Editing Eurovision Wiki:Teahouse (section)

== Copying statements from one article to another ==

When one article says something with sources, can you just copy that together with the sources, without checking them yourself?  ''(The article about [[Jimmie Noone]] says, he inspired Ravel's composition [[Boléro]], or that Ravel the Composer based it on Noone's improvisation.  But [[Boléro]] does not mention it.)'' [[User:Lamadama|Lamadama]] ([[User talk:Lamadama|talk]]) 19:21, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

:Welcome to the Teahouse! I would recommend checking the sources before including them in an article, but you can use other articles to ''find'' sources. [[User:BlueStaticHorse|<span style="color: rgb(2, 28, 196)">Blue</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0)">Static</span><span style="color: brown">Horse</span>]] ([[User talk:BlueStaticHorse|<span style="color: rgb(2, 28, 196)">talk</span>]]) 19:26, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:@[[User:Lamadama|Lamadama]] Well, clearly you can (with attribution, see [[WP:copying within Wikipedia]]) but as you have discovered, that is unwise in many cases. It can be especially bad if you copy from a foreign-language article or one where a chatbot has been used, owing to hallucinated references. Best to be careful! [[User:Michael D. Turnbull|Mike Turnbull]] ([[User talk:Michael D. Turnbull|talk]]) 19:26, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:Hello, @[[User:Lamadama|Lamadama]], and welcome to the Teahouse. 
:No, you should not copy a citation without looking at the source yourself. See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT]]. [[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 11:35, 13 March 2026 (UTC)