User talk:LizmSJSU

In response to your feedback
Hi LizmSJSU, and thank you for leaving feedback. Thank you also for your contributed article, A Sting in a Tale. Non-Western film (except for Bollywood) is somewhat under-represented on Wikipedia, so it's good to see someone doing work in this area.

You can still do things to improve your work - the page could use more references, for example. (Incidentally, if you're going to edit on film-related articles, you should be aware that IMDb is not regarded as a reliable source.) Keep up the good work, and if you need any help, drop me a line on my talkpage or ask at the helpdesk.

Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 10:08, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

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Reliable sources
Hi LizmSJSU; thanks for your message. There's a page here on how to identify reliable sources, which you might find useful. For films, the best sources are: reviews in mainstream national newspapers, coverage in film studies textbooks or other non-fiction books published by mainstream publishing houses, published interviews with cast and crew (although these are not often considered suitable for establishing notability, they are useful as sources for verification), newspaper articles on the film and the awards it has won/been nominated for, and scholarly papers discussing the film's content or social impact.

Sources which are not considered reliable are things like blogs, YouTube and IMDb (which contain content generated by users - ironically Wikipedia itself is not considered a reliable source for this very reason!). Anything released by the production company (press releases, trailers, promo videos etc.) also needs to be treated with care, and doesn't count towards demonstrating notability.

If you're unsure about whether a source is usable or not, you can ask at the Reliable sources noticeboard, where other editors will be able to offer their opinions.

Hope this helps! Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 08:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)