User talk:Denniskerala

August 2015

Hello, I'm Cyphoidbomb. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Drishyam, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Diffs: [1] Though some have made the assertion that Drishyam is a knock-off of The Devotion of Suspect X, and it may be, until this is confirmed, say, by a court, it is nothing more than an opinion. We don't include opinions in articles and present them as facts. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:53, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: As I go through a number of your edits, I've noticed that you've made similar unsourced assertions, for example here and here and here. I want to stress that your personal interpretations should not be included in articles. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:59, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK Thanks. I know all of what I put in is relevant, but I am not in a mood to dig out links to justify the story. Hopefully some one else who is a better editor and has better patience does it sometime. But I will be sure to include sources if I make such edits in future. One question, how do I cite sources if the information is personally known to me as a fact such as something about a place where I live (but there may not be a link to cite). Take care Denniskerala (talk) 15:58, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, unfortunately, you can't cite your personal knowledge. We consider this to be original research. There are many reasons for why we don't allow personal knowledge/experiences/observations in articles (some of the reasons include potential bias, subjectivity, self-promotion, promotion of fringe ideas, etc.) but a more general reason is that content needs to be verifiable, and we can't go to the local library and check out your brain. We need content that comes from reliable published sources. Hope that helps. Sorry, I know it can be frustrating to know something but to not be able to add it. :) Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:07, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and you know, in retrospect, I think there are likely enough critics out there who have noted the similarity between Drishyam and Suspect X. I think adding sourced content in the critical response section along the lines of:

"Some critics, including [specific reviewers X, Y and Z],^[1]^[2]^[3] have noted strong similarities between Drishyam and Suspect X, blah blah. Jeethu Joseph denies that his his film is an adaptation.^[4] Critic X of Newspaper Times wrote, "the twists and turns seem identical."^[1]

I don't know that we need a court case to prove the similarity, so long as we're not saying definitively "this is a rip-off" and so long as the content is written in neutral language. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:13, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]