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January 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Nintendo Switch Online, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. -- ferret (talk) 00:52, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not reverting at this time, but please check over WP:VG/S, then review your recent edits on Nintendo Switch Online. Several unreliable sources (Either directly so by consensus at WP:VG/S, or because they are WP:SPS blogs and websites) are included in the prose you've added. They need replaced by reliable sources. -- ferret (talk) 16:05, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I looked into the links you cited, primarily https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Video_games/Sources#List, and saw that Dexerto was indeed a "nope"-site to use. As it was the first time I had ever looked through that page, it was of course nice to get to learn about the list; I had already tried my very best to avoid citing e.g. YouTube, forums, Nintendo.com, and small blogs.

I'll look into replacing at least the Dexerto ref, maybe 1 of other 4 too if I find any better sites to source from, but it could take me up to 48 hours to find time to do. Dandelion Sprout (talk) 16:15, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The custom google search link on that page may also assist you, as it will only return results from pages marked as reliable-for-sure. -- ferret (talk) 16:21, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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October 2025

BLPS are a contentious topic. There is no world in which a BLP, written conservatively, would permit this blog post or a paragraph in this AV club article as establishing that material is DUE. Especially as to someone's "political philosophy". If you have made similar edits to other pages, go back and revert them. 128.250.0.172 (talk) 12:12, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was not the one that added that archiveMD link originally. I'm also in the process of replacing instances of that AV Club source with a different source, so there's no need to worry about that either. Dandelion Sprout (talk) 12:14, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the comment on the archiveMD link then. There is no editorial oversight for the Commonplace source, and a primary source does not establish it is DUE. My basic concern here is that it's deeply unflattering to Cowen, and there appears to be some humor used which simple quoting does not communicate. We really need a reputable secondary source to comment on this before we are adding it, not a schlocky magazine or in effect a blog. 128.250.0.172 (talk) 12:17, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It has this afternoon come to my attention that according to Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources and User talk:Launchballer, The A.V. Club is considered a legitimate source under all circumstances by Wikipedia's community standards, regardless of their articles' titles, so I'm reinstating at least most of that section soon now. Dandelion Sprout (talk) 16:55, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely not. RSP does not deal in such absolutes, its phrasing at most provides "generally reliable in its areas of expertise", and is not a policy or a guideline. WP:RSCONTEXT, which is, says "the reliability of a source depends on context. Each source must be carefully weighed to judge whether it is reliable for the statement being made in the Wikipedia article and is an appropriate source for that content." I do not doubt that Cowen said these things (he wrote them down), and I trust that the AV Club accurately transcribed these statements.

I can't get into this right now, so an abridged version is that analysis is more DUE if it treats its subject dispassionately (WP:ALLOWEDBIAS) and the analysis is well-founded (not really a policy that discusses what makes an opinion more valuable, but read RSCONTEXT). The author of this piece admits they have only read the bit before the paywall, and their comments are gossipy and partisan. Cowen's quotes are ambiguous as to their use of humour. Writing on the views of a BLP conservatively, we would not consider this scrupulous enough assessment. This is only speaking to the reliability of the piece, WP:VNOT also applies here in the context of Cowen's political philosophy, which I have taken most issue with as a WP:BALASP and WP:BLP failure. Sorry for throwing so many acronyms at you. 49.183.93.101 (talk) 07:03, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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