Drdas007

April 2024

Hello, I'm Pbritti. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Pbritti (talk) 13:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello. I added the politician's criminal history. Two citations were added - one from the arresting police department's own website (Chicago Police Department), and another from a major NY newspaper which also references the arrest. The primary source, the Chicago Police Department's own website is enough of a source. Any politician's criminal history is important for the public to be aware of. Drdas007 (talk) 13:54, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia has strict policies about what sources may be used on to reference information on biographies of living persons. These rules are even stricter when it pertains to possibly criminal information. Arrest records from police departments are considered primary sources and thus insufficient for introducing information (though they could be used to amplify information if used appropriately). The newspaper you reference is explicitly not a reliable source, per this consensus. Additionally, Wikipedia is not obliged to provide readers with all information, only well referenced and encyclopedically relevant information. ~ Pbritti (talk) 14:04, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey friend, if you keep adding that same edit you're going end up in Wiki jail. Unfortunately, the New York Post is deemed unreliable on Wikipedia (despite being the third largest newspaper in the US, and being founded by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence). In my experience, other "more reliable" media usually lag behind the Post by a few days (Hunter's laptop story took a year though), but there should be a source soon. Cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 14:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Magnolia677! I will continue my research into this subject, and will never use the NY Post again! I will refrain from editing this page until a more reliable source is found that can corroborate the Chicago Police Department's own records. Thanks again everyone! Drdas007 (talk) 14:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Magnolia is absolutely right here. The Post, besides sometimes getting stories wrong, sometimes breaks them wide open for the first time. This spotty record means that Wikipedia doesn't use them as a source, but it's entirely likely that someone else are a more reliable paper will follow up on the information the Post has reported. Thanks for being understanding! ~ Pbritti (talk) 14:24, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you as well, Pbritti! Drdas007 (talk) 14:26, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

I'd also recommend you read WP:BLPCRIME in specific - this is an area where Wikipedia needs to tread very lightly and, frankly, that page is a mess with violations and borderline violations of it. Simonm223 (talk) 14:29, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Just stick to reliable, left-wing sources. --Magnolia677 (talk) 15:10, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

lol; lmao. Simonm223 (talk) 15:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! I will read it now. Drdas007 (talk) 15:12, 4 April 2024 (UTC)