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Other essays: WP:Reliable source examples - general issues to consider. Specific questions: WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard - ask about specific sources. However, editors new to a particular topic might not realize some specific major publications are preferred as sources.
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Reliable source examples ; Topic-specific essays. Identifying reliable sources (history) Identifying reliable sources (law) Identifying reliable sources (science) Identifying reliable sources (medicine) Identifying and using style guides (WP:STYLEGUIDES)
Example: An article about an author sourced to works they have published; an article about an artist sourced to songs that they released. Citations that name-drop reliable sources – Citations that are added only to make it seem that 'this topic was covered by X', rather than to actually support any substantive content about the topic.
It was designed to assist the editor in interpreting that guideline as it relates to specific topic areas, by giving examples of things that are considered reliable and unreliable... hence the name... "Reliable sources/examples" Blueboar 13:38, 16 February 2007 (UTC) Thanks, Blueboar.
An Internet forum with identifiable, expert and credible moderators with a declared corrective moderation policy may, exceptionally, be considered reliable for some topics. In this sense, where moderators act as editors to review material and challenge or correct any factual errors, they could have an adequate level of integrity.
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Examples of such promotional journals include Creation Research Society Quarterly, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Homeopathy. Be aware of predatory publishers, for example journals published by OMICS Publishing Group. These are very unlikely to be accepted as reliable sources.