User talk:Arabella Allen-Langley
Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. However, please do not use unreliable sources such as blogs, wikis, personal websites, and websites and publications with a poor reputation for checking the facts or with no editorial oversight. These sources may express views that are widely acknowledged as pushing a particular point-of-view, sometimes even extremist, being promotional in nature, or relying heavily on rumors and personal opinions. One of Wikipedia's core policies is that contributions must be verifiable through reliable sources, preferably using inline citations. If you require further assistance, please look at Help:Menu/Editing Wikipedia, or ask at the Teahouse. Thank you. OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:09, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
- (Presumably regarding my draft article on Molly Clavering?) Yes, I understand that completely! However, because there is so little biographical information available (either in print or online) about Molly Clavering, following the Wikipedia:Verifiability recommendation that "Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established subject-matter expert, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable, independent publications" [1] I judged that that particular blogger's deep knowledge of his subject (British women novelists of the first half of the 20th century) as a print re-publisher of many of those authors justified my use of his blog as a source. Please advise! Arabella Allen-Langley (talk) 16:17, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- Given that the blogger simply describes themselves as an enthusiast, I don't see how that they meet that criteria. OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:02, 14 May 2024 (UTC)