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Never use self-published sources—including but not limited to books, [[zine]]s, websites, blogs, and tweets—as sources of material about a living person, unless written or published {{strong|by the subject of the article}}. "Self-published blogs" in this context refers to personal and group blogs. Some news organizations host online columns that they call blogs, and these may be acceptable as sources so long as the writers are professionals and the blog is subject to the newspaper's full editorial control. Posts left by readers are never acceptable as sources.<ref>From [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#cite note-3]].</ref> See [[#Images|§ Images]] below for our policy on self-published images. |
Never use self-published sources—including but not limited to books, [[zine]]s, websites, blogs, and tweets—as sources of material about a living person, unless written or published {{strong|by the subject of the article}}. "Self-published blogs" in this context refers to personal and group blogs. Some news organizations host online columns that they call blogs, and these may be acceptable as sources so long as the writers are professionals and the blog is subject to the newspaper's full editorial control. Posts left by readers are never acceptable as sources.<ref>From [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#cite note-3]].</ref> See [[#Images|§ Images]] below for our policy on self-published images. However, third party self-published sources may be used as sources for the fact that the author of the source said something about a living person, as long as it is made clear that this is only the authors opinion and nothing cited to such a source is stated as fact, and if the content does not otherwise violate BLP or constitute [[WP:UNDUE|undue weight]]. |
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Revision as of 00:57, 3 September 2018
Avoid self-published sources
Never use self-published sources—including but not limited to books, zines, websites, blogs, and tweets—as sources of material about a living person, unless written or published by the subject of the article. "Self-published blogs" in this context refers to personal and group blogs. Some news organizations host online columns that they call blogs, and these may be acceptable as sources so long as the writers are professionals and the blog is subject to the newspaper's full editorial control. Posts left by readers are never acceptable as sources.[1] See § Images below for our policy on self-published images. However, third party self-published sources may be used as sources for the fact that the author of the source said something about a living person, as long as it is made clear that this is only the authors opinion and nothing cited to such a source is stated as fact, and if the content does not otherwise violate BLP or constitute undue weight.