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Please help me with... I need help with using citations with broken (archived?) links in Draft:Gary Stockdale. Specifically, these citations are to the Library of Congress. There are 4 such citations at Draft:Gary Stockdale.

I found these citations using Google searches, for example, a Google search for "Doctor Detroit" "Gary Stockdale" shows that a page at https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200015001/ contains the info I want. However, when I go to that URL, I get only "Sorry! We can't find what you're looking for. The page you requested could not be found." I'm not sure if this means that the page I want has been archived; but if it has, I don't know where to find the archived page, or an archive date. I really don't understand why Google can find information that is not available to me. It would seem that if Google can find it, it must be archived somewhere. So why can't I find this archive?

Is such a citation usable, and if so, how to cite it, please? Dr.bobbs (talk) 14:33, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is unfortunate, I cannot seem to locate that document anywhere and the Wayback Machine doesn't have a copy either. Sadly, I don't think the citation is going to usable. Very strange occurrence though - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 17:53, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! Although of course that isn't the answer I was hoping for.

I really don't understand why Google can find information that is not available to me. It would seem that if Google can find it, it must be archived somewhere. So why can't I find this archive? Dr.bobbs (talk) 04:01, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone else find an answer to my question that would allow me to use these citations? Dr.bobbs (talk) 04:04, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made an hour-long effort to figure out why LOC searches no longer turn up a record for the film Doctor Detroit, and, without being able to convert the 'jots' designation into an 'lccn', failed. In all of the library records (other libraries and WORLDCAT) for the film (mostly the DVD) that I could find, Gary Stockdale is not listed in the credits, but that's the detail you are wanting to find to beef up that first cite. My advice is that finding it would not help the draft demonstrate notability since credits themselves can't do that. I often advise: "the goal for a draft is not completeness". You do want to succinctly lay out the case for notability. Completeness can probably not be achieved, but there's plenty of time to work on that after you have an accepted article. At this point, your draft looks heavy on original research and light on good, solid, independent and in-depth coverage of Stockdale. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Dr.bobbs (talk) 15:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I am aware that some of the references are not particularly good, solid, and independent; but they're the best that I could find.

However, I don't see where I reported any original research. Pretty much everything I put in is backed up by some kind of reference to show that I didn't come up with it myself. Would you be so kind as to point out what looks like original research in the draft? Dr.bobbs (talk) 18:33, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Original research doesn't mean 'unsourced'. I include as original research statements that seem to be based only on primary sources — primary sources like search results, self-written bio pages, interviews, or individual media credits. It's just my impression, but I didn't see what might qualify as in-depth, independent coverage. Lack of such notability sources will doom the draft; trying to overcome that with lots of individual data points just doesn't work. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:31, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thanks!

But I'm not clear on why search results or individual media credits would necessarily be primary sources, and why search results could not qualify as in-depth, independent coverage. How can one FIND in-depth, independent coverage other than from search results? Can't I write an acceptable article based on material found only by searching the web, or do I have to physically get out into the real world to find material that cannot be found in web search results?

BTW, I never used any self-written bio pages as citations. Dr.bobbs (talk) 00:39, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ultimately, the decision will be made by the draft reviewers. You can certainly use search engines to locate candidates for good sources, but the output of a search itself is unable to support notability.

We usually consider bios such as the one appearing at lacm.edu to be primary sources; it would be strange to think that Stockdale did not have a hand in writing it, especially since he included "School of Hard Knocks" as part of his educational credentials. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:26, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, of course! Thanks! Dr.bobbs (talk) 15:19, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please help me with... putting citations on items in a long list, where many of the items have the same citations. Should I

(a) put citations on every single item in the list, or

(b) group items together into sub-lists with the same citations, and then give the citations only at the end of each sub-list? In that case, I guess that I should separate items in the same sub-list by commas, but separate different sub-lists by semicolons? Dr.bobbs (talk) 04:12, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's no general rule for this because the 'right' choice will depend on how the list is best thought to be organized. I would say that, by default, you should simply supply a citation for every entry on the list - we have the named ref mechanism to keep the overhead minimal - but if there's a different organizing principle for the list that somehow reflects the entries' appearance in different sources, you could go the latter route. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:41, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Dr.bobbs (talk) 15:41, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please help me with... ... deciding whether to add ^{[citation needed]} to an article I submitted for review, or just remove the material needing a citation.

This is for an article on a living person https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Gary_Stockdale

Some material is poorly sourced and so needs to cite a more objective source. The material is NOT controversial. I am hoping that I or someone else will find a better source at some point. I see 3 options here:

1) Add ^{[citation needed]} after the poor source citation.

2) Replace the poor source citation with ^{[citation needed]}.

3) Remove the poorly sourced material.

Which option is best, or another option?

Dr.bobbs (talk) 13:39, 12 November 2024 (UTC) Dr.bobbs (talk) 13:39, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Dr.bobbs: I'd say option 3 is the safest. At AfC we need to check, among other things, that the draft is sufficiently referenced. You tagging unsupported content with {{cn}} only shows that you're aware it's not sufficiently referenced, which is almost an invitation to decline the draft.

Of course, we need to put this into perspective – if ten citations are there, and one is missing, that might still get through. But the more unreferenced content (or cn tags) there is, the more likely the draft will be declined. The risk increases if any of the unsupported content is potentially contentious or sensitive (such as WP:DOB).

Does that help? -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:12, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Dr.bobbs (talk) 05:39, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Questionable sources are best tagged with ^{[better source needed]} ({{bcn}}) rather than {{cn}}, which should be reserved for claims that have no source attached. 78.28.44.127 (talk) 15:56, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Dr.bobbs (talk) 05:39, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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