User talk:Corgidad101

Corgidad101 (talk) 08:35, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Choosing appropriate sources
Welcome to Wikipedia and nice attempt on your first article, Matt Walsh (political commentator). Please consult the Wikipedia document Reliable sources/Perennial sources for notes on the various sources you have used in the article. For example, Gawker and New York Post are not appropriate for using on a Wikipedia article of a living person. Fox News may not be appropriate (depending on how you used it). Same with Daily Beast. You might be able to find another source to swap for any that aren't appropriate. Please check the list of perennial sources and modify your article accordingly. Platonk (talk) 05:25, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello. I'm writing to clarify what I said in this summary, because WP:PSTS is a policy that can surprise new editors. WP:PSTS says, "Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published secondary sources and, to a lesser extent, on tertiary sources and primary sources. Secondary or tertiary sources are needed to establish the topic's notability and avoid novel interpretations of primary sources. All analyses and interpretive or synthetic claims about primary sources must be referenced to a secondary or tertiary source and must not be an original analysis of the primary-source material by Wikipedia editors." In the Walsh article, the Patch story describing Walsh's school board appearance is an independent WP:SECONDARY source, which is what Wikipedia articles are based on. The Patch story holds much more WP:WEIGHT than a TV appearance that includes Walsh, which is a WP:PRIMARY source, or a tweet, which is a WP:SPS (self-published source) and is often discouraged for use. Llll5032 (talk) 08:20, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I requested WP:SECONDARY sources for the first Career paragraph because they are needed for a neutral summary of his career. Analysis of primary sources can verge into WP:OR (original research), which we are not supposed to do. Llll5032 (talk) 08:30, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Also, IMDB is an unreliable source per WP:IMDB Llll5032 (talk) 17:52, 17 November 2021 (UTC)