User talk:Parrot of Doom/Archives/2017/February

Morgan at FAC
Hi PoD, Did you have to go through questioning about sources like this when you took Blackbeard through FAC? It seems a bit excessive to question using reliable secondary sources to such an extent! All the best, The Bounder (talk) 18:27, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I've sometimes had to deal with questioning like that. When reading sources for articles you eventually get a feel for how comprehensive or reliable they are.  For instance, this book, used on Elizabeth Canning, is quite possibly the most detailed and well-researched book I've ever read.  So I used it heavily in that article.  Other books, which are more "light reading", I tend to use scarcely.  I occasionally use very old sources, but only to quote them.  I let historians judge how accurate those are. Parrot of Doom 22:25, 10 February 2017 (UTC)