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User script to detect unreliable sources

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Quiet Riot's debut album

Hi. Can anyone help with this requested move in regards to the album's release year? Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 16:51, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Misogyny" in lead of heavy metal music

Hello, there is a discussion taking place that will concern this WikiProject regarding whether heavy metal should be described as misogynistic in the opening paragraph of heavy metal music. The discussion can be found here. — Czello 08:20, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

To be more specific, the actual wording is "accusations of misogyny". Thanks. Sergecross73 msg me 17:06, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

FAR for Slayer

I have nominated Slayer for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 15:25, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Stevie Benton for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Stevie Benton is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stevie Benton until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Jax 0677 (talk) 22:32, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Green Lung

There are a lot of newer UK bands who I think would be considered notable, but do not have pages. I have come here to rectify this. However, this website seems very complicated and I think it will take me a while to understand what goes where. I have begun with this draft article: Draft:Green Lung. Your feedback would be very much appreciated, before I submit it for review. I have done my best, but I am sure there are many, many things wrong with it.

The "help with editing" guidance suggested that this was the right place to ask for help. If I got it wrong, please let me know where I should go instead.

CasualInterestInManyThings (talk) 21:25, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@CasualInterestInManyThings: Hi, it looks quite good with some decent reliable sources coverage such as The Guardian and Kerrang but some of the sources used are regarded as unreliable so need to be removed and replaced if necessary. There is detailed guidance at Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Sources, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 21:00, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Atlantic306: Thank you for this. It's very useful for both that particular article and, I think, how the site works in general. It presents a bit of a dilemma, though - if there is an alternative band which has recently picked up enough coverage in publications favoured by Wikipedia to be considered notable, it seems to me that the band's early history ought to be included for the article to be informative. However, it's quite likely that the early history of still-relatively obscure metal (say) bands sometimes isn't going to be covered in the right sort of publications even if the information is out there and easily available, so there wouldn't be a reliable source for it. Does that mean it just can't be included?

Green Lung, I should say, are one of the relatively more covered bands among those for whom I was looking to write articles. On this basis, Cage Fight and Pupil Slicer may well have to wait. Hopefully Saor and Party Cannon should still manage...

Thanks again for your help.

CasualInterestInManyThings (talk) 21:10, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@CasualInterestInManyThings: Glad to help, it is best to rely on reliable sources but that list is for music-specific sources. Most national and local newspapers are acceptable (not the Daily Mail or The Sun) as are book sources from an established publisher (not self-published) and well-known general magazines, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 19:14, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation of links to Electronic metal

Can you help to disambiguation the links to the disambiguation page Electronic metal? They are shown in this list but I am not expert enough in the different genres to get this right.— Rod ^talk 17:02, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ben Green in Godflesh

Need your thoughts on what the article for G. C. Green the bassist and co-founder of Godflesh should be titled. Please discuss at Talk:G. C. Green. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 19:50, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]