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Far-left definition

An IP user is adding terms to the definition of 'far-left', using sources specifically talking about subsets of far-left politics such as Marxism (one of which doesn't even mention the term 'far-left' and is called 'The Encyclopedia Of Libertarianism' to boot). Can I get consensus that they need better sources before making these changes? Sumanuil (talk) 18:25, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. The references need to be WP:RS to be used at all. RS references can be used to make points only which are on topic for the article (which these probably are) and which the reference really does support (which would need to be checked). Even then, the points would need to be covered in a proportional way.

More specifically, libertarianism.org describes itself as "the Cato Institute’s treasury of resources about the theory and history of liberty" so that is a "libertarian" (in the weird American usage of the term) think tank with an axe to grind and is not an RS for anything other than demonstrating what the Cato Institute says. --DanielRigal (talk) 18:37, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Cato Institute is one of the most authoritative think tanks in the world [external link] (p. 62). Sources with an axe to grind are routinely used in Wikipedia (SPLC, for instance). --Humanophage (talk) 14:48, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 :Yeah. The references need to be [[WP:RS]] to be used at all. RS references can be used to make points only which are on topic for the article (which these probably are) and which the reference really does support (which would need to be checked). Even then, the points would need to be covered in a proportional way.
 :More specifically, libertarianism.org describes itself as "the [[Cato Institute]]’s treasury of resources about the theory and history of liberty" so that is a "libertarian" (in the weird American usage of the term) think tank with an axe to grind and is not an RS for anything other than demonstrating what the Cato Institute says. --[[User:DanielRigal|DanielRigal]] ([[User talk:DanielRigal|talk]]) 18:37, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
+::The Cato Institute is one of the most authoritative think tanks in the world [https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=think_tanks [external link<nowiki>]</nowiki>] (p. 62). Sources with an axe to grind are routinely used in Wikipedia (SPLC, for instance). --[[User:Humanophage|Humanophage]] ([[User talk:Humanophage|talk]]) 14:48, 10 July 2019 (UTC)