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

Revision as of 15:11, 6 July 2020

Revision as of 16:15, 6 July 2020

Line 13:

| cat =

| all =

| info = Makeis surea thatsupplement. thisAs articlea andpolicy, [[WP:SPS]] jibetakes withprecedence eachover this othersupplement.

}}

'''Self-published works''' are those in which the author and publisher are the same. Anyone can self-publish information regardless of whether s/he is truly knowledgeable about the topic in question. Therefore, self-published works should be examined carefully for acceptability.

Line 152:

# the article is not based primarily on such sources.

== "Self-published" does not mean "Primaryprimary" or "Nonnon-independent" ==

==="Self-published" does not mean "Primaryprimary"===

{{See|Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary and secondary sources}}

Self-published sources can be primary, secondary, or tertiary sources.

Line 162:

* When the blog posting provides an analysis of an event that happened decades before, it is a secondary source for its subject matter.

* When the blog posting provides a simple list of tourist attractions in a given area, it is a tertiary source for its subject matter.

==="Self-published" does not mean "Nonnon-independent"===

Self-published sources can be independent sources or non-independent sources.