" 

 I edited a page about my uncle Paul Avrich with factual information that he was an embezzler and provided details. This information is all contained in and supported by the Miami-Dade-County Circuit Court (Probate Division) records). I also provided a reference link to the court records and my edit was removed a second time you stated that it wasn't backed by a ""reliable source"". How can court records or documents not be considered a reliable source? Is a reliable source only a previously published work by an author? Please give me some help here as I feel that it is very important for the general public to see not only the positive but also the negative character of this man. William Avrich, nephew of Paul Avrich. My email address is bocabill@comcast.net if you care to write me on this. Otherwise, let me know what I need to do to get this information put back into the Paul Avrich page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by     
 : There are all kinds of problems with what you're trying to do. The main problem is that Wikipedia is not the forum for you to make this point. No, court records are not what we'd call a reliable source. A reliable source is a publication of repute known for its fact-checking and quality. So we do not cover topics based on primary sources that individual users find important—we use what reliable, secondary sources have already deemed important and cite those sources for readers (verifiability, not truth). Unless your above situation has play in such a reliable source, it has no place on Wikipedia. Additionally, we are extra careful about how we handle content on living and recently deceased people—when the content can be construed as defamatory, it requires damn good sourcing. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.  "