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What makes a valid citation

May I suggest that you read Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning. "Why Cite Sources in Your Academic Writing?". Yale.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-23.

A link to a youtube or facebook video is not of itself a valid citation if it is you making a judgement about it: that is WP:OR.
- If a notable person, speaking about a subject within their professional expertise, uses youtube or facebook as their publication platform, then that is ok to cite.
An example of something being used on a website is not a valid citation: that again is your OR because it is you who had deemed it significant.
An originator saying that they say, do or use something is not a valid citation: that is a WP:PRIMARY violation.

𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 17:02, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"If a notable person, speaking about a subject within their professional expertise, uses youtube or facebook as their publication platform, then that is ok to cite." It is the official Channel 4 channel. It is the only copy out there I can find of the full video. newsjunkie (talk) 17:16, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Academic citation model

Just to clarify: the founding philosophy of en.Wikipedia follows the in all articles, not just academic ones. All non-obvious statements must be supported by citing a reliable source that asserts that it to be the case. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 20:26, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that and agree, that's why I don't really see what the issue is. It's an additional reliable source in combination with the news article, and my understanding of academic citing and citing in general has always been that it's always better to have more citations, rather than the opposite. newsjunkie (talk) 20:34, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have explained already that it is not a valid citation. Put simply, it can't be used to cite itself. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 21:03, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe not by itself, but why doesn't it work as an additional source if an existing source already establishes the relevance (but doesn't include the full content) and primary sources are permitted to cite facts without analysis? newsjunkie (talk) 21:08, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not using it to establish significance (with no additional text or analysis to that effect), which the Guardian article has already done, but simply an additional piece of evidence for what was said. newsjunkie (talk) 21:15, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, no and again no. It is not a valid citation in that context. It can't be used to cite itself. The only legitimate way to use it there is as a footnote [using {{efn}}] or as an external link.

This correspondence is now closed -- Ed. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 00:10, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you point to where exactly in the guidelines it states that or what specific context you mean? I pointed you to examples from the primary source guidelines (that you pointed to) but you haven't pointed to any specific guidelines stating that. newsjunkie (talk) 00:13, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also don't see what in the academic writing guidelines you pointed to would go against that citation, and those could even be interpreted to allow for the citation. newsjunkie (talk) 00:17, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I honestly cannot see where on this page Wikipedia:No original research#Primary it would describe this as a violation. It does not say that primary sources cannot be used, but it provides guidelines for when they can be used and I don't see why this doesn't conform. newsjunkie (talk) 00:25, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It even says " a primary source is generally the best source for its own contents." newsjunkie (talk) 00:26, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Article formatting

Could I ask you to pay regard to the consensus formatting of articles - by Engvar and date format - when editing articles, please? It would save other editors having to recorrect your edits, as recent at Alan Cumming. MapReader (talk) 14:29, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've been using the visual editor mostly and I think it sometimes formats these things automatically (I'm not sure based on what exactly.) newsjunkie (talk) 16:58, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Danny Reagan and similar cases

I understand your point of view on this, but I think there has to be some way to give the reader the benefit of seeing what the actor who plays the role looks like without having to click over to another page article. If the character were a costumed superhero or was otherwise presented with a very distinctive look that could not be conveyed by seeing the actor, I could see a much stronger case for not having a picture at all, but in this case, Danny Reagan just looks like Mark Wahlberg. The only thing out of place is that it seems unlikely that Danny Reagan would wear that particular suit. I would suggest presenting the image outside of the infobox, but that seems aesthetically suboptimal. BD2412 T 22:51, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He definitely looks a particular way with a suit when he is playing the character. Look at the The West Wing character pages that use promotional photos of the actors in costume like Josh Lyman or C.J. Cregg, so you could look for similar ones for Blue Bloods. newsjunkie (talk) 22:56, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting point, and worth looking for. On the other hand, we do have articles like James T. Kirk, which shows the actors who played the character separately from the depiction of the character. BD2412 T 23:37, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The primary top photo does have him in costume though. newsjunkie (talk) 00:26, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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March 2025

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