[WikiEN-l] WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 41, Issue 153

Mark Wagner carnildo at gmail.com
Wed Dec 20 23:09:42 UTC 2006


On 12/19/06, Sarah <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't mean that we should only use sources that are *easily*
> available, because that would be very limiting, but they must be
> reasonably available in the English-speaking world. I can't be precise
> about what I mean by "reasonable," but broadly speaking the man in the
> street should not have to move mountains, or pay a great deal of
> money, to obtain the material if he's determined to find it, and the
> source must be a published, citable one, not something circulated
> within a limited group of people.

Is the December 18, 1857 morning edition of [[The New York Times]] an
acceptable source?  It's rather hard to find a copy of it these days.
How about the [[ISO 9000]] standard?  The International Standards
Organization charges thousands of dollars for access to it.

-- 
Mark
[[User:Carnildo]]



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