User talk:James.Heiney

January 2011
Hi, and thanks for your contribution to Shannyn Sossamon. Unfortunately I had to revert it. Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion is coverage in reliable secondary sources and there is a policy of verifiability which means that someone else is able to access the source to verify a claim made. A private email is not acceptable as a reliable source, because it is not published by a reputable source with a reputation for fact-checking. On the other hand, a self-published biography on the web would be acceptable as a primary source for simple facts such as her middle name. But it does need to be verifiable by others. If you can find coverage which does cite her middle name correctly spelled, then please add it to the article again, and remove the erroneous source completely. Elizium23 (talk) 20:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up. I will remove the erroneous source. I changed it because I am doing a Salem Press encyclopedia article on the actress and noticed it was incorrect here. --James.Heiney (talk) 20:35, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. By the way, IMDB is not usually considered a reliable source, mostly because it is driven by user contributions - anyone can change it by submitting a request. See WP:RS/IMDB. It would help if you kept on looking for other sources. Anything found in Google News searches should be acceptable. Elizium23 (talk) 21:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I will try to find another source, but I may have to wait until my Salem Press article comes out since most sources refer to here or to Gale biography, which also spells it incorrectly. --James.Heiney (talk) 22:13, 26 January 2011 (UTC)