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Creating references for media we wouldn't host?

So, I'm struggling a little bit with whether it makes sense to make a Template:Citation equivalent here for publications that wouldn't make sense for us to actually host. As an example, I was digging around to try to figure out if all the Summer CES events in Chicago were held at McCormick Place. This often isn't specified in gaming-specific writeups, but by reading a book on business meetings (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Successful_Meetings/wRMtAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=consumer+electronics+show+chicago&dq=consumer+electronics+show+chicago&printsec=frontcover) let me at least confirm that was the case in 1994. We could cite the Google Books URL, but I feel like that puts us at the mercy of Google Books continuing to be a thing. - Scarred Sun (talk) 16:59, 24 December 2020 (EST)

I guess the end goal would be to have a proper scan of every (relevant) CES guidebook - supposedly video games were a third or half of the exhibits by 1994, so that would be well within scope

Google Books is a risk but it's a better start than nothing. I reckon you'd probably find an address in one of the Japanese gaming mags - they seem to be better with detail than in the West -Black Squirrel (talk) 17:13, 24 December 2020 (EST)