Talk:Shaw Mudge

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I am moving the following "note about sources" from the article proper, as it has no place there. The commentary was added by Shepherd110 (talk · contribs), and I invite that user to enter the discussion here.

Special note about sources

Many of the events involving special recognitions or regarding small business activities occurred more than 20 years ago, before Internet documentation became commonplace. From a research point of view, the hard copy or object information is acceptable as documentation, such as for MLA purposes, but from an Internet point of view, it may not be verifiable because it is not available on the Internet. Some information which was once available to search engines a few years ago on the Internet, subsequently has been archived or removed from the Internet, and perhaps documentation may be accessible from the respective organizations by written request, as desired. As to quotations, while interviews or personal recollections are acceptable in research, such as according to MLA standards, they are not necessarily verifiable by Internet search engine. In these cases, perhaps the best one can do for Internet documentation is to try substantiate that the people or events existed.

To be sure, hardcopy sources are perfectly acceptable at Wikipedia, as long as they are publicly available. Documents that have never been published and that are held in private collections are not acceptable sources. In the case of documents held in public collections, the citation should indicate where the document is available. And also please keep in mind that MLA standards apply to primary, original research, whereas such research is not acceptable at Wikipedia. Wikipedia relies on verifiability from already published sources. So personal recollections and interviews are not acceptable sources. (Please see WP:RS for a description of reliable sources that may be used.) WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 17:30, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]