User talk:Billy.bibbic

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Reliable sources
Hi, Billy.bibbic. I've noticed that you've added a number of citations to a blog called CinemaWaves. In general, blogs are not reliable sources for Wikipedia's purposes. Some exceptions exist, where a blog has editorial review structures and functions more like a news outlet, such as SCOTUSblog, or where a blog's participants are subject-matter experts, such as The Volokh Conspiracy‚ but in the case of CinemaWaves there's no indication that either of those things is the case, so I have reverted your edits citing the blog. If you are affiliated with the blog, please note that when citing it you are subject to our policy on paid editing, under which you must disclose your affiliation and request edits rather than making them yourself. Please note that self-promotion via unsuitable citations is considered a form of spamming, and may result in the blacklisting of a domain name for use on Wikipedia and penalization in rankings by search engines. -- Tamzin  &#91;cetacean needed&#93; (they&#124;xe&#124;she) 01:19, 18 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi Tamzin, nice to meet you. Yes, I am affiliated with the website - being its sole owner.
 * The website is created after years of studying film, with the major thesis specifically in film movements. The purpose of the website is purely educational, as I am not profiting in any way by it. I noticed a lot of missing details about certain movements, on the internet, and on Wikipedia as well, and my goal is trying to raise the awareness because they are the integral part of the development and history of film as an art form.
 * My changes were minuscule, firstly because of the sheer lack of understanding how changes/updates on Wikipedia works - I was testing.
 * Secondly, I understand that I am not a reputable source, being just a film enthusiast with the major, so I was trying not to impose any "subjective" thoughts, just adding some key, missing, details that are well know in the film community, referenced on my website, and clearly lacking on Wikipedia.
 * Thirdly and most critically, there are (independent, self made) blogs on Wikipedia, for example - https://www.movementsinfilm.com/german-expressionism, used as references, which gave me a green light of adding few, as I already stated, key, well known and clearly missing, changes/updates to the pages of film movements.
 * To conclude, my goal here is to update, in a small way, some clear missings on the pages of film movements as now, I can finally reference those "subjective" thoughts via CinemaWaves website, which is the only portal on the internet focused on all important film movements in history of cinema.
 * Please tell me your thoughts. Billy.bibbic (talk) 02:12, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm sure you've found other blogs cited on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is, and always will be, a work in progress, so there will inevitably be some articles that cite blogs. This does not, however, mean, that it is okay for them to do so. So no, we really can't allow citations to your blog. The good news is that, as you seem to be an expert in this subject, you still have a lot to offer here! You can find sources in scholarly or newsmedia publications that say the same thing as your blog, and you can cite those. You're very correct that we don't have enough coverage of film from an artistic perspective, and there's lots of sources out there just waiting to be mined by someone who knows what they're talking about, which it sounds like you are. -- Tamzin  &#91;cetacean needed&#93; (they&#124;xe&#124;she) 02:17, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay, thank you for explaining me all of this and sorry for contributing in a wrong way. Billy.bibbic (talk) 10:46, 18 November 2023 (UTC)