Talk:Ibn al-Athir

Encyclopedia britanicca RS
Last time you deleted my EB citation i replied with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_281#Britannica.com stating that it is totally reliable source

User:HistoryOfIran replied: “the most recent being https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_115#Is_Encyclopedia_Britannica_a_reliable_source?), yet you conveniently took the one that supported your revert the most.”

This is definitely not the most recent one it’s from 2012, Even the summary of the discussion you sent doesn’t even say that EB is unreliable source

The discussion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_281#Britannica.com

Which is more recent (from 2019) says that it’s a totally reliable source

So what is your point from removing it’s citation ? It’s looks like that you remove it’s citation from everywhere on your own based on the claim you made up that EB not being RS Ikhnatoun (talk) 18:38, 28 December 2022 (UTC) <--- blocked sock of User:Amr.elmowaled
 * I already said that I misread 2012 as 2022, as well that it doesn't change my point . I'm not sure if we are reading the same thread, since I see comments like "Consider a specialist source" and "I can give you an example where a globally blocked sockpuppet here managed to get his fringe views into Britannica." in that one. Where do you get the impression that the participants reached to the conclusion that it is reliable? --HistoryofIran (talk) 18:48, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

“ Where do you get the impression that the participants reached to the conclusion that it is reliable?”

From the author who summarized the discussion he wrote:

I believe noone will object if I summarise the dispute as follows: whereas the EB articles authored by reputable scientists or scholars can be used as a source for Wikipedia in the absence of better sources, it would be desirable to replace them with references to reliable secondary sources when such possibility exists.--Paul Siebert

———————- So where did you get that EB is not RS ? He never said that

Nevertheless, the most recent one states that EB is totally relible: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_281#Britannica.com

So i wonder where does your point stand ? Ikhnatoun (talk) 19:23, 28 December 2022 (UTC) <--- blocked sock of User:Amr.elmowaled
 * I am talking about the 2019 thread, which you kept mentioning. But now we are talking about the 2012 one? Right, Sieberts comment was one of many, and it didn't get any support as far as I can see. The thread ended up becoming stale, and thus closed. Also, if you do support his stance, then why you do insist on adding Britannica here when he literally said "I, however, do not support the idea to use EB in parallel with reliable mainstream secondary sources. When such sources are available, EB can and should be removed." That is literally the case right now, as there is already another source that supports the Arab origin of al-Athir. Also, have you by any chance made another account before? --HistoryofIran (talk) 19:32, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

I think it’s clear that the majority here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_281#Britannica.com agree on EB reliability, perhaps only two or three users just stated that EB sometimes contain some errors, that’s all,

—-have you by any chance made another account before?

Yes i had one few years ago but i forgot it’s username and password since they were long ago Lol Ikhnatoun (talk) 20:04, 28 December 2022 (UTC) <--- blocked sock of User:Amr.elmowaled
 * Not at all. And didn't you support Sieberts comment a moment ago? And that so? How unfortunate. --HistoryofIran (talk) 20:07, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 * And confirmed as a sock (Sockpuppet investigations/Amr.elmowaled). So much for that account that was made few years ago. I'm gonna cross his comments and revert his nationalistic edits. Other users can decide if those edits or at least parts of them should stay or not. --HistoryofIran (talk) 20:43, 28 December 2022 (UTC)