[WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR (contd) (Ray Saintonge)

[jayjg]

On 12/22/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:52:45 -0500, "Daniel P. B. Smith"
> <wikipedia2006 at dpbsmith.com> wrote:
>
> > Or even "the book was not found
> >in an online search of the Cornell University Library Catalog." If
> >the citation gives the details of the search, that gives the
> >opportunity for someone else to check and point out that the search
> >succeeds if you spell the title differently. Not at all impossible.
>
> Another issue: a particular promoter of a particular POV cites a book
> in support of his argument.  It is not a widely-circulated book.
> Others are unable to find the book, or, having found the book, unable
> to find the specific text supposedly quoted.  At some point we have to
> apply the "yeah, right" rule and remove it.

If the book hasn't been published or circulated widely enough, at some
point it falls into the non-notable/vanity publication/extreme
minority opinion category.

Jay.