Good replies.
Usually in practice that generates one of two responses:
*Either the editor requests an interlibrary loan (or finds someone willing
and able).
*Or else the editor evades the suggestion and continues disputing on other
points.
In practice, it's an effective way to distinguish who's serious about the
project and who isn't. I suggested interlibrary loan at a talk page the
other day and go an uncooperative response.
Lo and behold, there had previously been a conduct RFC and a positive
checkuser result for disruption at that article. A new checkuser came in
positive also. Today someone got blocked for a month.
-Durova
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
2009/3/4 geni <geniice(a)gmail.com>om>:
2009/3/4 Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>om>:
2009/3/4 geni <geniice(a)gmail.com>om>:
Doesn't work so well these days. Enough
libraries have been closed and
stock sold off that you don't have to get that obscure before you have
to turn to the rather expensive out of county loan system. For example
my county does not have a copy of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_This_Thing_Called_Science%3F
Can we not assume the whole world is situated in the middle of North
America, please?
I'm kinda British.
Most of the English speaking first world is in a reasonable shape with
regard to libraries. Outside that I'm not sure.
Oh, sorry, where you referring to British counties (I'm not sure what
the public library system is in Britain for this kind of thing - I'm a
student so have access to university libraries and inter-library loans
through that which aren't expensive at all - maybe even free)? I
generally assume if someone doesn't say what country they're talking
about then they mean the USA - it's usually a pretty safe assumption.
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