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Line 165: Would it be a good idea to hatnote this project and talk page as "closed", and direct future comments to, say, [[Template talk:Authority control]] or [[Wikipedia talk:Authority control]]? <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing\|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing\|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing\|Andy's edits]]</span> 20:06, 16 November 2012 (UTC) == Add no VIAF template if based on unreliable sources == No VIAF template should be added if its sources include IMDB, NNDB, or other user-generated database. Just skip it, or add "VIAF pending" or some such. We should not be surrendering any "authority" of identity verification to an external entity which :Does not apply at least our requirements for source reliability :Is unaccountable. There's no change history to see who added a flawed source. :Has no issue creation/tracking :Does not reply to correction queries *Further, all such VIAF database entries should be purged at VIAF, with the sole exception of "Verified" IMdB entries, which are signed by legal entities assuming responsibility for the data. --[[User:Lexein\|Lexein]] ([[User talk:Lexein\|talk]]) 11:28, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

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