User talk:Bob Walser

July 26, 2011 1:35 p.m. CDT Hi Bob, I just wanted you to know that your very helpful additions to the Minnesota section of the ALEC Politicians page have temporarily been moved to the Talk page of that article, which you can access by clicking on the "discussion" tab above the article. It seems to me that the link to US Uncut may be the citation for most or all additions to the list, but the source for US Uncut's list seems to be a visual sighting. For SourceWatch referencing purposes, we need a primary source (such as an ALEC document, the results of an open records request, or a blue book reference) or a news article. Especially for the purposes of something as sensitive as this, a citation to a blog should only be used in accompaniment to a citation to the primary or news article source that the blogger uses, both formatted as footnotes like the rest of the references in this article. This is important because journalists and researchers use information on SourceWatch as the basis for their work. Please email me (rebekah AT prwatch DOT org) or Anne (anne AT sourcewatch DOT org) with any questions about this formatting. Thank you!

Rebekah Wilce, CMD Researcher

July 26, 2011 10:22 a.m. MDT Hi Bob, Thank you for your contributions to the ALEC Politicians page. I want to caution you that all information added must be referenced to an authoritative source, or we'll have to place a tag next to it warning that the information lacks a credible reference. If no reference is ultimately supplied, we'll eventually have to delete the information. We want to make sure all information entered is "air-tight," since lots of journalists and members of the media rely on our site for information.

Thanks, Anne Landman, CMD Editor