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::* Then it says that some other primarily sources are not acceptable: "Many other primary sources...are usually not acceptable...".
::The "usually" applies to "Many other primary sources", not to the example of birth certificates. (Though, as Blueboar notes, there are inevitably "occasional exceptions", and you can use even a birth certificate if, e.g., it is published by the person in question.) [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 21:42, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
:The BLPPRIMARY bit is about BLPs. The first part is not. Don’t think you would get a social security death index about a living person. [[User:PARAKANYAA|PARAKANYAA]] ([[User talk:PARAKANYAA|talk]]) 21:44, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
::PARAKANYAA, yup, I wasn't thinking. The biographical content that I work with usually involves living persons, and the exchange that led me here was on the talk page of an article about a living person ([[Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia]]), so I just had "living person" in mind. I decided to walk away from the exchange, as this other editor wants to use totally unacceptable court docs (posted to a Dept. of Homeland Security webpage as part of a smear campaign to try to justify their illegal act).
::Thanks to everyone for the quick clarifications. [[User:FactOrOpinion|FactOrOpinion]] ([[User talk:FactOrOpinion|talk]]) 22:24, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
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