W1-2) Wikipedia:Reliable sources - Hyojung Park

-Summary
This article explains the source that Wikipedia recognizes is reliable.

 The source has three definitions: The recipe of work itself, The Creator of the work, The Publisher of the work, and can get reliability according to context and age.

 The types of sources include Scholarship, News Organization, Vendor and e-Commerce sources, Biased or open sources.

 The sources that are not recognized as reliable sources include Questionable sources, Sponsored content, Self-publicized sources (online and paper) and user-generated content. 

 As an exception,published and questionable sources as sources on themselves, can be used as source in articles about themselves.


-Interesting Point
It is interesting to accept biased or opinionated sources as reliable sources. 

 I thought biased sources are not fair and can't be accepted as reliable sources. So Wikipedia's policy of allowing biased or opinionated sources to show various perspectives on the subject was refreshing to me. 

 I think most Wikipedia users use Wiki to find information about topics they don't know well. So in this case, they can see various opinions and have their own opinions about that topic.


-Discussion
I wonder if anyone has a different opinion from me about biased and opinionated sources. 
Some may think that the media that delivers information should be neutral.

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