Tcochran6

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Hello, Tcochran6, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with Wiki Education; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:16, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

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Peer reviewed sources and books from academic publishers tend to be the best sources, but they aren't the only ones that meet the standard for reliable sources. Newspapers, for example, can be good sources, especially well-respected publications. The goal is to use the best sources you can get access to, while using lower-quality sources with appropriate nuance. Biased sources are acceptable, but you should attribute claims to them instead of stating their claims in Wikipedia's voice. An avoid ones that are unreliable, either because they're known to include dubious claims, or because the provenance is hard to establish (like many blogs). Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:50, 9 October 2020 (UTC)