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March 2013

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List of most-produced firearms

I see two big problems with this article,

It does not have any references to reliable sources.

It looks like original research, which is not permitted.

Do you think that you will be able to edit it and fix those problems? If not, it's likely to be deleted.

Please let me know (below) what your opinion is about this. For advice what is required of an article, see WP:FIRST.

Thanks! 86.20.193.222 (talk) 22:40, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. I see that you're working on it, and that's great. A couple of notes;

It's not acceptable to use Wikipedia articles as a reference (ie "production figures are taken from the Wikipedia page"). Wikipedia is not a reliable source. If the other article uses a reference, you could use that (as long as it gives the info you're adding).

It would really help if you could use "inline citation". That is, putting the reference directly after each fact; for example,

Bob is 100 years old. <ref> "Interview with Bob", New York Times, 1 April 2017 </ref>

Just put all the information in-between <ref> and </ref> - such as, the URL, the title, the date, etc.

It will then automagically get a little number like [1] [2] [3], and appear in the "references" at the end.

For more help with the refs, there is WP:REFBEGIN.

Cheers! 86.20.193.222 (talk) 23:14, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nice list. I agree with some of the points made by 86.20.193.222. As he said, Wikipedia may not be used as a reference. Other sources aren't acceptable either, mainly self-published sources unless the author is a recognized expert who has had work on the topic professionally published before. These sources, for example, look like blogs.[1][2][3] Could you please review the article and remove material sourced to anything that doesn't meet Wikipedia standards? See WP:IRS. Felsic2 (talk) 17:06, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Felsic2. Could you help me out by listing which ones you think are "self-published"? I have tried to replace the three you mentioned.

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