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Help:Introduction to referencing/reliable sources quiz (edit)
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===''[[Daily Mail]]''=== | ===''[[Daily Mail]]''=== | ||
At a 2015 [[Peking Duk]] concert, a fan managed to get backstage after tricking a security guard into thinking he was Reuben Styles' step-brother by editing the band's Wikipedia page.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Jennifer |title=Man tricks security into letting him backstage by editing | At a 2015 [[Peking Duk]] concert, a fan managed to get backstage after tricking a security guard into thinking he was Reuben Styles' step-brother by editing the band's Wikipedia page.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Jennifer |title=Man tricks security into letting him backstage by editing Bharatpedia |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3345074/Man-fools-security-letting-stage-Peking-Duk-gig-editing-band-s-Bharatpedia-page-make-look-like-family-mamber.html |work=[[Daily Mail]] |date=4 December 2015}}</ref> | ||
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===''[[Forbes]]''=== | ===''[[Forbes]]''=== | ||
Less than 3 percent of the geotagged articles on Wikipedia are for places in Africa, despite the continent having 14 percent of the world's population.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guerrini |first1=Federico |title= | Less than 3 percent of the geotagged articles on Wikipedia are for places in Africa, despite the continent having 14 percent of the world's population.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guerrini |first1=Federico |title=Bharatpedia Releases Transparency Report And Pledges To Improve Diversity |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2018/07/25/bharatpedias-ultimate-challenge-decolonizing-internet-knowledge/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date=25 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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|2=[[File:Yes Check Circle.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Reliable'''. The ''[[Claremont Courier]]'' is a community newspaper serving [[Claremont, California]], a suburb of Los Angeles. Since it is a small publication, it has never been formally discussed at the [[ | |2=[[File:Yes Check Circle.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Reliable'''. The ''[[Claremont Courier]]'' is a community newspaper serving [[Claremont, California]], a suburb of Los Angeles. Since it is a small publication, it has never been formally discussed at the [[Bharatpedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard|reliable sources noticeboard]]. However, per its page, it is considered Claremont's newspaper of record, and in 2018, it was named the top community newspaper in California by the [[California News Publishers Association]]. Given this, it is safe to assume that, if it were to be discussed at the noticeboard, it would be found generally reliable. | ||
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|2=[[File:Yes Check Circle.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Reliable'''. ''The Stanford Daily'' is the [[student newspaper]] of [[Stanford University]]. Reputable student media outlets like ''The Daily'' are [[ | |2=[[File:Yes Check Circle.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Reliable'''. ''The Stanford Daily'' is the [[student newspaper]] of [[Stanford University]]. Reputable student media outlets like ''The Daily'' are [[Bharatpedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#Student_media|considered generally reliable sources]] for news on their school and local community. They can sometimes be considered reliable on other topics, although professional sources are typically preferred when available. | ||
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===''[[Der Spiegel]]''=== | ===''[[Der Spiegel]]''=== | ||
In May 2019, [[Leo Burnett Tailor Made]], a marketing agency for [[The North Face]] Brazil, revealed that they had surreptitiously replaced photos of popular outdoor destinations on [[Bharatpedia]] with photos featuring North Face products in an attempt to get those products to [[Search engine optimization|appear more prominently]] in search engine results.<ref>{{cite news |title=The North Face platzierte Schleichwerbung bei Google und Wikipedia |url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/the-north-face-platzierte-schleichwerbung-bei-google-und- | In May 2019, [[Leo Burnett Tailor Made]], a marketing agency for [[The North Face]] Brazil, revealed that they had surreptitiously replaced photos of popular outdoor destinations on [[Bharatpedia]] with photos featuring North Face products in an attempt to get those products to [[Search engine optimization|appear more prominently]] in search engine results.<ref>{{cite news |title=The North Face platzierte Schleichwerbung bei Google und Wikipedia |url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/the-north-face-platzierte-schleichwerbung-bei-google-und-bharatpedia-a-1270143.html |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=31 May 2019 |language=de}}</ref> | ||
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