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Never use [[Wikipedia:Identifying and using self-published works|self-published sources]]—including but not limited to books, [[zine]]s, websites, blogs, and social network posts—as sources of material about a living person, unless written or published {{strong|by the subject of the article}}. "Self-published blogs" in this context refers to personal and group blogs. It does not refer to a reputable organisation publishing material about who it employs or to whom and why it grants awards, for example. Some news organizations host online columns that they call blogs, and these may be acceptable as sources so long as the writers are professionals and the blog is subject to the newspaper's full editorial control. Posts left by readers are never acceptable as sources. See {{section link||Images}} below for our policy on self-published images.

====Using the subject as a self-published source====