User talk:Fionnbharr

Security camera mention in Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI

Hello, I saw your most recent edit on Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, noting that there are apparently security cameras now at the site of the event. Do you have a source for this claim? Your addition was unsourced, and given its recency, I thought you may know where the information so it can be added to the article (assuming it as a reliable source). I think it would also be interested in understanding what you see of the relevancy of the statement, other than its irony. Thank you. aismallard (talk) 04:07, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

My source is -- and I know this probably breaks some Wikipedia rule -- direct observation.

I stood on the sidewalk in front of the building in question -- the former FBI building in Media, PA -- and observed security cameras. Fionn 07:38, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but that does not count as a reliable source. As explained in WP:TRUTH, Wikipedia is not a collection of things which are true, they must also be verifiable. If a news article wrote about the security camera, then that could be cited and other readers could verify the article in question says that.

Regarding alternate evidence such as you taking a photograph of the cameras, bear in mind WP:NOR, which explains why "original research" (as it's called) is not permitted on Wikipedia. aismallard (talk) 21:07, 16 October 2022 (UTC)