2009/4/27 doc <[email protected]>: > David Gerard wrote: >> 2009/4/27 doc <[email protected]>:
>>> Google books is fine, as is google itself. >>> Neither is a substitute for common sense. >>> I'll take the subjectivity of human common sense over the arithmetic of >>> search engines any day. >> Certainly. But when someone seems not to be engaging it, it can be >> useful to wave the actual book (or a scan), not merely say "there's a >> book." > You are missing the point. I should not have to. If we have reasonably > trustworthy information on something that commonsense tells us has some > level of enduring significance, then finding a book should be unnecessary. > Commonsense, where it is more than just one person's view, should be > sufficient. I'm not saying you should have to, I quite agree. I just lack faith in the common sense of 100% of AFD regulars ... - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
