Cary Bass wrote: > Ray Saintonge wrote: > >> One secondary source that uses 1904 for Jeane Dixon's birth is >> IMDB, but they err in their link to her husband James Dixon. He >> was an acquaintance of Hal Roach, and the Dixons were married in >> 1939, but the linked James Dixon was *born* in 1939. >> > In my experience, IMDB is hugely unreliable as a secondary source, > notably because the material can be edited by you and me (provided you > have an account); and while it is all subject to editorial review, a > good portion of the data is accepted without question.
So they suffer from the same crowd sourcing problems as Wikipedia? ;-) If we are aware of its problems we are warned to proceed with caution. That's not entirely a knockout blow to it as a source. Ec _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
