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:What you are suggesting would be [[WP:OR|original research]]. Video games often tell a story, so they can be used a primary sources insofar as the plot, but explaining differences in censorship and graphics is not something the game does. Journalists do that. [[User:TarkusAB|<span style="color: #000000">'''TarkusAB'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:TarkusAB|<span style="color: #aa0000">'''talk'''</span>]]/[[Special:Contributions/TarkusAB|<span style="color: #aa0000">'''contrib'''</span>]]</sup> 00:02, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
::Seconding Tarkus. These differences also strike me as exceedingly minor and would not ordinarily warrant mention in a generalist encyclopedia article, even if true. [[User:Axem Titanium|Axem Titanium]] ([[User talk:Axem Titanium|talk]]) 16:36, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
== Tertiary sources in legal studies ==
I no longer remember what the source for the statement about legal studies not using the concept of tertiary sources, and I'm occasionally asked about it, so here are a couple of websites that may be useful for the curious:
* https://sia.libguides.com/c.php?g=521408#s-lg-box-11009371 – provides "Primary and Secondary Sources in Law", and has tertiary for other fields, but not for this one. Includes "Law reference books" as an example of a secondary source (e.g., a legal dictionary), which includes what would normally be considered tertiary sources.
* https://shsulibraryguides.org/c.php?g=699719&p=4963009 – names "legal encyclopedias, legal periodicals (law reviews), legal dictionaries, treatises, and digests" as examples of secondary sources in the field of legal studies.
* https://guides.loc.gov/law-secondary-resources – names six types of secondary sources, many of which would be considered tertiary in any other discipline:
*# [https://guides.loc.gov/law-secondary-resources/definitions Definitions] (dictionaries with legal terminology and terms defined by law)
*# [https://guides.loc.gov/law-secondary-resources/legal-encyclopedias Legal Encyclopedias] (multi-volume works about many different topics)
*# [https://guides.loc.gov/law-secondary-resources/books-binders Books & Binders] (single- or multi-volume works about one particular topic)
*# [https://guides.loc.gov/law-secondary-resources/articles Articles] (in-depth works about highly specific topics)
*# [https://guides.loc.gov/law-secondary-resources/restatements Restatements] (rules and examples from common law)
*# [https://guides.loc.gov/law-secondary-resources/legal-directories Legal Directories] (listings of people and organizations)
[[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 00:33, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
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