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Do people use MySpace as a source? --Aristeo 17:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More than you know. Especially on music articles. Crystallina 05:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Disagreement

I disagree that MySpace should never be used as a source. It is not simply a networking site anymore - music artists and movies are beginning to push their official sites to the MySpace domain. As an example, when the movie John Tucker Must Die was advertised on television, the website listed for more information was not www.johntuckermustdie.com, but rather www.myspace.com/johntucker.

So I suppose we ought to exercise extreme caution when using MySpace as a source, but there are sometimes where it is helpful, and still other times where it is necessary. tiZom(2¢) 03:52, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • I added a bit about testing and being careful about myspace sources. Let me know what you think about it. Oh, and I know there's a growing movement (or what I see as a growing movement) to say that blogs, ect. are prima facae bad sources, just by their fact of being blogs. I've considered adding some criterion to this essay for methods of checking or asserting the factual accuracy of a myspace, ect. source, what do you all think?

To me any source should be treated the same, whether it's a corporate web site, a blog or a new report: It should be carefully looked at for factual accuracy, bias and potential conflicts of interest and a full disclosure of any problems made somehow. The fact that a page is on myspace doesn't automatically impeach it from credibility. Consider the hypothetical example of a celebrity making an announcement on their myspace profile, I wouldn't be surprised if B-list celebs start doing it, and in that case, should it be considered crystalballism solely because the 'reliable' source was myspace? I think myspace, ect. pages should be considered resources of last resort, only to be used with the strictest of scrutiny and if no other reliable sources exist. Wintermut3 01:17, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Reliable Sources for the guidance.ALR 14:13, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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