Gregory Maxwell wrote: > An example of the kinds of problems you bump into when depending on > primary sources: > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Swampyank&diff=prev&oldid=312682486 > > > But there should be no problem under policy for pointing out BOTH what > a respectable primary source says along with disagreeing secondary > sources. If any policy says otherwise it should be fixed. > > Is there a _primary_ source for a date of birth beyond a birth certificate or other official registration? Seems to me that dragging "thou shalt not quote primary sources" into arguments is more likely a source of confusion than of clarification. Just because we don't want people doing original research of a tendentious sort from primary sources that need interpretative care and publishing it on Wikipedia, it doesn't mean that we have always to wait for a secondary source to copy across straight data.
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