Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation/Sources#List of sources
Criteria
From WP:VERIFY, the test is:
- Is it an Academic source ? {{GAList/check|n}}/{{GAList/check|y}}
- Does it have third party scrutiny ? {{GAList/check|n}}/{{GAList/check|y}}
- Is it a respected mainstream publication? {{GAList/check|n}}/{{GAList/check|y}} - (We should have other sources who call it as such)
- Is it not one of the following: self-published books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, knols, podcasts, vcasts, patents, patent applications, forum postings, and similar sources.? {{GAList/check|n}}/{{GAList/check|y}}
- Is it a Questionable source ? {{GAList/check|n}}/{{GAList/check|y}} -(We should find other sources which claim as such)
- Is it self published by an expert? {{GAList/check|n}}/{{GAList/check|y}} -(Authors should be acknowledged experts in their fields)
See also WP:SLR#Classes of sources.
List of sources
This list is the result of discussions, usually on this page's talk page. To add a new source, please proceed per the #instructions below.
Explanation of columns:
;Name: Usually the title of an article, or a name that would be a suitable title. Redlinks here don't necessarily mean that an article should be created, it only indicates that we don't have one.
;URL: Web address of the source.
;Class: One of the following:
RS: Reliable source
QS: Qualified source: A source that may be reliable in certain contexts, but always needs to be used with a qualification (also called “attribution”) such as “pro-rebel”, “state owned” or the name itself.
UnRS: Unreliable source
UnClassS: Unclassified source (that is, we haven't discussed it enough to reach a conclusion.)
;Attribution: displays how we recommend the source should be qualified in the text. For instance, the entry for Tamilnet is "pro-rebel", which means that text from them should be attributed like "according to the pro-rebel Tamilnet". "None" means that a source can be used without the "according ..." part, like most sources in Wikipedia. "Name only", as for Peace Secretariat of the LTTE means that a source should be referred to by its name in the text, as in "according to the Peace Secretariat of the LTTE".
;Remark / reason for classification: usually contains a link to the discussion
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| Name
! URL ! Class ! Attribution (“according to ...”) ! Remark / reason for classification |
|---|
| Amnesty International
| [http://www.amnesty.org amnesty.org] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| Asian Times
| [http://www.atimes.org atimes.org] | UnclasS | | |
| Asian Tribune
| [http://www.asiantribune.com asiantribune.com] | bgcolor=yellow | QS | bgcolor=yellow | anti-rebel | Should not be used to establish notability [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Sri_Lanka_Reconciliation/archive#Asian_Tribune] |
| BBC
| [http://www.bbc.co.uk bbc.co.uk] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| Cyberspace Graveyard
| [http://www.disappearances.org disappearances.org] | UnclasS | | |
| Crimesofwar
| [http://www.crimesofwar.org/index.html] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| Human Rights Internet
| [http://www.hri.ca hri.ca] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| Human Rights Watch
| [http://www.hrw.org hrw.org] | UnclasS | | |
| InfoLanka
| [http://www.infolanka.com infolanka.com] | UnclasS | | |
| Lankadissent
| [http://www.lankadissent.com lankadissent.com] | bgcolor=yellow | QS | bgcolor=yellow | Anti-government |
| Mackenzie Institute
| [http://www.mackenzieinstitute.com mackenzieinstitute.com] | bgcolor=yellow | QS | bgcolor=yellow | anti-rebel |
| Ilankai Tamil Sangam
| [http://www.sangam.org/ sangam.org] | bgcolor=yellow | QS | bgcolor=yellow | (Depends on original source) | This website is basically an archive. In addition to SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT, archived information should correctly attribute the original author or organization. archived vote |
| South Asia Terrorism Portal
| [http://www.satp.org satp.org] | bgcolor=yellow | QS | bgcolor=yellow | anti-rebel |
| Scoop
| [http://www.scoop.co.nz scoop.co.nz] | UnclasS | | |
| Sinhala place names ...
| [http://www.geocities.com/place.names/ geocities.com/place.names] | bgcolor=Red | UnRS | bgcolor=Red | none |
| Sri Lanka Monitor
| [http://brcslproject.gn.apc.org/ brcslproject.gn.apc.org] | UnclasS | | |
| Tamilcanadian
| [http://www.tamilcanadian.com tamilcanadian.com] | UnclasS | | |
| TamilEelam News Service (TNS)
| [http://www.tamileelamnews.com tamileelamnews.com] | UnclasS | |
| Tamilnet
| [http://www.Tamilnet.com tamilnet.com] | bgcolor=yellow | QS | bgcolor=yellow | pro-rebel | Tamilnet#Criticism and Counter-Criticism, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Sri_Lanka_Reconciliation/archive#TamilNet]; reasons for attribution: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6430907.stm BBC], [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10398943 Reuters] |
| Tamilnet.tv
| [http://www.tamilnet.tv tamilnet.tv] | bgcolor=Red | UnRS | bgcolor=Red | none | parody. discussion |
| Tamil Nation
| [http://www.tamilnation.org/ tamilnation.org] | UnclasS | |
| US Dep't of State
| [http://www.state.gov state.gov] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| UTHR
| [http://www.uthr.org uthr.org] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| Daily News (Sri Lanka)
| [http://www.dailynews.lk dailynews.lk] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | state owned | Attribution only necessary when information conflicts with other sources. archived vote |
| Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
| [http://www.dailymirror.lk dailymirror.lk ] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| The Island (Sri Lankan Newspaper)
| [http://www.island.lk/ island.lk] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence
| [http://www.defence.lk defence.lk] | bgcolor=yellow | QS | bgcolor=yellow | name only (when uncontroversial: none) |
| Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP)
| [http://www.peaceinsrilanka.org peaceinsrilanka.org] | bgcolor=yellow | QS | bgcolor=yellow | the Sri Lankan Government's Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process |
| LankaNews.lk
| [http://www.lankanews.lk/ lankanews.lk] | bgcolor=Red | UnRS | bgcolor=Red | none |
| Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
| [http://www.sundaytimes.lk/ sundaytimes.lk] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| Tamil Guardian
| [http://www.tamilguardian.com/ tamilguardian.com] | bgcolor=Red | UnRS | bgcolor=Red | none |
| lankaweb
| [http://www.lankaweb.lk lankaweb.lk] | bgcolor=Red | UnRS | bgcolor=Red | none | currently not accessible |
| Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
| [http://www.ohchr.org/ ohchr.org] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| Society for Peace, Unity and human Rights in Sri Lanka
| [http://www.spur.asn.au/ spur.asn.au] | Unclass | |
| Peace Secretariat of the LTTE
| [http://www.ltteps.org/ ltteps.org] | bgcolor=yellow | QS | bgcolor=yellow | name only |
| Sinhalaya News Agency
| [http://www.sinhalaya.com sinhalaya.com] | bgcolor=Red | UnRS | bgcolor=Red | none |
| Tamil Times
| [https://noolaham.org/wiki/index.php/வலைவாசல்:Tamil_Times?uselang=en (via noolaham.org)] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| Asian Human Rights Commission
| [http://www.humanrights.asia/ humanrights.asia] | bgcolor=#80ff00 | RS | bgcolor=#80ff00 | none |
| NESOHR
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20120308041615/http://www.nesohr.org/ (archive)] | bgcolor=yellow | QS | bgcolor=yellow | pro-rebel |
Instructions
To add a new source to the table here, proceed as follows:
- Start a new topic about that source on the talk page (Usually, we simply enter the official name as a title for the section, linking it to our pertinent article).
- Copy the following text to the end of the table at List of sources, and replace the green cursive placeholders as appropriate:
- :
|- - :
| Official Name - :
| [ http://www. name.org name.org ] - :
| Classification such as UnclasS - :
| attribution such as state owned - :
| Discussion - When the discussion reached a conclusion (that is, a decision whether it is RS, QS, or unreliable, and how to attribute it, if it is a QS), then resolve as follows:
- Resolve discussion by adding
{{resolved|~~~~~}} under the section headline. - Write results of discussion in table.
- After at least 7 days, archive as follows:
- Move discussion to archive as usual.
- Update link in the table to point to archived discussion.
History of this page
This page was created by Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation in 2009. Before that, discussion used to take place on other pages, most commonly WT:SLR. In 2015, the page got decommissioned, along with the rest of SLR, but in 2023 it got revived.