Talk:Jewish Virtual Library

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This article was nominated for deletion on 28 May 2006. The result of the discussion was Withdrawn.

[edit] Reliable source?

I don't think that JVL conforms to the WP:RS guidelines. Many of their entries cite Wikipedia as a source. This should cast serious doubt about the other entries that list other sources. Cf. [1], [2], [3], [4]. Notmyrealname 20:11, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

• Hi Notmyrealname: It's not uncommon for resources to cite each other especially on the web where there is a lot of overlap of information. JVL has been used as a resource in many Wiki discussions and articles over the years. Anti-Israel advocates don't like it because it is a pro-Israel site. IZAK (talk) 12:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Please don't delete true wiki notices or templates. Do the work of providing WP:RS references, including ones that show why article is notable enough to be on wikipedia. From this article, for all we know it's an antisemitic front group. We can't take anonymous people's word for it that it is what it says it is. Many articles like this have been deleted in the past. Carol Moore 01:19, 26 March 2008 (UTC)Carolmooredc {talk}

The fact that many Wikipedia articles cite this site does not make it any more or less of a reliable source. Any site that uses Wikipedia articles as their primary source (as shown by the examples I listed above) should be viewed with extreme suspicion (in terms of its reliability). There is no indication of any editorial oversight or fact-checking. Notmyrealname (talk) 03:10, 27 March 2008 (UTC)