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From: Greg Vaut <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Re: Questionable Source Cites; Internet
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 17:12:11 -0400
References: <180.b6c92a0.2a7dbd87@aol.com> <02b301c23b49$8bcb40c0$557f0050@caroline>


Those of you who insist on posting data on the Internet without source citations - would you similarly insist on omitting the sources if you published it
in hard copy?

Greg

Caroline Gurney wrote:

> Mark wrote:
>
> > All genealogical information published, whether it be published in a
> > traditional method or on the Internet, requires full source citation.
> This
> > is discussed in full on pages 3-4 of The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual
> > (Washington, D.C.: Board for Certification of Genealogists, 2000).
> >
> > The source citations need to accompany the material they document; a note
> > indicating that the citations are available upon request really isn't good
> > enough.
> >
> > If the reason given for not posting sources along with data on the
> Internet
> > is simply concern that one's work will be copied without proper credit
> being
> > given, then why bother posting it at all?
>
> My own reason for putting limited amounts of data on the Internet is to
> enable other researchers who share my interests to contact me. Many of them
> do & I then send them fully sourced data. I see the process as analogous to
> posting to a bulletin board or mailing list, not publishing a genealogical
> work.
>
> I am afraid that, as a poor uncivilised Brit, I have never heard of the BCG.
> Will they send the heavies round to trash my research files if I do not
> comply with their standards <g>?
>
> Caroline Gurney
> Portsmouth, UK
>
>
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