User talk:Historiantruth123

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February 2022

Please stop adding unreferenced or poorly referenced biographical content, especially if controversial, to articles or any other Wikipedia page, as you did at Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Content of this nature could be regarded as defamatory and is in violation of Wikipedia policy. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. WP:BLP applies everywhere on Wikipedia, including edit summaries. You may not engage in libel or defame anyone. Controversial information must be attributed to reliable sources and the BBC article you posted did not support calling that person a "professional disinformation artist". EvergreenFir (talk) 17:47, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Evergreen, BBC News is not the only publication that has written about Matthew Ricchiazzi's activities writing articles with false information in exchange for money. Buzzfeed also wrote an article about him below: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/matthew-ricchiazzi-buffalo-chronicle-trudeau-claims

Do you seriously think RBG's article should be citing information from this guy? I understand your concern about making "defamatory" comments, but this isn't defamation. It's backed up by evidence. It doesn't make sense to me why Wikipedia is citing information from someone with clear credibility issues.

There is evidence contradicting the claims that are being cited in the RBG article. RBG did an interview with NPR in 2020 where she was asked directly if she had any regrets, and she stated none. This directly contradicts the Spokesman article cited in the RBG article, and that Spokesman article cites the Buffalo Chronicle for it's information. Historiantruth123 (talk) 18:03, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

I'll refrain from any comments about his character but the credibility issues remain. How are we supposed to maintain the integrity of the information on Wikipedia if we aren't allowed to point out that certain citations aren't credibly sourced? What is the process to dispute noncredible sources then? Historiantruth123 (talk) 18:06, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

No, I don't think he should be cited, but you can't use that kind of language about him. I suggest going to WP:RSN and asking for opinions on Buffalo Chronicle with a neutral explanation about it along with those two sources (BBC and Buzzfeed). I think you can make a straightforward case there that we should not allow Buffalo Chronicle. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:08, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Okay, I will do that. Thank you for the feedback and the link. Historiantruth123 (talk) 18:19, 15 February 2022 (UTC)