User talk:Rashkavar

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wrong page?

hello you recently made a post to the reliable source notice board _talk_ page. I think you may have wanted to post your question on the notice board itself? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 05:51, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure. The talk page has at least one other example regarding 'general' source policy (the "Assertion vs Silence" discussion), and that's more or less how I intended my question to be interpreted. I supplied background information regarding why I asked my question, but the question itself is "are museum exhibits acceptable sources"? The notice board itself seems to be questioning whether or not a specific source is considered reliable according to policy, not questioning "what is the policy on ____?" type questions. Should questions regarding policy be on the notice board itself or on the talk page? Rashkavar (talk) 07:11, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

you will probably get more responses on the project page itself although they will likely include "what specific content from what specific source" . In my opinion, Museums of national standing that are professionally curated are reliable sources. however, there are a lot of things that pass themselves off as "museums" that are really just tourist traps. The general standard for any source is: does it have a reputation for fact checking and accuracy? (would you trust them to write a biography of someone accused of crimes and not have any hesitation that they would be sued for libel?) -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 07:46, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah. That would explain the lack of a general policy for museums. I'll have to do some extra fact checking, then. Rashkavar (talk) 08:00, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]