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finished adding the image just now. Iljhgtn (talk) 19:58, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comedy genre in lead?

I've looked through dozens of articles for documentary films, and all of them just reference the film as a "documentary" and no other genre. Should the lead just reference that its a documentary film instead? Rather than both a comedy and documentary. Not sure on the Wiki's guidelines for this. TheOneTwoGo (talk) 02:07, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia articles generally follow how the most reliable sources describe a subject, per WP:BESTSOURCES. At least two sources, including Variety, call it a mockumentary. Variety also calls it a satire. So far, there does not appear to be a consensus in the sources about which genre to use, so more than one description may be warranted per WP:VOICE. Llll5032 (talk) 03:04, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So X is a source?

Excuse me, I wrote of Matt's response to a critical review and put youtube in the ref for it. I was reverted and when enquired was told Youtube was not reliable. Apparently it cant be used to source something so trivial as Matt responding to a critical review on his own Youtube channel, I guess that isn't an exception to the reliability rule. But Matt's X was linked in the critical review section to quote him on mainstream critics not reviewing it. So what is going on here? I would like to reinsert the link. I think that I was arbitrarily reverted. 2603:9001:300:81A:80AF:3887:B4E7:8512 (talk) 09:15, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, X is not a reliable source, but The Hollywood Reporter, which notes the tweet, is reliable enough. Wikipedia is built mostly on independent reliable sources such as THR and Variety, so following what they choose to note is allowed. Llll5032 (talk) 10:15, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

“The Hollywood Reporter is reliable enough”

How can “reliable enough” be more factual than the writer, producer, and star’s actual spoken words from his own (verified?) YouTube channel? 172.249.207.71 (talk) 19:19, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@172.249.207.71: We try, as much as possible, to use independent sources. That is, we want to use sources that aren't as closely connected to the topic of the article as the stars, the director, the production company, etc. We generally want a layer of fact-checking and/or someone else (reporter, author, etc.) finding the claim notable in between us and the creators. Snowman304|talk 22:29, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The issue I found was my quote from LIII5032’s specific wording of THR being “reliable enough,” but I do agree with you. Thank you for the response. 172.249.207.71 (talk) 22:59, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]