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Here is its page on the ''Game of Thrones'' series. You will notice that contributing content to GEOS is not like contributing content to Misplaced Pages or IMDB. ] (]) 23:15, 26 June 2014 (UTC) Here is its page on the ''Game of Thrones'' series. You will notice that contributing content to GEOS is not like contributing content to Misplaced Pages or IMDB. ] (]) 23:15, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
:]…is that your argument here? Because if you look at the lower left corner of the website, it identifies itself as "GEOS is fan-owned, and fan-run". It is by definition unusable as a source. Sorry; I was excited by the usefulness presented by the infograph. - ] (]) 01:46, 27 June 2014 (UTC) :]…is that your argument here? Because if you look at the lower left corner of the website, it identifies itself as "GEOS is fan-owned, and fan-run". It is by definition unusable as a source. Sorry; I was excited by the usefulness presented by the infograph. - ] (]) 01:46, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

::Just because it's written by volunteers doesn't make it unreliable. The part that random people sign in to add are the survey responses, and that's not what's cited here.
::If unreliability is really the issue, there's always the novel itself. I'll put in the time if I have a reason to think you wouldn't just come up with yet another excuse to hit the delete button, as I have on other articles.
::WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS doesn't seem to apply here, no. That policy is about article deletion and the inclusion of information. I'm talking about the credibility of a source. ] (]) 12:46, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

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Precedent for GEOS as a source

GEOS has a history of use on Misplaced Pages as a source for straight numerical facts and broadcast statistics:

Bad Timing (Farscape episode)

Good Night (The Simpsons short)

Stargate SG-1 (season 1)

And those are just three. While I would put the viewer-contributed opinions housed on GEOS in the same category as, say, comments on an article, the straight facts provided in the GEOS episode descriptions meet Misplaced Pages's criteria.

Here is a link to the FAQ and history of the website. Here is its page on the Game of Thrones series. You will notice that contributing content to GEOS is not like contributing content to Misplaced Pages or IMDB. Darkfrog24 (talk) 23:15, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS…is that your argument here? Because if you look at the lower left corner of the website, it identifies itself as "GEOS is fan-owned, and fan-run". It is by definition unusable as a source. Sorry; I was excited by the usefulness presented by the infograph. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 01:46, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Just because it's written by volunteers doesn't make it unreliable. The part that random people sign in to add are the survey responses, and that's not what's cited here.
If unreliability is really the issue, there's always the novel itself. I'll put in the time if I have a reason to think you wouldn't just come up with yet another excuse to hit the delete button, as I have on other articles.
WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS doesn't seem to apply here, no. That policy is about article deletion and the inclusion of information. I'm talking about the credibility of a source. Darkfrog24 (talk) 12:46, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
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