Talk:Initial exchange offering

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Latest comment: 5 years ago7 comments2 people in discussion

Hey, @David Gerard: could you please explain to me what's wrong with sources I added? Why it's not reliable? And can you give examples of sites for crypto theme that will be reliable. Thanks. --SeeTheDots (talk) 08:02, 2 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Crypto sites are not considered WP:RSes. For example, WP:RSP lists Coindesk as unreliable, and the discussions note all other crypto sites as even worse. You need actual mainstream coverage in Reliable Sources, even for crypto topics. That Bloomberg cite was literally the only one I could find, but that's the sort of thing you need - David Gerard (talk) 11:20, 2 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

You just added back the same bad sources, and then a new bad source - David Gerard (talk) 16:10, 2 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Yes, @David Gerard: because I can't understand what's wrong with them. I checked, forbes.ru and coindesk.com are exciting more that 15 years each, and cryptoglobe.com — almost 6 years. isn't that enough? --SeeTheDots (talk) 16:48, 2 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Because they are not considered Reliable Sources for Wikipedia. Please read (and try to understand) the discussions linked from WP:RSP on Coindesk, for example - which I already referred you to above. Forbes contributor blogs are also not considered reliable sources for Wikipedia. There is literally a single RS in this article right now, and that's the Bloomberg reference - David Gerard (talk) 16:52, 2 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

This is how many articles use these sites as a source: forbes.ru, finance.yahoo.com, coindesk.com ALTHOUGH wiki consider them as non-reliable. Why it can be used there but I can't use it here? --SeeTheDots (talk) 17:26, 2 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Because they're bad sources you shouldn't be using - you're trying here to come up with excuses to deliberately use known bad sources. You're also failing to distinguish between Forbes staff articles and Forbes contributor blogs, which WP:RSP explains too. Did you read it? - David Gerard (talk) 11:18, 3 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

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