User talk:Grashazk

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Blog as reference
Hello, I've noticed that you tend to use Norman Lebrecht's "Slipped Disc" blog as a reference in many of your edits. Whilst this comment may sound academic, it is not good practice to cite blogs as references, and any single blog at that. Anyone can write a blog and write anything that s/he wants on it, without a third party to filter and evaluate the content, i.e. there is no automatic fact-checking for objectivity and accuracy in blogs. Proper references are newspaper articles, or academic journal articles, for example, which have been vetted and passed by objective third parties before being posted on a given website. Thus it is best to cite a blog entry as an external link, not as a reference. The alternative is to go to the direct source that someone like Lebrecht cites and to make that original press release or on-line newspaper article the actual reference. If it is a press release from an organisation like the CBSO (in the case of someone like Andris Nelsons, for example - where, by the way, as of 26 December 2011, there has been no official report of the birth of their first child), then one cites the direct press release from that organisation, with credit given to them appropriately. Thanks for reading. DJRafe (talk) 15:14, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Grashazk: I'm not sure how the response button works, so I'll reply in this space. Norman Lebrecht's "Slipped Disc" blog is one of the most widely read sites in classical music. It often carries reliable news and comment ahead of print media. Its report of the birth of Mr Nelson's child, for instance, was quickly corroborated by the persons involved on a variety of social media. However, I take your point and will use blog sources sparingly on Wikipedia in future, and only when another source can be found to verify them. Thank you for the comment.


 * For similar reasons, I removed some stuff you added to Joshua Bell on the grounds that a blog opinion piece is not a sufficient reference. The other reference didn't support the point you wanted to make.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 15:31, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

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Latonia Moores teacher
Hallo Grashazk,

thanks for your valuable addions to Latonia Moore. You might be right, that Bill Schuman is originally named William Schuman, but - accoding to peopel from the AVA I emailed with- he calls himself Bill. I think Latonia does call him Bill to, because she had no objection, when I quotet him as her teacher on her webpage. Also are there many references to a singing teacher as Bill Schuman: William Schuman might be missleading, because there is an article about a William Schuman, but he died when Latonia was about 13 year.
 * Latonia Moore in German version
 * Marcello Giordani

I haven't change your entry yet, because I'm new to Wikipedia

Kind regards Nico Art-chocolate (talk) 19:37, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

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