On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 14:25:01 EST AWNRDC@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/28/2002 7:38:50 AM > Central Standard Time, > darrellm@sprynet.com writes: > >> it is *not* ethical for anyone to quote primary >> sources as if that person had seen them, when >> that person > > Actually, if credit is given to the original > researcher, it is ethical to cite primary > sources in order that anyone using > a compiled history can CHECK > those sources. One merely states that not all > of the cited sources have been > personally verified YET. [snip] Hi: I agree with what you say in the above quoted paragraph. My problem is with the one who cites sources, "as if that person had seen them when that person has not". I will not hesitate to mention a source that is quoted by another person, but I try to make it very clear that is what I did. If I cite a source as if I have seen it myself, then I *have* seen it, *myself*. Darrell darrellm@sprynet.com