User talk:LostinYokohama

September 2020
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Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Import scene. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 13:51, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Import scene, you may be blocked from editing. Dennis Bratland (talk) 21:37, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey Dennis, hope you can give me a bit of advice here, as you can tell I'm new to Wiki editing. My intention was just to add a short paragraph noting that most people find information on this topic online, rather than books or DVDs as they did many years ago. It's quite a vague statement so I thought some examples would help but the first edit said I needed references for those and when I added them I guess it got flagged again. One was a third party reference and the others were links to homepages I think was the problem? Thanks in advance! LostinYokohama (talk) 12:06, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Read Reliable sources to understand what a quality source is. We're looking for independent publications that exercise editorial control and take responsibility for fact checking, like a good newspaper, magazine, publishing house or peer-reviwed journal. Businesswire just parrots press releases, in this case Primedia wrote a release about themselves, saying whatever they wanted about themselves. That's not independent, and such sources are only cited under narrow circumstances; see WP:ABOUTSELF.The larger question is, how do you know how popular websites are among those in the import scene? Who measured their popularity? Did a journalist or author say so in a serious publication? That's the source you'd want to cite. Even then, we'd have no need of examples of Instagram or YouTube sites about the subject, unless you think readers don't know what Instagram is or what YouTube is. Normally they'd click the links to the articles Instagram or YouTube if they need to know what that is. Wikipedia is not a directory explains that we don't provide a directory or phone book or catalog of websites or other such resources.  Do enthusiasts of import cars use websites for information more than the entire rest of the world for, you know, everything? Gardening, astronomy, heart surgery, poker. Is there a reason to say that on this particular topic people use the Internet more than everyone else?I'd suggest branching out across many articles, making smaller edits to get a feel for it. Stick to citing major publication for a little while, just to be on the safe side. Or look over the various other advice pages we have: Help:Getting started, Tips, FAQ/Editing, and so on. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 01:05, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your quick reply! I understand quality sources are important but finding what fits in the right context is a little more difficult. Maybe that's why this whole article only has one reference which is also a dead link. I'll definitely read through those guides in more detail. As for knowing what is popular, I have a broad knowledge of the topic as its been my main interest for 20+ years, although I can hardly cite that haha. I linked to the YouTube / Instagram pages as a reference for popularity based on subscriber / follower counts (which are in the millions) as I figured this would be a more objective indicator than an author or journalist saying so. The page listed some examples of DVDs so I thought I was only following what was the accepted format, but I stand corrected. Those examples are also very dated, Best Motoring for example was discontinued in 2011 but now releases their videos on YouTube. I'd argue enthusiasts of import cars probably do use websites for information more than other interest areas. For example TEN Publishing discontinued 19 of their automotive publications late last year- including Superstreet which then moved entirely online. With such DVDs and magazines now unavailable, online is almost the only place this kind of information is readily available. This is probably part of a broader trend of print to online media / DVDs to streaming and is probably getting off topic though I guess. Thanks for your suggestions, it seems I probably bit off a little more than I could chew for the first edit, so I'll look around for smaller edits and better references like you said. LostinYokohama (talk) 13:35, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No doubt your assessment is correct, but Wikipedia's No original research policy doesn't leave much room there. Just keep in mind that if you're right about something, then somewhere out there, a reliable source has said the same thing. And if you know a subject well, you're probably the best person to figure out where that source is. Remember that offline sources are totally fine; we actually have a problem with "FUTON bias" and it helps if more sources never published online are cited. Public libraries and schools often have free access to paywalled archives like ProQuest and NewspaperArchive, and you can get access via some programs at The Wikipedia Library, or have fellow editors share their access with you via the Resource exchange.Engage with others working on the same article by posting questions or ideas at Talk:Import scene, as well as a broader group of active car enthusiasts at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Automobiles. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 18:10, 30 September 2020 (UTC)