Roovet Articles:Reliable sources

Roovet Articles uses its own editorial standards and the broad, claim-based sourcing model in Project:Quality policy. A source does not have to meet Wikipedia’s inclusion or sourcing rules to be useful here.

Match the source to the claim

Evaluate who created a source, what it directly demonstrates, its expertise and editorial context, and whether the article accurately represents it. Independent reporting, official records, institutional publications, creator-controlled websites, publisher catalogs, interviews, public databases, specialist and community resources, social profiles and archival material can all provide evidence appropriate to particular claims.

Publisher and retailer catalogs can establish book titles, authorship, editions, formats and publication details. Distinguish different editions when their dates or page counts differ.
Creator statements and the creative works themselves can document fictional characters, plots, chronology and intended relationships. Identify fictional material clearly.
First-person biographical updates may support routine information such as a subject’s current studies when the statement is attributed, dated and recorded. Distinguish enrollment from a completed qualification.
Company publications and press releases can document an organization’s announcements. Attribute them to their publisher; distribution through another website does not make them independent reporting.
Community resources and user-generated material should be assessed in context, with uncertainty and authorship made clear where relevant.

Attribution and verification

Place citations near the claims they support. Cite the actual source inspected and preserve a usable title, date, URL or other source locator. If a statement was supplied directly to editors and is not publicly available, say so rather than inventing a public citation. Disclose relevant first-party relationships and conflicts of interest.

A source’s eligibility does not mean every claim it makes is established fact. Disputed, sensitive, medical, legal, financial and reputational claims need evidence appropriate to their consequences. Do not present publicity, opinion or an allegation as independently verified fact. Copies of one announcement are not multiple independent confirmations.

Connected data

Roovet Data can hold the stable identity, identifiers and relationships associated with an article. Connect the article to the correct record, cite the underlying evidence for factual statements, and retain qualifiers such as dates, edition, current enrollment or fictional context. Linking two Roovet pages does not create independent corroboration.