User talk:Economics Watcher

January 2023
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it.  MrOllie (talk) 01:13, 10 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi MrOllie,
 * The link was to the source of the image. The site which the graphic exists on states that it can be shared as long as it is cited.  Additionally, readers have the right to know where the data comes from.  I do not understand your removal of the graphical representations of the debt and debt to GDP figures.  Please explain.
 * Thank you. Economics Watcher (talk) 03:06, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * If their terms of use require an external link, their terms are incompatible with Wikipedia. But that's fine, because they don't meet Wikipedia's sourcing requirements, so we can't use their content anyway. MrOllie (talk) 03:17, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Now you have me really confused. With respect to citing the work, that is only fair to both the reader (who has the right to know the source) and the producer of the content who should get credit for its production.
 * With respect to not being able to use their data or graphs, that makes no sense either. Why do you state that? Economics Watcher (talk) 03:41, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * As I just said, that site does not meet Wikipedia's reliable sourcing requirements. MrOllie (talk) 03:49, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Why do you say that? Economics Watcher (talk) 04:30, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not seeing any conflict with the sourcing document. It's very long so maybe I missed something, but I do not see a conflict.  Please provide specifically what you feel does not work.
 * Thanks. Economics Watcher (talk) 04:33, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * We do not use self published materials as sources. MrOllie (talk) 04:37, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by self-published? It's not a book, it's a research site. Economics Watcher (talk) 04:45, 10 January 2023 (UTC)