Talk:U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Wolbo in topic Sources for U.S. Pro 1954

Sources for U.S. Pro 1954 edit

I notice that the source for the 1954 U.S. Pro is from TennisArchives. Is this now an accepted source for Wikipedia tennis articles?Tennisedu (talk) 07:13, 20 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

It is a matter of judgement and in my view it is not a reliable source and I have removed references to it. It does not qualify as a reliable source as it fails the verifiability policy, specifically the part on self-published sources which states: "Anyone can create a personal web page, self-publish a book, or claim to be an expert. That is why self-published material such as books, patents, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, personal or group blogs (as distinguished from newsblogs, above), content farms, Internet forum postings, and social media postings are largely not acceptable as sources.". It is convenient and tempting for editors to use these personal websites as a source for tennis articles, particularly if the information, such as older draws and personal stats, are hard to come by otherwise, but that doesn't mean we should or can use them. We have to maintain encyclopedic standards.--Wolbo (talk) 14:50, 24 May 2020 (UTC)Reply