Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David H. Thompson
IMDb has been deemed as |''not reliable by editing guidelines'' even though there has been Wikipedia:Citing IMDb|discussions for inclusion. Important issues raised are potential |copyright violations. On the http://www.imdb.com/conditions Conditions of Use page, in a section entitled "Copyright": That ''{{green|"All content included on this site ... is the property of IMDb or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws."}}'', and if an article is ''only'' sourced with IMBd this certainly raises the concern. Another concern is that when this "crossover sourcing" occurs, an article is essentially unsourced. There are no ''actual'' references to |cite, as IMDb is not considered reliable, then using it essentially as a wrongly sectioned |general reference would be inappropriate. Contentious issues concerning IMDb has led to acceptability as an external link but not as a reliable source at Wikipedia: External links/Perennial websites
— User:Otr500, 11:24, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:IMDBREF||WP:COPYVIO||WP:CITE||WP:GENREF (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)