Talk:Haitian Vodou

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Explain this better pls cause i was curious if voodoo dolls are real or do they work none of this explains it i dont wanna know when they were invented or stuff you lied about your thumbnail:( 2601:204:300:8940:BCAD:C9D2:FB2C:B6F3 (talk) 01:09, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * See Voodoo doll. Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:04, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Vodou dolls are a symbol of health and care and not those clickabait videos where you can "curse" somebody. 45.58.90.197 (talk) 02:20, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Reliability of Mambo Chita Tann's Book
I wanted to raise concerns about this addition by an IP user, which I reverted as per WP:BRD, but which was then re-instated by User:Skyerise. The added sentence cites a book, Mambo Chita Tann's Haitian Vodou: An Introduction to Haiti's Indigenous Spiritual Tradition, that has been published by Llewellyn Worldwide, an esoteric/New Age publisher catering to a general audience. It is not published by an academic press, nor is it written by an academic. Given that we have a wealth of scholarly sources about Haitian Vodou available to us, I am not convinced that we need to use a Llewellyn book as a source, which, although not wholly unreliable, certainly wouldn't constitute the highest quality Reliable Source.

On a secondary level, the added sentence does not properly belong where it has been placed; it discusses the consumption of alcohol as a means of facilitating spirit possession, but has been sandwiched between existing sentences talking about offerings to the spirits, a slightly different topic. I would strongly recommend removing this addition and see no compelling reason for its retention. Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Sure. Find the better source and move the fact somewhere it fits better. I'm sure it's both factual and citable though, so would be a better response then complete removal. Skyerise (talk) 10:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * That's a fair enough, Skyerise. I'll have a dive into the academic literature and see if I can find a better source. Have a good week. Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Keep up the good work! Skyerise (talk) 11:11, 1 April 2024 (UTC)