> on 4/16/07 8:15 AM, MacGyverMagic/Mgm at
macgyvermagic(a)gmail.com wrote:
>
>> It's not a good idea to use another language Wikipedia as your source. That
>> would make spreading misinformation far too easy.
>> Instead you should find where they got it from and cite that as a source
>> (even if it's in German). If the article is translated from the German
>> Wikipedia, it's a good idea to mention that in the references section,
>> though.
>>
Marc Riddell wrote:
Thanks, That
approach feels better to me too. Right now I'm Googling it to
death to see what I can find.
Marc
on 4/16/07 8:37 AM, Florence Devouard at Anthere9(a)yahoo.com wrote:
The funny thing is that the bigger languages wikipedia
are frequently
used as source for smaller languages wikipedia, with full translation of
article :-)
ant
Exactly :-) And, I was just about to post that I have found an independent,
non-WP source for the information. I'm going to use this in the Article
instead.
Thanks all,
Marc