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Re: PotPlayer

Hi.

I do understand that one might get a little defensive about the blog that he likes but the fact is that Lifehacker does not have any of the three specs mentioned in WP:RS that a good reliable source must have. I just don't trust it. But if what that blog says is true, then I think you should have no trouble having another source for it, right? Do you have not a single other source that confirm that?

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 22:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not defensive about Lifehacker, in fact I never even added Lifehacker to that article as a source, someone else did, I was just cleaning the PotPlayer article up.

I was just saying though, Lifehacker is not a self published source/blog because it's not one persons personal blog, it's one of Gawker Media's sites (they're a company that own/run multiple sites such as, Gizmodo, io9, Kotaku, etc. each with their own editors). The main 3 requirements/specs for a reliable source are 1. the piece of work itself (in this case, the article). 2. the creator of the work (in this case, senior editor Whitson Gordon) and 3. the publisher of the work (in this case, Gawker Media). All three of those requirements are fulfilled, on top of the fact that Lifehackers and Gawkers notability has been established in the past by 3rd party reliable sources too and so there's nothing wrong with it being used.

However, as for finding another source, I agree that another source added to the article would be great as Wiki relies on as many sources as possible, and relies mostly on 3rd party sources rather than primary sources. However, I simply haven't gotten around to it as my only purpose on the PotPlayer article was to just clean it up while I was there and then I was done, so I figured someone else will eventually come along to add more sources. TheSameGuy (talk) 12:54, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey.

Yes, someone will probably add another source if the article has citation needed tag. Otherwise, no one will.

As for the three criteria, I am afraid your understanding is a little, shall I say, off. You see, the work itself must have acceptable quality, the writer must be known if not famous and the publisher must have an editorial over-watch. Lifehacker has no editorial board; and the contents quality is hardly better than my own blog. Obviously, the writer just assumed that embedded subtitles can be read. He has never tried doing so himself. (I did though.)

Best regard,

Codename Lisa (talk) 14:11, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Well the Lifehacker site has editorial oversight from their parent company and publisher, Gawker Media. As for the author himself being famous or well known, I guess someone would have to find a 3rd party source for him or the article, though I know he has also written for Macworld and PCWorld, and Lifehacker has it's own Wiki article (isn't notability established then?) with the guy mentioned on there as one of the writers, though I'm not sure if all that makes him considered well known or not. TheSameGuy (talk) 15:31, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi.

I really don't think everything that has a Wikipedia article is a reliable source. (e.g. Lots of tabloids have a Wikipedia article.) Notability is not reliability. Besides that blog's prose is so low in quality that it almost certainly has not been edited. (I recently tried to upgrade a Wikipedia article to FA status and you cannot imagine how effective a careless editor can be.)

But I guess we cannot have consensus. So, I guess I'll just let it go. After all, what's the worst thing that can happen? Some guy reads it, believes it, tries the product, fails, feels bad for believing Wikipedia and lets it go. So... cheers, pal.

Best regards,

Codename Lisa (talk) 17:58, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

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