User talk:Minissa

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So what url did you use for this source on Persecution of Bahá'ís ? --Smkolins (talk) 02:13, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

That's what I was asking Wiki's editorial staff for help with. At the time I noticed how old the statistics in Persecution of Baha'is were (late last May), I had fresh statistics in front of me from Anthony Vance, who heads the US Baha'i Office of Public Information/Affairs. I had talked to him a day or two before my post to Wiki to get up to date info for an article I was writing. I know Wiki has been discouraging primary sources, so I was asking what to do with an attribution of this sort where you know you've got accurate info from a primary source but it's so fresh it hasn't had time to make it into a cite-able secondary source yet. Places like HRANA have good info on individual incidents, but I've been trying to find a secondary source that summarizes this concisely and coming up empty. The statistics in the main section of "Current Situation" from Persecution of Baha'is are ancient. I would appreciate some guidance since you commented last time and are obviously conversant with the subject and the editor who reverted my entry is missing in action. (And I do accept responsibility for some of this since it took me till now to notice that when you're logged in, you get message icons. When I do post, it's often in fits and starts like this. My bad, but the situation for the Baha'is in Iran is becoming so grave I hate to see old statistics like this [20 Baha'is in prison, eg] sit languishing.) Thanks for responding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minissa (talk • contribs) 03:58, 8 September 2013‎ (UTC)

The goal is to use well published sources (a kind of wikipedia:reliable sources). If they are online they then are more accessible but however they are officially published it can work (minding that academic sources carry the most weight.) Sources from Baha'is about Baha'is in some situation like this can be noted in ways (like "Baha'i sources say...".) So if the US Office of Public information published something then we can see about using one of these templates. --Smkolins (talk) 19:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback

I have replied to the question which you added to the section Refrence Desk Questions on the Teahouse questions page. I hope that the answers make sense to you. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:28, 8 September 2013 (UTC)