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Isn't "criticising" wrong spelling for "criticizing"? In the top 2nd paragraph? Also there's many more like that with an "s" instead of "z"? Why's that.. 209.212.196.5 (talk) 14:10, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A user added the Better source needed template to the ending of the second paragraph of the Education section where it now says "He graduated from the Al-Azhar University in 1966.[11][better source needed]". On the template, the user set the reason as "minivan news is a single editor publication, not WP:RS" which is false and thus Minivan News should be able to meet WP:RS. Unilandofma(Talk to me!)17:21, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For one, if it is not a single editor publication then it should be easy for you to show that. The one advocating to use a source should show evidence of its reliability. Second, being a multieditor publication does not automatically grant WP:RSCzarking0 (talk) 15:22, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Czarking0 You mentioned in this that Minivan News is not a reliable source. I wonder why? Because Maldives Independent, previously known as Minivan news is one of the largest newses in the Maldives since 2004, and is a reliable source. The reason why the website "https://minivannewsarchive.com" is because the news was suspended and the original version of it was taken down, so they made a archive website, but still its reliable. Royaltymv (🗨️) 18:23, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The bluetext indicates it was founded by a political party. That bolsters my belief that it is not RS. Can you explain why you think minivan news is RS? Being large does not make you RS WP:FOXNEWSCzarking0 (talk) 19:34, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok nice that gives me some confidence that Maldives Independent as relaunched in 2025 is RS. I am not sure that applies to minivan news in 2012 but I think that we can say minivan news is RS in this case. FYI I still think this one is not RS. Czarking0 (talk) 06:43, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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