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"Primary" does not mean "bad": This, in any words, seems more suitable for a section on how they should be used.
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Primary sources {{em|can}} be [[WP:Identifying reliable sources|reliable]], and they {{em|can}} be used. Sometimes, a primary source is even the best possible source, such as when you are supporting a direct [[WP:Manual of Style#Quotations|quotation]]. In such cases, the original document is the best source because the original document will be free of any errors or misquotations introduced by subsequent sources.
 
There are limitations on ''for'' what primary sources can be used.
 
==Primary sources should be used carefully==