On 14/04/06, Sean Barrett <sean(a)epoptic.org> wrote:
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Oskar Sigvardsson stated for the record:
Honestly, the verifiability argument doesn't
fly at all with me. If
you pick information out of an archive, it's most certainly
verifiable, someone else can check it out as well. I realise that that
is a hassle, but that doesn't change the fact that it is verfiable.
I have a specific example: the Wikipedia article on a notable historical
figure, like all other sources I have checked, states that he had two
wives (in series, not parallel). However, an official government-issued
marriage certificate on file in a county clerk's office proves that he
had another wife between those two. What will I be permitted to add to
this person's article?
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"It has generally been accepted that Smith married Joan in 1972, after
Janet died in 1967. However, an archived marriage certificate suggests
an intermediate marriage, to Jane, from 1969 to an unknown date, which
was not known to biographers until recently.[1]"
[1] See /A third wife?/ Barrett, S. 2006.
http://www.epoptic.org/~sean/
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