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::Blueboar, the problem is that then you have newer editors arguing that it only says "usually," so it's really OK to use this court document that they want to use as a source for a living person (which happened today, leading me here to read the text). Personally, I'd rather say that it's never acceptable for living persons (recognizing that there may be an IAR exception that gets OKed through consensus), and that they're usually not acceptable for people who have died.
::Traumnovelle, thanks for pointing that out, I'd totally overlooked that. I think it would be good to distinguish between people who are/aren't living in this text. [[User:FactOrOpinion|FactOrOpinion]] ([[User talk:FactOrOpinion|talk]]) 21:39, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
:::Anyone who is arguing that an explanatory essay says "usually", and so that overrides a core content policy saying "Do '''not'''" has a losing argument, and they probably know it. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 21:43, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
::It's simpler than that.
::* First it says that some primary sources are acceptable: "The person's [[autobiography]], own website, or a page about the person on an employer's or publisher's website ... can normally be used..."
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