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? My understanding is that when a newspaper or magazine says you said something, then the fact-checker verifies that you said it, not that it is true.
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. To overcome this would it be sufficient in your eyes to cite from the Internet Archive or WebCite?
William