Search Results: Wikipedia:Aboutself


Wikipedia:Verifiability
Selasa, 2026-08-18 05:12:08

well-known professional researcher, or writer. Shortcut WP:ABOUTSELFWP:ABOUTSELF Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information...

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Wikipedia:What "About Self" is for
Minggu, 2026-08-02 23:57:33

questionable sources as sources on themselves", often cited with the shortcut WP:ABOUTSELF. For a refresher, it reads as follows: Self-published and questionable...

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Wikipedia:Avoid self-descriptions
Jumat, 2025-08-08 20:27:41

something is not self-serving, ABOUTSELF merely allows it to be included; it does not require it. Even in valid ABOUTSELF cases, the WP:DUE weight of something...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Carson (2nd nomination)
Jumat, 2025-11-14 06:52:15

(books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) WP:ABOUTSELF Darkstar1st (talk) 02:52, 28 February 2015 (UTC) Automated comment: This...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Conversion Hub
Selasa, 2026-01-06 23:27:40

to reference the article). This was carried out in accordance with WP:ABOUTSELF. In summary, the article in my opinion passes both WP:RS and WP:SIGCOV...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Biafra Referendum
Jumat, 2024-09-20 20:58:47

media-repetitions of what he says on social media, in WP-terms way to much WP:ABOUTSELF, and what he says has been turned into WP-voice. Ekpa himself is notable...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/all/Taki's Magazine
Rabu, 2026-08-05 22:04:59

magazine that should be avoided outside of very limited exceptions (e.g. WP:ABOUTSELF). Taki's Magazine, called Takimag for short, is an online magazine of...

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Wikipedia:Avoid mission statements
Kamis, 2026-02-12 15:18:52

directly to the organization itself, they can violate the restrictions in WP:ABOUTSELF, since their wording is often unduly self-serving. While these statements...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jumat, 2025-12-12 02:23:24

sources, and our article is replete with WP:ABOUTSELF references. It was created in 2011[1] with three ABOUTSELF references, presumably with the intention...

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Wikipedia:Source assessment/Carl Azuz
Sabtu, 2026-07-11 19:29:39

about, or featuring Azuz are already covered by WP:RSPYT, WP:RSPTWITTER and WP:ABOUTSELF. Please help improve this source assessment table if you can....

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/all/An Phoblacht
Rabu, 2026-08-05 22:02:24

reporting, as it is a publication of Sinn Féin. Under the conditions of WP:ABOUTSELF, An Phoblacht is usable for attributed statements from Sinn Féin and some...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chanel Rion
Sabtu, 2022-10-15 09:19:41

biographical details are not WP:V, with an excessive dependence on WP:ABOUTSELF. A number of details are already on the One America News Network article...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/all/Guido Fawkes
Rabu, 2026-08-05 21:57:27

uncontroversial descriptions of itself and its own content according to WP:ABOUTSELF, but not for claims related to living persons. Guido Fawkes is a right-wing...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/all/Al-Manar
Rabu, 2026-08-05 21:51:53

usable for attributed statements from Hezbollah under the conditions of WP:ABOUTSELF. It may also be usable for non-controversial topics on Lebanese culture...

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Wikipedia:Emily St. John Mandel is divorced
Rabu, 2023-01-04 12:09:31

update with this detail, did tweet about her divorce. This is suitable WP:ABOUTSELF – but we can't expect every notable person to read Wikipedia guidelines...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Koozali SME Server
Selasa, 2025-12-16 07:10:03

php/topic,49846.0.html Koozali Foundation announcement 2013 here are some WP:ABOUTSELF non independant sources: - http://distro.ibiblio.org/smeserver/contri...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-01-01/In the media
Rabu, 2026-02-04 01:55:21

a time capsule." Wikipedian Hayden Schiff replied to her that, per WP:ABOUTSELF, her tweet should be sufficient. But Mandel had been (mis-)informed by...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Violet (short film)
Kamis, 2026-07-02 06:36:52

biography Please note that Facebook is (usually) not a reliable source per WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:SPS. I have removed the Facebook refs in the article. Fierysea13...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Institute for Integrative Nutrition
Minggu, 2025-12-14 01:48:59

WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Does not meet WP:GNG. Sources are mainly WP:ABOUTSELF or WP:NOTRS, and a search for news items and scholarly literature shows...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bruno Amato
Minggu, 2025-11-30 23:03:45

under WP:NACTOR. Worse, the only source cited by the article is a WP:ABOUTSELF source – not good enough. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 04:33, 6 February...

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Wikipedia:Existence doesn't warrant a statement
Kamis, 2024-06-06 07:41:11

Don't be afraid to boldy remove mass swathes of text that have this error. Wikipedia:Existence does not prove notability WP:SELFPUB and WP:ABOUTSELF...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Getty Research Institute/1
Rabu, 2023-08-02 18:11:51

with using a primary source as a reference for staff? Seems like a WP:ABOUTSELF situation to me. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:16, 23 July 2023 (UTC) Yes, but...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MiMi London
Minggu, 2025-11-30 01:35:41

written by the entity itself, and falls under WP:SELFPUB, WP:NPOV & WP:ABOUTSELF - the article appears to be a promotion piece and seeks self-exposure...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Pinkie Pride/1
Kamis, 2025-02-27 21:38:30

February 2025 (UTC) This article heavily relies on primary sources; WP:ABOUTSELF wouldn't apply here, as it says such sources can be used for info about...

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Wikipedia:List of companies engaged in the self-publishing business
Rabu, 2026-06-17 04:55:26

always follow the specific exception criteria described at WP:SPS or WP:ABOUTSELF; see also WP:USESPS. This list is not a complete list of companies currently...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/WhopperCoin/archive1
Minggu, 2020-12-20 05:57:09

the asset page on their site, because it seems to me to fall under WP:ABOUTSELF -- but I'd be fine with taking them back out, since everything sourced...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jisse "Model" Deruiter
Minggu, 2025-12-14 02:27:39

(talk) 22:59, 12 November 2021 (UTC) Speedy Delete: Per WP:G11 and WP:ABOUTSELF. ASTIG😎 (ICE T • ICE CUBE) 13:15, 17 November 2021 (UTC) The above discussion...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Davina Stephens
Sabtu, 2025-11-22 17:22:36

Delete: does not appear to meet WP:NARTIST. Most available sourcing is WP:ABOUTSELF. Safehaven86 (talk) 01:56, 17 October 2016 (UTC) Delete non-notable artist...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Citizens of Humanity
Sabtu, 2025-11-29 21:10:50

article appears to be sourced to the brand's own website in violation of WP:ABOUTSELF. --Tdl1060 (talk) 05:26, 9 August 2012 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Overlord (epic poem)
Kamis, 2026-01-08 14:51:09

found on the talk page, which explains that they are allowable under WP:ABOUTSELF. These paragraphs/references have an important bearing on the discussion...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Business Recorder Group
Kamis, 2025-11-13 09:59:21

same corp and a minimal list of other ventures (if verifiable per WP:ABOUTSELF) needs to be preserved into the Business Recorder article. --lTopGunl...

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Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard/Archive 78
Selasa, 2025-09-23 22:22:54

than widely covered in RS articles (WP:ABOUTSELF related)? If yes, when does this change from a reasonable "aboutself" to self unduly promotional/self serving...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Oakland Review
Rabu, 2025-12-10 13:54:02

stand-alone article, but it'd be a useful search term to keep, and there is WP:ABOUTSELF content that can be used at the Carnegie Mellon article. Leviv ich 00:41...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arshia Riaz
Selasa, 2025-12-16 01:57:20

However, I don't believe the BBC profile works, it may be a case of WP:ABOUTSELF seeing as she worked at the BBC. Pride of Pakistan uses profiles that...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arun Sakhardande
Sabtu, 2026-01-31 01:48:43

website, which meets WP:ABOUTSELF. SerChevalerie (talk) 11:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) Delete No SIGCOV, cited or otherwise. WP:ABOUTSELF only applies to reliablity...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/La Excelencia (2nd nomination)
Selasa, 2025-12-16 07:15:21

Excelencia#Former Members section which I could not find any WP:RS or sufficient WP:ABOUTSELF. If Extraordinary Writ or Hatman31 can find any refs to support this section...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review/Holden/archive1
Minggu, 2022-02-06 07:15:40

identifies which text that is sourced to company materials breaches WP:ABOUTSELF. It would be difficult to write a comprehensive company article without...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian music/Sources
Rabu, 2026-06-03 21:18:46

For more details on usage of self-published sources, see WP:SPS, WP:ABOUTSELF, and WP:BLPSPS. Only the writers mentioned in this table are considered...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CGP Grey
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 21:30:34

an issue for a BLP, with the bulk of content sourced to videos. Per WP:ABOUTSELF "Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/STAR: St Andrews Radio
Jumat, 2025-12-12 15:57:41

even if it only comes from the university’s own sources, is OK as per WP:ABOUTSELF Samboy (talk) 04:10, 21 February 2020 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia contributes to notability
Sabtu, 2026-01-31 18:28:36

Wikipedia in an article about some notable aspect of Wikipedia passes the ABOUTSELF threshold. However, in the "real world", that is to say, outside of Wikipedia's...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Communist Party of Brazil (Red Fraction)
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 22:15:58

CityBreakingDown: Servir ao Povo de Todo Coração can be used in the article (see WP:ABOUTSELF), but it does not count when measuring notability. Notability is measured...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gretchen Stumhofer
Minggu, 2025-11-23 05:46:23

which cannot be used for confirming notability (see WP:SPORTBASIC and WP:ABOUTSELF). — Alex26337 (talk) 19:12, 15 November 2025 (UTC) Note: This discussion...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/all/Instagram
Rabu, 2026-08-05 23:12:09

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 417#Can Instagram be used as a WP:ABOUTSELF if it is the person’s Instagram account? WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SegReg
Jumat, 2025-11-07 06:26:20

30 October 2025 (UTC) Delete: Per general notability, WP:SPS, and WP:ABOUTSELF, but OP beware that WP:NSOFT is an essay and not a policy. x2step (lets...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Retrospec (2nd nomination)
Jumat, 2025-11-28 03:38:04

the standard of reliable sources used by notability. For example, WP:ABOUTSELF allows the use of self-published primary sources to verify trivial facts...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rok Studios
Sabtu, 2025-11-15 20:49:57

neutral, and the company itself can give us details about itself under WP:ABOUTSELF. Schmidt, Michael Q. 09:45, 8 March 2015 (UTC) Relisted to generate a...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ukraine Siren Alerts
Selasa, 2025-12-16 13:02:36

2022 (UTC) BOvcharenko: While Twitter can be used in some cases (see WP:ABOUTSELF), it is not a reliable source, which mean it does not count towards notability...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avraham Sinai (2nd nomination)
Kamis, 2026-07-09 09:12:06

the content entirely lacks independent secondary verification. Per WP:ABOUTSELF, a subject's own statements are strictly disallowed from forming the primary...

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Wikipedia:Criticism
Rabu, 2025-12-31 14:04:30

purpose of purging a Wikipedia article of its legitimate criticism. WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:PRIMARY: even if third-party reliable sources are generally negative...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Rates
Senin, 2025-11-24 03:56:41

comment added by Dani0rad (talk • contribs) Dani0rad please review WP:ABOUTSELF and Wikipedia:Third-party_sources to see how wikipedia defines 3rd party...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/M. Nasir
Jumat, 2025-12-12 11:48:06

this is his official page. the fact and refs fits WP:ABOUTSELF 3. http://www.bfm.my/wavelength-the-journeyman-m-nasir.html http://www...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of MCAT topics
Minggu, 2025-11-23 12:44:51

that list. (A first-party source is enough sourcing here, see for WP:ABOUTSELF.) I think it is on the good side of the "due weight" line, but I understand...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harris Surname DNA Project
Rabu, 2026-01-07 02:20:32

WP:NOTE: no independent sources address the subject directly. Issues with WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:RELIABLESOURCES. Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 08:42, 9 December...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Future of Freedom Foundation
Kamis, 2025-11-13 20:54:03

scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) wp:promotion ap:aboutself Darkstar1st (talk) 08:45, 23 March 2015 (UTC) Automated comment: This...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Katina Stefanova (investor)
Senin, 2025-12-15 03:45:02

mentioned in the article.[1] Almost all biographical details are cited to WP:ABOUTSELF information (and a weird blog that only seems to host one glowing article...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Affirming Pentecostal Church International
Selasa, 2024-10-08 09:12:26

coverage here, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 20:23, 6 October 2024 (UTC) WP:ABOUTSELF: This source is written by William H. Carey, who himself was a founder...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josh Mojica
Jumat, 2025-05-09 20:13:47

source assesments: 1 - Facebook page of the person, seems like a WP:ABOUTSELF use. 2 - Reliable, PhilStar is one of the largest publication in the Philippines...

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Wikipedia:Deprecated sources
Jumat, 2026-07-03 22:50:15

may be used for information on itself, subject to the conditions in WP:ABOUTSELF (see also WP:SPS and WP:BLPSELFPUB). An external link to the source can...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Forgotten Realms Deluxe Edition
Selasa, 2025-12-16 12:29:34

published products, and its documentation is sufficiently reliable per WP:ABOUTSELF. In the absence of controversy, why would we need anything beyond the...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Milligan-Whyte
Senin, 2025-12-15 03:40:45

06:11, 27 January 2022 (UTC) Delete Completely promotional failure of WP:ABOUTSELF, when the first claim of significance is cited to an article you wrote...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/HIV/AIDS in New Zealand/archive1
Senin, 2025-12-01 09:07:07

source (press releases) and should only be used for non-controversial WP:ABOUTSELF claims. There is a lack of medical sources presented here. You can search...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moira Forbes
Rabu, 2026-03-25 02:15:08

FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Fails WP:NBIO. The sources are a mish-mash of WP:ABOUTSELF bios and self-congratulatory appointment press releases. There is not...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kyoritsu Kodo
Jumat, 2025-12-12 10:21:21

runs the university, and the Japanese university article only has a WP:ABOUTSELF source citing when the building was built, and that it was host to some...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/all/TED
Rabu, 2026-08-05 22:05:07

are talking about. Content about the speaker themselves should abide by ABOUTSELF and WEIGHT. TedX content has no quality standard or editorial oversight...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:The Global Warming Foundation
Jumat, 2018-08-17 12:39:11

article may just be copy-pasted from their "about us" page, but is basic WP:ABOUTSELF material if not, for the most part, so it could be okay. It's just not...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Tyrion Lannister/1
Jumat, 2024-11-15 06:59:45

own section.) The single citation to PR Newswire looks fine to me as WP:ABOUTSELF since it's just supporting an award nomination. The International Business...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dracut Police Department
Kamis, 2025-11-13 16:49:52

the department's website, which, IIRC, can be used as a source under ABOUTSELF. James500 (talk) 13:07, 20 May 2015 (UTC) There is nothing on department's...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
Selasa, 2026-08-25 06:24:11

endorsement list when independent coverage is absent, or do WP:ENDORSE and WP:ABOUTSELF strictly require reliable independent coverage? Similarly, is Substack...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Getting the Kinks Out (film)
Senin, 2025-11-17 13:33:16

notability and could have been used from the official source under WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:FILMPLOT if it had been properly attributed. Schmidt, Michael Q...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Oliver (record executive)
Jumat, 2025-12-19 04:31:48

scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Only source is WP:ABOUTSELF. jlwoodwa (talk) 22:20, 21 July 2023 (UTC) Note: This discussion has been...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ethan Ralph
Selasa, 2025-12-16 04:30:21

convince Bilby of my idea to add {{Cite court}}. I then consider using WP:ABOUTSELF for the plea of no contest, but then, on further reflection, I decide:...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Morgan-Mar (2nd nomination)
Jumat, 2025-11-28 01:27:07

Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:26, 24 August 2013 (UTC) WP:ABOUTSELF. -- JHunterJ (talk) 11:46, 25 August 2013 (UTC) Doesn't apply. If David...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 2024) (2nd nomination)
Kamis, 2025-05-29 07:49:25

basic information. - WP:ABOUTSELF does apply here with regards to a government press release (see also WP:PRSOURCE). ABOUTSELF applies to each source individually...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thank You Berty
Senin, 2025-11-24 04:28:56

asserted notability, the "official website" is okay for WP:V under WP:ABOUTSELF, and I was unable to determine the substantial Sinhalese source as duplicating...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liao Linkun
Senin, 2025-11-17 23:39:18

similar [8] [9] - though such sources should be used with caution as per WP:ABOUTSELF. Nfitz (talk) 05:07, 27 January 2014 (UTC) Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games
Jumat, 2025-11-14 17:04:48

(The only thing from a reliable source is the Facebook post [per WP:ABOUTSELF], but all that says is that there is a third film, without a name. That...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Minggu, 2025-12-14 06:52:04

sources. However material cited to the organization itself is usable per WP:ABOUTSELF. That is besides the point here though, and if you no longer favor deletion...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cristian Cálix
Rabu, 2025-12-10 04:20:07

12 July 2019 (UTC) An interview in a major newspapers is not WP:ABOUTSELF. ABOUTSELF refers to self-published and questionable sources - not one of the...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James R. Bailey
Minggu, 2025-12-14 02:12:03

perfectly valid citations to back up the fact that he wrote the books per WP:ABOUTSELF, they do not seem to do anything to demonstrate notability). jp×g 12:21...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allan Perley
Senin, 2026-01-05 10:19:15

probably be used for verifiability but not if used alone, per #5 of WP:ABOUTSELF. Wikipedia is not a memorial. There is an astonishing amount of non-encyclopedic...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Aima Baig/1
Senin, 2026-08-10 04:57:23

into "news" articles. We don't use social media posts (except for WP:ABOUTSELF in very specific and limited uses) or user-generated internet comments...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keystone Party of Manitoba
Selasa, 2025-12-16 07:02:00

remove all of this information, but most of it was not appropriate. The WP:ABOUTSELF policy specifies that articles should not be based primarily on sources...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacksonville Observer
Jumat, 2025-11-28 02:15:38

version and a shift to all-local content--informative and reliable under WP:ABOUTSELF but obviously not relevant to notability. I also note a bio on a different...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 20:59:33

Thailand; the fourth is a self-published source, which should be fine for WP:ABOUTSELF matters. Only the last one is questionable. I have no idea what "bogus...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Games/Cleanup
Sabtu, 2022-04-23 01:36:52

WP:ABOUTSELF (e.g. who a company's VP of marketing is, or why a game designer chose to make a particular character one-eyed and green), per WP:ABOUTSELF...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saratchandra Shenoi
Sabtu, 2026-01-31 02:33:43

article is currently sourced to the author's own website, which meets WP:ABOUTSELF. We can discuss the source and content on the article Talk page, but that...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tan Binliang
Selasa, 2025-11-18 19:46:12

similar [8] [9] - though such sources should be used with caution as per WP:ABOUTSELF. Nfitz (talk) 05:07, 27 January 2014 (UTC) Note: This debate has been...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Jumat, 2025-12-12 17:57:45

those, we have JCR and Scopus for notability. And we have a lot of WP:ABOUTSELF-permitted sources for other content. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 23:10, 20...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whole Wheat Radio
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 01:37:33

station's immediate vicinity. The article itself appears mostly unsourced/WP:ABOUTSELF. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 17:54, 13 June 2011 (UTC) Keep I agree with Edison...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Virtual Self (EP)/archive1
Jumat, 2024-07-19 07:06:17

interview with Robinson and I'm exclusively using his words here; WP:ABOUTSELF should apply. Skyshiftertalk 18:32, 2 July 2024 (UTC) There's a review...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Escape (recording studio)
Rabu, 2026-02-18 02:56:23

use of testimonials that have no independent verification. As per WP:ABOUTSELF this is material that is self-serving and involves claims by third parties...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin Alexander (writer)
Rabu, 2025-12-10 03:03:26

territory of Original Research and Synthesis, and we can't even include ABOUTSELF in this biography. The nominally "self statements" are supplied by someone...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeannette H. Lee
Senin, 2025-12-01 04:44:49

(well, as of 2016) and that she's back to using Lee (seems to satisfy WP:ABOUTSELF). Should probably be moved to Jeannette H. Lee.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ< ...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Spiffing Brit
Minggu, 2025-12-14 10:42:21

While the use of Discord and Twitter as sources may be fine as per WP:ABOUTSELF, basing the article around such sources is bad. We could maybe swap out...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Madame Tussauds Hong Kong/1
Jumat, 2025-07-11 18:51:57

@Dentsinhere43, the additional citations tag is not necessarily needed for WP:ABOUTSELF statements such as operating hours. Nonetheless, I agree the sourcing...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jill Barrow
Senin, 2025-06-09 05:45:39

and as per our guidance on self-published sources (specifically at WP:ABOUTSELF): "Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clermont Sans Fil
Senin, 2025-12-22 04:14:50

08:56, 28 April 2024 (UTC) I mean, the citations are WP:ABOUTSELF so, I didn't really count them. Allan Nonymous (talk) 15:02, 28 April...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Socialist Students
Sabtu, 2025-09-06 18:34:41

organisation, with it instead all inappropriately sourced from themselves WP:ABOUTSELF. Would redirect but believe the name is too generic to be appropriate...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2022 January 20
Rabu, 2022-01-26 10:35:55

Even with permission, the subject's own words are of limited use (WP:ABOUTSELF) and do not contribute to WP:Notability / WP:GNG. I'd focus on getting...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 317
Sabtu, 2021-06-26 18:12:43

site" which is likely wp:undue in most cases. But, it may be OK to use as aboutself in some cases for the fringe right wing topics that it represents. (FYI...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Call-Me Kevin
Minggu, 2025-01-19 00:23:15

upon as fact. While this might just about be "OK" in the context of WP:ABOUTSELF, it is not "OK" (certainly not in establishing notability) that effectively...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 290
Senin, 2023-01-30 15:48:26

2020 (UTC) WP:ABOUTSELF is an extremely restricted exception with five conditions, and any uses of self-published sources under WP:ABOUTSELF must still constitute...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Permanent Revolution (group) (2nd nomination)
Kamis, 2025-01-09 11:40:41

sourcing being from self-published sources (mostly their own) so violates WP:ABOUTSELF. Checks on scholar show no notable academic discussion of the group. No...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aniqah Choudhri
Minggu, 2024-12-01 06:30:09

non-independent sources being used are doing so in compliance with WP:ABOUTSELF. It would be better to have more independent coverage, but that is not...

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Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sportspeople)
Kamis, 2026-05-14 18:44:08

dropped, the diacritic, then Wikipedia will do so as well; see also WP:ABOUTSELF and MOS:IDENTITY. Check the sources; do not make assumptions. For example...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Start – Socialist Internationalist Organisation
Kamis, 2024-10-17 06:29:51

purely sourced from its own website and then International (CWI) (WP:ABOUTSELF violation). Attempt to find reliable sources showed no notable coverage...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1087
Selasa, 2026-06-09 19:47:44

that the subject had published there (ABOUTSELF), an interview with the subject (again ABOUTSELF), multiple ABOUTSELF sources here. Each of those edits is...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Raël/1
Minggu, 2025-06-22 19:13:37

a source, inappropriate per WP:PRIMARY, in a way that goes beyond WP:ABOUTSELF and gives the article serious WP:NPOV issues. We cannot merely cut the...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Kappa Kappa Psi/archive1
Jumat, 2012-01-06 17:00:10

citations need to be closely evaluated against the five criteria in WP:ABOUTSELF. Points 1 ("the material is not unduly self-serving") and 5 ("the article...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goodness (TV channel)
Senin, 2025-05-05 10:54:13

as a source, while potentially useful for verifying basic facts per WP:ABOUTSELF, does not contribute towards establishing notability under WP:GNG. GNG...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Legion of Shadows
Sabtu, 2025-11-22 09:05:15

something not established by press releases. Those are only used for WP:ABOUTSELF uncontroversial claims and have no impact on notability whatsoever. If...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 393
Selasa, 2025-11-18 01:33:30

topics (including medical topics), or such is the consensus here. WP:ABOUTSELF exception applies. (non-admin closure) Szmenderowiecki (talk) 01:41, 15...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Giant Schnauzer/1
Selasa, 2024-05-14 09:13:47

are fine to use for the breed standard and registration figures per WP:ABOUTSELF, when it comes to stuff like history they shouldn't be used in a good...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey statistical leaders
Jumat, 2025-12-19 06:59:26

of it. Primary source are used as the source, which is typically fine aboutself references, but not for notability in a standalone. If you think that...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Socialist Alternative (England, Wales and Scotland)
Minggu, 2024-09-22 04:59:45

groups. This is a fundamental breach of WP:SELFPUB and more importantly WP:ABOUTSELF on the grounds that an article must not be primarily based on self-published...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review/The Green (Dartmouth College)/archive1
Minggu, 2022-02-06 07:16:23

sources are used to support information that does not fall under the WP:ABOUTSELF criteria. Did you find any such information? {{u|Sdkb}} talk 18:00, 12...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 310
Rabu, 2024-07-24 14:55:43

organization is reliable for saying that it gave an award to person X, per ABOUTSELF)... the problem is DUE WEIGHT (why should we mention that the organization...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genta Ismajli
Selasa, 2023-02-07 04:52:33

suggesting that her Facebook page is proof of notability. Doesn't WP:ABOUTSELF specifically permit the use of a subject's official Facebook page as a...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Odeh Bisharat
Kamis, 2025-10-16 08:28:30

biographies at places he is involved with, so their use is limited to WP:ABOUTSELF, but do not create notability. The article is tagged as promotional because...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Masaaki Ueki
Senin, 2025-12-22 07:51:10

the nom. Looking at that article, there's only one source and its WP:ABOUTSELF, so I think the nom is still good, at least. Allan Nonymous (talk) 19:43...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miss and Mister Supranational
Minggu, 2025-12-14 05:32:49

PR pieces and announcements. With the rare exception of a couple of WP:ABOUTSELF, they're from independent newspapers all over the world, who are serving...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 484
Rabu, 2025-07-23 00:33:27

WP:ABOUTSELF. WP:ABOUTSELF sources cannot be used for controversial contexts. Thehistorianisaac (talk) 09:52, 26 June 2025 (UTC) It's only WP:ABOUTSELF if...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newcastle Dodgeball League
Sabtu, 2026-02-14 07:19:02

errors of fact might be just about "OK" (relative to WP:SELFSOURCE and WP:ABOUTSELF), basing an entire article on such sources is highly questionable (relative...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Monsters in the Morning (2nd nomination)
Selasa, 2025-11-18 21:17:42

songs. We know the songs got radio-airplay, but in this case it was WP:ABOUTSELF airplay, which is not good enough methinks. WP:NOTEWORTHY means somebody...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TJMSmith
Kamis, 2025-02-13 20:06:16

(blether) 11:01, 16 February 2021 (UTC) And the policy basis for this is WP:ABOUTSELF (and WP:BLPPRIMARY if still living). The candidate is not actually in...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roberto Cruz Alano
Kamis, 2025-05-01 05:53:50

the subject's Facebook account, which violates both WP:PRIMARY and WP:ABOUTSELF. Ref#4, while from the Manila Bulletin, only offers a passing mention...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anubhav Srivastava (2nd nomination)
Selasa, 2026-06-30 11:13:47

Most of the news references are primary/self published. It sound like WP:ABOUTSELF. Rtpaz (talk) 18:27, 24 June 2026 (UTC) Delete - for lack of significant...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brandon Herrera
Jumat, 2025-12-19 00:59:53

Los Pobre (talk) 17:08, 21 November 2023 (UTC) His campaign site is WP:ABOUTSELF and does not contribute to WP:GNG because it is not independent of the...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jahan Nostra
Minggu, 2025-12-14 02:07:00

a living person, as SPS are never OK to use in a BLP except in an WP:ABOUTSELF manner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikehawk10 (talk • contribs)...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Deprecated and unreliable sources
Kamis, 2024-09-05 18:47:42

subject of discussion", which could be interpreted as: WP:ABOUTSELF applies. The idea that WP:ABOUTSELF is the only important exception -- so not opinions in...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Leading Ladies of Entertainment/archive1
Senin, 2025-07-07 07:25:59

Week" is a string of galas-- this source is fine reliability-wise as WP:ABOUTSELF, but it doesn't actually state that the Grammy Week involves multiple...

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles of works
Senin, 2026-08-10 23:32:49

is irrelevant.) A citation of the YouTube terms of service, as an WP:ABOUTSELF source regarding YouTube, would use |work=YouTube. List of templates automatically...

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Wikipedia:Common-style fallacy
Minggu, 2026-04-12 05:48:27

in materials with a Latin-based alphabet, is sufficient, per the WP:ABOUTSELF policy and MOS:IDENTITY guideline. So is use of them in reference to that...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 505
Kamis, 2026-02-05 00:44:28

not), it would not be allowed under WP:ABOUTSELF. Ditto for self-serving or exceptional claims. Also per ABOUTSELF, the article should not be based primarily...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Beauty Pageants/Sources
Selasa, 2026-06-30 02:56:56

pageant official social media accounts may be an allowed under the WP:ABOUTSELF exception, but independent RS are preferred. Note that an article primarily...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Soph (YouTuber)
Jumat, 2025-12-19 09:51:54

Twitter (again, self published and dependent primary sources). While WP:ABOUTSELF allows for these types of sources for factual information, they cannot...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 320
Selasa, 2023-08-22 07:45:43

undue weight; opinions in the Mail on Sunday can still be used under WP:ABOUTSELF, or if they gain weight by receiving coverage in actual reliable sources...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources
Sabtu, 2026-08-01 03:25:26

the subject as a self-published source. The exception for statements ABOUTSELF is covered at Wikipedia:Verifiability § Self-published or questionable...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weavers' cottage (Kleinschwarzenbach, Zum Weberhaus 10)
Jumat, 2025-12-12 19:28:30

the cottage doesn't contribute to notability but can be used as an WP:ABOUTSELF source [6]. There's just barely enough here to write a policy-compliant...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eline Powell (2nd nomination)
Rabu, 2025-12-10 05:16:49

facts about the subject's personal life. This fits with our policy WP:ABOUTSELF, where many categories of people's statements about themselves are acceptable...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 275
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 14:46:50

WP:ABOUTSELF. Using the example from the NPOVN discussion, the article that Katie Hopkins published in the Daily Mail qualifies under WP:ABOUTSELF as...

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Wikipedia:New pages patrol source guide
Selasa, 2026-08-25 06:40:56

appropriate weight to controversial issues. faluninfo.net [195], usable for ABOUTSELF claims about Falun Gong but otherwise unreliable per a July 2020 RSN discussion...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Krystian Żołnierewicz
Rabu, 2025-12-10 08:20:30

entirely on primary sources–and if it's just interviews, entirely on ABOUTSELF sources. – Levivich 15:15, 13 September 2019 (UTC) Keep - Somehow missed...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 355
Selasa, 2022-11-01 05:44:23

use to verify facts, except possibly in an WP:ABOUTSELF fashion. (And, even with respect to ABOUTSELF, I'd use it with caution given its issues vetting...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 477
Kamis, 2026-08-13 04:36:55

making a statement of fact with some photos. Maybe it is true, but WP:ABOUTSELF may be relevant here. Wikipedia works off of WP:VERIFIABILITY. Ramos1990...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 155
Kamis, 2026-04-16 20:09:29

Twitter/Youtube. WP:BLPSELFPUB and WP:ABOUTSELF are equivalent. This gives insight into why these policies were created: WP:ABOUTSELF is a synonym for WP:SOCIALMEDIA...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dysard Dageago
Sabtu, 2025-12-20 00:19:42

published by Dageago on his own account, I think it would fall under the WP:ABOUTSELF policy, which allows Facebook links for uncontroversial statements about...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
Selasa, 2026-08-25 05:46:06

Goes against multiple P&Gs otherwise, including WP:DUE, WP:PROMO and WP:ABOUTSELF ―"Ghost of Dan Gurney" (hihi) 21:54, 31 July 2026 (UTC) Note for closer...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lilia Tarawa
Senin, 2024-10-21 16:45:46

Tarawa herself, they shouldn't be used in the article except in limited aboutself uses, let alone go to notability. Ref 5, supplied piece from the festival...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Torsten Heinrich
Senin, 2025-02-24 06:54:23

libelous like that, and also the video statement doesn’t seem to violate WP:ABOUTSELF so the deletion on those grounds seems unwarranted (Although I agree that...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 October 30
Senin, 2019-12-30 07:19:00

"Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves" (same as WP:ABOUTSELF), but I feel it should obviously go to the section "Self-published sources"...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kristin McGee
Kamis, 2025-12-11 20:01:46

guess it is written by herself (if it isn't, it would run afoul of WP:ABOUTSELF). One is a Facebook post. When I try to access it it says the access is...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Virtual Soldier Research Program
Sabtu, 2025-05-24 21:53:10

May 2025 (UTC) Keep - The sources are definitely not self published (WP:ABOUTSELF). Any source that begins with ISBN, ISSN or DOI is not self published...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Kaufmann (2nd nomination)
Senin, 2025-12-01 17:45:12

sources on the article are: An essay by Kaufmann, used for uncontroversial ABOUTSELF An Indian newspaper from 2008, giving Kaufmann a bare mention in a list...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive186
Selasa, 2023-02-14 07:49:42

site is clearly allowed as a source on its own activities, as per WP:ABOUTSELF. I have told him this in the edit summaries, in the article talk, and...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 270
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 03:36:59

to publish. It satisfies WP:ABOUTSELF. Humanengr (talk) 23:33, 4 August 2019 (UTC) It passes the RS cliff via ABOUTSELF - however is probably UNDUE as...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rarri Dream
Senin, 2025-12-22 09:11:26

sources are the AllHipHop article and these sources, which both pass WP:ABOUTSELF but ultimately don't count towards notability IMO; otherwise, I don't...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ghib Ojisan
Minggu, 2025-12-14 00:38:32

of self-published sources found in the article are appropriate per WP:ABOUTSELF. There are concerns about excessive detail which IMO are valid, but those...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 129
Rabu, 2023-10-04 05:06:23

WP:USERGENERATED, and WP:SELFPUB". Or would it in fact have been okay per WP:ABOUTSELF even if we didn't have the secondary source? Dmcq (talk) 19:39, 14 August...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
Selasa, 2026-08-25 07:24:40

analysis of their works and then augmenting basic facts as allowed by WP:ABOUTSELF. A single notable work would be WP:BIO1E except in cases where it is,...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2017 January 22
Kamis, 2023-02-09 16:26:04

is also not very pertinent as a reason to delete. I agree that per WP:ABOUTSELF we can say in the New York Times article that they describe themselves...

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Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive378
Rabu, 2026-06-17 00:11:12

April 2026 (UTC) The point is not whether an ABOUTSELF source is required in this case, but whether an ABOUTSELF source would ever be required. Quite clearly...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2021 March 24
Rabu, 2021-03-31 17:35:12

use of tweets is fine for attributed statements of opinion or per WP:ABOUTSELF. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 13:14, 24 March 2021 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive227
Minggu, 2025-08-17 04:31:40

used to describe his own views, which is exempt from the SPS rule per WP:ABOUTSELF. I ask AQFK to concede that his accusations of "BLP" violations made in...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aligarh Institute Gazette
Kamis, 2025-11-13 03:45:50

(talk) 09:45, 3 October 2015 (UTC) Strong keep. Meets WP:N. Under WP:ABOUTSELF it is acceptable as a source for facts under WP:V. The references mentioned...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2022 May 18
Minggu, 2022-05-22 08:03:44

example CNN:s YT channel is as reliable as CNN elswhere. YT can be WP:ABOUTSELF, like Twitter and FB, it depends. See WP:RSPYT. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aziz Shavershian
Sabtu, 2025-11-29 20:15:36

Nick-D (talk) 07:26, 29 February 2012 (UTC) Do you suggest we re-write WP:ABOUTSELF? -- MST☆R (Chat Me!) 07:35, 29 February 2012 (UTC) Keep Notable enough...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicholas Hagger (2nd nomination)
Kamis, 2026-01-08 11:28:53

books, reviews and radio broadcasts that serve a general audience. WP:ABOUTSELF applies to some of the citations: self-published sources may be used as...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, & Service
Selasa, 2025-12-09 06:52:18

an extensive enough program to be a keep. This is in keeping with WP:ABOUTSELF policy on Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 20
Rabu, 2026-03-11 20:31:41

primary and autobiographical ones. There's a bit more detail over at WP:ABOUTSELF if you are interested. :) - Bilby (talk) 03:27, 9 June 2012 (UTC) Hey...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Somaya Reece (4th nomination)
Jumat, 2025-11-28 03:56:46

you say that "Somaya Reece is not VH1," what you're describing is WP:ABOUTSELF, not independence, at least not any definition of "independent source"...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Belbin
Selasa, 2025-12-30 15:53:17

in the PhD dissertation he wrote about his own books (to be used as WP:ABOUTSELF of course, not for notability); this piece on library lending has some...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timothy Tau
Kamis, 2026-05-21 08:51:44

Some of the self published personal details are probably okay per WP:ABOUTSELF, but it's not appropriate for them to dominate the article's sourcing...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ayo Vincent
Jumat, 2025-12-19 00:26:33

independent or reliable. I would not even recommend such a source for ABOUTSELF claims, as the ad on the whole is self-serving, but it's also not even...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Ocel (2nd nomination)
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 00:19:04

however, several of these biographical details come from appropriate WP:ABOUTSELF sourcing, the subject's own materials widely used in promoting his career...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1176
Senin, 2024-04-29 10:37:46

applying to self-published claims by article subjects are covered at WP:ABOUTSELF. I would clarify though, are those screenshots of the disappearing stories...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Studley, Inc.
Selasa, 2025-11-25 05:35:30

those 4 paragraphs like the photo are copyright Studley) they are WP:ABOUTSELF WP:UGC "with the exception of material on such sites that is labeled as...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2022 July 12
Senin, 2022-07-18 07:28:20

individual works altogether?) Wriphe (talk) 00:35, 13 July 2022 (UTC) sometime but not always, see WP:ABOUTSELF. QiuLiming1 (talk) 00:43, 13 July 2022 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suzanne M. Olsson
Jumat, 2025-11-28 04:03:46

retracted your claim o be the "59th descendant of Jesus" may be to use WP:ABOUTSELF. And given some sources, this page might allow you to explain that you...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 316
Selasa, 2021-08-10 21:30:34

the ABOUTSELF defence is relevant. Devonian Wombat (talk) 10:11, 19 October 2020 (UTC) Great, and thanks for that and pointing me toward WP:ABOUTSELF. Appreciated...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anime News Network (2nd nomination)
Rabu, 2025-12-17 23:06:12

Looking at the page, the references currently listed are almost entirely WP:ABOUTSELF citations, which pose significant and obvious conflict of interest problems...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 334
Rabu, 2025-09-24 03:59:16

non-english language sources), as for the second, it's probably OK under aboutself, as long as other sources corroborate that the Miiverse Miiting happened...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Arthur Stuart
Minggu, 2026-03-22 01:42:14

reporting on the names of its own governing body would usually fall under WP:ABOUTSELF: the claim isn't exceptional or surprising, we would expect a university...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 288
Sabtu, 2023-07-22 14:44:13

collection of republished press releases, so it cannot be used except for WP:ABOUTSELF content. Most of the others seem like commercial websites and thus generally...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2021 April 27
Senin, 2021-05-03 08:55:32

subject's youtube channel can be used in limited ways described by WP:ABOUTSELF. Victor Schmidt (talk) 09:03, 27 April 2021 (UTC) The draft contains no...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive444
Minggu, 2021-12-26 09:58:08

(talk) 20:30, 30 November 2021 (UTC) The edit was a clear violation of WP:ABOUTSELF/WP:SELFPUB. Crazy to think that this was an appropriate edit. I'd invite...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flat 211 (Film)
Kamis, 2025-11-13 20:01:03

customer. To your question about the film's production company, Read WP:ABOUTSELF. It can be used to cite facts not in contention, but it does nothing to...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 278
Minggu, 2023-03-19 23:36:07

claiming that this is "promotional" material. It would seem to me that WP:ABOUTSELF applies to an org's membership numbers. Oftentimes, the organization itself...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Failed log/December 2010
Jumat, 2010-12-31 06:30:44

of first party sources since the use seems to conflict with #5 of WP:ABOUTSELF. Afro (Nice Beaver) 07:50, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Changed the first party...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amir Hossein Tahuni
Rabu, 2025-12-10 02:18:37

the camp that it doesn't count because it's primary, non-independent/aboutself, routine (lots of players get Q&A interviews in the local media when they...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 164
Sabtu, 2020-05-09 03:13:52

statement about a third party (and therefore never covered by WP:SPS or WP:ABOUTSELF.) Such statements always require a high-quality reliable secondary source...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harry E. Squire
Selasa, 2025-03-25 05:57:07

notability, but it could be used (and is used in the article currently) for WP:ABOUTSELF purposes were he notable. However, a WP:BEFORE search turned up nothing...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 169
Senin, 2022-07-04 23:03:49

proposal. This would bring things more in alignment with how we use ABOUTSELF. Per ABOUTSELF we don't take the claims to be factual (Mr Patel is for equal rights...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philipp Offenthaler
Minggu, 2022-01-30 20:01:24

03:55, 3 December 2019 (UTC) No, that's not correct, you're confusing WP:ABOUTSELF with WP:SECONDARY. A secondary source is a source that's based on other...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Leyes
Jumat, 2025-12-12 10:04:03

And for using Forbes, LinkedIn and YEC, I used these sources as per WP:ABOUTSELF because he is a member of these organizations. Hissamelriys (talk) 06:19...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phage Press
Jumat, 2025-12-12 20:07:13

Notability standards, only the core Verifiability policy. For example , WP:ABOUTSELF (part of WP:V) specifies that sources published by an article's subject...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Horizon Institute
Jumat, 2025-12-19 07:34:38

article using mostly the third-party sources and perhaps a little bit of WP:ABOUTSELF sources. 2001:48F8:3004:FC4:D480:5FD5:9310:3BA4 (talk) 13:34, 1 June 2023...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AFC Crewe (2nd nomination)
Selasa, 2024-09-03 13:35:29

stuff originates from club websites, needs to be seriously cut per WP:ABOUTSELF. A WP-article about AFC Crewe is supposed to be a summary of independent...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/A-Class review
Kamis, 2026-07-23 07:35:20

Herald Sun article is an interview with Hastie and so I think it passes WP:ABOUTSELF. TarnishedPathtalk 12:12, 24 July 2026 (UTC) "media criticism about his...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grant Thornton LLP (2nd nomination)
Rabu, 2025-09-17 12:38:53

searches. The edit summary which removed these articles was "WP:VANISPAM, WP:ABOUTSELF" which is misleading as some of the sources and content were critical...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2022 May 4
Minggu, 2022-05-08 07:22:36

2022 (UTC) It's primary, so you can use it without attribution for WP:ABOUTSELF, and anything that might be self serving of contentious should be attributed...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Symphony of Heaven
Sabtu, 2024-12-14 15:26:33

(Talk to me | See what I have done) 01:40, 25 November 2024 (UTC) See WP:ABOUTSELF. "unduly self serving" is often black and white, but there's grey area...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 361
Jumat, 2025-11-21 01:46:51

Therefore, his recent work can at best be used within the limits of WP:ABOUTSELF, provided that the specific claim is WP:DUE. Any editor is free to launch...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/13th root
Jumat, 2025-05-23 15:53:52

with adding a section on techniques based on Smith (1983) and the WP:ABOUTSELF sources Mittring (2004) and Lemaire and Rousseaux (2009). Preimage (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2023-01-01
Selasa, 2023-11-07 07:58:54

a time capsule." Wikipedian Hayden Schiff replied to her that, per WP:ABOUTSELF, her tweet should be sufficient. But Mandel had been (mis-)informed by...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Monk
Minggu, 2026-07-12 12:24:54

their own sources for facts about what is in them, in the spirit of WP:ABOUTSELF, but we need independent reliable sources to show that they are notable...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Dixon (YouTuber)
Minggu, 2025-11-30 23:46:03

requirements seen at restrictions on using self-published sources" (WP:ABOUTSELF) Back to what you say about needing 3-5 sources (which is contradicted...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive842
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 18:16:54

19:40, 28 May 2014 (UTC) In certain circumstances Wikipedia does allow WP:ABOUTSELF. Him editing his own article is very similar. I will advise him on his...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review
Senin, 2026-08-24 07:26:03

addition; it would certainly be easy to verify the recording claim through ABOUTSELF, but not the rest; wondering if a modernised recordings section would...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2023 January 8
Senin, 2023-01-16 12:45:32

Excelencia#Former Members section which I could not find any WP:RS or sufficient WP:ABOUTSELF. If Extraordinary Writ or Hatman31 can find any refs to support this section...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Enya Umanzor
Jumat, 2025-12-19 02:51:30

used as a reference here is for her birthday, which is viable per WP:ABOUTSELF. benǝʇᴉɯ 16:14, 30 March 2023 (UTC) Note: This discussion has been included...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bloomex (3rd nomination)
Jumat, 2025-11-28 01:01:51

pushing. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 08:19, 27 March 2013 (UTC) WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:NNC - and an encyclopedic article requires more than just a criticism...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avrum Rosensweig
Selasa, 2025-05-06 19:53:27

Some of the content that is not independent is in compliance with WP:ABOUTSELF and can be appropriately kept. Others should be weeded out as inappropriate...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Macedonian Orthodox Church (disambiguation)
Selasa, 2026-04-14 18:35:38

even if there are reliable sources describing them as such, thanks to WP:ABOUTSELF. And yet, in this specific case, we have an English language internal...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nufan
Selasa, 2025-03-04 02:19:10

connected to AFC Crewe talking about it. Such sources can have some WP:ABOUTSELF use, but they don't help the case for WP:N. I hope you'll be able to make...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fjordman (3rd nomination)
Selasa, 2026-01-06 19:32:02

referencing Fjordman's self-published text extensively, in violation of WP:ABOUTSELF.  Cs32en Talk to me  13:51, 28 July 2011 (UTC) I think the RSs shows that...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review/Chris Gragg/archive1
Minggu, 2026-01-04 05:48:39

purposes. The Twitter announcement of his retirement is permissible per ABOUTSELF (especially since it's verified), but not "high-quality", so a better...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Phillips (animator)
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 19:16:38

expressed in this AfD, including removing some content related to WP:ABOUTSELF, WP:ORIGINAL, WP:VERIFY etc. I went over every section except the Dashkin...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Newslinger
Sabtu, 2020-12-05 11:42:11

(RSP entry) are often used for uncontroversial self-descriptions (WP:ABOUTSELF). When there are enough valid uses of these sources, the inconvenience...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 299
Minggu, 2026-03-15 22:11:36

attributed opinions and views of the films subjects, per WP:RSSELF and WP:ABOUTSELF, as long as those claims are not contentious. As far as I can see from...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Haider Ali (musician)
Jumat, 2025-12-12 07:53:53

accordingly as well. The LinkedIn sources were used as part of the WP:ABOUTSELF policy under which self-published sources from the subject may be used...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Doctor Who series 15/archive1
Minggu, 2025-02-02 14:32:58

strictly a reliability issue per se, but is there any reason to use an ABOUTSELF source instead of a secondary source here? Can't find a secondary source...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources
Minggu, 2026-08-23 04:10:43

usable for attributed statements from Hezbollah under the conditions of WP:ABOUTSELF. It may also be usable for non-controversial topics on Lebanese culture...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2018 December 11
Sabtu, 2018-12-15 11:51:40

has previously been published by reliable third-party publications", WP:ABOUTSELF, "Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive917
Senin, 2026-02-16 23:42:44

will be respected. Devilmanozzy (talk) 22:56, 17 March 2016 (UTC) WP:ABOUTSELF trumps WP:UGC "sources". The end.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  22:35...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive260
Selasa, 2026-02-24 13:51:12

title=Template_talk%3APrimary_sources&diff=630909608&oldid=591067565#WP:ABOUTSELF.2FWP:BLPSELFPUB_caveat I oppose policies being updated without consensus...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1025
Minggu, 2024-11-17 13:53:03

278 § Avatar317 removing WP:ABOUTSELF material My reading of the RSN discussion was that the use of ABOUTSELF material is excessive and that the...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 475
Kamis, 2025-05-08 00:41:04

missing. The ABOUTSELF is important also because regardless of the notability question, there's no issue with expanding an article with ABOUTSELF claims. --Habst...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/OpEdNews (3rd nomination)
Selasa, 2025-11-18 08:48:30

by information gleaned from OpEdNEws site itself under the policies WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:NEWSBLOG. Again, thanks. Schmidt, Michael Q. 17:38, 7 May 2014...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Said Shavershian
Jumat, 2026-01-09 02:30:49

December 2011 (UTC) Keep - Formspring is only used as a source, per WP:ABOUTSELF. Other than some editors failing to read the sources, this article has...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2013 May 17
Jumat, 2023-03-03 21:24:21

to reference the article). This was carried out in accordance with WP:ABOUTSELF. In summary, the article in my opinion passes both WP:RS and WP:SIGCOV...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 October 16
Minggu, 2023-03-26 11:53:38

Jonathan A Jones (talk) 15:29, 9 November 2015 (UTC) Haven't heard of WP:ABOUTSELF, Jonathan? You deny someone is a climate change denier when they tweet...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Cross-site leaks/archive1
Sabtu, 2024-02-10 19:34:12

experts and the citations are being used in a way where they satisfy ABOUTSELF. (The citations are to sentences that describe the cross-site leak exploits...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ahmed Ibrahim Artan (2nd nomination)
Kamis, 2025-11-13 02:54:59

been written by the subject himself. They might be allowable within WP:ABOUTSELF (except item 5 stipulates "the article is not based primarily on such...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RTGame (3rd nomination)
Jumat, 2025-12-19 08:37:03

biographical details like his birthday are fine to source to him under WP:ABOUTSELF and will not be excessive once the fluff is removed. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 15:28...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1045
Rabu, 2025-09-24 20:45:24

which I found a third-party source, and which could be defended as WP:ABOUTSELF) and this where I was able to find numerous alternative reliable sources...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Sources
Senin, 2026-08-10 16:42:49

distinguishing it from editorial reporting; resulting in frequent WP:ABOUTSELF concerns and a lack of reliable editorial oversight. [39] Musician Guide...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny (2nd nomination)
Senin, 2025-12-15 02:48:21

the Dictionary of National Biography).) but to treat the entry per WP:ABOUTSELF If Wikipedia can't distinguish between the two then I think WP:IAR applies...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1054
Selasa, 2025-08-12 01:05:54

uses in WP:ABOUTSELF. The articles on Michael Flynn or Slavoj Žižek are examples of RT being used in a manner consistent with WP:ABOUTSELF. As a side...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Social-Democratic Workingmen's Party of North America
Jumat, 2025-12-19 09:48:42

socialist authors", so it is definitely a biased source bordering on ABOUTSELF. The book mentions workingmens' parties of various countries in great...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 287
Sabtu, 2023-07-22 14:45:24

would just use the better source. I would use attributed quotes per WP:ABOUTSELF but otherwise I would never use such a site for speaking in Wikipedia's...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive158
Selasa, 2023-03-21 01:36:53

previously been published by reliable third-party publications") and WP:ABOUTSELF (which says: "Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive905
Senin, 2026-05-04 20:11:58

continuously insisting youtube is never a reliable source, even for WP:ABOUTSELF. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catch_%28Allie_X_song%29&...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 118
Rabu, 2023-01-04 15:54:34

ALPRS that permits the use of ABOUTSELF. If ALPRS overrides normal RS, why wouldn't it override it subclause ABOUTSELF? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive346
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 03:22:33

Some editors seem rather zealous about third-party sources despite WP:ABOUTSELF indicating acceptance of first person (interviews, etc.) as minor sources...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive672
Selasa, 2026-06-02 18:51:00

was removed. Kim Dent-Brown made the following statement, " I think WP:ABOUTSELF gives us a little freedom of manoeuvre here. It says: Self-published and...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1059
Senin, 2026-03-30 15:28:36

before"—removed the following content (which I had contributed, sourced per WP:ABOUTSELF, on 21 February 2020) from O'Brien's BLP relating to WikiLeaks founder...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive796
Minggu, 2026-03-08 02:06:45

for good. Does anyone else remember the Phillip Roth matter? While WP:ABOUTSELF covers self-disclosed material, if there is some evidence to the contrary...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Pomona College/archive2
Selasa, 2022-01-04 05:09:17

we'd be wise to steer clear of the Golden Antlers about page even for WP:ABOUTSELF info haha. I've swapped to this feature from Scripps, which has the most...

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Wikipedia:Dashboard
Rabu, 2026-07-29 17:56:16

World Socialist Website - Reconsideration of its use outside of WP:SPS/WP:ABOUTSELF Breakpoint / Colson Center / breakpoint.org / colsoncenter.org Earshot...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1093
Jumat, 2023-04-21 16:36:01

his birth date with a summary that "Baio in not reliable" (despite WP:ABOUTSELF, and your own acknowledgement six minutes later on the talkpage that a...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive695
Minggu, 2026-02-22 13:49:43

is. I only evaluated his edits in relation to WP:V in general and WP:ABOUTSELF. Tijfo098 (talk) 05:23, 12 May 2011 (UTC) He does seem to care a fair...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1104
Selasa, 2024-05-07 17:58:41

I now recognize that I had a much more liberal interpretation of WP:ABOUTSELF than the community and I continued to argue after it was clear the consensus...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1006
Senin, 2026-06-08 22:39:34

--WaltCip (talk) 17:03, 25 March 2019 (UTC) Oppose / content dispute per WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:ELMAYBE. An external link may be justified if it contains valuable...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive955
Minggu, 2026-04-05 20:50:53

doesn't use the diacritics, is a better source for her as a BLP, per WP:ABOUTSELF policy) was way back in May 2012. That article has has five RMs and one...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive881
Senin, 2026-05-04 20:57:34

on the liner notes) and the photo showed it, I'd say it is ok under WP:ABOUTSELF since that particular info is not promotional etc. 4a) As a separate matter...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive113
Selasa, 2025-09-23 20:15:25

Institute for Research Middle Eastern Policy, it would fail criteria #2 of WP:ABOUTSELF. To be honest, self-published sources should be avoided, especially for...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricardo Dolmetsch
Senin, 2025-12-22 09:17:17

paper is not same as "that's what he worked on", and isn't covered by WP:ABOUTSELF. I know it's not WP:CLEANUP, however the sheer number of problems with...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive738
Rabu, 2025-09-24 00:56:28

work and speaking to its notability. As I understand the rules here WP:ABOUTSELF, the sources you find unreliable are actually in the category of Questionable...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive252
Selasa, 2023-03-21 01:34:55

label him a conservative Chodakiewicz in tysol (op-ed by Chodakiewicz, WP:ABOUTSELF would apply): (google translate): "After my publications, the followers...

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Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/1989 (Taylor Swift album)/addition1
Selasa, 2022-08-30 05:43:40

2022 (UTC) I can replace it, but in this case it is reliable (per WP:ABOUTSELF). Other than that, the MTV News issue is similar to my comment regarding...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1058
Selasa, 2026-06-09 19:52:46

page in question? As to the rest while I agree they relied to much of WP:ABOUTSELF in this situation I don't think it goes far enough to warrant a topic...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive833
Selasa, 2026-01-06 03:30:40

these sources on numerous grounds. They are not WP:RS Violate WP:BLP WP:ABOUTSELF - These sources make claims about Jung's biography which are contested...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive797
Rabu, 2023-06-14 00:09:06

extreme, going so far as to remove persondata and data that is okay per WP:ABOUTSELF. [97] Misleading edit summaries to axe large amounts of content. [98]...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive298
Sabtu, 2024-08-17 09:05:06

complain). Also, in content, a user can clearly argue about how much WP:ABOUTSELF is allowed - also, the deletion did not go anywhere and the user says...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Jackson (politician)
Jumat, 2025-12-19 02:01:08

(1) is a WP:PRIMARY source usable only within the narrow confines of WP:ABOUTSELF but not suitable for satisfying WP:NBASIC, and (2) clearly does not satisfy...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 390
Senin, 2022-12-05 11:07:53

faked might be DUE to mention in a bio article about that author (per WP:ABOUTSELF)… but completely UNDUE to mention in our articles on the Apollo 11 mission...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive712
Kamis, 2026-02-05 19:27:14

written by the subject of a different article. Those are certainly valid ABOUTSELF links. The site is used as a refernce for game concepts, rules, stuff...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive789
Jumat, 2023-04-21 21:32:08

revision 543682096 by Mitredestructor2 (talk) Fails criteria #4 at WP:ABOUTSELF; plus you're WP:EDITWARRING") 20:03, 12 March 2013 Edit war warning NonRS...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 196
Kamis, 2024-10-17 07:31:28

saying, "Please see WP:ABOUTSELF information at http://www.facebook.com/someName/somePageID ... but please leave this aboutself-link HIDDEN like it is...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 284
Minggu, 2026-02-22 08:25:23

conclusion absolutely doesn't, and says - without qualification other than WP:ABOUTSELF - that its use it is actively discouraged. But if you can quote the actual...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1092
Minggu, 2023-01-29 03:56:22

should be enough to satisfy verifiability (although not notability) per WP:ABOUTSELF. And WP:BURDEN has literally nothing to do with templates, so I don't...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive895
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 20:58:56

that I did not post With regards to #88 and #89 they are sourced per WP:ABOUTSELF and come from Corbyn's website. I cannot understand how #90 would need...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive966
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 03:09:46

side(s). AiM may or may not be authoritative about anything, but per WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:PRIMARY they are the authoritative source for what their own opinion...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2015 March 15
Jumat, 2023-03-03 20:36:12

(books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) WP:ABOUTSELF Darkstar1st (talk) 02:52, 28 February 2015 (UTC) Automated comment: This...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive904
Selasa, 2026-01-06 03:31:03

Tweets, introduced in the John Bickley article were Tweets by him, per WP:ABOUTSELF. However, they have been removed. I accepted their removal. That is a...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1086
Kamis, 2025-11-13 18:37:55

and certainly didn't mean to out anyone here, merely to provide a WP:ABOUTSELF link to an article. The link, to a page which contains no outing information...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1103
Sabtu, 2024-08-31 00:32:19

cautious to closely paraphrase or literally quote the WP:PRIMARY, WP:ABOUTSELF source. -- Yae4 (talk) 02:28, 6 July 2022 (UTC) My behavior is nothing...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1033
Rabu, 2024-11-27 00:33:43

81.103.37.86 (talk) 23:45, 29 March 2020 (UTC) (edit conflict)x2 WP:ABOUTSELF says we can use pages from the Vegan Society to describe facts about themselves...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1105
Sabtu, 2025-06-28 03:45:07

wild and I would never do that. Even if for nothing else theres still WP:ABOUTSELF so its really hard to see a situation in which that would be the right...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive999
Selasa, 2026-06-09 00:36:49

perhaps problematic, but arguably allowed and maybe even preferred under WP:ABOUTSELF–the kind of thing, in my view, that is the proper subject for discussion...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1170
Senin, 2022-11-21 12:44:39

these are allowed for simple facts in biographies, as detailed at WP:ABOUTSELF. However, none of that contributes to notability. Mike Turnbull (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1088
Sabtu, 2023-07-22 19:16:28

I now recognize that I had a much more liberal interpretation of WP:ABOUTSELF than the community and I continued to argue after it was clear the consensus...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 October 17
Selasa, 2022-10-25 17:02:34

while others are automatically generated. In the former case it's WP:ABOUTSELF, but in the latter case it's unreliable. This google maps page provides...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1115
Senin, 2026-05-04 21:50:42

website, was unreliably sourced and self-sourced. I removed undue WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:PROMO content, aligned the descriptions to the WP:BESTSOURCES available...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1074
Selasa, 2022-05-31 23:50:15

room for misinterpretation. We allow press releases and such under WP:ABOUTSELF. You could even use the company's official website for a sentence like...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive328
Rabu, 2026-02-11 07:25:03

into place partly due to my liberal interpretation of WP:PRIMARY and WP:ABOUTSELF sources, perhaps the most important principle I have adopted is immediately...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive320
Sabtu, 2026-02-07 15:43:40

had a much more liberal interpretation of WP:PRIMARY and especially WP:ABOUTSELF than the community at large. On the three (1, 2, and 3) occasions since...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1053
Rabu, 2026-02-11 07:24:46

sources and reliable non-independent sources, specifically including WP:ABOUTSELF sources. These are not unreliable sources, even if he dislikes them. WhatamIdoing...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive269
Kamis, 2023-07-20 17:24:18

always citable as opinions." is not true or sufficient. For example, WP:ABOUTSELF says that self published sources, like facebook, can't make contentious...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive315
Senin, 2026-02-16 21:35:01

is used only in the appropriate way for an unreliable source (e.g. WP:ABOUTSELF). Now please log back into your usual account and comment so we know who...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive284
Kamis, 2021-04-29 06:38:42

repeating what the subjects say about themselves which falls under WP:ABOUTSELF from a verifiaility standpoint. Again, this content shouldn't be self-sourced...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 121
Kamis, 2024-10-17 05:10:44

the section of WP:V about individuals being experts on themselves: WP:ABOUTSELF. There's nothing wrong with saying WP favors self-designation for certain...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1069
Minggu, 2022-04-03 23:59:46

whether there was ever a reasonable doubt as to its authenticity (per WP:ABOUTSELF criterion 4), but calling Bilorv a liar over that is going too far. There...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2024 July 28
Kamis, 2024-08-01 17:45:56

easily. In specific, the celebrity might find it helpful to look at WP:ABOUTSELF. If I was a celebrity who wanted to have my birthdate added to a Wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1068
Selasa, 2026-06-09 06:32:06

himself. If I'm wrong about that, that's due to me misinterpreting WP:ABOUTSELF, not the desire to "demonize". Similarly, on the Gina Carano talk page...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1066
Jumat, 2026-02-13 13:50:36

to it. It does no fact checking. It can't even be acceptable under WP:ABOUTSELF because it's not necessarily the BLP publishing the information (it could...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dylan Perceval-Maxwell
Jumat, 2025-12-12 06:11:57

controversial policy he proposed to combat racism, and significant WP:ABOUTSELF info that can be used to build the article into something more than just...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive938
Kamis, 2026-07-23 21:53:54

are in violation of WP:Verifiability. a) Behringer source violates WP:ABOUTSELF because there IS reasonable doubt as to its authenticity as shown in the...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Langton
Rabu, 2025-12-10 09:42:24

08:36, 8 April 2019 (UTC) Per the player himself (permissible per WP:ABOUTSELF) - [LinkedIn - he was semi-pro, working as an accountant concurrent with...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive287
Selasa, 2021-05-25 11:08:13

using a source in specific contexts according to exceptions such as WP:ABOUTSELF; but if an editor acknowledges that a source is unreliable in the specific...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 260
Kamis, 2026-08-13 09:41:55

allowed", they can be used for uncontroversial self-descriptions under WP:ABOUTSELF, even in biographies of living persons. Reliable secondary sources are...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2023 June 21
Senin, 2023-06-26 07:13:04

(talk) 07:55, 21 June 2023 (UTC) There are some exceptions to that per WP:ABOUTSELF, but such sources will not help demonstrate notability. 199.208.172.35...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Isaiah Martin
Sabtu, 2025-06-07 09:57:34

(UTC) Reply. The Barbed Wire piece I believe gets disqualified under WP:ABOUTSELF given the dubious "senior advisor" claim would be material is neither...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive246
Rabu, 2025-09-24 04:42:34

Guns is a suitable sources in the article on The Truth About Guns: WP:ABOUTSELF and qualifications. I don't think that any lessons have been learned....

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive308
Sabtu, 2022-08-06 11:28:31

the erroneous claim that doing so is always prohibited except for WP:ABOUTSELF seems imprudent and not narrowly tailored towards preventing disruption...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Featured log/December 2020
Kamis, 2020-12-31 07:26:55

online. My understanding is that this is acceptable per the criteria at WP:ABOUTSELF. Each of those entries contains a separate citation supporting the notability...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1172
Sabtu, 2023-01-07 14:07:56

ask this question. It can only in very limited circumstances, see WP:ABOUTSELF. Basically, if you are quoting or paraphrasing something the person says...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 385
Rabu, 2025-09-24 20:47:35

news division is unreliable. The whole site can still be used for WP:ABOUTSELF, but not about others, especially politics and science. Because most of...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 296
Jumat, 2023-03-03 12:43:06

tag is for.Slatersteven (talk) 15:52, 19 April 2020 (UTC) WP:SPS and WP:ABOUTSELF between them cover just about any situation in which I'd think it logical...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2025 January 20
Jumat, 2025-01-24 11:33:45

their CV, it shouldn't necessarily be in the WP-article. See also WP:ABOUTSELF. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:07, 20 January 2025 (UTC) This isn't my...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 394
Kamis, 2026-06-18 19:46:18

28 December 2022 (UTC) Falls afoul of the "unduly self-serving" in WP:ABOUTSELF. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 19:22, 28 December 2022 (UTC) Agreed...

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Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Archive 156
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 19:27:31

churnalism on science journalism (COI?) He rejects any edits with links to WP:ABOUTSELF even if they make sense, or even with links to externals sites with whois...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 391
Rabu, 2022-12-21 11:12:42

response, Alaexis.--FeralOink (talk) 02:04, 5 December 2022 (UTC) WP:ABOUTSELF specifies that in order to be included: the material [must be] neither...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 January 21
Kamis, 2022-02-17 07:19:06

straightforward in the credits as implied, those should be suitable for an WP:ABOUTSELF primary-source reference. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 04:15...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 283
Kamis, 2020-01-23 10:49:15

established research or some such. I would treat them as any other WP:ABOUTSELF source: reliable only for reprinting the opinions and statements of the...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ScottishFinnishRadish
Jumat, 2025-06-06 13:57:05

started a talk page discussion at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:KSI#WP:ABOUTSELF_sourcing_for_fact_in_infobox. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 11:40, 19 September...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Filmsaaz
Kamis, 2025-11-13 19:49:23

of the festival, even if not a source to convey notability, under WP:ABOUTSELF it is acceptable as a source for facts under WP:V. More, a little WP:BEFORE...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Melinda Lantos/Civil Protection Financial Instrument
Jumat, 2022-03-11 20:59:08

non-independent sources never be used is out of the question because of ABOUTSELF. James500 (talk) 04:09, 17 January 2016 (UTC) What do you actually want...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2015 September 7
Jumat, 2015-09-11 08:58:08

article-subject's control, it also fails WP:ABOUTSELF -- even the subject's facebook page qualifies for WP:ABOUTSELF in some cases, but IMDB is too much of...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Featured log/October 2021
Senin, 2021-11-01 07:27:22

should avoid vagueness in the lead when it's possible to do concisely, WP:ABOUTSELF makes the reference fine, and WP:CALC covers the basic addition. {{u|Sdkb}} talk...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dalekmania
Minggu, 2025-07-20 18:49:07

club. It's run entirely by fans. I've only ever used them for Wikipedia:ABOUTSELF interviews in the past, since anything else from them is just unreliable...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 314
Minggu, 2022-05-01 12:28:23

at. Similar to a personal blog, it *may* be possible to use under WP:ABOUTSELF (although no one so far has cited any cases where it would be useful,...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 300
Jumat, 2020-07-17 02:21:24

Project is a factual claim, not an opinion, and in any case fails WP:ABOUTSELF because the description is of a third party on an article (The Lincoln...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cherry-throated tanager/archive1
Minggu, 2024-10-20 07:05:56

thing to hang the statement on. This is a case where I'm not sure WP:ABOUTSELF sources are great, because we need some external measure of whether the...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Help
Jumat, 2026-08-14 02:26:06

is acceptable as non-controversial self-published information per WP:ABOUTSELF. The most reliable source about a school's colors is the school itself...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 311
Jumat, 2023-03-03 12:42:41

on its outlandish editorials, which should never be used outside of WP:ABOUTSELF regarding its authors. Their factual reporting also has major issues and...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 360
Selasa, 2023-03-14 22:05:23

Slatersteven (talk) 14:36, 10 December 2021 (UTC) Per the above, WP:SPS and WP:ABOUTSELF applies to someone's verified twitter account. This seems uncontroversial...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 273
Selasa, 2023-02-21 13:18:38

recognized as reliable, for example. Rando web pages don't qualify. WP:ABOUTSELF, the other option for such sources, is even more restrictive (it says...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 395
Sabtu, 2023-12-23 01:01:11

twitter account belongs to that person", then IMO that "works" for WP:ABOUTSELF purposes. However WP:SPS is quite strict here: "Never use self-published...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2022 June 21
Sabtu, 2022-06-25 08:14:53

that it is perfectly acceptable to source from company websites, per WP:ABOUTSELF. I tried their main site but could not find the current information. If...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 380
Senin, 2025-03-03 23:35:01

remove most of our PAG because they're OR? Or I suppose people could argue ABOUTSELF here. Alpha3031 (t • c) 14:14, 24 July 2022 (UTC) It depends on what it...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (all)
Sabtu, 2022-06-11 18:09:49

analysis of their works and then augmenting basic facts as allowed by WP:ABOUTSELF. A single notable work would be WP:BIO1E except in cases where it is,...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 177
Sabtu, 2025-09-27 22:33:20

heavily on ABOUTSELF sources ends up reading like an advertisement, even if the prose itself is neutral. Hence the 5th prong of WP:ABOUTSELF. --Dr. Fleischman...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism in Poland/Workshop
Kamis, 2023-03-09 05:09:54

"something something WP:ABOUTSELF", even though the subject never said anything like that. How in the freakin' world can WP:ABOUTSELF apply, when the subject...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Bleed American/archive1
Jumat, 2022-06-17 07:05:45

Moi 22:00, 20 May 2022 (UTC) Ditto for the tweets Personally, I use WP:ABOUTSELF to craft my judgment on this one. Obviously, if there were better published...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 October 20
Selasa, 2022-11-01 21:22:23

This is a (largely verbatim) regurgitation of this press release; see WP:ABOUTSELF. Moot as clearly non-independent. This is a regurgitation of a press release...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/OneShot/archive1
Sabtu, 2024-01-20 07:05:36

I'm completely wrong here just tell me, but I thought WP:ABOUTSELF would apply here) ABOUTSELF would be fine if the cited content is overall used sparingly...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ami Dror (2nd nomination)
Senin, 2025-12-22 03:06:11

against using the content of interviews in BLPs. The strictest rule is WP:ABOUTSELF which allows such material. Zerotalk 14:18, 29 April 2024 (UTC) Your a...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KLOWNBOY CIRCUS OF GORE
Rabu, 2026-01-07 13:36:32

non-negotiable. Voceditenore (talk) 18:41, 21 June 2011 (UTC) (edit conflict) WP:ABOUTSELF says, "Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2025 May 23
Sabtu, 2025-06-07 09:39:32

approach of attribution is mentioned at WP:RSOPINION, which also links to WP:ABOUTSELF, the rule that social media posts may be used as sources for facts about...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 158
Senin, 2023-01-30 15:50:42

he said (WP:ABOUTSELF #4). But another factor must be considered – what is the subject of his comment? This is needed because ABOUTSELF #2 restricts...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 186
Kamis, 2024-10-17 05:40:07

are sometimes (albeit rarely) appropriate to use, for example in an WP:ABOUTSELF manner, and while you could hazard a guess that if the name of the source...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 268
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 14:43:17

Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. A self-published reference can both pass WP:ABOUTSELF and advocate for genocide. For example, Media of Rwanda contains references...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 103
Rabu, 2022-05-04 11:40:38

this document written by the IAC fails WP:SPS, and, specifically, WP:ABOUTSELF. The organization, India Against Corruption (website here, note that midway...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Pomona College people/archive1
Minggu, 2022-04-24 06:58:57

online. My understanding is that this is acceptable per the criteria at WP:ABOUTSELF. Each of those entries contains a separate citation supporting the notability...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vaush (2nd nomination)
Senin, 2025-12-15 05:15:13

of WP:SPS ("run-of-the-mill YouTuber reporting") is appropriate per WP:ABOUTSELF. Ultimately, the the threshold for deletion is intrinsically subjective...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 254
Minggu, 2022-05-01 12:30:02

(talk) 17:21, 1 December 2018 (UTC) I think this would be allowed under WP:ABOUTSELF, but reliable secondary sources are still preferred. — Newslinger talk...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2013 Wikipedia Star Trek Into Darkness controversy
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 18:45:05

Merge. Are we looking at the same sources here? Setting aside the one ABOUTSELF source and the xkcd reference, we have two from right when it happened...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Featured log/August 2020
Selasa, 2020-09-01 07:26:36

number of entrants and the location, which seems to be covered by WP:ABOUTSELF. I tried to use better sources, where at all possible, in the lead. The...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2015 May 11
Selasa, 2022-04-12 23:11:03

but self-published sources are allowed for basic information. See WP:ABOUTSELF, to wit "Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 302
Rabu, 2024-07-24 14:55:34

hypothetically warrant inclusion? I agree that its interviews are usable per WP:ABOUTSELF like most other outlets, but you didn't address my main issue which is...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 165
Minggu, 2024-02-04 14:31:38

developer, or whatever fits the scenario. This is all WP:PRIMARYSOURCE and WP:ABOUTSELF material. It can be used, with caution, but only for certain kinds of...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1173
Kamis, 2022-12-22 12:44:48

afaict, but with the museum website it'll make a fine WP:EL. See also WP:ABOUTSELF (about using the museum website as a source). The book looks ok. cyprusinsider...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Romanian football champions/archive1
Minggu, 2023-01-29 01:31:24

of first party sources since the use seems to conflict with #5 of WP:ABOUTSELF. Afro (Nice Beaver) 07:50, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Changed the first party...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 January 14
Selasa, 2022-01-25 09:50:26

organization ~ See WP:ABOUTSELF ✘ No "POINT OF INQUIRY podcast: Dec. 12, 2019" Published by parent organization ~ WP:ABOUTSELF Not going to listen to...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chapra Christ Church
Jumat, 2025-07-25 05:44:16

school was founded by the church: in any case, it's WP:PRIMARY and WP:ABOUTSELF. Even then, the mention of the church is trivial. The Sessional Papers...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards/archive1
Sabtu, 2025-10-18 19:25:12

October 2025 (UTC) Reviewed Special:Permalink/1314778349 Reliability WP:ABOUTSELF sources (Emmy, Peacock) are used appropriately All other sources are generally...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 280
Sabtu, 2020-05-09 02:47:55

the Daily Mail a usable source of opinions that are not used under WP:ABOUTSELF? — Newslinger talk 12:43, 6 November 2019 (UTC) Nosish I think they are...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2019 February 15
Rabu, 2019-02-20 14:17:41

ZoeShanks (talk • contribs) 20:30, 15 February 2019 (UTC) @ZoeShanks: See WP:ABOUTSELF. A LinkedIn profile is just what that person says about themselves so...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 272
Selasa, 2025-11-18 01:10:31

Yes, I agree that WP:ABOUTSELF still applies in rare cases. If blacklisted, uses of Nairaland that are covered under WP:ABOUTSELF can be added to the spam...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 312
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 17:07:50

2020 (UTC) As a CCP mouthpiece, it is probably reliable only in an WP:ABOUTSELF stylee for attributed statements about the CCP. As a source of fact, I...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Florentin Smarandache (2nd nomination)
Selasa, 2026-01-06 19:45:13

right one. He certainly seems to be notable based on the evidence. Per WP:ABOUTSELF, we do generally allow some autobiographical information to be included...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 171
Jumat, 2023-03-03 10:20:26

simpler way, such as "Don't use WP:SPS for WP:BLP content unless it's WP:ABOUTSELF." Levivich 19:21, 15 January 2022 (UTC) ^ This. That's basically what...

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Wikipedia:Verifiability/Draft
Minggu, 2019-02-17 14:42:26

well-known professional researcher, or writer. Shortcuts WP:ABOUTSELFWP:ABOUTSELF WP:SELFPUBWP:SELFPUB WP:TWITTERWP:TWITTER WP:SOCIALMEDIAWP:SOCIALMEDIA...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 July 18
Rabu, 2022-08-03 20:01:53

php/topic,49846.0.html Koozali Foundation announcement 2013 here are some WP:ABOUTSELF non independant sources: - http://distro.ibiblio.org/smeserver/contri...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/The Snow Queen (Kernaghan novel)/archive1
Kamis, 2025-09-11 05:51:57

being used for occasional attributed statements from Kernaghan, so WP:ABOUTSELF should apply. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 04:02, 15 August 2025 (UTC) "speculative...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 274
Rabu, 2020-12-30 23:39:14

MJ's has reliably described the PU source videos. To avoid PROFINGE and ABOUTSELF issues I would suggest removal of the specific MJ summaries. The questionable...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red Eagle Politics
Minggu, 2025-12-14 07:56:08

(source numbers are for revision [1]): Sources 2,3,4,5,12,13,14 are WP:ABOUTSELF Sources 1,8 are from Steve Bannon (as an interview/podcast respectively)...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 125
Kamis, 2024-10-17 05:12:29

should allow exceptions for WP:BLPs (per MOS:IDENTITY, WP:SPNC, and WP:ABOUTSELF) who have affirmatively stated that they use the comma, provided that...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 175
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 05:22:11

sourced to the program itself. This would be a textbook violation of WP:ABOUTSELF that requires that the material is neither unduly self-serving nor an...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 170
Rabu, 2022-01-12 08:31:12

Martin's controversial views to be presented from his own POV and claims (WP:ABOUTSELF), when WP relies on reliable independent sources instead (not the claims...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 164
Jumat, 2023-12-01 17:02:07

should presumably be rare but might sometimes be appropriate under WP:ABOUTSELF. —Granger (talk · contribs) 20:42, 13 January 2021 (UTC) B/C/D. There...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amy Sequenzia (2nd nomination)
Rabu, 2025-12-10 02:20:31

territory of Original Research and Synthesis, and we can't even include ABOUTSELF in this biography. The nominally "self statements" are supplied by someone...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 160
Rabu, 2021-09-22 07:12:09

circumstances (similar to how even the Daily Mail can be cited in an WP:ABOUTSELF fashion), but otherwise we should only be citing the content of the stories...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 113
Selasa, 2024-11-26 07:59:48

distinct possibility, as the current approach is much indebted to WP:ABOUTSELF --Francis Schonken (talk) 07:01, 28 May 2014 (UTC) Dear policy experts:...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 191
Senin, 2026-02-16 08:57:55

unreliable in most situations, there are plenty of valid uses per WP:ABOUTSELF. Outright banning these sources contradicts policy and is unnecessary...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1171
Minggu, 2023-06-04 14:53:16

source for who’s the CEO for PragerU, I tried disputing this using wp:ABOUTSELF and telling him it’s used as the source itself but he told me I have no...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 October 6
Jumat, 2022-10-14 05:55:07

itself ~ WP:ABOUTSELF Irrelevant given it's non-independent ✘ No London Mint Office LMO's support page is not independent of itself ~ WP:ABOUTSELF Irrelevant...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 108
Selasa, 2025-01-21 01:58:17

the quote is relevant and we're not claiming their contents as fact. WP:ABOUTSELF doesn't address such a thing specifically yet. Without revealing my personal...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 156
Jumat, 2023-03-03 12:46:49

Ludwig von Mises Institute as a cult. Gene-callahan.blogspot.com fails WP:ABOUTSELF. The source is unreliable for use within Wikipedia. -- Jreferee (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suphalak
Senin, 2025-12-22 10:10:56

definition not WP:INDY and is not a reliable source for anything but WP:ABOUTSELF claims (e.g. what they say their breed standard is, how many cats are...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 143
Jumat, 2026-03-20 14:46:39

controversial or exceptional claims. You can read more about this at WP:ABOUTSELF. NewYorkActuary (talk) 02:48, 20 May 2018 (UTC) Regarding upcoming release...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 136
Senin, 2023-04-17 12:52:07

) 14:43, 16 June 2017 (UTC) Ultimately this is a MOS:IDENTITY and WP:ABOUTSELF matter. If atheists themselves say they have no religion and object to...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 154
Sabtu, 2024-08-03 06:54:32

issues w/ copyright, etc.) but subject to BLP, especially BLPSPS and ABOUTSELF. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:01, 31 October 2019 (UTC) @BigDwiki:...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 177
Minggu, 2023-03-05 00:56:30

November 2022 (UTC) There is also a more specific RfC, on the use of ABOUTSELF sources for rebuttals/denials here. Additional input would be helpful...

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Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive340
Senin, 2026-03-02 22:23:55

making an aboutself statement about his own motive for completing a communications degree. For 4, I'm arguing that Jericho is making an aboutself statement...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 362
Sabtu, 2022-03-26 16:31:47

worthless as there is nothing an anonymous source is going to say WP:ABOUTSELF, and everything else they would publish falls under WP:EXCEPTIONAL claims...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 83
Kamis, 2026-03-05 01:32:53

of OR and UNDUE with the use of primary sources, per the WP:SPS and WP:ABOUTSELF sections of WP:Verifiability, in the case of Icke, the only time an Icke...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2023 June 9
Rabu, 2023-06-14 08:28:05

Wikipedians, we may actually remove some of this personal detail per WP:ABOUTSELF, but atm I'm taking the WP:BLPKIND route. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:17...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 120
Minggu, 2026-07-05 20:43:43

in Questionable and self-published sources, see WP:SELFSOURCE and WP:ABOUTSELF in particular. As an encyclopedia we are interested in documenting how...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 150
Sabtu, 2020-05-09 01:09:55

stats are), isn't that something we accept as a reliable source per WP:ABOUTSELF? Corporate profits are overstated and manipulated but we still provide...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1059
Jumat, 2025-11-21 07:00:36

details, I think you're probably right, possibly it could have some WP:ABOUTSELF use, but you can't use it to argue WP:GNG. Also, your username seems to...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Daya discography/archive1
Sabtu, 2023-08-12 07:25:28

(push to talk) 23:18, 13 July 2023 (UTC) The social media sources are WP:ABOUTSELF, most appropriate thing we could use for single designation in absence...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Grey Literature
Selasa, 2024-12-31 10:48:11

shouldn't be here. ABOUTSELF is still fine. Void if removed (talk) 16:56, 10 November 2024 (UTC) That isn't true at all. And ABOUTSELF trumps all, it's...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism in Poland/Evidence
Kamis, 2026-08-13 04:44:42

diffs, not VM's assertions) Chodakiewicz discussed in June 2018 AE. WP:ABOUTSELF situation. Wildstein: WikiArticle Gontarczyk: sources further up in thread...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Cowgirl's Story
Rabu, 2025-12-10 01:43:48

social network for grass-roots film discussion"), like reddit (see WP:ABOUTSELF); we've already been through Horse Nation ("an obscure publication about...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Spider-Man in film/archive1
Selasa, 2026-02-03 18:06:02

get away with using interviews as a primary sources (in the vein of WP:ABOUTSELF) for what the interviewees say but probably not for anything else, and...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1128
Jumat, 2024-10-04 07:34:45

(talk) 15:12, 27 October 2021 (UTC) @Elemimele,that looks ok to me per WP:ABOUTSELF. If she wrote, "btw, I'm married", that'd be fine too (but per same policy...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 923
Selasa, 2020-12-29 23:42:08

deletion. Generally though, see WP:ABOUTSELF. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:44, 15 March 2019 (UTC) Thanks, WP:ABOUTSELF is useful. I've really been struggling...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 168
Selasa, 2023-04-18 14:55:01

to "[subject] received media attention", and then it's fine due to WP:ABOUTSELF. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:11, 12 August 2021 (UTC) Thanks, I was hoping for...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GIK Institute Clock Tower
Senin, 2025-11-17 12:47:36

So we're not talking about being wikivoyage here. Furthermore see WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:PRIMARY... the first link I gave satisfies both on top of core...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Title (album)/archive1
Kamis, 2025-07-31 04:25:47

unsure about Boston Common (ref 25) This is an interview so I guess WP:ABOUTSELF applies? The person credited as the author also seems to have contributed...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 347
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 17:11:41

Musk directly controls it as CEO and majority owner. I would apply WP:ABOUTSELF, with specific attribution to the Musk Twitter account and taking particular...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Dyer Lum/1
Jumat, 2024-01-19 20:50:49

Yarros criticized Lum. Lum 1888 is used a single time for a basic WP:ABOUTSELF for which political philosophy he described himself by; people can generally...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 November 14
Rabu, 2022-04-20 10:01:58

subject is speaking only for themselves and only about themselves (see WP:ABOUTSELF). --Dennis Bratland (talk) 20:15, 14 November 2017 (UTC) delete First...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 August 21
Kamis, 2022-09-01 02:25:12

self-written or staff-written for a Radio City presenter Maybe as a WP:ABOUTSELF? i suppose so ✘ No http://www.key103.co.uk/on-air/station-schedule/ sure...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2022 November 9
Kamis, 2024-10-17 21:37:55

source "retired" to (per our WP:BLP rules). In this particular case, a WP:ABOUTSELF source like your Facebook (it has the blue checkmark) would work, so if...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 February 3
Rabu, 2021-02-24 03:15:00

self-published Mixcloud link is only a good source in rare cases defined by WP:ABOUTSELF. If Scrufizzer used social media to say he likes cheese sandwiches, we...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 365
Senin, 2022-02-07 11:07:38

(UTC) No I brought your indiscriminate removal of sources, including ABOUTSELF links and sources not Counterpunch but removed because you are editing...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andy Mangels
Senin, 2026-01-05 11:51:53

text from WP does not "poison" it as a source for other facts.) See WP:ABOUTSELF for a guide to when it is appropriate to cite the subject's own bio. (It...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Water Charity
Minggu, 2025-11-30 05:34:41

Read that through many times... it is you who seem to be ignoring WP:ABOUTSELF stipulations on Questionable sources. Being mentioned in Vogue demonstrates...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2015 July 16
Jumat, 2023-03-03 20:39:59

'official' blog rather than via his wikipedia username of course -- see WP:ABOUTSELF, although of course once again (as with the 2008 blog-reviews) we have...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1151
Jumat, 2022-05-20 13:04:48

support of article content as long as it's done so in accordance with WP:ABOUTSELF or WP:BLPSELFPUB, but it would be considered a WP:PRIMARY source and you...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1156
Sabtu, 2026-07-04 07:02:18

Ruslik_Zero 12:13, 26 June 2022 (UTC) @Netanya9 Generally not, see WP:ABOUTSELF. The default WP-attitude is "If no independent WP:RS bothered to write...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2021 December 14
Kamis, 2021-12-23 08:05:06

published source, but affiliated with the party and so may qualify under WP:ABOUTSELF ✘ No "American Party of Labor (U.S.)" It's a self published blog that...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1069
Jumat, 2025-07-18 23:57:06

2020 (UTC) Hello, Jiffy.morton and welcome to the Teahosue. As per WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:SELFPUB, such self-published sources can be cited for non-controversial...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 236
Minggu, 2022-06-26 00:26:53

doubt that Sosa really wrote that book? This would be allowed under WP:ABOUTSELF, unless the claim is considered exceptional by reputable entities. Think...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 363
Sabtu, 2022-03-26 23:58:33

2021 (UTC) Per policy at WP:V, deprecated sources can be used for WP:ABOUTSELF statements. BilledMammal (talk) 11:14, 19 December 2021 (UTC) I agree...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2019 July 9
Jumat, 2023-03-03 18:55:07

12 July 2019 (UTC) An interview in a major newspapers is not WP:ABOUTSELF. ABOUTSELF refers to self-published and questionable sources - not one of the...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 253
Minggu, 2025-11-02 21:08:19

–dlthewave ☎ 13:29, 21 November 2018 (UTC) I think this is okay under WP:ABOUTSELF, since Monckton is the author of the column, and the source is only being...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spartacus Educational
Selasa, 2025-11-18 17:55:32

give background on the formation of the website and could be used per WP:ABOUTSELF. Location (talk) 15:36, 30 June 2014 (UTC) The standard textbook used...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 281
Minggu, 2024-06-30 06:11:21

to folks upon request. Waggie (talk) 02:21, 20 December 2019 (UTC) WP:ABOUTSELF. --Ronz (talk) 02:32, 20 December 2019 (UTC) So what? We know that's a...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2014 January 11
Minggu, 2023-03-26 02:07:55

yet to find chapter-and-verse WP policy; the closest I could find is WP:ABOUTSELF, which isn't really applicable. —Comments or suggestions?   ~Thanks, ~E:71...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 68
Jumat, 2023-04-21 19:00:28

g. numbers of schools, content of the curriculum, etc.), in line with ABOUTSELF. A currently disputed source, as a concrete example, is: Carlo Willmann...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2024 May 28
Sabtu, 2024-06-01 10:56:31

particular case, a statement by Jimbo on his usertalk could qualify as a WP:ABOUTSELF source. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:24, 30 May 2024 (UTC) I would like...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 348
Kamis, 2023-02-23 11:27:22

to Woodroar's advice: We have to be careful with the WP:ABOUTSELF characterization. WP:ABOUTSELF is only applicable to Roger Arrick writing about what he...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 389
Kamis, 2026-04-16 17:41:14

the sort of stuff WP:ABOUTSELF is fine with) and their personal experience within the detrans community (again, see WP:ABOUTSELF). But none of this but...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ralph W. Moss (writer)
Kamis, 2026-01-08 21:31:26

we believe them. That's not the "unduly self serving" material that WP:ABOUTSELF warns us about. --GRuban (talk) 20:29, 25 October 2011 (UTC) Strong keep...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2019 November 27
Jumat, 2023-03-03 18:49:00

03:55, 3 December 2019 (UTC) No, that's not correct, you're confusing WP:ABOUTSELF with WP:SECONDARY. A secondary source is a source that's based on other...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1158
Minggu, 2022-09-11 21:50:52

- Flexman (talk) 08:30, 14 July 2022 (UTC) On your first point, a WP:ABOUTSELF source, if available, could work. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:23, 14...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1095
Jumat, 2022-05-20 12:56:47

upload them to googledrive or something like that, see WP:RS. Per WP:ABOUTSELF you can, to a limited extent, use something like the university's official...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1135
Sabtu, 2023-07-15 05:41:22

Agreed if the interview contains material that's relevant and due then WP:ABOUTSELF applies, regadless of the publication(unless belief the publication made...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 130
Minggu, 2026-07-05 07:35:17

not a reliable source that I can see but that might be okay under WP:ABOUTSELF but really I think. Really though what's the problem about waiting a day...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 550
Minggu, 2016-12-11 11:25:23

used for basic, uncontroversial information about that subject. See WP:ABOUTSELF. Cordless Larry (talk) 07:01, 6 December 2016 (UTC) Also, a source that...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1155
Senin, 2022-08-08 21:53:33

subject of an article can be used in a limited set of situations, see WP:ABOUTSELF for the details. 192.76.8.94 (talk) 00:51, 16 June 2022 (UTC) This is...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 315
Rabu, 2021-12-08 12:55:12

other Chinese national organizations & a magazine), so it's more of an WP:ABOUTSELF source. The second is a local newspaper for Changxing County. They're...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1154
Sabtu, 2024-08-17 09:07:41

to the sun except those used in a small number of situations (like WP:ABOUTSELF, see this search for the last 20 [1]), it is highly discouraged as a reference...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pakistani English
Minggu, 2025-11-30 02:28:08

Pakistani education and this source is credible. You might want to read WP:ABOUTSELF for a source's credibility on them selves (which is the worst case of...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 120
Rabu, 2023-01-04 15:52:19

reliable source for the truth of that stance. It is not. It is just a WP:ABOUTSELF-reliable source that the publication's editorial viewpoint is that viewpoint...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2020 May 28
Sabtu, 2020-06-06 14:26:12

sources, and our article is replete with WP:ABOUTSELF references. It was created in 2011[46] with three ABOUTSELF references, presumably with the intention...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 487
Rabu, 2025-09-10 00:32:43

begin with. The real issues hasn't been simply WP:ABOUTSELF as a specific instance (is this site ABOUTSELF, yes/no)but more that they were introducing an...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1061
Senin, 2026-08-03 20:37:40

published source for this kind of non-controversial information under WP:ABOUTSELF, so if your husband includes a "Biography" section on his personal web...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 February 28
Jumat, 2023-03-03 21:57:57

Nick-D (talk) 07:26, 29 February 2012 (UTC) Do you suggest we re-write WP:ABOUTSELF? -- MST☆R (Chat Me!) 07:35, 29 February 2012 (UTC) Keep Notable enough...

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Wikipedia:Wikiquette assistance/archive123
Senin, 2023-01-30 14:12:33

libertarian party" which fully meets the opening sentence of WP:ABOUTSELF". WP:ABOUTSELF actually says "Self-published and questionable sources may be used...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 285
Rabu, 2023-03-22 04:08:32

and YouTube host". But in this case, it is merely being used as an WP:ABOUTSELF source, for confirming that TDW did, indeed, make that statement. The...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nibiru cataclysm/archive1
Kamis, 2019-01-31 07:05:35

independent sources, when possible, is an expectation at the FAC level. WP:ABOUTSELF says that self-published sources even by non-experts "may be used as sources...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1080
Selasa, 2024-05-07 12:08:19

policy Verifiability has a section that can be reached at the shortcut WP:ABOUTSELF. Here is a quote: "Self-published and questionable sources may be used...

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/NoCal100/Archive
Senin, 2026-08-03 00:34:38

diffs new to old (there are other examples): 1) an AE filing 2) re WP ABOUTSELF 3) Alert (twice!) 4) Citation style Selfstudier (talk) 15:45, 12 January...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2015 November 14
Jumat, 2023-03-03 20:31:54

refereed journal process make this piece count as WP:RS rather than as WP:ABOUTSELF, despite one of the co-authors being Tompos of NTA. That said, I don't...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1087
Kamis, 2022-09-29 05:41:56

subject of a Wikipedia article can sometimes be used as explained in WP:ABOUTSELF, but there are limitations as to how it may be used and in general WP:SECONDARY...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boxxy (2nd nomination)
Senin, 2025-11-17 02:03:43

that there is 9/20 YouTube sources isn't an issue; that's why we have WP:ABOUTSELF (and further, used in line with WP:PST). Note to the nom: bludgeoning...

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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 10
Minggu, 2026-04-05 17:05:39

12 July 2020 (UTC) Delete It's been reported both in WP:RS [1] and WP:ABOUTSELF sources like GNews [https://gnews.org/zh-hant/234991/] that Guo accused...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Worlds (Porter Robinson album)/archive1
Rabu, 2024-04-10 06:47:45

an interview, and I am strictly using Robinson's words, so I think WP:ABOUTSELF etc. applies here. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 16:52, 22 March 2024 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Robert Roberts (author)/archive1
Kamis, 2021-07-15 07:05:54

business and status in the community. I think that this acceptable under WP:ABOUTSELF, especially given that the books cited were published by a major university...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2013 May 10
Jumat, 2023-03-03 21:24:49

retracted your claim o be the "59th descendant of Jesus" may be to use WP:ABOUTSELF. And given some sources, this page might allow you to explain that you...

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Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Gender identity
Senin, 2026-05-04 04:16:33

inconclusive discussion ensued. Jul 2018 The conflict between deadnaming and ABOUTSELF, versus VERIFIABILITY and previous RfCs WT:BLP Discussed the sourcing...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1149
Selasa, 2022-09-13 05:47:10

(talk)/(contrib) 14:42, 19 April 2022 (UTC) @ETMonster A little, yes. See WP:ABOUTSELF. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:59, 19 April 2022 (UTC) can u pls tell me...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 July 22
Jumat, 2022-08-05 11:47:52

convince Bilby of my idea to add {{Cite court}}. I then consider using WP:ABOUTSELF for the plea of no contest, but then, on further reflection, I decide:...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 450
Rabu, 2025-04-02 23:41:14

use Sun for ABOUTSELF or whatever. I suspect one reason why this has never been resolved is because it's so rare it comes up because ABOUTSELF is already...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2020 February 20
Selasa, 2020-03-03 01:14:09

Notability standards, only the core Verifiability policy. For example , WP:ABOUTSELF (part of WP:V) specifies that sources published by an article's subject...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Institute for Economic Research
Kamis, 2025-12-18 23:55:03

failed to do so and the article was almost exclusively based on misused WP:ABOUTSELF (per 1, and obviously 5) up until JzG's first pass in October 2020, and...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harry Braun, Democratic Presidential Candidate, 2016
Kamis, 2025-11-13 23:34:34

also [10][11], which per WP:SCHOLARSHIP can count as WP:RS (not mere WP:ABOUTSELF) despite having Braun listed as an author, since the publication-system...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 368
Jumat, 2022-03-25 21:30:53

17:12, 16 February 2022 (UTC) To add on, it’s probably useable in an WP:ABOUTSELF context for its owners and for the opinions of those who blog on the website...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Retartist/sandbox
Rabu, 2022-02-23 14:33:42

example, our uses for Breitbart as a source are essentially limited to WP:ABOUTSELF, and the sources in question are not about Breitbart. Similarly, the Quinn...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2020 December 15
Sabtu, 2020-12-19 10:14:08

these sorts of self-published sources under the criteria outlined at WP:ABOUTSELF: namely, for uncontroversial self-description. For instance, we could...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1099
Selasa, 2024-11-05 02:16:50

.. 05:32, 16 March 2021 (UTC) See WP:INTERVIEW, WP:BLPSELFPUB and WP:ABOUTSELF for more information on citing interviews as a source and whether they...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1139
Jumat, 2022-05-20 12:56:36

22:03, 17 January 2022 (UTC) @Toofllab: Only in a limited way. See WP:ABOUTSELF RudolfRed (talk) 22:07, 17 January 2022 (UTC) fixed the link. RudolfRed...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 188
Kamis, 2025-08-28 22:00:41

(UTC) There can be some legitimate uses of WND as a source, eg per WP:ABOUTSELF or when an article they have published has been part of a controversy...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2021 March 29
Minggu, 2021-04-11 21:06:29

an issue for a BLP, with the bulk of content sourced to videos. Per WP:ABOUTSELF "Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information...

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Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive206
Jumat, 2025-11-21 09:04:18

misreading of WP:ABOUTSELF on your part. The concern over misinterpretation is irrelevant to this particular detail: it's not part of WP:ABOUTSELF, but a general...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1083
Jumat, 2023-03-03 10:55:41

WP:BLOGS, the section immediately below that one, at the shortcut WP:ABOUTSELF and please also note Wikipedia:Edit warring and Wikipedia:BOLD, revert...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1145
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 08:29:56

typically, so I'd guess it's likely suitable only for supporting WP:ABOUTSELF material. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 00:53, 12 March 2022 (UTC) Sure thing. (https://soundcloud...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sierra Vista Mall (5th nomination)
Minggu, 2025-11-16 00:04:28

There is, 99.4% of the time, only local coverage (and sometimes only WP:ABOUTSELF coverage available online). I see mall-articles as serving a similar function:...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1046
Kamis, 2022-02-24 14:08:29

to be used very carefully as explained in WP:BLPSELFPUB, WP:BLPSPS, WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:SELFPUB. It's better to look for articles, books, etc. written...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fabio Mancini (2nd nomination)
Selasa, 2024-09-17 06:37:32

possibly not as blog-ish wienermodels - not independent, might have WP:ABOUTSELF use, but no help for this discussion imago-images - webshop, doesn't help...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1093
Rabu, 2025-09-24 03:16:48

official webpage with some bio-info, you can use that a little per WP:ABOUTSELF, but you can't cite "he told me so". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:02,...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2021 September 27
Rabu, 2021-10-06 05:03:05

CityBreakingDown: Servir ao Povo de Todo Coração can be used in the article (see WP:ABOUTSELF), but it does not count when measuring notability. Notability is measured...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Airport destination lists - sourcing requirements
Kamis, 2026-04-30 07:28:25

WP:ABOUTSELF, which is an explicit carveout for sources we don't even normally allow as reliable sources in the first place. If the WP:ABOUTSELF exception...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 January 25
Rabu, 2022-02-02 22:29:30

Wargames Journal. No. 4. Rebel Publishing. pp. 70–75. Interview. Good for WP:ABOUTSELF, but usually not considered independent. See the essay WP:INTERVIEW and...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1141
Kamis, 2023-08-10 05:35:42

Company websites can be used only in very limited ways, as described at WP:ABOUTSELF, but they do not contribute at all to showing their notability.--Gronk...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 271
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 03:37:06

remove it when I come across it. There might be some instances where WP:ABOUTSELF could possibly be relevant but even in those cases there's probably better...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2016 October 4
Jumat, 2023-03-03 19:58:30

documentation on this issue is available at Manual of Style:Identity and WP:Aboutself. I hope this helps. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:22, 10 October 2016 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Cherry on Top (Bini song)/archive2
Kamis, 2025-04-10 06:44:45

is unreliable, but it can be considered since it was an interview per WP:ABOUTSELF. What do you think? ROY is WAR Talk! 02:26, 28 February 2025 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 337
Rabu, 2026-06-17 06:17:43

being syndicated by news sites are surely not exceptional claims. Per WP:ABOUTSELF, it's fine. —Wingedserif (talk) 13:38, 17 April 2021 (UTC) On Wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2014 May 7
Jumat, 2023-03-03 20:57:29

by information gleaned from OpEdNEws site itself under the policies WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:NEWSBLOG. Again, thanks. Schmidt, Michael Q. 17:38, 7 May 2014...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2011 May 2
Jumat, 2023-03-03 22:11:56

suggesting that her Facebook page is proof of notability. Doesn't WP:ABOUTSELF specifically permit the use of a subject's official Facebook page as a...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 313
Selasa, 2020-10-20 18:19:00

UN member nation or a government-in-exile. They can be reliable as WP:ABOUTSELF primary sources, but otherwise one would prefer a secondary source for...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Voyageurs Area Council
Kamis, 2024-09-12 09:46:09

article must not be primarily based on self-published sources. See WP:ABOUTSELF (the five conditions are cumulative). The removal was necessary, and the...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 335
Minggu, 2021-08-29 17:48:15

even worth mentioning, but lists like this fall under the sort of WP:ABOUTSELF umbrella; they are not reporting on external facts, they are merely opinions...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 375
Minggu, 2026-06-07 00:47:37

article. Would this material involve claims about third parties under WP:ABOUTSELF #2 and therefore be unusable as a source? For that matter, the same content...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2016 October 15
Jumat, 2023-03-03 20:00:04

Delete: does not appear to meet WP:NARTIST. Most available sourcing is WP:ABOUTSELF. Safehaven86 (talk) 01:56, 17 October 2016 (UTC) Delete non-notable artist...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1084
Jumat, 2023-03-03 10:55:35

content, not contributor. At a glance, there seems to be a lot of WP:ABOUTSELF refs. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:58, 22 November 2020 (UTC) Thank you...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2015 May 3
Jumat, 2023-03-03 20:33:04

same corp and a minimal list of other ventures (if verifiable per WP:ABOUTSELF) needs to be preserved into the Business Recorder article. --lTopGunl...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 265
Senin, 2024-07-29 03:34:20

used to substantiate claims related to Chossudovsky himself under WP:ABOUTSELF. This makes the CRG equivalent to a primary source for its descriptions...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 325
Minggu, 2022-05-01 12:28:11

times in article space per jihadwatch.org  . I that stripping out the non-aboutself references to this source is something that needs doing. Hemiauchenia...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/David Meerman Scott/2
Selasa, 2022-05-31 01:04:02

weekend. Talk to SageGreenRider 14:55, 23 January 2017 (UTC) Comment WP:ABOUTSELF reads in part Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linda Delibero
Senin, 2025-11-17 23:48:48

the subject can speak about herself and background filled in through WP:ABOUTSELF without creating notability... THAT is found through verifibly meeting...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/AI images
Minggu, 2026-04-26 06:44:57

supports ABOUTSELF exceptions, which means we will be having multiple long discussions over whether or not an AI image qualifies for inclusion on ABOUTSELF guidelines...

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