User talk:Mcabrerag

August 2021
Hello, I'm Peaceray. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Federico Tinoco Granados, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page.  Please not that the change that you made is not verified by the cited source, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30895/11-wars-lasted-way-longer-they-should-have. Peaceray (talk) 16:01, 22 August 2021 (UTC) Dear Peaceray, the citation you mention is not mine, and it is, in fact, an unreliable source. I did not erase it to show some respect to the original author of the article, since I am not sure about his/her intentions. But the information provided originally, that is, that Costa Rica did not declare war to Germany in World War II is inaccurate. Costa Rica declared war to Japan on August 8th, 1941, and on August 11th, 1941, to Germany. Clearly mentalfloss.com is not, and never has been a reliable source, so, I am surprised you ask me to provide one. Second, and even more relevant, in academia it is well accepted that common knowledge that is vox populi does not need a citation. Otherwise we would need a citation for every sentence. The fact that Costa Rica declared war to the axis is a fact that is not questionable and it is very easy to verify anywhere online. Let me know if you still need a citation and I will provide one.