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August 6

Sources for an Article

Hello everyone. I have been working on expanding an article on the 1990 experimental horror film Begotten via a separate Userspace draft for quite some time with the intention of eventually getting it FA status approved. Through my search of sources, I've come across some that have great information but I'm not sure if the sources would be considered "noteworthy". This is not limited to audio interviews, which I have no idea how to cite using the referencing format I have for the article (an sfn reference style). I Will include the references here and let me know what you think.

• http://sianmeredith.blogspot.com/2012/12/begotten-film-by-e-elias-merhige.html - Information on the film's themes (I KNOW that blogspots are usually prohibited but I just wanted to make sure this one would be ok)
• https://archive.org/details/JustinBeahmRadioHourEEliasMerhigeEpisode171016_201607 - An audio interview with the film's writer/director.
• "Dead-link": E. Elias Merhige, Director of 'Begotten' and 'Shadow of the Vampire,' Chats About Magick and Remote Viewing (This podcast interview with Merhige provides a bunch of very insightful information on the film and some of its themes. Unfortunately, the podcast itself is dead linked but the link to the podcast's release is not).

ALTERNATE LINKS: https://radiopublic.com/ultraculture-with-jason-louv-GqrrgW/ep/s1!ad6a5 https://ultraculture.org/blog/2015/12/20/e-elias-merhige/ --Paleface Jack (talk) 18:22, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Interviews with the film director are probably OK for quoting or paraphrasing the director's own words, with direct attribution probably. The blog, however, is right out. I find nothing in that blog that meets the standards for blogs in terms of reliability. Is "Sian Meredith", the blog's author, a noted expert in the field of film analysis or film criticism? Is there any reason to set him apart from any rando on the internet who writes whatever they feel like? Why should his analysis be considered worth citing? --Jayron32 18:26, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

I thought so about the blog. Thanks.--Paleface Jack (talk) 18:42, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Citing Audio Sources in SFN format

Now that I know about citing audio references being fine. I was wondering how the heck I am going to cite audio interviews in an sfn format. Any suggestions on that?--Paleface Jack (talk) 19:41, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

If I were to do it, I'd simply use {{sfn}} with loc=XX:XX or loc=XX:XX–YY:YY, where XX:XX and YY:YY are the audio start–stop times. Then in reference section use {{Cite AV media}}. 107.15.157.44 (talk) 06:18, 7 August 2019 (UTC)