Daniel Mayer wrote:
--- "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com wrote:
How can you say that Wikipedia is not a primary source?
Er, a primary source would be the /first/ place a new fact is published (such as a journal). Sorry, but we are not such a place.
That's not the usual meaning of primary source. It generally refers to documents directly related to an event, original manuscripts, archival material, etc. Any written book or article based on these materials by a person who was not directly involved is a secondary source.
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