Talk:Cruise book

Fair use rationale for Image:CruiseBook1959.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 13:44, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Apart from the pictures of sailors what does a cruise book contain? When where the first cruise books made? Why do you keep contradictory info in this artticle? --AlainV (talk) 23:24, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Cruise Books As References
Request highest level review of NPOV standards with regard to cruise book references

Note the following Wikipedia guideline as to when NPOV references may be used.

Self-published and questionable sources as sources on themselves

Self-published or questionable sources may be used as sources of information about themselves, especially in articles about themselves, without the requirement that they be published experts in the field, so long as:

the material is not unduly self-serving; it does not involve claims about third parties; it does not involve claims about events not directly related to the subject; there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity; the article is not based primarily on such sources.

Cruise books meet all of the criteria cited above by wikipedia. Therefore they should, based on the letter of the law, be allowed to be used as references in wikipedia articles.

To bolster this case please note teh Department of the Navy Office of the Chief of Naval Operations OPNAV INSTRUCTION 5070.1C, http://www.cruisebookcentral.com/content/dod-opnavinst-5070-1c-nonfillable.pdf which identifies cruise books as extremely important historical material. --Ussrangercv4 (talk) 04:13, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

--USSRangerCV4