User talk:RogersJulie

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Please help me with understanding how to use primary sources

RogersJulie (talk) 20:45, 18 October 2015 (UTC)


 * You may want to check out WP:PRIMARY and, if the article deals with the biography of a living person, WP:BLPPRIMARY. The very short answer is, with great care or not at all. Primary sources may be used for uncontroversial, non-promotional details such as a person's birthdate or the name of a company's CEO, but any interpretation of primary sources must be based on secondary sources, and we shouldn't base large amounts of content solely on primary sources. Given the choice between primary and secondary sources, the latter generally are preferred. Huon (talk) 20:50, 18 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I have read everything I can find so far. I have a class assignment to edit a Wikipedia page of an archaeologist. So yes it is the biography of a living person, and I have never done this before! How can I avoid using primary sources when talking about the scholarly work of an archaeologist? RogersJulie (talk) 20:56, 18 October 2015 (UTC)


 * You'll need secondary sources such as independent reviews of the archaeologist's work to provide a well-sourced assessment - find other, independent scholars commenting on the work. Sometimes newspapers or reputable magazines also report on archaeological discoveries. You might use primary sources for the archaeologist's own opinions, but if you want to write on whether that's the mainstream or a fringe opinion, whether it's run-of-the-mill archaeological work or an important discovery, secondary sources are indispensable.
 * Do you know whether the person who gave you this assignment has a Wikipedia account? If so, what's their username? Wikipedia offers some helpful resources for class projects; I'd like to point them in the right direction if they aren't aware already. Huon (talk) 21:32, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

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Can I cite someone CV? If so how?

RogersJulie (talk) 16:03, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi RogersJulie. Generally speaking, no. CVs are primary, self-published sources - either one would be sufficient to make Wikipedia look twice, and both together makes them very much a no-no. Yunshui 雲 水 10:53, 11 May 2017 (UTC)