User talk:Mcadorette

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You cant really use interviews you have conducted yourself to update articles here at Wikipedia. All information mush be cited to reliable sources. Hope this helps. He iro 17:27, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Per your question at my talkpage, nope, sorry, we can not accept an "oral history" of any kind for citations of an article(unless it has been published such as this). If we allowed this, even for "special cases", anyone could come on here and declare "personal knowledge" of a subject for whatever wild claim they wanted to make. All information must be previously published by a WP:RELIABLE source, WP:CITED to that source so that other editors and users can WP:VERIFY its accuracy. We are an encyclopedia, a compiler of existing knowledge, not a publisher of WP:ORIGINAL THOUGHT or research. WP:IGNORE ALL RULES applies to not adhering to needless bureaucracy for bureaucracies sake, if the betterment of the encyclopedia is ensured by ignoring a rule. Allowing people to add their own original research is not in the best interests of the project. If you have added uncited original research to an article, please go and remove it. The various bluelinks explain the different comcepts and are worth reading carefully. Hope this helps, cheers, He iro 18:02, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The best thing for you to do is to find already published sources (local newspapers, high school yearbooks, magazine stories, etc) that contain the information you wish to add. No personal emails or stories, see what counts as a reliable source at WP:RELIABLE. He iro 18:05, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have repeated essentially the same advice as Heironymous here.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:46, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Education project

Based on your recent edits, I am guessing that you are facilitating a school project where students are updating the school's article on Wikipedia, and in the process, learning about editing, Wikipedia, citing sources, etc.?

If I am correct, can I suggest you take a look at Wikipedia:School and university projects or WP:EDUCATOR? Singularity42 (talk) 18:37, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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