[WikiEN-l] Are phone books reliable sources?

[Ray Saintonge]

Anthony DiPierro wrote:

>On 5/31/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
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>
>>And we
>>haven't even mentioned the usefulness of the yellow pages in
>>establishing the existence of a business over a time frame.
>>    
>>
>>>It's even easier to put false information into the yellow pages section.
>>>
>>So?  That doesn't mean that every entry has false information.
>>
>No, it doesn't.  However, it does mean that a phone book isn't a
>*reliable* source.
>
That conclusion is not logical..If you are going to be imposing such 
strict criteria on one kinde of publication you should be applying these 
criteria to them all.  Very few publications would pass your test of 
reliability. 

Ec