User talk:Alexa0617

Harvard Institute of Politics
Hi - your recent edit to Caroline Kennedy removed the assertion that the Harvard Institute of Politics is a memorial to her father. I don't have an opinion on this, but the first sentence on the IOP website is, "The Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School (IOP) was established in 1966 as a memorial to President Kennedy." - Special-T (talk) 20:20, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

January 2021
Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Nancy Pelosi, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you.  Acroterion   (talk)   04:24, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Don't use raw census data, it's original research. Her mother's name was Annunciata.  Acroterion   (talk)   04:26, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi! I completely understand. I shouldn’t have submitted census data as a secondary source since it’s original research. However, the primary source I cited was a video from PBS that claims “[Pelosi] feels an even stronger connection to her mother who shares both Nancy’s legal name, Annunciata, and her more informal name, Nancy.” This explains that her mother’s legal name was Annunciata (though she went by Nancy) and the Speaker’s is as well. I would consider PBS to be a quality, independent source whose reporting is reliable, especially since this piece was produced with the Speaker’s explicit consent. Given that, I think the edit should be included on the page since the information is verifiable from an outside respectable media source and instead, just the census citation should be removed. I understand the special concern around this article since Speaker Pelosi is such a prominent figure but I think it does the community a disservice to not display information if we know it’s verifiable. Thanks! Alexa0617 (talk)
 * It would still be best to have multiple published sources for that, and check the manual of style on how to present it.  Acroterion   (talk)   05:42, 22 January 2021 (UTC)