pointer or wikilink might be appropriate. Shortcut WP:BESTSOURCESWP:BESTSOURCES In principle, all articles should be based on reliable, independent,...

WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Article fails WP:N. There is a lack of WP:BESTSOURCES as well. The articles sources rely on extracts from a couple of published...

lacks any third party sources (only links the website) violating WP:BESTSOURCES Aydoh8 (talk) 02:44, 12 October 2023 (UTC) Note: This discussion has...

have been no responses to my request on the talk page last month for WP:BESTSOURCES that could establish the topic's notability and help improve the article...

veracity of the event remains very questionable without some diverse WP:BESTSOURCES. - Amigao (talk) 00:20, 17 September 2024 (UTC) Delete: I don't see anything...

(talk) 03:57, 3 June 2026 (UTC) Any articles about the subject from WP:BESTSOURCES would help. Felinaex (purr / pawprints) 04:01, 3 June 2026 (UTC) The...

are routinely used to establish WP:GNG. Often times they are the WP:BESTSOURCES for a given topic because the independent researchers have the best access...

WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Article fails WP:N. There is a lack of WP:BESTSOURCES as well. The articles sources rely on extracts from a couple of published...

(UTC) Good point. The citations for this are clearly not independent WP:BESTSOURCES. - Amigao (talk) 20:14, 20 December 2025 (UTC) Relisted to generate a...

that a subject merits its own article. This article fails GNG, and WP:BESTSOURCES and WP:NOTADVOCACY - I mention the latter because of the one or two dog...

TinaLees-Jones (talk) 13:20, 13 July 2026 (UTC) Can you provide any WP:BESTSOURCES that state that the framework represents relations "in the past five...

intuition of how Wikipedia articles are written as a whole. Follow WP:BESTSOURCES, only using trade magazines etc for basic information to fill in gaps...

something like CHOPSY already exists within WP:PAGs, it is called WP:BESTSOURCES. A final note: there is no claim here that academia is pure embodied...

profile races. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 02:29, 30 July 2026 (UTC) ...and WP:BESTSOURCES if we're going to nitpick over various parts of WP:NPOV (emphasis added):...

Delete as the term "Xinjiang Wars" is purely WP:OR and is not used by WP:BESTSOURCES. - Amigao (talk) 20:22, 15 June 2026 (UTC) Delete - Even if renaming...

July 2018 (UTC) Redirect to video game music I am going to put my WP:BESTSOURCES hat on here. Right off the bat, I'd say NME, Rolling Stone, and Toms...

information, I've asked him in the to respect WP:NPOV, WP:BALANCE and WP:BESTSOURCES, but he keeps removing the sources and information on the page. AntonSamuel...

RfC.[287]. I am proposing inserting material supported directly by a WP:BESTSOURCE. The community may want to ask itself which is more WP:TEND -- including...

questioning my motives. Prior to that, Alexbrn proposed that we find the WP:BESTSOURCES so as to steer away from controversy, but instead of providing the two...

Whether any additional clarification in regards to the applicability of WP:BESTSOURCES and WP:MEDRS in the COVID area are necessary Whether any sanctions are...

September 2021 (UTC) Then you're free to follow the advice given by WP:BESTSOURCES and WP:SCHOLARSHIP (the kind of sources listed at WP:NOLABLEAK) instead...

Wikipedia guidelines (such as, in this case, WP:FALSEBALANCE and WP:BESTSOURCES). Citing as an example a new (or possibly, canvassed from Twitter, I...

profile races. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 02:29, 30 July 2026 (UTC) ...and WP:BESTSOURCES if we're going to nitpick over various parts of WP:NPOV (emphasis added):...

WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:PROMO content, aligned the descriptions to the WP:BESTSOURCES available, and added tags. I made no reverts. Machiavellian Gaddafi has...

by not paying any attention to WP:NPOV, WP:UNDUE, WP:VALID, and WP:WP:BESTSOURCES. To quote from the latter: "Good and unbiased research, based upon the...

the past have been in line with WP:NPOV, WP:UNDUE, WP:FALSEBALANCE, WP:BESTSOURCES, WP:NOR, and WP:RSCONTEXT. I don't see how I can be justifiably topic-banned...

the cite and was even attributed to the author in-text, doesn't meet WP:BESTSOURCE, WP:VERIFYOR and WP:UNDUE is frankly ridiculous. It also appears suspicious...

are questionable sources. The hesitation to include what may not be WP:BESTSOURCES to avoid bias may indicate that these sources do not support notability...

also further spelled out in NPOV policy at WP:BESTSOURCES, WP:PROPORTION and WP:VALID, etc. WP:BESTSOURCES is probably where we should put my proposal:...

2021 (UTC) I think that hits most of the key points, namely that the WP:BESTSOURCES were treated as authoritative, as they should have been. The issue was...

( talk ) 00:06, 10 February 2021 (UTC) @DGG: that just reiterates WP:BESTSOURCES and is not a remedy (more like a principle). "Should", "strongly preferred"...

"reliable", it regards them as WP:PUBLISHED, and WP:CONTEXT matters - let WP:BESTSOURCES be your guide. From WP:NEWSORG - "whether a specific news story is reliable...

don't have much if any involvement in this (blame the AE thread), but WP:BESTSOURCES already seems to deal with the issue of controversial information - and...

"perps" parameter. You have almost violated the out of scope and WP:BESTSOURCES. TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 15:38, 22 April 2020 (UTC) delete per WP:POVFORK...

WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Article fails WP:N. There is a lack of WP:BESTSOURCES as well. The articles sources rely on extracts from a couple of published...

"reliable", it regards them as WP:PUBLISHED, and WP:CONTEXT matters - let WP:BESTSOURCES be your guide. From WP:NEWSORG - "whether a specific news story is reliable...

editor's primary purpose of furthering the interests of Wikipedia. WP:BESTSOURCES recommends as a key way of achieving WP:NPOV is basing content on the...

are questionable sources. The hesitation to include what may not be WP:BESTSOURCES to avoid bias may indicate that these sources do not support notability...

that a subject merits its own article. This article fails GNG, and WP:BESTSOURCES and WP:NOTADVOCACY - I mention the latter because of the one or two dog...

ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 02:57, 9 September 2018 (UTC) See, WP:BESTSOURCES, and it seems like bad rhetoric to try to use maybe/ok/kind-of-sources...

the scholarly viewpoint that Reagan used racially coded language. WP:BESTSOURCES also clearly explains that the best, most reliable sources be used to...

There is actual WP:SCHOLARSHIP you argue, than use that not op-ed per WP:BESTSOURCES. Alanscottwalker (talk) 20:58, 3 November 2018 (UTC) The scholarship...

textbook or theses, but seems to me that an academic RS is likely not WP:BESTSOURCES in this area, it depends on WP:RSCONTEXT. I’d suggest in the area of...

"perps" parameter. You have almost violated the out of scope and WP:BESTSOURCES. TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 15:38, 22 April 2020 (UTC) delete per WP:POVFORK...

sense to deprecate it by telling editors that in a filter. See also, WP:BESTSOURCES -- it's rather silly not to deprecate The Sun, as the common sense saying...

that the same info is available thru the Telegraph or DHS.gov (better BESTSOURCES); so "the book was in fact a reliable source in this instance". WND Content...

The Independent, Fox News, The Hill, Boston Globe, WTVC, etcetera. BESTSOURCES should be used. I frankly think world notice mention is fine and should...

Sensationalized headlines, not too unusual. Meh, for many things you might find BESTSOURCES elsewhere, but this is usable. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 21:47, 13 September...

to the Wikipedia article. We can not use this site for facts per WP:BESTSOURCES and WP:QUESTIONABLE.--SharʿabSalam▼ (talk) 04:12, 10 May 2020 (UTC) SharabSalam...

citations and the two I can't access. The vast majority of these are WP:BESTSOURCES. And ofcourse, please correct me if I've made a mistake at any point...

China 19:48 −224 Amigao talk contribs (→Demographics: replaced with WP:BESTSOURCES) Tag: Visual edit diffhist China 19:41 −56 Amigao talk contribs (→Demographics:...

contributions of Russian information for ISS, Vietnam, etcetera that seems among BESTSOURCES for such, and content for Chuck Norris, Covid, Gagarin etcetera that...

July 2018 (UTC) Redirect to video game music I am going to put my WP:BESTSOURCES hat on here. Right off the bat, I'd say NME, Rolling Stone, and Toms...

Since User:1Kwords indicated in his edit comment that he views the WP:BESTSOURCES as the 2021 Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention report, please...

scientific matters or properly read the scientific papers, and per WP:BESTSOURCES if there is a newspaper describing a study, it would be better to link...

and anyone else arguing to keep: what are the best three sources (WP:BESTSOURCES) you have to establish that the production is notable? Keep in mind that...

vague broad options as these, just to excluding #4. (Besides, seems BESTSOURCES in the vicinity, unless you prefer RT? :-) ) I’d tend to bin Tass with...

from today, further shows an attempt not to neutrally look for the WP:BESTSOURCES and summarise what they say, whether what they says matches ones POV...

A recurring response seems to be to doubt whether the draft uses WP:BESTSOURCES or emphasizes the most appropriate claims from those sources. Let's talk...

believe?). The actual evidence has not changed; neither have the WP:BESTSOURCES. Wikipedia shouldn't be blown around by the mood in low-quality sources...

about them. JBchrch talk 00:21, 13 May 2022 (UTC) If those are the WP:BESTSOURCES, then that’s what you’ve got. You might find corroborating tidbits at...

questions as this are an excellent illustration of why we use the WP:BESTSOURCES, rather than the amateur musings of Wikipedia editors. Alexbrn (talk)...

does not turn up a lot of secondary coverage, and maybe SPLC is the WP:BESTSOURCE? "Jeff Rense: In His Own Words", "Used Canard Salesman". Should the list...

Using newspaper columns to favor individual regional claims fails WP:BESTSOURCES. Abecedare (talk) 17:20, 21 August 2015 (UTC) Please see List of Dragon...

discussion modern sources do exist on these topics. Editors need to select WP:BESTSOURCES when writing in this content area. That is responsible editing. I note...

it may not be appropriate for a specific context, or may not be the WP:BESTSOURCE. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 04:29, 14 August 2018 (UTC) Generally yes for...

enacted mostly within a cranky unscientific milieu, rather than in the WP:BESTSOURCES. But this is all wildly off-topic for this noticeboard question. Alexbrn...

Neither of these sources or the articles involved would be considered WP:BESTSOURCES on the topic -- one could easily find information from more respectable...

automagically render SI reliable outside of that context. Always look for the WP:BESTSOURCES. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 17:57, 13 January 2022 (UTC) I didn't know "pro-fringe"...

details should avoid that now-dated and now-decried article as just not BESTSOURCES. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 07:53, 4 May 2020 (UTC) Should the following...

excluded, but rather proportionally represented. This is also what WP:BESTSOURCES tells us to do. — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 14:24, 23 January 2022 (UTC) Chinese...

essays. See: WP:SOURCE, WP:SCHOLARSHIP, WP:RSPRIMARY, WP:MEDANIMAL, WP:BESTSOURCES, WP:MEDPRI (policies and guidelines) and WP:RSE, WP:SCIRS, WP:RSUW (essays)...

(UTC) The sources used are all appropriate and compliant with both WP:BESTSOURCES and WP:MEDRS. Spotchecks show that the phrasing has been altered as much...

some predetermined standards and is therefore considered among the WP:BESTSOURCES because a scholarly journal has published a peer-reviewed article (exception:...

ground to say "has been criticized for" and I think that is what our BESTSOURCES say. "Weinstein and his wife HH have been criticized for spreading misinformation...

would think the Business Standard and L.A. Times would be viewed as WP:BESTSOURCES due to being larger publications so showing the notability and WP:WEIGHT...

claim supported. Historyexpert2 (talk) 21:01, 12 July 2025 (UTC) WP:BESTSOURCES would in general favour academic sources over reporting by news organisations...

sources like that to flesh out that part of his biography, though WP:BESTSOURCES should be followed where possible. Left guide (talk) 09:23, 9 June 2025...

following the WP:FRINGE sources rather than reading and understanding the WP:BESTSOURCES. fiveby(zero) 15:35, 24 May 2023 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved...

content over to the TEK article and i'll make sure that it follows the WP:BESTSOURCES policy. In fact anything connected to the land people live on or or how...

comments you risk being sanctioned. WP:FOC. We need to reflect the WP:BESTSOURCES giving the current scientific view. That would mean avoiding blogs, newspaper...

experience I can do the full review. Just about everything used is a WP:BESTSOURCE and several of the sources are explicitly focused on the article's subject...

quality sources when better sources are available, see for example WP:BESTSOURCES. Problematically, SI often strays into high profile areas, into geopolitics...

at all. WP:PROPORTION is important here, as well as following the WP:BESTSOURCES for the subject. WP:ACCORDINGTO may also be appropriate. In short: there...

primary sources Re duty to reflect high-quality academic sources: WP:BESTSOURCES: [A]ll articles should be based on reliable, independent, published sources...

labels anywhere else but in the body of the page does not reflect WP:BESTSOURCES. Good and unbiased research, based upon the best and most reputable authoritative...

Unbiased6969 (talk) 14:12, 24 October 2024 (UTC) No, because the WP:BESTSOURCES on vaccines say different. Bon courage (talk) 14:13, 24 October 2024...

the activity status of each hobby, but you don't need to have the WP:BESTSOURCE either. Nevertheless, perhaps these would satisfy you better: The Blue...

well utilised. I would consider almost all the sources used to be WP:BESTSOURCES. Joko2468 (talk) 12:05, 29 June 2026 (UTC) Tagging @Gog the Mild to see...

that the LGBT-ness (or not) of Anne Frank is much discussed in the WP:BESTSOURCES, of which we have many. Therefore I think straying into this area risks...

Studies at North Carolina State University, be considered among the WP:BESTSOURCES for a statement about the history of Ashkenazi Jews? Specifically with...

reliably sourced statement from a subject matter expert following WP:BESTSOURCES practices. If other scholars dispute this then it behooves those people...

test of time. XOR'easter (talk) 15:28, 5 April 2023 (UTC) I think WP:BESTSOURCES pretty much covers all of FRINGE and more, and is all anyone should ever...

a valid reason to exclude information. As for due & balance, see WP:BESTSOURCES - quality over quantity. I don't consider today's clickbait news media...

out the same problem: such as here, here, here, here and here. Per WP:BESTSOURCES, we should "bas[e] content on the best respected and most authoritative...

expertise on radicalism in Sweden. So the source is strong, among the WP:BESTSOURCES available. Ranstorp is a reseracher at the Swedish Defence University...

even meets wp:medrs and whether the opinion piece it cites is the WP:BESTSOURCES one can find (the linked Bootwala study above calls out biases in these...

genocide. We should rely on reliable , secondary sources and the WP:BESTSOURCES that. TarnishedPathtalk 08:47, 14 December 2025 (UTC) How should we rank...

have been repeated by high-quality sources on the subject. If those WP:BESTSOURCES do not mention the information in question, that's an indication that...

is only meant to be a dumb summary of the views expressed in the WP:BESTSOURCES, as decided by its own criteria. Thus, if ones disagrees with those sources...

World's reliability from the aforementioned site links (my emphasis): WP:BESTSOURCES clause of WP:NPOV and WP:REPUTABLE clause of WP:RS: All articles should...

praises in a views section in proportion to their coverage in our WP:BESTSOURCES. If anyone here disagrees about the current proportionality, that would...

should be renamed to Normative Point of View. I.e., the views of WP:BESTSOURCES are normative for Wikipedia. tgeorgescu (talk) 06:26, 10 July 2026 (UTC)...

There should be some concept similar to WP:PARITY that these are the WP:BESTSOURCES and even though the do not use the term 'out-of-place artifact' are in...

the ACLU (these are all advocacy organisations of course, so not WP:BESTSOURCES). It is telling that these and newspaper articles are the goto here....

some other approach. TompaDompa (talk) 20:21, 22 January 2026 (UTC) BESTSOURCES doesn't make sense to invoke here; it pertains to fact-checking and accuracy...

in Wikipedia. It seems like in whole domains where its expedient WP:BESTSOURCES is ignored entirely. And, much like the over-reliance on journalistic...

include into the article. Once the work is done the article will be BESTSOURCES-compliant and the source review is a pass. Draken Bowser (talk) 11:51...

existing policy, per WP:SCHOLARSHIP and WP:BESTSOURCES. Katzrockso (talk) 00:39, 13 July 2026 (UTC) BESTSOURCES doesn't state academic sources specifically...

00:46, 27 August 2024 (UTC) Delete. Academic research—considered the WP:BESTSOURCES for Wikipedia, as the project favors academic coverage—indicates the...

would weaken the main article. Core policies, namely (WP:DUE and WP:BESTSOURCES), support keeping the history discussion in the main article. Clearly...

have been no responses to my request on the talk page last month for WP:BESTSOURCES that could establish the topic's notability and help improve the article...

section needs to include detail and context that's backed up by the WP:BESTSOURCES available. If a news web-site generically states that the "Polish government"...

territorial extents of historical polities, which is just about the WP:BESTSOURCE we can get for an article like this. Taagepera's research is indeed widely...

the main article is textbook WP:UNDUE and out-of-alignment with the WP:BESTSOURCES. Alexbrn (talk) 04:52, 29 May 2022 (UTC) And since people somewhere complained...

article; note all the sources, what are the WP:BESTSOURCES missing?" and then give it the content of BESTSOURCES, WP:RS, etc, as instruction/md equivalent...

papers and only leave news items and quotes from Leonard Lauder etc. (WP:BESTSOURCES?). Many Wikipedia articles on scientific journals are biased towards...

area trying to amp up the drama, likely from a WP:LTA. Follow the WP:BESTSOURCES folks and all will be well. Bon courage (talk) 18:50, 27 December 2022...

RSes. There may be further concerns about whether these sources are WP:BESTSOURCES (I have tagged one place where that was particularly the case), or whether...

insisted to add it have failed to provide any reliable source, let alone WP:BESTSOURCES. This edit is based on a WP:PRIMARY source and as Kautilya3 said, if...

are routinely used to establish WP:GNG. Often times they are the WP:BESTSOURCES for a given topic because the independent researchers have the best access...

degree by different kinds of sources—that should be based on the WP:BESTSOURCES. Source use is another issue. I haven't conducted anything approaching...

provide WP:RS-based evidence (preferably from WP:GREL or even academic WP:BESTSOURCES) that address the reliability, or lack thereof, of said source? For instance...

necessarily use referencing that does not meet WP:BESTSOURCES, and that to remain fully cited to WP:BESTSOURCES the article will not be fully comprehensive...

much the definition of questionable source, and use would be contra to BESTSOURCES. -- Alanscottwalker (talk) 19:26, 21 December 2025 (UTC) Q1 option 2...

want to use). And while scholarly sources are obviously preferred for BESTSOURCES, I do not believe such things are prerequisites for page existence/inclusion...

academic sources; eschewing "passing mentions"), WP:SCHOLARSHIP, WP:BESTSOURCES, and WP:HISTRS. (The thought that ... historians' views of Yasuke changed...

declaration of fact rather than interpretations, WP:VENDOR seems the WP:BESTSOURCES. Secondary sources seem just a relay from primary sources (i.e. telling...

confirming information prior editors wanted to include. It isn't a WP:BESTSOURCE but Wikipedia regularly uses far less reliable sources. This is a due...

February 2025 (UTC) Obviously a dictionary is meaningless here - WP:BESTSOURCES applies and a dictionary is never going to be the best source on climate...

misinformation and conspiracy mongering.[11] NPOV guides us to use the WP:BESTSOURCES and we do. No need to scrape the barrel, and definitely no need to start...

necessarily use referencing that does not meet WP:BESTSOURCES, and that to remain fully cited to WP:BESTSOURCES the article will not be fully comprehensive...

not situationally or contextually reliable for historical fact. Per WP:BESTSOURCES (and Hemiauchenia's comments elsewhere), we should be preferring academic...

reinforce that WP:BESTSOURCES should be adhered to. Simonm223 (talk) 17:05, 6 December 2024 (UTC) I considered listing BESTSOURCES in this proposed principle...

can't find sources that support your POV, you have to go with the WP:BESTSOURCES that currently exist, rather than adding unverifiable information or...

policy: WP:FRINGESUBJECTS. For different discipline the types of WP:BESTSOURCES will be different. Bon courage (talk) 14:55, 16 April 2024 (UTC) Drawing...

as what you wanted to include and where we would reasonably expect WP:BESTSOURCES. Simonm223 (talk) 18:51, 23 June 2026 (UTC) But when I click on the reliable...

sources that do not even mention Ashkenazi Jews should be considered WP:BESTSOURCES, including works by non-historian Jason A. Staples, raised for discussion...

any context related to firearms, and a high-quality source under WP:BESTSOURCES in any of those contexts. It's a high-quality work by an academic with...

ought to be at the article talk page, along the lines of what are WP:BESTSOURCES for the subject. Selfstudier (talk) 13:59, 14 June 2024 (UTC) This matches...

a bit weak, with only a sentence here and there (WP:SOURCETYPES, WP:BESTSOURCES). I say "academic consensus" instead of "academic sources" because we...

WP:SCHOLARSHIP counts most, natch. NPOV is best achieved by leaning on the WP:BESTSOURCES. Bon courage (talk) 09:00, 21 March 2024 (UTC) I don't think that's the...

Wikipedia should treat his position as privileged in some way. If other WP:BESTSOURCES disagree with him then they would be due inclusion too. This is why you've...

polities, and the one other sources rely the most heavily on, it is the WP:BESTSOURCE on that topic. TompaDompa (talk) 18:10, 15 November 2025 (UTC) With the...

Redvelvetvanilaaaaaaaaa (talk) 15:13, 20 July 2026 (UTC) They aren't WP:BESTSOURCE, they aren't necessarily academic and it's difficult to gauge an editorial...

several years. I think that explaining it can be done with whatever the WP:BESTSOURCES available are: e.g., Israel claimed in 2026 that he had been killed by...

quite true. These are low-quality sources. We have better, i.e. some WP:BESTSOURCES to hand. Use them I say, not these crappy ones. That helps with NPOV...

attribution. Facts = WP:DUE can not be used for factual statements, we need WP:BESTSOURCES. Priority to secondary sources that include the primary source they have...

original source increases. We need to apply common sense, and use WP:BESTSOURCES wherever we can, i.e. secondary sources as close to the original source...

claims of a cover up regarding the above narrative - unsupported by WP:BESTSOURCES at this time, which note failings relating to child safety and in ethnic...

problems can be swerved by avoiding primary texts and relying on the WP:BESTSOURCES (surprise surprise!). Bon courage (talk) 13:10, 13 March 2024 (UTC) Sure...

6 May 2026 (UTC) You could just say it's wrong and then refer to WP:BESTSOURCES that demonstrate this. The best Wikipedia comments are bland. Simonm223...

Like (say) zinc and the common cold Wikipedia would emphasize the WP:BESTSOURCES which would happen to have unsurprising, unexceptional findings while...

WP:EXCEPTIONAL the claims in question are; we also try to use the WP:BESTSOURCES, which means smaller / lower-reputation sources are more usable for unexceptional...

WP:EXCEPTIONAL, surprising, or BLP-sensitive statements, and they're not WP:BESTSOURCES in general, so I'd try to replace them with something better when possible...

gives us better verified articles. Editors do well to look for the WP:BESTSOURCES, which MDPI publications never are. Bon courage (talk) 08:22, 18 April...

sources about the Plebiscite, who should replace the IPN exhibition per WP:BESTSOURCES. Moreover, sources who have way more publications than the IPN have been...

(UTC) Good point. The citations for this are clearly not independent WP:BESTSOURCES. - Amigao (talk) 20:14, 20 December 2025 (UTC) Relisted to generate a...

2026 (UTC) This isn't really a reliability issue, it's a weight and WP:BESTSOURCES issue. Academic sources are generally higher-quality than news sources...

consensus. I note that an early contribution from Hydrangeans cited WP:BESTSOURCES and then presented academic sources that show that the majority of grooming...

demonstrated, to right the great wrongs of "academic scientism" (AKA, our WP:BESTSOURCES) and remove or extinguish their ideological enemies (get them to "stand...

analysis of that response and explanations of its significance from our WP:BESTSOURCES, comparing that government response to the usual rhetoric employed by...

think this will actually do any good. You need to argue this from the WP:BESTSOURCES, not from the "assume religious organizations are wrong" POV. We don't...

ideas for views. In relation to medicine, WP can try to do better per WP:BESTSOURCES, WP:MEDRS, etc. How is "most scientists" unconvincing? If the language...

23:03, 5 October 2025 (UTC) None of the sources you've cited are WP:BESTSOURCES, you can conduct a search on Google Scholar for an academic source. Where...

rigorous scientific field and claims made in that context require WP:BESTSOURCES; a cultural magazine isn't a good source for claims about statistical...

so can safely achieve NPOV the orothodox way, by following those WP:BESTSOURCES. In such situations the desire to use primary sources is usually down...

talk page was all very good. Particularly I'd like to reiterate that WP:BESTSOURCES are generally due more coverage than other reliable sources that are...

wanted to add, and that text should not be added. It's clear that the WP:BESTSOURCES are relatively critical of both the genetic and cultural explanations...

persuasive there, too - due weight is relative, and from both that and a WP:BESTSOURCES perspective, what better or higher-weight sources are even going to exist...

WP:SCHOLARSHIP produced by university-affiliated scholars is considered a WP:BESTSOURCE. I ask for a bit of patience about this since I've promoted articles to...

these sources endorse fringe POVs, we never trust them. E.g. when WP:BESTSOURCES say it's quackery, it's quackery regardless of any other WP:RS. tgeorgescu...

me anyway, a fairly straightforward matter of WP:YESPOV from the WP:BESTSOURCES. But we are where we are. Bon courage (talk) 14:45, 18 December 2023...

Simonm223 (talk) 17:41, 9 May 2024 (UTC) This is also a strong point. WP:BESTSOURCES should guide us away from a biased newspaper and toward citing academic...

I do is see if I can find better sources. Ultimately our goal is WP:BESTSOURCES, which means that in situations where red sources can be replaced without...

academic sources (despite being made aware of WP:ACADEMICBIAS and WP:BESTSOURCES). Kowal2701 (talk) 19:16, 22 June 2025 (UTC) Courtesy pings to @Newimpartial...

an encyclopedia article that complies with the principle in NPOV's WP:BESTSOURCES that all articles should be WP:Based upon independent sources. Without...

TinaLees-Jones (talk) 13:20, 13 July 2026 (UTC) Can you provide any WP:BESTSOURCES that state that the framework represents relations "in the past five...

lacks any third party sources (only links the website) violating WP:BESTSOURCES Aydoh8 (talk) 02:44, 12 October 2023 (UTC) Note: This discussion has...

discussion modern sources do exist on these topics. Editors need to select WP:BESTSOURCES when writing in this content area. That is responsible editing. I note...

editing, including removing sources based on a narrower perception of BESTSOURCES that doesn't seem to particularly favor pro-Palestinian viewpoints and...

(talk) 14:20, 11 September 2023 (UTC) Good redirect, but missing one WP:BESTSOURCE in the target "Masks for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 in Health Care and Community...

Delete as the term "Xinjiang Wars" is purely WP:OR and is not used by WP:BESTSOURCES. - Amigao (talk) 20:22, 15 June 2026 (UTC) Delete - Even if renaming...

believe that whatever the topic, editors should choose the Wikipedia:BESTSOURCES available, whether that is yesterday's newspaper or a polisci textbook...

and the better those articles are, and the more they rely on the WP:BESTSOURCES, the better Wikipedia's will understand the subject. I suggest that anyone...

(talk) 14:58, 18 November 2025 (UTC) WP:BLP/WP:BLPPRIMARY and WP:DUE/WP:BESTSOURCES are the policies. I've removed the information entirely because there...

domaintools • AboutUs.com This seems a harmless generally reliable non-WP:BESTSOURCE. Replace with academic material where relevant but I don't see it as particularly...

their WP:MAJORASPECT symbols. ADL's Hate on Display database isn't a WP:BESTSOURCE for this. I think it's a tertiary source that compiles secondary sources...

sources like that to flesh out that part of his biography, though WP:BESTSOURCES should be followed where possible. Left guide (talk) 09:23, 9 June 2025...

piece and its citation to support the sentence OP pointed out is not a WP:BESTSOURCE and seems quite skewed and undependable. As David Eppstein phrases, Western...

and I would treat most journal articles from reputable journals as WP:BESTSOURCES. The question becomes one of reputation. We all know about the Frontiers...

(UTC) The sources used are all appropriate and compliant with both WP:BESTSOURCES and WP:MEDRS. Spotchecks show that the phrasing has been altered as much...

headline! Sgerbic (talk) 04:32, 21 March 2026 (UTC) Rolling Stone the WP:BESTSOURCE here: ...Gregg Phillips has a problem. Sometimes he finds himself "teleporting"...

Nietzschean superman with incredible mystical powers. Carlson is out WP:BESTSOURCE here, a source which will make the article great again by quoting Trump...

(talk) 11:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC) I reviewed all the peer-reviewed WP:BESTSOURCES presently being used at Donald Trump and Fascism and the overwhelming...

00:46, 27 August 2024 (UTC) Delete. Academic research—considered the WP:BESTSOURCES for Wikipedia, as the project favors academic coverage—indicates the...

and anyone else arguing to keep: what are the best three sources (WP:BESTSOURCES) you have to establish that the production is notable? Keep in mind that...

go dive in WP:RS, WP:V, WP:IS, and WP:SOURCE. I'd also recommend WP:BESTSOURCES. If you have trouble trying to recognize reliable sources, see WP:NOTRS...

veracity of the event remains very questionable without some diverse WP:BESTSOURCES. - Amigao (talk) 00:20, 17 September 2024 (UTC) Delete: I don't see anything...

11 September 2024 (UTC) Well, I think it's still better to use the WP:BESTSOURCES. People can pay if they really want to. There are also easy ways around...

hard to state any one-size-fits-all rules. Generally speaking, as WP:BESTSOURCES states, basing content on the best respected and most authoritative reliable...

October 2024 (UTC) Yes, exactly this. We're obligated to use the WP:BESTSOURCES on a topic, and clearly a study saying "he's dead Jim" is a stronger...

the activity status of each hobby, but you don't need to have the WP:BESTSOURCE either. Nevertheless, perhaps these would satisfy you better: The Blue...

helps to prevent bias, undue weight, and other NPOV disagreements (WP:BESTSOURCES). And as has been pointed out, unless they can convince the broader community...

transitioning. Explicit links are made to the WP:NOTEVERYTHING and WP:BESTSOURCES policy points, with the intentional effect of tying this guideline to...

sources). If you're looking for a ray of hope, we expanded NPOV's WP:BESTSOURCES a year ago to state that "in principle" all articles ought to be based...

topic area. fiveby(zero) 21:26, 1 September 2024 (UTC) Levivich, WP:BESTSOURCES. In general i've seen a greater commitment to source quality in this...

following the WP:FRINGE sources rather than reading and understanding the WP:BESTSOURCES. fiveby(zero) 15:35, 24 May 2023 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved...

at all. WP:PROPORTION is important here, as well as following the WP:BESTSOURCES for the subject. WP:ACCORDINGTO may also be appropriate. In short: there...

topic area. fiveby(zero) 21:26, 1 September 2024 (UTC) Levivich, WP:BESTSOURCES. In general i've seen a greater commitment to source quality in this...

Ridpath's initial investigation is part of the story. But the two WP:BESTSOURCES i've found both cite Ridpath's website so not too much of a big deal...

degree by different kinds of sources—that should be based on the WP:BESTSOURCES. Source use is another issue. I haven't conducted anything approaching...

(talk) 03:57, 3 June 2026 (UTC) Any articles about the subject from WP:BESTSOURCES would help. Felinaex (purr / pawprints) 04:01, 3 June 2026 (UTC) The...

want to use). And while scholarly sources are obviously preferred for BESTSOURCES, I do not believe such things are prerequisites for page existence/inclusion...

help our community produce content based on and in line with the WP:BESTSOURCES. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 15:16, 29 June 2024 (UTC) The key...

Americentric politically-motivated local consensus to disregard or undermine WP:BESTSOURCES. I go where I'm needed. Sennalen (talk) 16:20, 28 March 2023 (UTC) Don't...

well utilised. I would consider almost all the sources used to be WP:BESTSOURCES. Joko2468 (talk) 12:05, 29 June 2026 (UTC) Tagging @Gog the Mild to see...

Talk:Zionism, Wikipedia_talk:Neutral_point_of_view#Clarification_of_BESTSOURCES. Valereee made some changes to the policy which I reverted.[42] Not sure...

people in the world who think that writing an encyclopedia based upon WP:BESTSOURCES is an insult to their way of life/ideology/religion. Some of them even...

Southeastviewer (talk) 19:29, 21 February 2026 (UTC) If they could WP:CITE WP:BESTSOURCES, nothing would have stopped them from prevailing. tgeorgescu (talk) 19:31...

Sennalen (talk) 21:58, 29 November 2023 (UTC) @Galobtter: When I said WP:BESTSOURCES I meant nothing else. Increasing the use and weight of journal articles...

editing it; and even now it still needs improvement; but sourced to the WP:BESTSOURCES. ---Avatar317(talk) 20:52, 8 January 2026 (UTC) How is this not just...

would satisfy your interest) and prioritise academic sources per WP:BESTSOURCES. Kowal2701 (talk) 16:54, 13 April 2025 (UTC) side note, contemporary...

sourcing requirements. Biographical subjects that are referred to by the BESTSOURCES prinarily in terms of their Catalan nationality - in wikispeak, where...

subjective. Paleorthodox (talk) 17:26, 15 December 2025 (UTC) Okay, say WP:BESTSOURCES instead of WP:CHOPSY: there is no excuse from deleting the best sources...

addition of indy, secondary sources alleviates my concern w.r.t. WP:BESTSOURCES (btw, PFR would be a primary source). Media guides do have their place...

work things out and are trying to work things out on talk pages with WP:BESTSOURCES, and good work on the real article content in the bodies. Why are they...

citations and the two I can't access. The vast majority of these are WP:BESTSOURCES. And ofcourse, please correct me if I've made a mistake at any point...

consensus. I note that an early contribution from Hydrangeans cited WP:BESTSOURCES and then presented academic sources that show that the majority of grooming...

the Sturm und Drang about "conspiracy theories" is because I, like WP:BESTSOURCES, think Covid-19 likely originated in animals. Several have commented...

include into the article. Once the work is done the article will be BESTSOURCES-compliant and the source review is a pass. Draken Bowser (talk) 11:51...

~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 11:24, 17 November 2025 (UTC) I would be looking at WP:BESTSOURCES to make such a determination. That being said, if these sources are representative...

(WP:PROVEIT), WP:V#What_counts_as_a_reliable_source, WP:V#Best_sources & WP:BESTSOURCES (in WP:NPOV; as opposed to poor sources). (Article’s talk page: [61]...

things considered. I'll also agree that studies themselves are not the WP:BESTSOURCES in the topic area (while also lightly pushing back on the idea that they...

those sources were found, let alone conceded the presence of multiple WP:BESTSOURCES would support some inclusion of the term far-right. In other words it...

anti-trans despite this broad preponderance of evidence including several WP:BESTSOURCES such as the International Journal of Sociology. I think the frustration...

you're unlikely to do for something which poisons the well of what the WP:BESTSOURCES are saying. You can try it here, at a noticeboard, or at the article...

Wikipedia considers to be serious opinions on pop-culture topics Per WP:BESTSOURCES, "basing content on the best respected and most authoritative reliable...

completely and) whatever conclusion needs to be drawn from analysis of the BestSources. Though I feel like we are likely to still disagree and file an RfC at...