On Dec 12, 2008, at 12:11 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 12/11/2008 9:00:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > That's all I'm asking in this general discussion, recognition that > there > is a problem.>> > > > -------------------------- > In the articles I've worked on, and I mostly work on biography and a > little > on religion, I've not encountered any problems in applying NOR. > That's why I > keep looking for a good concrete example of what exactly is the > problem.
The problem is this - at least in literary studies, there is not a focus on creating broad overview sources. Sometimes you can compensate. Sometimes you can't. But even when you do compensate, it often involves either using sub-par sources or working in an awkward and artificial manner that bears little to no resemblance to normal scholarly practice in the field. It's a big part of why our fiction articles suck. (Fanboys being the other big part.) -Phil _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
