tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562613486283449333.post8849775207539117637..comments2023-06-04T08:48:48.931-07:00Comments on Too much information? Helen's blog: How reliable are our reference sources: or, how old was Bernice Rubens?Helen Ceridwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02048938885553846948noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562613486283449333.post-5957536009934276792020-06-05T05:55:06.646-07:002020-06-05T05:55:06.646-07:00I notice that the Oxford DNB article by Valentine ...I notice that the Oxford DNB article by Valentine Cunningham *spits* gets the year right but the month wrong!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059206058590350418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562613486283449333.post-22958074359055283842012-01-07T13:39:15.007-08:002012-01-07T13:39:15.007-08:00... whereas the National Library of Wales, which h...... whereas the National Library of Wales, which holds her papers, has the right date, 1923. Trust librarians & archivists!<br /><br />NLW : GB02/10 RUBENSHelen Ceridwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048938885553846948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562613486283449333.post-55578531431360627622012-01-06T09:03:18.277-08:002012-01-06T09:03:18.277-08:00If you try "How old is Bernice Rubens" o...If you try "How old is Bernice Rubens" on Wiki answers you will see the comment <br />"This answer is closed to changes. This is done in rare cases when questions are being vandalized or answers have become debates" - which has nothing to do with me, so somebody else must have been challenging the date they give! (the 1928 one again)Helen Ceridwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048938885553846948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562613486283449333.post-7355091009934265982012-01-06T05:29:40.726-08:002012-01-06T05:29:40.726-08:00Intriguing stuff, and a great tale of librarianly ...Intriguing stuff, and a great tale of librarianly detective work! Have you notified the LoC? :)Archelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08052746054225784436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562613486283449333.post-54041335736216015582012-01-05T01:43:18.693-08:002012-01-05T01:43:18.693-08:00A fascinating cautionary tale. I'd understood ...A fascinating cautionary tale. I'd understood that Who's Who was not a reliable source because it accepted details from a questionnaire completed by those included. Obviously LC deemed Who's Who reliable *enough* long before it started citing Wikipedia in authority records!Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539053857006112462noreply@blogger.com