A source is merely where you learned about something--it CAN be a person telling you a "fact" from personal knowledge. However, you are correct that the accuracy and dependability of "sources" can vary--and someone telling you something they wouldn't have any reason to know from their own observation...may well be a "source" you'd want to verify by looking for documentation. Sources do not necessarily equal documentation/proof. Joan In a message dated 4/4/2009 9:10:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I am not trying to argue with you. It is just that if someone "told" you something, it doesn't make it accurate. I like to have sources with info like this. Sources meaning documents, not the people who told you the story.
And vice-versa! Larry B. "Remember that on any world the wind eventually wears away the stone, because the stone can only crumble; the wind can change." - Spock — A.C. Crispin, Time for Yesterday > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:14:48 -0400 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] PALANCAS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 52 > > A source is merely where you learned about something--it CAN be a person > telling you a "fact" from personal knowledge. However, you are correct that the > accuracy and dependability of "sources" can vary--and someone telling you > something they wouldn't have any reason to know from their own observation...may > well be a "source" you'd want to verify by looking for documentation. > Sources do not necessarily equal documentation/proof. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 4/4/2009 9:10:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I am not trying to argue with you. It is just that if someone "told" you > something, it doesn't make it accurate. I like to have sources with info > like this. Sources meaning documents, not the people who told you the > story. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Updates1_042009
Joan is correct. A "source" is where I obtained information. "Documentation" is what I have to back it up for proof. Anne