"*what Wikipedia actually requires: not primary sources like birth
certificates, but secondary ones
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2NVH21MEe0> – publicly available sources
in which her birthdate is mentioned.*" -> This is not exactly true. That
would be the kind of document that could be required by someone in OTRS in
order to certify her birth date. And birth certificates are issued by
official third party, reliable sources, so I don't see how can they be
considered a "primary source". Unless you are talking about primary sources
in History, but in that case those would often be the best possible sources
one can use in a Wikipedia article.
Best,
Paulo
Alexandre Hocquet <alexandre.hocquet(a)univ-lorraine.fr> escreveu no dia
sexta, 15/02/2019 à(s) 18:08:
Dear Education listers,
As a historian of science in higher education, I have been developping a
course focusing on Wikipedia in recent years, and some may have heard of
the WikiMOOC I presented at Wikimania MOntreal (though I only played a
modest role in the WikiMOOC saga)
My course is pedagocally relying on anecdotes that say much about
Wikipedia principles, Wikipedia comunity and how Wikipedia is regarded.
I am today very happy that my first anecdote in English has been
published. It's about OLivia Colman's birthdate and how the press likes
to ridicule Wikipedia, yet fact checking is actually done by Wikipedians
instead of journalists, so I can't resist to self promote it here:
https://theconversation.com/no-wikipedia-didnt-get-actress-olivia-colmans-b…
Comments welcome
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Université de Lorraine & Archives Henri Poincaré
Alexandre.Hocquet(a)univ-lorraine.fr
http://poincare.univ-lorraine.fr/fr/membre-titulaire/alexandre-hocquet
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