Johnhawke

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Karl Riedl "This page has some issues"

The English wikipdia page about myself, Karl Riedl, says "This page has some issues" or "This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful".

What can I do to prove everything is right? I don't have that problem with the German wikipedia site btw.

Best, Karl

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The English wikipdia page about myself, Karl Riedl, says "This page has some issues" or "This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful". What can I do to prove everything is right? I don't have that problem with the German wikipedia site btw. Best, Karl

Johnhawke (talk) 09:45, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Basically, by having plenty of independent, reliable sources about yourself. --I dream of horses (talk to me) (contributions) @ 10:01, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Hey @I dream of horses: Thanks for your reply. Isn't it enough to add links of imdb and the German association of film editors? I'd like to know which parts in particular aren't reliable or independent, the films which don't have respective English wikipedia sites? I could add more footnotes to other sides and articles on the page, or shall I cite them here to you? Best, Karl

Johnhawke (talk) 07:42, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

That isn't enough. IMDb isn't reliable. The German Association of Film Editors is, at very least, not several sources. I dream of horses (talk to me) (contributions) @ 07:49, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Hey @I dream of horses: IMDb isn't reliable, really? What is reliable then? Okay, I will add more sources and footnotes, and then hopefully you guys will believe. Thanks. Johnhawke (talk) 07:36, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

IMDb isn't considered reliable because it's user generated content.

Getting more sources is a good idea. :-) I dream of horses (talk to me) (contributions) @ 08:10, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Hey @I dream of horses: I added some more footnotes. What else can I do? Are there any more questionable parts? If yes, it would be helpful to know it specific. Thanks, Karl Johnhawke (talk) 14:17, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

It's just good enough to remove {{BLP sources}}. Just keep doing what you're already doing. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{Ping|I dream of horses}} to your message. ^{(talk to me) (contributions)} @ 17:19, 5 October 2015 (UTC)