To-Do List
Sources
editAfter seeing comments about my edits containing "crappy" sources, rather than feeling discouraged I decided to create a list of reliable sources and sources to avoid. This list includes sources I've personally blacklisted for certain or all fields. Some websites might be inappropriate in one category but appropriate in another.
This list is incomplete and is subject to change. Please feel free to edit this page. Note that I have only included sources for fields that I would, in general, write about.
Reliable
| Source | Field |
|---|---|
| The New York Times | General |
| ABC News Radio | General |
| The Atlantic | General |
| PubMed - National Library of Medicine | Biology, Medicine |
| Chemistry | |
| PubChem - National Library of Medicine] | Chemistry |
| NCBI - National Center for Biotechnology Information | Biology, Chemistry, Medicine |
Avoid
- Sources selling a product (conflict of interest)
Acceptable
| Source | Issues | Field |
|---|---|---|
| CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Medicine | |
| WHO - World Health Organization | Medicine | |
| WebMD - seems fine but other sources may be | Medicine |
Blacklisted
| Source | Reason | Field |
|---|---|---|
| Wikia | user-submitted content | General |
| Discogs - user-submitted content | user-submitted content | Music |
| Rate Your Music | user-submitted content | Music |
| Last.fm | user-submitted content | Music |
| 45cat.com | user-submitted content | Music |
| Bandcamp | If the music is released on Bandcamp, it's probably not noteworthy. | Music |
| healthline | has medical review but also contains pseudoscience articles | Medicine, Nutrition |
| DietDoctor | for profit company, has medical review but an overall bias, goal is to get users to sign up for membership. | Medicine, Nutrition |
Natural Sciences
editReliable
- Peer-reviewed articles published in scientific journals.
Blacklist
- Pseudoscientific websites.
Medicine
editBlacklist
- Health sites that sell products
- Clinics selling healthcare
- Vegan websites (biased, animal consumption is an ethics issues)
- Websites making the following claims:
- Essential oils have significant health benefits
- Healing crystals have significant health benefits
- Vaccines cause autism/cancer/AIDS or other conspiracies
Media
editWikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Sources
Avoid
- Media retail sites - no favoritism, also they are promoting and selling products. Although, there are cases where certain services have exclusive content.
- Apple Inc. - Books, Music, Movies, TV Series
- Spotify - Music Streaming
- Netflix - Video Streaming
- YouTube - Music, Video Streaming
- Amazon - Books, Music, Movies, TV Series
Blacklist
No social media or official websites.