Talk:Natalie Ni Shi

Questionable source

I've removed this link that was added with this edit per WP:BLP#Reliable sources. The source appears to be a web page of six photos of Shi. The page seems to be either some photographer's website or some company's website which would make them primary sources as well as possibly user-generated or questionable sources for a BLP article. Moreover, there is no discernible text which would seem to support the statement the source is claiming to support. Non-English sources are acceptable on Wikipedia per WP:NOTENG, but they still need to satisfy WP:CONTEXTMATTERS, etc. If the source is legitimate, and an editor wants to use it, then it could be re-added. It should, however, not be added as a bare link, and the relevant text should be translated to show how it supports the statement in the lede. Please discuss if you feel the source should be re-added. Thanks in advance. - Marchjuly (talk) 22:09, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

I have verified and translated every source cited for this article. All sources are legitimate from main stream media, some from western media. Non-English sources are acceptable on Wikipedia per WP:NOTENG. Can anyone help to clean up so as to prevent link rot.Thanks and Merry Christmas in advance. - Adversec (talk) 23:04, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Orphan status

This article is listed as an orphan. It's possible that List of University of British Columbia people could be linked to it, but it would be better to have some kind of reliable source provided which verifies that Shi actually graduated from the university in support. It could be linked without the source, but an editor might remove it from the other page, per WP:UNSOURCED. - Marchjuly (talk) 22:23, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

Bare urls, etc.

Bare urls are just being given for many sources in this article; These need to be cleaned up so as to prevent link rot. Normally this can be done easily enough, but it's hard to verify many of the sources since they are non-English. If somebody is willing to help translate the sources then I can help with the formatting. Finally, non-English sources are acceptable per WP:NOTENG, but it does make it a little hard to verify the reliability of the source and confirm that is actually supports what it claims to be supporting. It would be best to provide some translation of the relevant part being cited in the citation itself, so that others can see that the information is properly being supported. For the above stated reason, I added both {{Cleanup-bare URLs}} and {{BLP sources}} templates to the article. - Marchjuly (talk) 22:47, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

I have verified and cleaned up all bare urls Bare urls according to this article. I have also translated every source cited for this article. Through out verification process, all sources are found true and legitimate from main stream media, some from western media. Every source fully supports its own statement. Non-English sources are acceptable on Wikipedia per WP:NOTENG. Can anyone help to format so as to prevent link rot.Thanks and Merry Christmas in advance. - Adversec (talk) 23:20, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

@Adversec: The only suggestions I have are (1) provide a translation of the specific statement in the source used to support the article using the "quote" parameter, perhaps like this "quote=Chinese text. [English translation of Chinese text]" and (2) using the "title" parameter for a romanized reading of the Chinese source. Doing both of these things will make it easier for those unable to read Chinese not only know what the source is, but also how it supports the statement it is supposed to be supporting. Other than that, there's not much more that can be done to prevent link rot unless you want to search for archived links and add them using the "archive-url" parameter. - Marchjuly (talk) 07:46, 17 December 2014 (UTC)