User talk:ChristianContributor

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Proposed deletion of Obama's prayer breakfast speech 2012


The article Obama's prayer breakfast speech 2012 has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * WP should not contain the full content of primary sources. Fails WP: NOFULLTEXT.

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 * This belongs on Wikisource, not here. NawlinWiki (talk) 15:28, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

References and original research
I'm not sure what you mean by comparing references, but that's probably covered by no original research. I suggest you read that and WP:VERIFY plus WP:RS, which might help you edit without being reverted. Dougweller (talk) 16:05, 7 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello, Doug Weller.

I never said "comparing references." What I said was: comparison should be a legitimate function of a reference. In other works comparison is used in references to compare the text to other sources. Hence, the function of comparison implies other sources. Remember, I wrote "Compare the Bible ..." This is a perfectly relevant and not unusual procedure. In comparisons the reference do not have a confirming function. Instead, its function is to draw the reader's attention to additional material of relevance and interest.


 * That looks like what we call original research - read WP:NOR. Comparisons need to be made by reliable sources (see the links in my first post) and must specifically be about the subject of the article. Dougweller (talk) 06:48, 8 February 2012 (UTC)