Talk:Akure–Benin War/Archives/2023/October

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Failed verification from sources

Between 12 and 13 October, I highlighted significant paragraphs with the given sources that say absolutely nothing for its verification. An example is "Irwin, Graham W. (1975). "Precolonial African Diplomacy: The Example of Asante" which was used multiple times throughout the article despite the fact that the conflict does not appear in the journal at all. The creator of the article, Vanderwaalforces has already been addressed by sir ActivelyDisinterested for implementing sources with failed verifications for another artcile he created. Vanderwaalforces changed some of the sources which I pointed out for lacking verification but he simply replaced them with other sources that yet still do not verify the content. For now, I'll add a cite check template. If possible, ActivelyDisinterested, please help in checking the sources of the article for legitimacy.Kwesi Yema (talk) 10:24, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

@Kwesi Yema Thank you for expressing your concern, but I honestly think this message here is unnecessary. I am working so hard to verify the citations too, as much as you are, do not make it look like I am a problem as that is exactly what this your message here implies. If you wanted to talk to me or ActivelyDisinterested directly, the user talk was the best venue. Thanks. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 10:36, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

It is not my intention to promote slander against a fellow editor. However, an article such as this, with several sources that outright fail to verify entire paragraphs, is a serious problem that must be addressed in the talk page of the article. For starters, do not remove the cite-check tag in order for page reviewers to examine all the citations for legitimacy. Secondly, I have added a quotation needed tag to most of the sources that are hard to access. These include the new sources you added to replace the previous ones that had a failed verification tag. To improve the article, provide a quotation in the ref-tag from the exact page where you got your information. For example,(^[1]) Kwesi Yema (talk) 23:15, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

^ Conrad, Lawrence I. (June 1982). "Tāʿūn and Wabāʾ Conceptions of Plague and Pestilence in Early Islam". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 25 (3): 268–307 [278] "[It] is so unusual that its gazelles and ostriches, its insects and flies, its foxes, sheep and asses, its horses and its birds are all black. Blackness and whiteness are in fact caused by the properties of the region, as well as by the God-given nature of water and soil and by the proximity or remoteness of the sun and the intensity or mildness of its heat.". doi:10.2307/3632188. JSTOR 3632188. S2CID 162335805.

Kwesi Yema (talk) 23:15, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

[1] Conrad, Lawrence I. (June 1982). "Tāʿūn and Wabāʾ Conceptions of Plague and Pestilence in Early Islam". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 25 (3): 268–307 [278] "[It] is so unusual that its gazelles and ostriches, its insects and flies, its foxes, sheep and asses, its horses and its birds are all black. Blackness and whiteness are in fact caused by the properties of the region, as well as by the God-given nature of water and soil and by the proximity or remoteness of the sun and the intensity or mildness of its heat.". doi:10.2307/3632188. JSTOR 3632188. S2CID 162335805.

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