On 2/6/13, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net> wrote:
Nevertheless something that is never mentioned in a
nonfiction book or
journal article over 250 years could be said to have dropped from the
canon of knowledge and could then be archived.
Maybe, but I don't think you can generalise. You have to inspect each
individual case. It *is* important that contemporary coverage exists
as a check and balance to past coverage, but past coverage can provide
historical context in other articles, even if it ultimately is
insufficient to support a stand-alone article.
Carcharoth