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The paragraph on "A General History of the Pyrates" in the section "Modern View" seems to contradict the article on the General History. I would therefore request to change the following section:
''A General Historie'', though, is generally considered to be a reliable source.<ref name="Konstamp4">{{Harvnb|Konstam|2007|p=4}}</ref><ref name="Konstampp12">{{Harvnb|Konstam|2007|pp=1–2}}</ref> Johnson may have been an assumed alias. As Johnson's accounts have been corroborated in personal and official dispatches, Lee (1974) considers that whoever he was, he had some access to official correspondence.<ref name="Leepp89">{{Harvnb|Lee|1974|pp=8–9}}</ref> Konstam speculates further, suggesting that Johnson may have been the English playwright [[Charles Johnson (writer)|Charles Johnson]], the British publisher [[Charles Rivington]], or the writer [[Daniel Defoe]].<ref name="Konstampp12"/> In his 1951 work ''The Great Days of Piracy'', author George Woodbury wrote that Johnson is "obviously a pseudonym", continuing "one cannot help suspecting that he may have been a pirate himself."<ref>{{Harvnb|Woodbury|1951|p=198}}</ref>
to simply
While some authors still consider ''A General Historie'' to be a reliable source.<ref name="Konstamp4">{{Harvnb|Konstam|2007|p=4}}</ref><ref name="Konstampp12">{{Harvnb|Konstam|2007|pp=1–2}}</ref>, it is not considered a reliable historical source by many modern scholars and academics of pirate history, essentially being [[fan fiction]]<ref name="G&G: The book..">{{cite web |title=The book that has ruined pirate history forever |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JEtZ2pTPHA |website=youtube.com |date=11 October 2024 |publisher=Gold and Gunpowder |access-date=2024-12-12}}</ref> <ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=European Piracy in the Indian Ocean |last=McDonald |first=Kevin |year=2022 |url=https://oxfordre.com/asianhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.001.0001/acrefore-9780190277727-e-679 |encyclopedia=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>
More generally, the fact that the frequently cited (Konstam 2007) considers the "General History" a reliable source, contradicting all sources in A General History of the Pyrates suggests to me that many of the biographical details of the article might need better sources up to date with academic consensus. Nebtu (talk) 22:05, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done: YouTube videos aren't considered reliable sources, so we can't use that Gold and Gunpowder video as a source. Day Creature (talk) 23:16, 2 June 2026 (UTC)