User:Day000Walker/Sandbox

Five Pillars
This test is going to be based on questions. Some questions will have right or wrong answers, whereas others are just designed to see if you are thinking in the right way. There's not time limit - answer in your own words and we'll talk about your answers.

1) Q - You have just discovered from a friend that the new Ford Escort is only going to be available in blue. Can you add this to the Ford Escort article and why?
 * A - As it is from an original, it needs to be used if it has any reference a reliable source.

2) Q - A mainstream newspaper has published a cartoon which you see is clearly racist as part of an article. Can you include this as an example of racism on the newspaper's article? What about on the racism article?
 * A - It can be used in related articles.

3) Q - You find an article that shows that people in the state of Ohio eat more butternut squashes than anywhere in the world and ranks each of the United States by squashes per head. Interestingly you find another article that ranks baldness in the United States and they are almost identical! Can you include this information anywhere on Wikipedia? Perhaps the baldness article or the butternut squash article?
 * A- No, Only references from reliable sources can be used.

4) Q - Would you consider BBC news a reliable source on The Troubles? What about on ITV?
 * A - Yes, It will be a reliable source.

5) Q - Would you consider Ben and Jerry's official Facebook page a reliable source?
 * A- No, social networking sites can not be used

6) Q - A "forum official" from the Daily Telegraph community forums comments on Daily Telegraph's stance on world hunger. Would this be a reliable source?
 * A- No, It is not a reliable source

7) Q - Would you have any problem with http://www.hopsandpips.com being used in a beer related article?
 * A - May be, if it is not an advertisement.

8) Q - Would you have any issue with using the About Us page on Xerox as a source for the history section of the Xeroxarticle.
 * A -It can be quoted.

9) Q - Everybody knows that the sky is blue right? An editor doesn't agree - he says it is bronze, do you need a source?
 * A -If he/she is stating a reference, I would search for a more reliable source, the writing can be made neutral after a discussion.

--Day000Walker (talk) 15:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)