[WikiEN-l] Archives as sources proposal

Sat Apr 15 06:52:58 UTC 2006

Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:

>Having said that I don't think you should include archival information
>in that specific situation (because of the contradiction thing), you
>could if you wished write something like (now, this is without knowing
>any specifics) "There exists a marriage liscense that suggests that he
>may have been married inbetween these two marriges, however there are
>no research to support this" or something a little bit slicker.
>
So a marriage license (presumably found in a public archive) merely 
"suggests" that this marriage exists. ;-)  
I admit that it is possible to lie on such official documents (I've done 
it myself), but there should be a presumption that most people will 
complete these documents truthfully.

Ec