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September 14

Questions Regarding Credibility of Sources

I wanted to ask that I was thinking to edit a stub article Bahgwa Dhwaj, so once i just wrote a self researched edit but for that misdeed I am sorry but I afterwards tried to search about it from credibke sources but till now, I only got two some wat credible sources which I till now hav not seen being cited as source on Wikipedia. Those two are Panchjanya and Swadesh News and that too in Hindi but can be used by translating them. Please reply that are they usable for citing and writting more on thr stub article of Bhagwa Dhwaj.
The Yamantakks (talk) 15:03, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The noticeboard Wikipedia:Reliable sources noticeboard is a good place to ask about the credibility of sources. --Jayron 32 15:09, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to Jayron32's comment, I'd say: we have an article on Panchjanya (magazine), it is an official RSS organ. I don't think that this automatically disqualifies it as a source, but it's better to be clear with attribution. You could use it in a sense like "According to the RSS organ Panchjanya, the flag is used for ...". --Soman (talk) 15:55, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Soman,

I am sorry for this late follow up but I want to ask the following

(1)The article giving information about it is in Hindi so should I site the article or a google translate link.

(2)There are only two news sources talking about it from which the more known is Panchjanya and according to the Wikipedia guidlines I think that a material should not be cited overly and

(3) You said to write it with clear attribution that

"According to the RSS organ Panchjanya, the flag is used for..."

But the problem is that if I write so, I would have to cite that it is an RSS organ and also its wikipedia page says that Dr. Mohan Bhagwat said it is not the mouthpeice of RSS and had once denied its connection with it according to its wikipedia page.

Regards

The Yamantakks (talk) 06:17, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Yamantakks: you cite the article itself, indicating as part of the citation in what language it is written. If there is a short, relevant passage, you can quote it in the footnote in both the original and in translation.

The degree of connection to RSS does then seem a bit tricky. In what you cite, it is not clear whether they are denying publishing it, or just denying that it speaks definitively for the organization. I would probably cite this from The Indian Express (including citing it in the Panchjanya (magazine) article) and quote their phrase "RSS-affiliated" rather than the uncited "published by". - Jmabel | Talk 23:18, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]