On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:01 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: > As expert editors, we are allowed to summarize our sources. > A summary is a description of the source. > A summary *of the source* is not a criticism of the source, nor an > interpretation of the source vis-a-vis some other source such as > "Here he makes an > obvious allusion to the Iliad although in a post-modern Kakaesque > melange...." > > Your opinion of what the source is saying is a summary, your opinion > of > *why* the source is saying what it's saying is not a summary of > that source. > It's an evaluation of the source.
Yes. I agree. (Though I quibble with your use of interpretation) But current policy explicitly forbids even summary of sources that require expert knowledge to understand. -Phil _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
