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::The question is methodolgy.  The cite you gave was dated 1997.  While it may be good, it likewise may be quite the opposite.
 
::The question is methodolgy.  The cite you gave was dated 1997.  While it may be good, it likewise may be quite the opposite.
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::WP does have one good article I would highly recommend, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_method#External_criticism:_authenticity_and_provenance Historical method], beginning with "authenticity and provenance."  As a primary source research historian, its become habit to depend these rigorous standards.  It is very, very easy for lies & disinformation to be perpetuated over time.  Here's a very simple example from yesterday: smoeone put in the [[Jesse Helms]] entry,  
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::WP does have one good article I would highly recommend, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_method#External_criticism:_authenticity_and_provenance Historical method], beginning with "authenticity and provenance."  As a primary source research historian, its become habit to depend on these rigorous standards.  It is very, very easy for lies & disinformation to be perpetuated over time.  Here's a very simple example from yesterday: smoeone put in the [[Jesse Helms]] entry,  
 
:::"According to an article The News and Observer on 8/26/01, while working on the 1950 campaign of Republican Willis Smith against Democrat Frank Porter Graham, Helms helped create an ad that read "White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors mingling of the races."  
 
:::"According to an article The News and Observer on 8/26/01, while working on the 1950 campaign of Republican Willis Smith against Democrat Frank Porter Graham, Helms helped create an ad that read "White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors mingling of the races."  
 
::The source document reads,  
 
::The source document reads,  
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