User talk:Tony911123

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On sourcing and verifiability
Hi, I noticed that on a lot of your edits, your edit summaries read something like "May 6, 2009 NBA TNT Houston at LA Lakers Round 2 Playoffs Game 2". I guess these are meant to be the source of your information. But it's unclear what you mean. Do you mean that because you saw Ray Allen play small forward, he should be listed at the 3? Or that a broadcaster specifically mentioned that Allen was playing at the 3? Either way, it isn't very useful, because the former would be considered original research, and there's no way to verify the latter. Basically, you're saying, "I saw/heard this, so trust me, this is true", which doesn't work with Wikipedia's policies on verifiability - you have to cite a source that readers can go and make sure the information is correct. Which is why we prefer written sources over visual or audio (and it helps to actually cite the source, rather than mention it in the edit summary).

More specifically to your edits, for positions, we use positions listed by the team or the NBA, since those are the most easily verifiable (that's really the key here). So yes, Ray Allen may occasionally play small forward and Paul Pierce could play the 4 in a small ball lineup, but those aren't their positions, at least for listing in the infobox.

Anyway, let me know if you have any questions or concerns, or start a discussion in one of the talk pages if you like.--Mosmof (talk) 13:30, 7 May 2009 (UTC)