[Foundation-l] Ensuring veracity of articles based on print sources

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:

>On 03/10/06, James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>As Erik pointed out, it is very easy to make a hoax seem legitimate if you
>>cite a phony print source. What's not needed is new rules involving the use
>>of print sources, but to utilise something we had all along: Google.
>>Something we could do is Google the title of the book being referenced, and
>>then see if it exists (beyond being mentioned in wiki mirrors). If it
>>doesn't exist, then we take further action. One thing we could do is for
>>every print source approved in an article, we can note that said print
>>sources have been verified to be true on the talk page (via some sort of
>>yellow talk page box). Comments?
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>I use lotsa references that aren't in Google and probably never will
>be (e.g. for indie rock). There's a whole world between 1923 and 1995
>in that category.
>
Don't despair!  If we wait long enough for them to go into the public 
domain they can be added to Wikisource.

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