Talk:Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa

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Update[edit]

I plan to update this article. As I have a conflict of interest (I work at OBCT and I use this alternate account for my OBCT work on Wikipedia, my main account is User:Jaqen) I am describing here the edits I plan to do before I will do it:

name has been changed to "Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa" (in short "OBC Transeuropa" or "OBCT") so I plan to move the article, change the lead section and the infobox and add a short explanation of the name change in the body of the article
the headquarters have been moved from Rovereto to Trento so I would change the lead section, the infobox and add a short explanation in the body
OBCT is not a part of the Peace Bell Foundation (Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti) anymore: it has become a part of the "Centro per la Cooperazione Internazionale" (Center for International Cooperation). I would update that
I would change the logo in the infobox with File:OBCT Logo with text.png (new name, higher resolution, PD from Commons)
I would add an external links section with a link to the official website
I would add {{Commons category}}
I would add {{authority control}}

I would add appropriate sources when necessary. All these edits seems to me to be non-controversial, but please let me know if there is any problem! --Niccolò "Jaqen" Caranti (OBC) (talk) 08:41, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done If you have any doubt please let me know. --Niccolò "Jaqen" Caranti (OBC) (talk) 12:43, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable sources[edit]

The article currently relies mostly on non-independent or primary sources:

Five footnotes lead to an old version of OBCT's "About us" page.
Three others lead to other pages at balcanicaucaso.org.
One is an organization directory from the Municipality of Rovereto.

It seems that the only information that is properly sourced is:

The Economist blog mention.
Hacking attack.
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom creation.

Best, --MarioGom (talk) 16:10, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MarioGom: Here some additional sources:

An old page on the RAI website testifying, among the other things, that OBCT was born in 2000 as "Osservatorio sui Balcani"
a 2015 article by Repubblica about a crisis that OBCT was suffering at the time (and some general information also)
an article by l'Adige from the same period
a 2017 article by Altreconomia has a paragraph about OBCT
the Lonely Planet guide to Sarajevo e Mostar describes OBC Transeuropa as a "reliable source of news about politics and culture of the Balkans" ("Affidabile fonte di notizie sulla politica e la cultura dei Balcani")

Hope this can help! If you prefer I can add some references in the article myself, of course. --Niccolò "Jaqen" Caranti (OBC) (talk) 11:05, 10 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed a citation needed, added 2 references and moved another one. --Niccolò "Jaqen" Caranti (OBC) (talk) 10:21, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]