Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request/Archive 92: Difference between revisions

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For [[Rahimuddin_Khan]]

Thanks, <span style="border:1px solid #93010b;background:#ef0000;padding:2px;color:#efe6e6;text-shadow:black 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em"><fontspan facestyle="font-familt: Arial;">&nbsp;'''McKhan'''&nbsp;</fontspan></span>&nbsp;^{'''([[User talk:McKhan|talk]])'''} 17:19, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

:{{ping|McKhan}} You do know that the second book is sourced from Wikipedia? It's simply a collection of Wikipedia articles published by [[Books LLC]], who specialize in doing just that. So reference #9 in [[Rahimuddin Khan]] cites itself as a source! —[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]]^{[[User talk:Bruce1ee|''talk'']]} 17:32, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

::That's what exactly I have tried to explain to the editor but he doesn't care. Please see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rahimuddin_Khan&diff=prev&oldid=967029329&diffmode=source here], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zakir_Husain_(politician)&diff=prev&oldid=967067125&diffmode=source here] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rahimuddin_Khan&diff=prev&oldid=972363479&diffmode=source here]. He has used various IPs and two different IDs, [[User:PashtunTribal548|PashtunTribal548]] and [[User:Kkhan0818|Kkhan0818]], claiming that he is an "assoicate" or "relative" of [[Zakir Hussain]] and [[Rahimuddin Khan]] and they belonged to [[Afridi]] and [[Kheshgi]] tribes. I just want to make sure that the sources jive up with the edits made by this editor. Thank you for your kind help. <span style="border:1px solid #93010b;background:#ef0000;padding:2px;color:#efe6e6;text-shadow:black 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em"><fontspan facestyle="font-familt: Arial;">&nbsp;'''McKhan'''&nbsp;</fontspan></span>&nbsp;^{'''([[User talk:McKhan|talk]])'''} 17:48, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

:::{{ping|McKhan}} As to the first, if someone claims that this work supports a given statement on Wikipedia, they should be able to pinpoint to the relevant entry/page. Since Rahimuddin Khan does not start with a letter between B and H and since (alphabetically-arranged) encyclopedias typically do not have an index, I don't see how I would ever find what they rely on. As to the second, since you seem to know that it is a collection of Wikipedia articles and since the publisher specifically says so (see [https://booksllc.net/book.cfm?id=3481152 here]: "composed entirely of articles from Wikipedia that we have edited and redesigned into a book format"), I would respectfully submit that there is no need for any volunteer to waste their time trying to get ahold of this resource. Besides, no library knowingly acquires such books, and to the extent that a national library holds a deposit copy, these are generally more difficult to obtain than "ordinary" books. Again, I see no point in pursuing this request. Best, —&nbsp;[[User:Pajz|Pajz]] ([[User talk:Pajz|talk]]) 19:45, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

::::Thank you for your time. :-) <span style="border:1px solid #93010b;background:#ef0000;padding:2px;color:#efe6e6;text-shadow:black 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em"><fontspan facestyle="font-familt: Arial;">&nbsp;'''McKhan'''&nbsp;</fontspan></span>&nbsp;^{'''([[User talk:McKhan|talk]])'''} 20:15, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

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