User talk:Centralia1

Self-published sources
I just undid some additions you made to Cafeteria Catholics, because both the additions to the text and to the External Links were of a single source.... and that source appears to be self-published (on the site, it was listed as coming from the "open-publishing newswire", and as the website itself says "the open publishing newswire allows anyone to instantaneously self-publish their work"). Wikipedia's guidelines regarding self-published sources discourages their use. There are exceptions for work self-published by folks who are recognized experts in the relevant field, but the byline being merely "N. Evans" makes that hard to identify, and I could find no other reference to the newsletter this piece was stated to have run in.

Also, we tend not to put things in the External Links section that are also used as references in the article.

If you want to contend with these changes, please bring it up in discussion at Talk:Cafeteria Catholics. And have a fine weekend! --Nat Gertler (talk) 15:20, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello Nat Gertler,

You wrote:

"I just undid some additions you made to Cafeteria Catholics, because both the additions to the text and to the External Links were of a single source.... and that source appears to be self-published (on the site, it was listed as coming from the "open-publishing newswire", and as the website itself says "the open publishing newswire allows anyone to instantaneously self-publish their work"). Wikipedia's guidelines regarding self-published sources discourages their use. There are exceptions for work self-published by folks who are recognized experts in the relevant field, but the byline being merely "N. Evans" makes that hard to identify, and I could find no other reference to the newsletter this piece was stated to have run in.

Also, we tend not to put things in the External Links section that are also used as references in the article.

If you want to contend with these changes, please bring it up in discussion at Talk:Cafeteria Catholics. And have a fine weekend! --Nat Gertler (talk) 15:20, 7 August 2021 (UTC)"

Thank you for the clarification. I do find value in keeping the original external link as long as it is not referenced in the main article text. What do you think?

FYI I also added a citation needed tag for the intro of the main article text as no sources are mentioned.

Please do have a good weekend as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Centralia1 (talk • contribs)

Anarchism
Hi Centralia1,

I saw your work on articles related to anarchism and wanted to say hello, as I work in the topic area too. If you haven't already, you might want to our noticeboard for Wikipedia's coverage of anarchism, which is a great place to ask questions, collaborate, discuss style/structure precedent, and stay informed about content related to anarchism. Take a look for yourself!

And if you're looking for other juicy places to edit, consider expanding a stub, adopting a cleanup category, or participating in one of our current formal discussions.

Feel free to say hi on my talk page and let me know if these links were helpful (or at least interesting). Hope to see you around. czar 03:50, 29 December 2021 (UTC)