[email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 8/9/2009, [email protected] writes: > >> What if I live in a place where there isn't any library for hours (or >> days even) via whatever transportation I have available? >> >> What if I have a library...but it's under-resourced, under-paid and >> there's no way I can really get books or newsletter to help cite >> wikipedia? >> >> What would I do then? Do I just not verify citations?>> >> > ------------- > Hypothetical. We don't require a system where any editor can verify any > citation. We also don't want a system where a vanishingly small number of > editors can verify *a* citation. We want something in the middle. > > Your library itself does not need the item. That is why God created > Inter-Library Loan. Get jiggy with it. It solves many problems. Provided > you > know the repository, and provided the item circulates at all, you can order > it > to come to you. You don't have to go to it. > > There are fees that go with interlibrary loans. If you only need to look at one sentence of a book to verify a statement, you still need to consider cost-effectiveness before you spend money to send a book across the country.
We would welcome Emily's verifications if she were in a position to make them, but her inability in the circumstances described is a fact of life. She can only verify what is within her means. If a work is rare or unique that should not disqualify it as a reference. Most of these rare works will be in large cities where there will also be a concentration of people available to verify the material. For much of our material the acceptance criterion validly remains verifiable rather than verified. Ec _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
