User:Staxringold/Sandbox
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Feel free to edit this guys. This is the suggested proposal that would be posted at the Village Pump (and linked from the various impacted policy talk pages) as to the use of Archival materials as sources on Wikipedia: Staxringold 20:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Straw poll on archival materials
During the FAC for Hopkins School, the issue of the use of unpublished archival materials as sources on Wikipedia came up. Such sources violate WP:NOR, WP:RS, and potentially WP:V for being unpublished. Following a lengthy discussion the following proposal for slight edits to existing policies has been created to allow for justifiable, fair, and verifiable use of reliable archives as sources:
[edit] Changes to WP:NOR
Change the following sentence:
- All articles on Wikipedia should be based on information collected from published primary and secondary sources.
to
- All articles on Wikipedia should be based on information collected from published primary and secondary sources. Unpublished archives of information may be used as primary sources provided that:
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- The reference includes a website that verifies the archives existence and that the archive is from a reputable source.
- The specific information being sourced is non-controversial.
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[edit] Changes to WP:V and WP:RS
Add to the bottom of WP:V#Sources (under the new subsection "Archives") and to the bottom of WP:RS#History the following information:
- "Wikipedia allows for the use of information from public archives. To ensure reliability in the use of such unpublished but publicly available sources the reference(s) must include proof of the archive's existence, reputability, and public accessibility. This will allow the archive to be confirmed by other editors."
[edit] VOTES GO HERE
- VOTING INFORMATION GOES HERE
