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With what?
In reply to With what? by Jojo-Schmitz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MuseScore : This page was last edited on 11 August 2022, I was wondering if the release of the alpha 4x should be mentioned. And: This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources.
In reply to https://en.wikipedia.org… by Shoichi
Not sure Alphas need mentioning and not sure what they call secondary sources.
In reply to Not sure Alphas need… by Jojo-Schmitz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_s… explains the differences between the three types of sources.
For an article about MuseScore, pages from MuseScore's official website are primary sources. A newspaper article about MuseScore would be an example of a secondary source.
In reply to https://en.wikipedia.org… by RobFog
So hearsay is better than from the horse's mouth?
In reply to So hearsay is better than… by Jojo-Schmitz
I think the idea is that people writing about their own work is tough to distinguish from self-promotion. As mentioned, it helps establish the subject is actually noteworthy enough to deserve an article, but it also helps establish it as more objective. Otherwise Wikipedia would be (more) full of crackpots creating articles about whatever fool idea they just came up with. An objective article should consider what others say about the topic.
So, an article about flat-earth theories shouldn't only use sources created by believers in these theories - it should involve published critique of those theories from others. Similarly, probably politicians shouldn't be allowed to write their own articles, etc.
In reply to So hearsay is better than… by Jojo-Schmitz
Secondary sources are not "hearsay" but I'm sure you are fully aware of that.
In reply to Secondary sources are not … by RobFog
Well, that's basically the definition of hearsay
In reply to https://en.wikipedia.org… by Shoichi
Actually the mentioning of pre-releases apoparently is one reason for that primary resources complaint