Thanks for the responses. I think I'll stand my ground a bit, and make a trip down to the local library to see if there even are suitable "modern" references covering that era and could be used instead.
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Joe Mabel <[email protected]> wrote: > Given HistoryLink's association with Paul Dorpat, the late Walt Crowley, > Peter Bagge, and others, I would think it is clearly "high quality". And > things like the name of the first mayor ought to be entirely > uncontroversial; it's almost unimaginable that a reasonably contemporaneous > book would get it wrong. > > JM > > > On 5/11/2017 8:16 AM, SounderBruce wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've been working on the FAC for Arlington, Washington >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_ >> candidates/Arlington,_Washington/archive1> >> for a few days now, and hit a bit of a roadblock in its source review. >> >> Specifically, the "high quality" sources clause from the FA criteria. I'm >> struggling to justify the use of HistoryLink as a "high quality" source, >> as >> well as early 20th century books that are used to cite specific details of >> the city's history (the name and occupation of its first mayor, the >> founder >> of Haller City, etc.). >> >> This is my first real attempt at a FAC, so I'm a bit nervous about how to >> proceed. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > -- *Bruce Englehardt / SounderBruce* [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
