Talk:Cat predation on wildlife: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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:::::::* Due to the paucity of global-scope review articles on the subject, can literature reviews that are subsections of an article and fulfil the condition above be used?

:::::::The proposal to potentially include "one or two sourced sentences" is not disagreeable in principle, but feels a bit rigid. I would say the relevance of any sentence expressing an opposing view will depend on what claims are made in the article, but that is a matter to discuss later. [[User:VampaVampa|VampaVampa]] ([[User talk:VampaVampa|talk]]) 00:02, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

::::::::To your first bullet: I think you're misunderstanding what it's saying. The policy is saying that the academic consensus may be phrased as a statement of fact, in wikivoice, and that identifying minority viewpoints must be done by identifying those who hold them, not as statements of fact or with weasel words such as "some scholars". It does not prescribe how review articles are conducted.

::::::::To the second bullet point, to make sure I understand, you're asking if the literature review sections of a research article can substitute for a review article. My knee-jerk reaction is "no". An author can, through unconscious bias or deliberate action, cherry pick sources to support their view. This is not sufficient to demonstrate significant dissent from the mainstream view.

::::::::I am hearing that 3 review articles may be too high a burden. Iamnotabunny above posted at least one review article which came to a conclusion on cat impact on wildlife populations, so at least one review article exists. I propose that we change the metric to "10% of review articles that voice a conclusion on cat impact on wildlife populations". So now you're only looking for one review article. I hope Geogene would agree that if 10% of review articles identify a particular viewpoint, it is minority but not fringe.

::::::::As for the sentence(s) to include, I agree that we can workshop what to put in once we've demonstrated the view is a matter of [[WP:DUE]] weight. [[User:EducatedRedneck|EducatedRedneck]] ([[User talk:EducatedRedneck|talk]]) 12:20, 19 June 2024 (UTC)