User talk:Davidyin7566
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[edit]Hello, Davidyin7566, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:23, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Baike Baidu
[edit]Hi, I saw that you used Baike Baidu as a source for the article on the Danexia landform. Unfortunately Baike Baidu is not a reliable source because it's a user created wiki just like Wikipedia. Wikipedia can't be used to source itself since anyone can edit content and as such, the material will never be able to be verified enough to be considered a reliable source. While Wikipedia does have editorial policies in place, they're not on the same level as an academic journal would. You also want to be careful of other user edited wikis (like Baike Baidu) as well for the same reasons, as an encyclopedia that can be edited by users at any given time will not be able to source itself or other wikis. The only time they can is if the wiki is closed, vets its contributors, has a good editorial process, and is typically seen as a reliable source by other reliable sources.
As such, this source will need to be replaced. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:42, 19 June 2019 (UTC)