On 12/8/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) <alphasigmax(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Good point. One possibility is to source every episode
which *doesn't*
show this happening, which is somewhat burdonsome.
Especially in Star Trek, where you would have to review several
hundred hours of material to verify that something didn't happen.
Another is to say
that it *did* occur twice (and source the episodes); discovery and proof
of other occurences is left as an exercise the reader. The third option
is to find a secondary source which claims this, and (again) let the
reader determine if it's valid or not; after all, we don't present The
Truth, only what is verifiable
This is quite feasible. In the case of Star Trek, there are excellent
episode and continuity guides available for at least the first four
series, etc. Much of the trivia on our articles seems to be derived
ultimately from anecdotes recounted in these guides, but not
attributed.
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Abi