It does! Thanks fellow-Sarah! To be honest, my early editing experiences often make me a more paranoid when writing BLPs, so perhaps I took the rules too seriously myself!
Thank you again, a little guidance and clarity always goes a long way :) Sent via iPhone - I apologize in advance for my shortness or errors! :) On Apr 14, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Sarah <slimvir...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 14:21, Sarah Stierch <sa...@sarahstierch.com> wrote: >> Hi. I actually brought up the issues with the references. While the second >> article about the car is not self-published, it does not state in the >> article that Danese is related to the owner of the vehicle or is named >> after. While she leaves a comment thanking them for the information about >> the Nardi-Danese Alfa Romeo Roadster, it is not cited in the article. The >> latter part I'd consider self-published (her post). Perhaps I'm wrong. > > Sarah, just to let you know that self-published material is allowed as > a source in the Wikipedia article about the author of the > self-published material (and in some other circumstances too, if the > source is an expert). > > In this case, if Danese has written about the car on her personal > website, that can be used as a source in the article about her. The > limits of this are, among others, (a) there should be no reasonable > doubt that she's the author; (b) the material should not be unduly > self-serving (doesn't apply here); and (c) it should not involve > discussion of third parties, especially living people -- but > discussing her father in this case would be fine. > > The policy on that is here for future reference -- > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SELFPUB#Self-published_and_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves > > Hope this helps, > > Sarah > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SlimVirgin > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
