On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:01 PM, WJhonson(a)aol.com wrote:
As expert editors, we are allowed to summarize our
sources.
A summary is a description of the source.
A summary *of the source* is not a criticism of the source, nor an
interpretation of the source vis-a-vis some other source such as
"Here he makes an
obvious allusion to the Iliad although in a post-modern Kakaesque
melange...."
Your opinion of what the source is saying is a summary, your opinion
of
*why* the source is saying what it's saying is not a summary of
that source.
It's an evaluation of the source.
Yes. I agree. (Though I quibble with your use of interpretation)
But current policy explicitly forbids even summary of sources that
require expert knowledge to understand.
-Phil