rs moved from user talk lexein doesn't belong on my talk page in the context of the claes oldenburg coosje van bruggen articles who or what is rs as an editor you already know that rs is wikipedia editor shorthand for independent reliable source as in wp rs every statement made in a wikipedia article unless it is an obvious one like the sky is blue should be wp v verifiable policy meaning supported by independent wp reliable sources strong guideline the more extraordinary the claim the more reliable should be the sources see also wp vrs for a capsule summary in other words wikipedia is not the authority which is speaking the sources are we paraphrase quote and cite them what you wrote has not been explicitly discussed in the media yet nd point we don't write about wikipedia or internal matters unless independent reliable sources have done so to do so again sets up wp or an editor as an authority rd point see wp burden which spells out that it is the duty of the adding editor to cite reliable sources supporting the claim if none exist the claim must not be added to a wikipedia article