Re: How to write about things that were once notable?

On 6 February 2013 18:46, Carcharoth <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/6/13, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Nevertheless something that is never mentioned in a nonfiction book or
>> journal article over 250 years could be said to have dropped from the
>> canon of knowledge and could then be archived.

> Maybe, but I don't think you can generalise. You have to inspect each
> individual case. It *is* important that contemporary coverage exists
> as a check and balance to past coverage, but past coverage can provide
> historical context in other articles, even if it ultimately is
> insufficient to support a stand-alone article.


The real problem is that Wikipedia's sourcing rules *mostly* work
*most* of the time - they are not philosophically watertight, and
trying to treat them as if they were leads to silliness and
frustration. So I'm just expressing my frustration. And probably being
silly.


- d.

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