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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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