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Can movies be considered usable for reference?
I think there is a difference between basing a question on a movie, and citing a movie as a source.
I would take issue with your assertion that "There are many historical movies which show exactly ...
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Please ban Wikipedia links
Normally I wait 24 hours for community response before I answer, but not in this case. I disagree with the premise of the question.
First, this question argues for a change without establishing that ...
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Can movies be considered usable for reference?
Actual documentaries would be OK. For Neda and Eyes on the Prize are great sources for the topics they cover. This is particularly true for events from the 20th century or later where a lot of primary ...
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Requests for references
The analysis above - both the question and the top voted answer - is superlative. The money quote is:
I understand why we have a policy against general reference requests, but I do not feel good ...
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Requests for references
We should not make book recommendations. They rely on the users opinions. Sometimes that might be good, sometimes its bad. Not all our users have 'good' intent. Not all users have equal levels of ...
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Can movies be considered usable for reference?
I believe a movie is a legitimate source on which to base a question. Any source/reference is better than none. A movie is better than an assertion.
That said, any source (movie, wikipedia, ...
MCWMod
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Can movies be considered usable for reference?
A movie, particularly one that depicts some romanticized version of an event, shouldn't be the basis of a question IMO, or at least not until you dig deeper and research the topic further.
Unless you'...
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Should we add more banners of the type 'citation needed'?
I am sympathetic to both side - the need to improve the references and the need to be friendly. We need to strike a balance that includes both. IMHO, the balance has to fall on the side of ...
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Should we add more banners of the type 'citation needed'?
[Let be begin with the customary caveat that what follows is my personal opinion. Please try to disregard any moderator diamond you see next to my name.]
I agree that those with sufficient ...
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Requests for references
I like the idea of source requests being permissible, both for primary as well as secondary sources. No complications arise from primary source requests as I see it as these can be evaluated ...
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Should we add more banners of the type 'citation needed'?
Yes!
We want quality. Answers need quality, and without sources there is probably not much quality.
After all, Do we expect answers to cite sources? Is answered with at least a "tendency" towards ...
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A consensus to make citations mandatory on this site
Well, I'm going to have to spoil the party, and say we shouldn't do this.
Why? Because a lot of our questions are about history within living memory. Off the top of my head, we had a question a while ...
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