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[td]::::::Thanks, that makes sense then. This experience with the level of ambiguity and confusion that arose due to the paucity of information encyclopedia.com provides on the sourcing they're using has been deeply troubling and, for that reason, I think I'll rest at a 3 for now. [[User:Chetsford|Chetsford]] ([[User talk:Chetsford|talk]]) 21:56, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]Revision as of 01:00, 3 September 2025
[/td][td]::::::Thanks, that makes sense then. This experience with the level of ambiguity and confusion that arose due to the paucity of information encyclopedia.com provides on the sourcing they're using has been deeply troubling and, for that reason, I think I'll rest at a 3 for now. [[User:Chetsford|Chetsford]] ([[User talk:Chetsford|talk]]) 21:56, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[/td] [td]::The Randles entry in ''Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology'' (2001, 5th edition, Vol. II) is found [https://archive.org/details/encyclo...e/2up?q="Randles,+Jenny+(Jennifer+Christine)" here] and [https://archive.org/details/encyclo...e/2up?q="Randles,+Jenny+(Jennifer+Christine)" here] and [https://archive.org/details/encyclo...e/2up?q="Randles,+Jenny+(Jennifer+Christine)" here]. A simple text query of "Randles, Jenny (Jennifer Christine)" in Archve.org reveals multiple copies. Surely we haven't forgotten basic query skills. Note also the ''Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology'' is edited by [[J. Gordon Melton]] and others. Wikipedians shouldn't quibble if those editors use "bad", biased, or primary sources. [[User:Animalparty|--Animalparty!]] ([[User talk:Animalparty|talk]]) 03:01, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
[td]::The Randles entry in ''Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology'' (2001, 5th edition, Vol. II) is found [https://archive.org/details/encyclo...e/2up?q="Randles,+Jenny+(Jennifer+Christine)" here] and [https://archive.org/details/encyclo...e/2up?q="Randles,+Jenny+(Jennifer+Christine)" here] and [https://archive.org/details/encyclo...e/2up?q="Randles,+Jenny+(Jennifer+Christine)" here]. A simple text query of "Randles, Jenny (Jennifer Christine)" in Archve.org reveals multiple copies. Surely we haven't forgotten basic query skills. Note also the ''Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology'' is edited by [[J. Gordon Melton]] and others. Wikipedians shouldn't quibble if those editors use "bad", biased, or primary sources. [[User:Animalparty|--Animalparty!]] ([[User talk:Animalparty|talk]]) 03:01, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[/td] [td]*'''Option 2''' as reliable as whatever the source book is, which is reliable 99% of the time since it is only sourced from academic books, but even in the world of academic books there are a few weird ones. It does not alter the content at all, but very annoyingly it never specifies which edition of the book it is sourcing from, and sometimes one edition will have something and the other will not due to content updates. But a free link is good. [[User
ARAKANYAA|PARAKANYAA]] ([[User talkARAKANYAA|talk]]) 21:50, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[/td][td]*{{s|'''Option 2'''}} '''Option 1''' as reliable as whatever the source book is, which is reliable 99% of the time since it is only sourced from academic books, but even in the world of academic books there are a few weird ones. It does not alter the content at all, but very annoyingly it never specifies which edition of the book it is sourcing from, and sometimes one edition will have something and the other will not due to content updates. But a free link is good. [[User
ARAKANYAA|PARAKANYAA]] ([[User talkARAKANYAA|talk]]) 21:50, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
[td]*:For what it's worth, I personally avoid citing encyclopedia.com copies, for the sole reason that I prefer sources that have page numbers. [[UserARAKANYAA|PARAKANYAA]] ([[User talkARAKANYAA|talk]]) 00:26, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[/td][td]*:For what it's worth, I personally avoid citing encyclopedia.com copies, for the sole reason that I prefer sources that have page numbers. [[User
ARAKANYAA|PARAKANYAA]] ([[User talkARAKANYAA|talk]]) 00:26, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
[td]*'''Option 3''' I would not trust it, given that quality control issues are uncertain. [[User:Yesterday, all my dreams...|Yesterday, all my dreams...]] ([[User talk:Yesterday, all my dreams...|talk]]) 20:48, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[/td][td]*'''Option 3''' I would not trust it, given that quality control issues are uncertain. [[User:Yesterday, all my dreams...|Yesterday, all my dreams...]] ([[User talk:Yesterday, all my dreams...|talk]]) 20:48, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
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