On 3/28/07, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
jayjg wrote:
There are two questions that matter here.
- Is Teresa Nielsen Hayden a source worthy of citing in matters
related to publishing? 2) Does Making Light definitely contain material by her?
The answer to both is unquestionably yes. Here endeth the discussion.
Not really. Blogs have no editorial oversight, and their contents are ephemeral - that is, they can change without notice, leaving evidence of that change.
What sort of editorial oversight do you believe is in place for an interview in a normal publication?
The fact checker checks that you said it; the editor decides whether or not the magazine or newspaper will fact a lawsuit if they print it. The latter, in my view, is fairly criticial.
As to the latter, there's no technical barrier for web publishers of any sort, blogs or magazines. The main protection is convention; in both realms it is customary to note changes on the page, and you risk ridicule if you don't do that. But the original text is not sacrosanct.
It's better than nothing, though.
To overcome this would it be sufficient in your eyes to cite from the Internet Archive or WebCite?
The odds of either of them actually catching some change on an individual blog are very, very low.
Jay.