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Ways to improve List of state legislature Speakers

Hi, I'm Boleyn. Sherwoodspeaks, thanks for creating List of state legislature Speakers!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add your sources to this article. If by 'External links' you mean sources rather than 'suggestions for further reading' then please change the heading.

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Boleyn (talk) 19:29, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Do not add WP:PRIMARY sources to articles

Do not add WP:PRIMARY sources to articles on politicians. Wikipedia does not host campaign websites for candidates, and I hope you can see why it's problematic to include content that's only sourced candidates' own websites. If a politician has done something that's notable and WP:DUE, it should be covered by reliable secondary sources (such as newspapers). Snooganssnoogans (talk) 19:24, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Gotcha. Thanks! --Sherwoodspeaks (talk) 20:21, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Note that some of the VoteSmart links that you're adding don't count as secondary RS and are in some cases just campaign releases. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 20:46, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

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Jytdog (talk) 16:12, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

What the hell, man? I'm working on getting the word out about what Pennsylvania politicians running for office - what their views are on issues. That's encyclopedic and quality sources are being cited. So what the hell is this warning about? --Sherwoodspeaks (talk) 16:28, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

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Thanks --Sherwoodspeaks (talk) 16:54, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

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