User talk:Eric30

March 2022[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. -- ferret (talk) 15:07, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thank you for your message. I understand what you mean, but which part of my contribution needs sources? It would help me to understand, because honestly if I take all the elements I mentioned :

...first mission occurs in Arzew...: it is the first level of the game, you can play it, but it is also written in the Wikipedia page of the game;
...Arzew, in Algeria...: Arzew is in Algeria;
...unlike Tunisia, Algeria was never invaded by the Axis powers...: any book about WWII would be a source;
...Algeria, a part of France (not considered as a colony: the Wikipedia page about French Algeria would make it;
...by then, was under the control of the French government of Vichy...: any book about the operation Torch would be a source;
...the Free French Forces led by Generals De Giraud and De Gaulle took control of the province...: Any book about operation Torch, about the feud between Giraud, De Gaulle after the success of the US/British landings...

So if you could provide me with any hint, I would be glad. I perfectly understand the need to add sources, but for the elements mentioned above, it is, for me, like if I would need to provide sources to justify that the American Indpendance Declaration occured in 1776 or that WWII started in Europe in 1939. We could go very deep :)

Eric

Eric30 (talk) 16:14, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's original research because it's your views on the subject. You're critiquing a fictional video game on not being historically accurate, in the absence of any sources that claim it was accurate or that accuracy was an issue. We could write reams of "Story or game X was not accurate in depicting Y.", but unless it's a particular detail that reliable secondary sources cared about, we don't. -- ferret (talk) 17:01, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I understand now! Thanks for your feedback. Eric30 (talk)