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I'm in a dispute at Discrimination against atheists about the reliability of the sources I pulled from Kazimierz Łyszczyński. The argument against is that neither of us speak polish, and we can't assume that sources on a Wikipedia article are correct as anyone could use any sources for any claim. The claim I am trying to verify is that Kazimierz Łyszczyński was executed because he was an atheist, or at least that atheism was the excuse used to execute him. Were you the one to originally add these sources? If so, could you drop by and testify to their accuracy at Talk:Discrimination_against_atheists? Thanks for your time.  Azure Fury  (talk | contribs) 08:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It was not necessary to check the Polish sources as there was an English source for the claim already in the article. Also, just because a source is in a foreign language does not make it in any way invalid; you should check Wikipedia's policy about whether or not his "I can't read it, therefore it's a bad source" argument is valid. I hope that this helps. selfworm Talk ) 16:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I was trying to include the material using the sources you gave in Kazimierz Łyszczyński. It was another editor that made the "We can't read it so it's not reliable" argument.  I guess he thought we should assume that wikipedia articles are poor quality.  Sorry for any confusion, and thanks for your contributions at Discrimination against atheists.  That should wrap up my dispute with that editor nicely.  Azure Fury   (talk | contribs) 18:53, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Slp1 responded to your comments at Discrimination against atheists saying the book isn't reliable for a number of reasons including age and contradicting research.  Azure Fury  (talk | contribs) 22:41, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Indeed, I agree that foreign language resources can be used to source information added to an article. I speak French well and as a result often include citations to French-language sources on English WP. I gather you read Polish, so of course there is no problem with your verification of a Polish source.   However, editors do need to be able to actually read the source they are citing: "the burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds .. material" to attribute it to a "source [that] clearly support[s] the information as it is presented in the article".  If one does not have access to a source and cannot read what it says, one cannot possibly verify what the source says. Unfortunately, this is what AzureFury has been attempting to do; I am not exactly clear why s/he cited only the Polish references from the Łyszczyński article, and did not attempt to track down the English language sources also cited in it, and which you also mention above. But anyway, the problem has been solved by some good research and verification from you. --Slp1 (talk) 02:27, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * For the record, I copy and pasted the reference section from the article.  Azure Fury  (talk | contribs) 04:09, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello again S1p1. I'm glad that we have successfully settled this particular issue. Also, just so you know, you're two quotations "the burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds .. material" and "source [that] clearly support[s] the information as it is presented in the article" do not prevent the use of sources written in a language that few on Wikipedia are able to read. Just because user X does not know how to read the language or does not have access to the source does not make the source invalid. Just as long as there exists someone who is able to verify the source (sure it may take some effort to track down such a person), it is assumed to be a valid source (unless there is some other reason to doubt it). selfworm Talk ) 05:22, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. If you look on my talkpage you'll see that I've recently agreed to do precisely this for another editor who has found French material she doesn't understand. As I stated above, non-English language sources are valid sources; though it's also true that  English-language resources are preferred when they exist and are of equal quality.  However, just as with any source,  the information needs to be verified by someone with access to it: this may include physical access to old newspapers, knowledge of the language involved, a convenient library etc. The question is not whether it is a valid or invalid source, but whether the information has been verified. In this case, a copy and paste list of Polish off-line materials was produced to support a statement proposed for inclusion.  The  editor involved apparently has neither access to the material involved, nor a knowledge of Polish, and so clearly could not verify what the sources said or did not say about the matter.  All in all, it was a good idea of AF to seek you out, so that you could verify the material, and thank you for that. --Slp1 (talk) 11:56, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Elfworm/SuperSecretHiddenPage, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Elfworm/SuperSecretHiddenPage and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:Elfworm/SuperSecretHiddenPage during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Vicenarian (T · C) 14:51, 30 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Well thanks a lot :) selfworm Talk ) 19:42, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Suggest your user page would be even cooler if "Lots of boxes" was changed to "Lotsaboxen." I find many of your userboxes match my own, some displayed and some not, though I trust you realize that Flying Spaghetti Monsterism will go out when Cthulhu comes. I mean really: why settle for a lesser evil? Feel free to email me. kcylsnavS 23:13, 29 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Svanslyck. Thanks for the suggestion and feel free to use any of my templates if you're interested. Take care. selfworm Talk ) 02:07, 31 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I do think it was cruel of you, though, to put the GWB box right next to the SSM box - and in the same pew too! kcylsnavS 02:51, 31 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry but I'm not following your acronyms. GWB? SSM? :0


 * Bush. kcylsnavS 11:57, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

I have nominated User:Seffworm/SuperSecretHiddenPage for deletion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Seffworm/SuperSecretHiddenPage. Cunard (talk) 00:32, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks!selfworm <font color="#FDD017">Talk ) 05:25, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

You've been around a while so I would imagine you already know this, but as due diligence - this is terrible advice that, if followed on a page under discretionary sanctions such as that one, would rapidly get you blocked or topic banned. Specifically, that page is under an extra-restrictive "Consensus required to reinstate" requirement. I'd be happy to discuss further, but since I'm already rather off-point on the talk page discussion I would prefer that discussion occurred in user talk space. Kind regards! VQuakr (talk) 00:01, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up.<font style="border:solid 1px #FDD017; background:#342D7E;" color="#342D7E"><font color="#FBB117">selfworm <font color="#FDD017">Talk ) 06:53, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Notice that when you created Hypsicles a decade ago and mentioned a spurious book on the account of Boyer, that was actually Book XV from Isidore of Miletus. I've just corrected the error. prokaryotes (talk) 16:11, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you!<font style="border:solid 1px #FDD017; background:#342D7E;" color="#342D7E"><font color="#FBB117">selfworm <font color="#FDD017">Talk ) 18:23, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

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