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

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Not all self-published sources are equal. A personal blog post claiming that the Twin Towers fell as the result of a controlled demolition, written by someone with no expertise, is not at the same level as a personal blog post about physics written by the chairperson of the physics department at a major university.

=== Non-self-published preferable ===

A non-self-published source that verifies the same information is usually preferred to a non-self-published one. If it is not clear which source is better, they can both be cited.

=== Acceptable use of self-published works ===

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=== Unacceptable use of self-published works ===

# A non-self-published source that verifies the same information is available. These are preferable.

# Claims by the author him/her/itself don't meet the criteria in [[#For claims by self-published authors about themselves]])

# TheExceptional claims, even when the author is an established expert on the topic cited but the claims are exceptional. [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Exceptional claims require exceptional_sources|exceptional sources]]

# Third-party sources about living people, even if the author is an expert, well-known professional researcher, or writer.