User:Go Phightins!/Adopt/Starship9000/Lesson One Re-Test

Starship, this adoption is not going very well. Instead of going off of the old questions and pontificating on them, I am going to write a new test. You will have one chance to complete this test. You must explain all your answers (at least two sentences per answer) and cite Wikipedia policy, explaining how it applies to the given situation. When you are finished, leave the {{done}} template at the bottom of the page and I will grade it. You must get a 75% or higher to move on to the next lesson and earn a barnstar. Thank you. Go Phightins! 19:29, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

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5) An aide to the United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services releases a statement saying that the President of the United States supports gay marriage. Would that statement carry the same weight coming from the aide as it would coming from the White House Press Secretary? Why or why not?

A-Yes because is actually a fact about it coming from the aide as it would coming from the White House Press Secretary.

This question requires a little background knowledge...the White House Press Secretary is the President's spokesperson, while an aide to the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services would be an assistant to an assistant to an assistant to the president. So, which is more reliable: the Press Secretary or the aide to the Deputy Secretary of HHS?

The aide to the Deputy Secretary of HHS

6) Do you need to cite a reliable source to tell you that the grass is green?

A-You do not need to cite a reliable source to tell you that the grass is green because everybody knows that the grass is green.

Okay; what if someone contests it and says the grass is brown? Then what do you do?

A-Then you cite a source

 Done  Done