Talk:Brandolini's law

Contested prod

I have removed the proposed deletion tag from the article, because the reason given was Existence of this "law" is entirely self-published, based on user's own Twitter account, despite the first references being independent reliable sources (Williamson in Nature, Ambasciano in An Unnatural History of Religions and Thatcher et al. in Thinking Big Data in Geography) that directly address the subject. --Joshua Issac (talk) 12:27, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Original research

Don’t we need secondary sources? It looks as though most of the examples are OR. Doug Weller talk 21:23, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Doug Weller. The page as written was not perfect, but contained some information. But now, it is almost empty and one of the two chapters is related to yoga ... I think it would be more appropriate to put it back as it was and possibly to amend it. Ourson5204 (talk) 21:57, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

@Ourson5204 Have you looked at the link below. Doug Weller talk 08:56, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

I just arrived in EN wiki, could explain me OR? Ourson5204 (talk) 12:46, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Verifiability. Read Wikipedia:Reliable sources also Doug Weller talk 16:02, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

thanks for your links! Ourson5204 (talk) 16:42, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

all quotes are sourced (primary sources), they are not OR, or I don't understand anything about No original research Ourson5204 (talk) 16:34, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

@Ourson5204 But there was nothing there discussing the law. I can’t put back OR as that’s against policy, look for reliable sources discussing it. Doug Weller

On the other hand, there are decent sources

[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Brandolini%27s+law%22&sxsrf=AJOqlzWyDtRO8yXnhsSJRSASRWyj5TH_wg:1673190431128&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8y6eKoLj8AhV1TEEAHXMnCTsQ_AUoA3oECAEQBQ&cshid=1673190453003053&biw=1610&bih=945&dpr=1] and [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Brandolini%27s+law%22&sxsrf=AJOqlzWyDtRO8yXnhsSJRSASRWyj5TH_wg:1673190431128&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8y6eKoLj8AhV1TEEAHXMnCTsQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1610&bih=945&dpr=1

Some of these might be useful. Doug Weller talk 15:08, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

I've put Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World on hold at the library, it supposedly presents "a well-rounded review on topics such as Brandolini's law". Schazjmd (talk) 16:32, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

I removed the tags as the problem has been fixed. It should be noted that Bergstrom mistakenly attributes the inception of the law as occurring in 2014, not 2013. The Twitter post clears this mistake up. Viriditas (talk) 22:26, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Religion

Should we add something on religion? --116.240.236.234 (talk) 11:22, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

other expressions

Ought to mention other ways the principle has been expressed, such as "A lie can travel around the world while truth is pulling on its boots." (I don't know the source – Poor Richard? Mark Twain? – and am not sure of the exact wording.) —Tamfang (talk) 19:16, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Seems Legit

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@Goober05, LilParmesan, and Peeps121:, I'm guessing that the three of you are part of the same .edu project, working on this article? I removed the two sections added; the sources don't mention the topic of the article. Your sources need to specifically connect whatever they're saying to Brandolini's Law. Hope that helps. Schazjmd (talk) 21:33, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Schazjmd, thank you for making your suggestion. You are correct that our sources do not directly reference Brandolini's law, but we believe that the concepts mentioned in the sections are related and relevant to understanding the idea of Brandolini's law. Kbond7 (talk) 21:46, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Be careful: WP:SYNTH is not allowed. DMacks (talk) 21:47, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Please find sources that specifically discuss Brandolin's law. Otherwise, this is simply original research on your part, deciding that articles that make no mention of this concept relate to it. Schazjmd (talk) 21:48, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

"One fool can ask more question than a hundred wise men can answer"

is an old saying along similar lines. 2A01:CB0C:1704:9A00:8432:E84B:2C3B:2462 (talk) 13:02, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

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