Re: Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard
Charles Matthews <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:38:09 +0100
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On 23 September 2013 16:35, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-removing-a-shadow-from-the-life-of-justice-tom-clark/ > > A. B said A. C wrote that B said A. These are all different, and we should bear that in mind. My favourite example is Queen Elizabeth's famous speech at Tilbury. We have a decent article on that. There are actually two sources for it, and they aren't compatible. The more probable one is hearsay, from a guy who used to do the speech she made as a kind of party piece. Most raconteurs embroider. Charles _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l