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== ReferencingVideo books?does not work ==

[[:File:RefTools rework.ogv]] does not play but gives me an error" "No compatible source was found for this media".

Hi, not sure if it's appropriate to ask here... I just finished reading a book, and am editing it's Wiki article. The book is not well-known, so there's little-to-none online sources. I know the information is true because I literally have a physical copy of it, how could I source the information?? Or is "I read the book" enough? [[User:Lolapossum|Lolapossum]] ([[User talk:Lolapossum|talk]]) 21:23, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

:What is the article? And the book? No, saying you know it's true because you've read the book is not good enough. You must supply a source that should be a [[WP:RSS]]. If the source is not good enough, others might dispute it. First however is that you give more information here. [[User:Roger 8 Roger|Roger 8 Roger]] ([[User talk:Roger 8 Roger|talk]]) 21:34, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

::The book is "Ransom" by Lois Duncan. I didn't add much but a few character names and changed the page number. I added a Google Books link to external sources though [[User:Lolapossum|Lolapossum]] ([[User talk:Lolapossum|talk]]) 21:54, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Lolapossum|Lolapossum]] Libraries exist. A reader can in principle visit one and check what the book says. A library that doesn't have a copy can request an inter-library loan from one that does. So the information is verifi'''able''', assuming the book itself is one that's reliable for the subject. You don't need to say you've got a copy, just give enough information for someone to find one—as has been the practice ever since people started putting bibliographies in books and journal articles, long before the Internet existed. [[User:Musiconeologist|Musiconeologist]] ([[User talk:Musiconeologist|talk]]) 15:17, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

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