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Juno Award nomination makes him notable. Page could use some trivia removal and more cites but this is a notable subject. Legacypac (talk) 22:23, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
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I work for The Violin Channel (which has been cited in many hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of citations on wikipedia over the years, in reference to classical musicians).
I asked about this in the tearoom earlier, under the topic “I'm new so want to make sure this is not a COI”, and it was suggested I propose it in the talk page to be more compliant, rather than just cite our own source.
I would like to add to the final paragraph of Blake Pouliot’s article:
Pouliot lives in Los Angeles and is a self-confessed super fan of American jazz singer, Ella Fitzgerald.
Here is the citation. It is at 19 seconds of the video: https://www.theviolinchannel.com/vc-young-artist-blake-pouliot-20-questions/
From Tearoom discussion, I have posted below, as there are conflicting thoughts. Some clarification would be helpful? As The Violin Channel is a leader in our field, obviously there are times, when I may need to cite more from Violin Channel as I work on classical music edits.
“If you can link to an article on your actual site, that would be preferable to linking the YouTube video itself” - ThadeusOfNazerethTalk to Me!
"Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability." Since the YouTube video was posted by The Violin Channel's official account, it should be OK to cite it.” Deor (talk)
“@Violinchanneljohnjohn: While it may be OK to cite it, a person with a COI should not add a citation to an associated source. Propose it on the talk page and let others decide. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:32, 9 November 2021 (UTC)”
@ThadeusOfNazereth: No, I am basing that not on the article subject, but the fact that one can have a COI with a source. Regardless of SELFCITE, citing oneself just looks bad and typically gets reverted as far as I've seen it happen. Proposing your own link on the talk page is just good practice. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. There should be no rush for a COI source to be cited. There are no deadlines here. ~Anachronist (talk) 07:03, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
Clarification would be helpful, as I don't want to break and rules with self-citing. Thank you.
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