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Re: FALSE INFORMATION (was: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92)

From INVALID_SEE_SIG@example.com.invalid (J.D. Baldwin)
Newsgroups alt.obituaries
Subject Re: FALSE INFORMATION (was: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92)
Date 2024-05-18 11:49 +0000
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In the previous article, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> I have objected many many times on Usenet to citing Wikipedia for
> death notices. It is NOT a source for anything. Looking at the page,
> the source was not cited and he's no longer listed as dead.

And now, the alternative view:

As long as you cite the source honestly, go ahead and post whatever
information you feel like posting.  If someone edited Wikipedia to
indicate that Coleman had died -- and it's obvious now that it wasn't
a "hoax" -- then just say that and let the reader weigh the
credibility.  I once posted a death notice that I heard from a friend
who was loosely connected to the family of the celebrity, and a.o.
scooped the world because of it.  Not that that's particularly
important in the scheme of things, but it's less unimportant than a
lot of things that get posted in a lot of forums.

Sometimes the lack of corroboration just means you got there first.
-- 
  _+_ From the catapult of |If anyone objects to any statement I make, I am
_|70|___:)=}- J.D. Baldwin |quite prepared not only to retract it, but also
\      /  baldwin@panix.com|to deny under oath that I ever made it.-T. Lehrer
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Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92 bryan_styble <radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com> - 2024-05-17 15:17 +0000
  Re: Dabney Coleman? Travoltron <Travoltron@fakeemail.com> - 2024-05-17 10:31 -0700
    Re: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92 Travoltron <Travoltron@fakeemail.com> - 2024-05-17 17:01 -0700
      Re: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92 bryan_styble <radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com> - 2024-05-18 01:35 +0000
  FALSE INFORMATION (was: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92) "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2024-05-17 17:54 +0000
    Re: FALSE INFORMATION bryan_styble <radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com> - 2024-05-17 20:32 +0000
      Re: FALSE INFORMATION "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2024-05-17 20:44 +0000
        Re: Confirmed - Dabney Coleman dead at 92 countymayo@yahoo.com (Diner99) - 2024-05-17 22:13 +0000
        Confirmed - Dabney Coleman dead at 92 countymayo@yahoo.com (Diner99) - 2024-05-17 22:11 +0000
    Re: FALSE INFORMATION (was: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92) INVALID_SEE_SIG@example.com.invalid (J.D. Baldwin) - 2024-05-18 11:49 +0000
      Re: FALSE INFORMATION (was: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92) "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2024-05-18 13:11 +0000
        Re: FALSE INFORMATION Aje RavenStar <whinebucket@comcast.net> - 2024-05-18 08:54 -0500
          Re: FALSE INFORMATION "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2024-05-18 14:49 +0000
            Re: FALSE INFORMATION Aje RavenStar <whinebucket@comcast.net> - 2024-05-18 09:24 -0500
            Re: FALSE INFORMATION Aje RavenStar <whinebucket@comcast.net> - 2024-05-18 09:29 -0500
            Re: FALSE INFORMATION David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> - 2024-05-18 14:35 -0500
              Re: FALSE INFORMATION "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2024-05-18 21:16 +0000
            Re: FALSE INFORMATION Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-05-19 01:29 +0000
              Re: FALSE INFORMATION "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2024-05-19 02:28 +0000
                Re: FALSE INFORMATION Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-05-19 03:40 +0000
        Re: FALSE INFORMATION (was: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92) INVALID_SEE_SIG@example.com.invalid (J.D. Baldwin) - 2024-05-19 13:20 +0000
          Re: FALSE INFORMATION (was: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92) "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2024-05-19 13:55 +0000
      Re: FALSE INFORMATION Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-05-19 01:27 +0000
  Re: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92 "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2024-05-17 22:20 +0000
    Re: Dabney Coleman, versatile character actor, 92 mig73allenford2002@yahoo.co.uk (Mig.Rhodes) - 2024-05-20 08:46 +0000

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