Wikipedia talk:Three best sources
Not just about deletion
[edit]Roy's essay appears to have been brought about by his participation in AfDs, where he proposed a focus on three good sources to show notability. But this guidance is also useful at AfC where we often deal with refbombed drafts. I propose that this version of the essay should be amended to cover contexts other than just AfD. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 20:57, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
- Do it. It's an essay. Nobody owns it. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:28, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
feedback welcome Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 13:55, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
"Keep it to no more than three"
[edit]Imagine an article is proposed for deletion, or has been declined at AfC has for example 10 sources. Perhaps none or only one indicate notability, but the others are valuable because they enable verifiability. It can't be good advice that they should delete all 10, because the article would then fail WP:V. Therefore, the editor needs a way to indicate which three sources (probably new ones) are the three out of 10+ sources that they consider indicate notabiity. It isn't realistic that they are the only sources in the references section. Options could include listing the best three in the AfD discussion, or listing them on the article/draft's talk page? Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 21:03, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
- feedback welcome Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 13:56, 6 June 2025 (UTC)