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On 9 March 2014 13:29, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Pru is right in that they wouldnt verify facts as such how could verify
> someones recollection, how could you decide that what a person remember
> isnt what they experienced. The value of a oral history in an encyclopedic
> subjects is in the emotional side of event, in being able to provide a
> personal quote to compliment the facts. Remembering that facts recorded in
> written media are only the combination of personal stories made by the
> person reporting who then chooses what to believe before publishing.
>
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> On 9 March 2014 06:05, Pru Mitchell <pru.mitch...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>> Interesting that the question about whether oral history was a valid
>> source came up at yesterday`s Paralympics workshop in Melbourne (great day
>> by the way for anyone who can get to today`s session).
>>
>> If someone publishes an oral history do they usually verify facts before
>> publishing? We thought not.
>> Cheers, Pru
>> Pru Mitchell
>> pru.mitch...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On 8 Mar 2014, at 11:37 pm, Andrew Owens <orderinchao...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> that's a very valid point. I heard something a while ago about an
>> initiative between India and South Africa supported by WMF which was
>> collecting oral information from elders in those places in such a way that
>> it could be used as a verifiable source on Wikipedia on topics not readily
>> covered by regular secondary sources.
>>
>> kindest regards
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>> On 8 March 2014 19:52, Janet Reid <lucych...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8 March 2014 21:54, Craig Franklin <cfrank...@halonetwork.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> For what it's worth, this is something I thought about a lot during my
>>>> time involved with WMAU.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think an Indigenous language Wikipedia is going to be viable in
>>>> the short term.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It would be nice for there to be a way to recognise Aboriginal
>>> perspectives.
>>> Citing is likely to be a challenge.
>>>
>>> Once I showed some community women in Maree the page for Maree
>>> It said her language was extinct. She said it was not.
>>> I posted to the talk page that local people did still speak the language.
>>> But the source was a living person whereas the extinction was citing a
>>> published book.
>>>
>>> Is there a different kind of wiki project which could accommodate that
>>> kind of perspective/source.
>>> Is it possible to make articles which are relevant in their relevant
>>> languages?
>>> Not make a full wikipedia but capture descriptions of communities and
>>> places in the relevant language?
>>>
>>> just a thought
>>>
>>> j
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