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Re: Don't Cut Unarchived Lists...
Gary Rees
Central Methodist College
Fayette, MO 65248 816-248-3392 x311
On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Pat Gehrke wrote:
> I would like to propose that we all place a self-imposed moratorium on
> cutting evidence from listserves which do not provide public archives.
>
> I think these sources may create large evidence problems, as they are
> unverifiable. If the list is archived, it seems fine, but for those which
> are not, teams have no way of accessing the original document being
> cited.
>
> Thoughts, feelings? I'd much rather see everyone handle this issue
> responsibly on their own rather than see an attempt at institutional
> regulation (which seems the likely consequence of abuse).
>
> I have always been a proponent of electronic research, but am concerned
> about unarchived material. Anyone else have thoughts on this?
>
> Pat Gehrke
> CSU Chico
>
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