User talk:CWenger/Archives/2023/June

Rotten Tomatoes

Per this consensus, Rotten Tomatoes isn't a reliable source for biographical details. It's fine for adding film reviews, but content in BLPs should come from better sources than a film aggregation website. For example, The New York Times, BBC, etc. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:22, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate: Thanks for letting me know. Would TCM be considered reliable for biographical information? Seems like conflicting opinions on the reliable sources noticeboard. –CWenger (^ • @) 02:33, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

If you look at Rotten Tomatoes and TCM, they're basically the same. That said, one of the issues discussed at RSN was that Rotten Tomatoes wasn't updating their database when errors were found. It looks like TCM may be doing so, and maybe Rotten Tomatoes isn't synchronizing with them. This article from USA Today says he's 59, which is what I would personally use (or another newspaper article that has more info than them), but TCM might be reliable. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:55, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Oh, wait, check this out: Ric Ocasek born 1944 and Ric Ocasek born 1949. Same biography, same website, different years listed. I'd say it's out. Ric Ocasek seems like a good barometer of how reliable a source is. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:57, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I was going to use the calculation template based on the USA Today article before you even mentioned that about TCM, then you beat me to it so I got an edit conflict! –CWenger (^ • @) 03:06, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

ACPP10122728 Changes to InfoBoxes

@CWenger: I saw where you reverted ACPP10122728's changes to the Gettysburg InfoBox. I have also reverted similar changes to Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Cedar Creek, and Battle of the Wilderness. There may be a problem with this User.... TwoScars (talk) 20:31, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

@TwoScars: I think they're well-intentioned, it's just not a particularly helpful addition for battle articles. I've left them a note. –CWenger (^ • @) 23:47, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

@TwoScars: Maybe you're right...looks like they have never left an edit summary or engaged in a talk page discussion. I'm gonna go ahead and revert more of these additions. –CWenger (^ • @) 00:04, 16 June 2023 (UTC)