" et al. were also discussed at length, seeing as they were the main subject of the debacle in the first place. Is the ongoing (literal) war resulting in some effort to retread what at this point is very, very old ground? As for the source in question I fail to see what exactly the issue is. Are you implying that "Neo-fascism" is not "right-wing extremism"? Personally I would scrap it up to neo-Nazi but I'm certain many would oppose that idea and I've no problem with settling on "right-wing extremist" as a middle ground. Why is this noticeboard being used? You are not inquiring about the nature of the source, from the looks of it, but about the contents of the source (which is a question of interpreting sources, not verifying them). The theatrical "I may have more similar questions later" doesn't exactly help your case. If you want to ask questions, ask all of them, don't lead editors on. And unless this is in some roundabout way about verifiability I would recommend moving this back to the talk page of the article since this doesn't actually seem to be on topic for the NB. EuanHolewicz432 ( talk)
I honestly have neither the time nor the interest to read through the entirety of a complaint that starts with "I am getting shouted down"-type allegations. Please read WP:CONSENSUS. If you are "getting shouted down" then it may simply be that the consensus of interested editors is against you. Unless there is some cognizable evidence of canvassing or unallowable sockpuppeting or co-ordination, then simply being in the minority position is not grounds for intervention. No matter how sure your minority position is correct. Consensus is the fundamental model of content decision here and everyone winds up on the down side occasionally. Actually, if there is a WP:CANVASS violation here, it seems probable that it is by the OP. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 02:26, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Generally I would rather that Wikipedia avoid editorialization unless something is almost totally uncontroversial. Seeing disputed characterizations in the wikivoice just tells me I'm reading a non-neutral article. I don't like Wikipedia's "RS police" either, and would rather that we use (though not endorse) a wider range of sources, with appropriate skepticism, as I believe our NPOV philosophy intended (i.e. it is now being gamed by people using RS disputes to get rid of info and viewpoints that they want our readers not to see). Here is another thing like that, which I found interesting, from a source that has been deprecated on Wikipedia. Do I believe its thesis? Not really. Do I feel better informed anyway? Yes. Do I want the US arming this group with Stingers like it did the Taliban in the 1980s? Hell no. The article also cites some reports from 2018 calling the AB extremist. Maybe some of those are usable as evidence of the AB's status, as its incorporation into the Ukraine NG was apparently in 2014, so 2018 is relevant. Something more recent would still be better though.
Anyway, yes, I'd ditch the wikivoice editorialization unless there is better current sourcing. I do have the impression that the editorialization is likely basically right, but I'd rather conclude that for myself than have it dished out to me, unless it is nailed down better than I've currently seen. And in fact I thought the viewpoint was understated in the article when I last read it a few days ago, to the point where I felt that the article seemed useless. (Added post-EC: I haven't looked at the RFC someone mentioned and wasn't aware of it. My first exposure to this topic was about a week ago, post-invasion.) 2602:24A:DE47:B8E0:1B43:29FD:A863:33CA ( talk) 02:26, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
@ USER:Elinruby invited me here. I'm not sure why; I'm curious about the AB, but on any article involving international politics and nationalist politics, I assume that the article is a WP:BATTLEGROUND, and take everything with a bushel of salt. And I've never even looked at the sources. In these matters, everyone has an axe to grind.
I contribute to a lot of articles; I have about 800 on my watchlist. If I got invitations to WP:RS from a tenth of those, I'd have left long ago. FWIW, I've never been invited here before. I feel as if I've gate-crashed.
MrDemeanour ( talk) 20:34, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
But there are sources for this [ [1]] [ [2]] [ [3]]. As well as what we already have. Slatersteven ( talk) 14:16, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
I do think there is some issue of missing context here. The right-wingness of AB is rather like that of many football ultra organisations and they are indeed descended from one. It is troubling that such an organisation is part of Ukraine's military, but a piece of missing context is that Ukraine doesn't have a US-style top-down military, but has a system that draws on its long volunteer militia history that goes back to the Cossacks. This is no cause for complacency: in German history the somewhat similar Freikorps movement played what I consider a crucial role in the rise of Hitler, but I question if that assertion should be made both in wikivoice and in the lead when the context is somewhat incomplete in the article and almost absent in the lead. — Charles Stewart (talk) 20:36, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
www.convoyweb.org.uk is a website currently referenced in approximately 673 mainspace articles primarily relating to World War 2 ships and convoys. In many articles, it forms the significant bulk of the references used by number (see e.g. SS Monrovia). It has not — to the best of my knowledge — been previously discussed on this noticeboard.
As far as I can determine, the website was started by one Arnold Hague, who was a " sub-editor for Jane's Fighting Ships." He also appears to have several books published with the US Naval Institute Press. I presume this makes him a subject-matter expert within the meaning used in WP:SPS. However, I have several concern relating to the website and it's reliability:
webmaster", but I cant establish who that is. The "e-mail me" link in the side bar doesn't work for me.
The records were collected by Arnold and his coworkers over a number of years but there can be no guarantee of accuracy except that it bears the name of one of the most highly respected WW2 naval historians. Consequently, the records should be treated with caution and it should not be assumed that the presence or absence of a particular vessel in convoy is complete evidence of it being so without corroborative evidence. Furthermore, it is VITAL that where an external reference is given, that it is followed up and compared with the data given here." (Capitalization retained, bolded highlighted in red in original)
With this discussion, I hope to elicit opinions from both the community at large and especially from the members of WP:MILHIST and WP:SHIPS WikiProjects. I think a formal RFC is, at least at this point, uncalled for, but would especially appreciate opinions on whether ConvoyWeb should be viewed as a reliable source in totality; for the parts authored by Arnold Hague; for the parts clearly indicating the author, and wherein the authors expertise is established to be a SME by e.g. several non-SPS publications; not at all; or perhaps some other option. Thanks in advance for your opinions, Ljleppan ( talk) 08:41, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
The webmaster is indebted to all those that have helped shape this part of the site and in particular Don Kindall, Dominique Lemaire whose input has been invaluable and for additional material supplied by Tony Cooper and Roy Martin(see [5] and click on "Click Here" in the red box). This leaves me rather confused about what we can actually attribute to the late Mr. Hague. - Ljleppan ( talk) 11:01, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
Source: Prosecutorspodcast.com https://prosecutorspodcast.com/2020/05/20/elisa-lam-ep-1-dont-drink-the-water/
Article: Declaration of Amy Price in support of defendants' motion....
Content: Wondering if (in this case) citing a PDF that seems to be a valid copy of a docket document from a civil lawsuit that's hosted or uploaded onto a 3rd party site. Access to these documents could be gained via lacourt.org or unicourt.com but those are locked behind fees.
Question: In general, I'm wondering if it is acceptable to cite sources when my access to this source is thru a 3rd party site. The PDFs in question seem to be genuine copies from the docket but I can't say for sure. Jasonkwe ( talk) 23:03, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
NOPE; NOPEITTY NOPE-NOPE - In an era of Photoshop and other, more subtle tools, I would never trust anything which allegedly reproduces documents, clippings, etc. unless it's got a spotless reputation. That said, in this case it's doubled and redoubled because you've got (purportedly) raw documents from a lawsuit or court case. That's WP:OR, due to the risk of cherrypicking and unconscious bias, etc. -- Orange Mike | Talk 18:27, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
Is The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet, a reliable source for the article Stede Bonnet? (See Talk:Stede Bonnet#Speculative / Unsourced Sentences for a discussion of its use.) The book is published by Koehler Books (no WP article), which advertises both "Traditional Publishing" and a "Co-Publishing/Hybrid Model" on its website. I can find only one peripheral mention of Koehler in the archives, and that may not be this company. The author's blog lists only a couple of 'forwards' to other books in addition to this one book as author. Donald Albury 16:46, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
As you can see at https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Russia&type=revision&diff=1079423664&oldid=1079422503
"some sources estimating that the nation contains over 30% of the world's natural resources"
is cited to a book by a good publisher which in turn cites an interview with Richard Branson.
As the book is by a good publisher Moxy contends that the reliability of Richard Branson for that statement (I don't doubt he is reliable for many other facts but he is not an expert on natural resources) need not be considered by Wikipedia editors.
But according to the NYT and other newspapers many good publishers do not fact check
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/business/publishing-books-errors.html
What do you think?
Chidgk1 ( talk) 18:47, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
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An editor directed me here. I think MSNBC's reliability should change due to it being controversial. /info/en/?search=MSNBC_controversies Master106 ( talk) 01:38, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
SUPPORT: That is not the point of the request, MSNBC format is editorializing with very few exceptions. The NY Times has a history of good reporting, MSNBC has a history of American Left Flackery. MSNBC should be in the same catagory as breitbart from a neutral point of view.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Loopbackdude ( talk • contribs)
MSNBC should be in the same catagory as breitbartcan you please point me to where MSNBC has made such wild claims like "Birth control makes women unattractive and crazy" [1] "Gay rights have made us dumber" [2] or one of the many birther conspiracy theories about Obama? I'm just trying to judge how they are remotely similar. CUPIDICAE💕 15:08, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
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This is completely dead on arrival. Close. Zaathras ( talk) 01:40, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
I understand your comment on this. Maybe it is up to the editors to decide when something is reliable no matter how bad of a source they are. I do admit, I do not like how MSNBC words things in their articles, it isn't my choice news company. Though I can't say that I acted upon bias here, I looked at many other news companies I did follow and I understood the decisions for each; MSNBC just seemed like an outlier to me. I am fine with the current decision right now, unless something comes up in the future. Master106 ( talk) 06:28, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
This US Navy text file is titled "SUBJ/ACTIVE DUTY PROMOTIONS TO THE PERMANENT GRADES OF CAPTAIN, COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT AND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER IN THE LINE AND STAFF CORPS". One of its entrants is for "Kim Jonathan Yong", under "LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LINE AND STAFF SENATE CONFIRMATION DATE". Now, I know that Jonny Kim has been promoted to lieutenant commander as cited in this version of his article. However, no other sources verify that Kim's full name is "Kim Jonathan Yong", and I question the propriety of making that leap in this BLP. Secondly, can this contextless text file be used as a reliable source, even if we assume it's the same Kim? Any assistance would be appreciated. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 01:01, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
exercise extreme caution in using primary sources. In order to ascertain that the source is talking about this individual, we also need to know that he was a Lieutenant in January 2020 ( Military dot com indicates he was a Lieutenant at age 35), that he was still a Lieutenant in June 2021 and that he's a lieutenant commander in March 2022 per NASA. None of this is contentious and it is all wholly consistent with the promotion occurring in the summer or autumn of 2021. I really don't see the big deal here if it's being used for the specific month; the month is almost certainly not a contentious claim and I think that the burden of using the primary source extremely cautiously would be met in this context. Since there's a public navy communique that contains his name on a list and we have evidence that he was a lieutenant very shortly before it and a lieutenant commander very shortly after that date, this seems like an OK source for what should amount to a non-contentious claim about which month (in a nine month window) or which year was the one in which went from being a lieutenant to a lieutenant commander. — Mhawk10 ( talk) 21:19, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Or, and hear me out on this: I could be less of a dunce and use the probably-accurate new source's claims to search for a better secondary source to cite. I've now replaced the primary source text file with a reliable secondary source that cites the subject's whole name. Thank you for the assistance; it really did help me facepalm myself and realize my other options. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 02:12, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
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Source: Heitzman, James; Worden, Robert, eds. (1995),
India: A Country Study (PDF), Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, p. 571
Statement in source: "There was some opposition to this move within the cabinet by those who did not agree with referring the Kashmir dispute to the UN. The UN mediation process brought the war to a close on January 1, 1949. In all, 1,500 soldiers died on each side during the war."
Discussion: Talk:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948#6000 casualties figure
Statement to be supported: Result in infobox per this edit
Summary: This is a highly partisan topic and is subject to DS. The talk page discussion started by questioning Pakistani casualties quoted as 6,000 killed, citing Globalsecurity.org and a figure of 1,500 killed. There is no consensus as to the reliability of that source but it actually cites India: A Country Study (the subject of this post). The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 was initially fought by proxy until the ultimate engagement of both national militaries. It is unclear from the other sources cited precisely what they are reporting as casualties (ie national military casualties v total combatant casualties). The other sources are not great, in that they are largely Indian in origin. The subject edit would add the 1,500 figure to both sides. However, the reliability of the source (India: A Country Study) has since been questioned, citing WP:CONTEXTMATTERS.
Question: Is the subject source (India: A Country Study) sufficiently reliable to support the made to the infobox in respect to casualties.
Cinderella157 ( talk) 11:16, 13 December 2021 (UTC) I have no ties to either country.
During the long campaign, the Indian Army lost 76 officers, 31 JCOs and 996 Other Ranks killed, making a total of 1103. The wounded totalled 3152, including 81 officers and 107 JCOs. Apart from these casualties, it appears that the J & K State Forces lost no less than 1990 officers and men killed, died of wounds, or missing presumed killed . The small RIAF lost a total of 32 officers and men who laid down their lives for the nation during these operations. In this roll of honour, there were no less than 9 officers. The enemy casualties were definitely many times the total of Indian Army and RIAF casualties, and one estimate concluded that the enemy suffered 20,000 casualties, including 6,000 killed. [4]
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On a sidenote, looking at the infobox of the article, every single source without exception, that is cited for the casualties is similarly problematic in some respect or the other.It would strongly suggest that the solution is: "remove one, remove all". Cinderella157 ( talk) 05:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
WP:CR request made. Cinderella157 ( talk) 05:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
As a curious passer-by who looked at this after User:Levivich closed the above, how did nobody find the 174 Google Scholar citations to this source? See: [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]. It was unnecessary to look at "globalsecurity.org" when there are so many better books and papers that cite India: A Country Study. So much wasted time! MGetudiant ( talk) 08:47, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
Any body still following this may be interested in contributing to a discussion at Talk:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948#Reasult of RfC. It would appear the the evidence to conclude that the source is reliable reasonably exists even if it wasn't presented earlier. Cinderella157 ( talk) 02:58, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
I feel like some parts of RYM can be used for sources, such as genre pages because the way genres have to be submitted on RYM has to be a queue, where people add a genre with sources, and people vote on it to see if the sources are reliable enough for it to gets in own page. I get about WP:USERG but the thing is that genre pages on RYM are sourced and approved before they appear, so would it be a good source for obscure internet genres that have their own page? Pyraminxsolver ( talk) 05:27, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
Recently added in support of this (possibly promotional) edit: Special:Diff/1080133388, but I hesitated before clicking the revert button. The name suggests it very much is not an independent, reliable source, but it also seems qualitatively different from e.g. WP:PRNEWSWIRE. The "in-depth" work seems mostly promotional, but the stuff at least seems to have individual authors and some sort of not-straight PR depth. My feeling is that it may be acceptable for certain statements of fact about a company, including Teneo in this case, but probably not for notability — additional considerations apply. Appears to be used in over 600 citations at the moment ( link). WhinyTheYounger (WtY)( talk, contribs) 15:55, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
It has been raised at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/H808Beats that marketminute.com is an affiliated source of ABC News and therefore should be considered as reliable. Please see this example. Would this be considered as the same as content directly hosted on ABC News' website? Also, this appears to be a copy of an Issuewire article. Do we have an official stance on Issuewire? It doesn't have a section on WP:RSPS but I come across their articles a lot at AfD so would be useful to have an official community opinion. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:53, 3 April 2022 (UTC)