User talk:VillusionV
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[edit]Hello, VillusionV, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with Wiki Education; 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. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:42, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi! I posted a response at Ian's talk page, but wanted to post it here as well. (Former Wiki Ed employee, still love helping students out!)
- @VillusionV: Hi! I took a look myself and I'm concerned that the sourcing is almost entirely primary as the sourcing is either WattTime's website, looks to be based heavily on press releases, or are from people or organizations that are partnered or otherwise affiliated with the nonprofit. What's needed here are things like newspaper or academic/scholarly books or articles about WattTime. Part of the reason for this is because it's needed to establish notability, but secondary, independent sourcing also helps with the page's neutrality. Primary sources are almost always going to be written in a way that promotes the topic/person/organization, as primary sources are very often used to promote or "sell" the topic to the person reading the page. It's not something that is inherently bad, mind you, but all of this promotional and non-neutral prose makes it much easier for this to seep into what we're writing.
- A source like this is usable as an independent, reliable source as far as I know, although it wouldn't be as strong as a book published through an academic press or a journal article in a scholarly journal might be. I'd definitely hit up your college's library to see if they have any offerings that could be of use. If you're unable to physically access the location, then your library does offer a way to contact a librarian and ask for help finding material - including subject specialists!. Don't hesitate to ask them, as this is very much what they live for! ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:56, 14 October 2020 (UTC)