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How do I post links to Yale University's official YouTube channel?

I tried to add a reference to the article Colossians, because the statement cited only the bible passages in question and so violated Wikipedia:No original research. The reference was to a lecture given by a Yale University professor and uploaded to YouTube by the university's official YouTube channel. I received repeated messages telling me that I couldn't post links to YouTube, and so I was forced to break the link by removing the dot in "youtube-dot-com". Even then I received a warning telling me I wasn't allowed post links, although I did it anyway. Can someone tell me why I'm not allowed fix the references in an article? Justification by faith alone (talk) 11:56, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

• Were you editing under a previous account or name? I don't see any of the things you just mentioned. You might think about restoring that block of text to the article. I see your concerns but that was a very stable article and some of the material had been discussed. Your best bet is to take your concerns to the article talk page. The comments were actually sourced and placed in the reference section. That is a little odd but not wrong. Just my thoughts.JodyB _talk 12:12, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Part of the problem is that YouTube is not, in general, considered a reliable source, because anyone can make a YouTube video. That's why there are several bots that are programmed to remove links to YouTube, especially when posted by an IP address or new account. Generally, instead of a YouTube video, we'd want a link to a published, peer-reviewed paper, or an editorially-verified book, or something similar. —Darkwind (talk) 22:02, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

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