User talk:Metalsonic89

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August 2020

Stop adding Sega Retro as a source. It is a fansite and not a usable source on Wikipedia. I don’t object to your other sources, I just keep reverting them because you keep making so many changes in a single edit. Please stop, or your edits will just keep being undone by editors who know better. Thanks. Sergecross73 msg me 22:35, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me, but no one had a problem with this until you just now. I don't care what website the scans are on - Sonic Retro just so happens to try to provide proper sources to many release dates that Wikipedia often does not. If you want to reformat the references to cite the magazines themselves, so be it, but to fully revert into what is knowingly a sourceless, incorrect date (including the recent Zombies Ate My Neightbors revert, which tells me you did not even bother to read the other reference) is, frankly, appalling editing. Metalsonic89 (talk) 22:38, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So what? Just because I’m the only one calling you out doesn’t mean I’m wrong. Ask WT:VG. It’s not acceptable to source scans on a fansite. The fansites don’t have the legal right to host the magazine, and we don’t know whether or not these unreliable sources are trustworthy to replicate the scans without error or altercation. This is one of those times where you’ve got to ask yourself why no one else has already added these easily accessible sources for these mainstream games. There’s a reason. They’re not considered reliable. Sergecross73 msg me 22:46, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Again, if you want to rewrite the sources to cite the magazines themselves, go right ahead and do so. I will only say is that it's a pointless waste of time everyone's time to revert information you know is correct. Metalsonic89 (talk) 22:52, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You made these edits. The WP:BURDEN is on you to do it right. Fix your own mistakes. Sergecross73 msg me 22:56, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't have time for this, but fine, I'll do it later; in the meantime, for future reference, you don't have to hit the revert button when most of the edit itself is otherwise sound. To answer your question: it's hardly better when sites like GameFAQs and MobyGames are cited for release dates, because they themselves are often subject to user contributions, yet I notice a lot of editors tend to default to places like them anyway. Metalsonic89 (talk) 23:07, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]