Wikipedia:Identifying and using self-published works: Difference between revisions

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Undo - I would suggest not making drastic changes to 10-year-old consensus content on a core essay while its very meaning is in the middle of a fairly even discussion. An RFC on the meaning of SPS has been proposed. Consider settling that before changing the explanation.
Restored revision 1254657713 by Alpha3031 (talk): Per discussion on RSN, the addition of independent here is clearly a mistake, and also not 10 years old
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* It is appropriate for the material in question, i.e., the source is directly about the subject, rather than mentioning something unrelated in passing.
* It is a third-party or independent source.
* It has asome professionalform structureof inreview place for deciding whether to publish somethingprocess, such as independent editorial oversightediting or independent peer review processes.
 
A self-published source can have all of these qualities.