Talk:EU Reporter

WP:V allows non-unduly self-serving info from self-published sources

Buidhe, I don't understand the basis of your reverts. Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves (aka WP:ABOUTSELF) says in summary "Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information about themselves, usually in articles about themselves ... so long as: 1) the material is neither unduly self-serving nor an exceptional claim; ... 4) there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity". The material I added seems entirely within these parameters, so seems perfectly within WP policy. More on this policy (almost identical) is at WP:USINGSPS#For claims by self-published authors about themselves. Could you explain please? Rwendland (talk) 16:23, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

The issue isn't the SPS issue but that it does not support the claim made. All this supports is "at a specific date in 2004, Eu reporter had a print copy and stated that it distributed copies to EU officials, etc." (t · c) buidhe 16:26, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Yes, but isn't that effectively what my added text says: "Formerly, a printed edition was distributed free to all Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and EU Council and Commission officials". How is that substantially different? Rwendland (talk) 16:40, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Well, at minimum you would need another cite that it does not still have a print edition and continue to distribute free copies to these officials. (t · c) buidhe 17:04, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

The current website makes no mention of the paper magazine, but it is hard to prove a negative, so have gone for a limited "In the 2000s" formulation which makes no explicit recent claim one way or other. More cites as well. Rwendland (talk) 20:24, 28 December 2021 (UTC)