I agree. The purpose of a citation/reference is to allow the reader to refer to the source material if they wish. How you get there is less important. The only difference between two different styles is that one may take you to the source more directly. But the aim, the objective, is the end point - not the journey.
It seems to me that a lot of people like to play at being 'researchers' and love the procedures and forget the objective. The rule is that there are no rules. The only criteria is 'would the reader be able to find the source from the information I have given' If you are quoting a source and have not seen/accessed it yourself you yourself are taking the information you quote on trust, so have not researched it, but rather reported it. The beauty of Legacy is that its use can be so flexible. On 14/06/2010 22:30, Hugh Busey wrote: > Scott, Rich, et al, > > IMHO you may be making more out of this than it warrants. > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
