User talk:Majd.lk

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Happy editing! D🐶ggy54321 (let's chat!) 21:22, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

ChartMasters
Hi! I noticed you recently reverted my edit removing the source ChartMasters from the article Justin Bieber discography. I noticed that you expressed in your edit summary that the current source was from six years ago, and that you thought it was more unreliable than ChartMasters. I reverted back to my version, and I will explain why. Per WP:CHARTS, which is part of the guideline for which websites we should and should not use while sourcing chart information, ChartMasters falls under WP:SPS, and there's no indication of where the figures are from. To break this down, SPS is short for self-published source. I encourage you to fully read WP:SPS, which is an explanation of self-published sources, but I'll also provide the condensed version. Anyone can write anything and publish it online. This is called a self-published source. This is why self-published sources are generally not acceptable for use on Wikipedia, because they have not gone through proper fact-checking and editing processes, and Wikipedia cannot trust them. The only time a self-published source is an acceptable source to use on Wikipedia is when that source has been recognized as a subject-matter expert by an independent, reliable source. Now, how does this relate to ChartMasters? ChartMasters is a self-published source who has never been recognized as a subject-matter expert by an independent, reliable source. Therefore, ChartMasters is unacceptable for use on Wikipedia, because we do not know where they get their information from, and we cannot trust them. Circling back, you also expressed that you thought that the sales figures were more unreliable than ChartMasters. The sales figures are from Billboard, which is a highly reliable, reputable source. Even though the sales figures were from six years years ago, it would be better to list the older ones sourced reliably from Billboard than to list the newer ones sources unreliably from ChartMasters. This is why I reverted your edit. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me! Thanks! D🐶ggy54321 (let's chat!) 21:22, 24 May 2021 (UTC)