Talk:David Atkins (Royal Navy officer)

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Source reliability

A book and an explanatory website are perfectly reliable sources. Lack of a page number is not disqualifying. They should be read in tandem.Bates, David; Gower, David I. (2017). Champion of the Quarterdeck: Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower (1742-1814). Pomona, Queensland: Sage Old Books. ISBN 9780958702126.Atkins, David. "David Atkins biography". Sage Old Books. Retrieved 4 April 2018. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:53, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The book is presumed to be reliable, the website isn't as it hasn't undergone any editorial review even if it was created by one of the book's authors. Ian M. Bates the webpage owner (not David Bates as you claim in the book reference) states "My draft manuscript contained an Appendix running to over 25,000 words, revealing many little-known facts about Gower's associates. This was considered too long for publication but it referred to numerous officers whose later careers showed Gower's influence and support. As the lives of many of these officers are little known today, rather than delete this data, I offer it here for the benefit of readers of the book and for the wider naval history community." So no editorial review, so its just a blog and cannot be regarded as a Reliable Source. Mztourist (talk) 16:19, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Acknowledged. You and I disagree. This has earmarks of reliability that far exceeds much of the sourcing in wikipedia. We will have to see what the community thinks. And lack of a page number is not fatal. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:38, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Its very clear from the Bates quote I gave above that the Atkins detail isn't in the book, so its just on his blog and so not a Reliable Source. Mztourist (talk) 17:01, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Repetition only shows you repeated the same thing. It does not strengthen your argument. But you get to do what you want, and say what you want. Pointless though it may be. I will not repeat what I wrote. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:20, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever, this page is heading for Redirect so the unreliablility of the source becomes irrelevant. Mztourist (talk) 03:58, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You are probably right about that. But it is a different issue. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:54, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The source summarizes its extensive bibliography and so seems fine. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:46, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution

Text and references copied from David Atkins (Royal Navy officer) to HMS Defense (1763), See former article's history for a list of contributors.
Article on David Atkins (Royal Navy officer) was redirected to this page per this discussion. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:52, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]