New subject: Libraries Digest, Vol 114, Issue 3

8 Dec 2021

Emily,

Pardon my poor threading. I'm on mobile.

The language sources policy is here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NONENG

Jake

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    1. Question: using Russian sources on English Wikipedia (Jack, Emily)
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 Hi all,

 This isn’t strictly a libraries question, but I’m sending to this group
 because I appreciate the brain trust here. If there’s somewhere more
 appropriate to post this question, please let me know.

 A chemistry librarian I know sent this question:

 “I am trying to help a professor who has written a biography of a fellow
 chemist whose original work was in Russian, starting in the 50’s. My profs
 article has been rejected as not being supported by reliable sources. The
 journals are reliable sources but they just aren’t in English, apparently a
 major sticking point. Some may not be available electronically either.
 Obviously we are looking at the articles and do have access to most in
 translation and most electronic. Reality remains, as we all know, that some
 are just not going to be translated nor available easily online. Is this
 the norm for Wikipedia? One journal they considered non-reliable was
 Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. Not exactly an unknown, unreliable source. We
 can deal with this one but has left me wondering about the rules, who
 decides what is reliable, etc. Would appreciate any insight and guidance I
 can get.”

 Anyone have insights? I would be grateful!

 Emily
 she/her

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