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  2. Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources - Wikipedia

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    Among genealogists, a primary source comes from a direct witness, a secondary source comes from second-hand information or hearsay told to others by witnesses, and tertiary sources can represent either a further link in the chain or an analysis, summary, or distillation of primary and/or secondary sources. In this system, an elderly woman's ...

  3. Primary source - Wikipedia

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    This wall painting found in the Roman city of Pompeii is an example of a primary source about people in Pompeii in Roman times (portrait of Terentius Neo).. In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time ...

  4. Wikipedia talk : Identifying and using primary sources

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    I see now .The source pages for the first and fifth quotations no longer exist, even in archived form, and the fourth quotation is taken out of context; the source also names "a newscaster's commentary on the day's events" and "Articles from magazines, journals, newsletters, newspapers, etc." as types of secondary sources. [1]

  5. Wikipedia talk : No original research/Primary v. secondary ...

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    The H5N1 and Flu series of articles relies on both primary and secondary sources and is an example of correct use of primary sources (as you discovered) and not an example of incorrect use of primary sources. The point of the example is to make sure primary sources are not thrown out or left out of the list of acceptable (even prefered on ...

  6. Help:Find sources - Wikipedia

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    Dictionaries and encyclopedias: reference works containing multiple entries for different words or topics. Wikipedia is an example of an encyclopedia. Archival and other primary sources: historic documents. This page outlines appropriate use of primary sources. Magazine articles: short papers in popular or trade publications.

  7. Wikipedia:Outlines

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    An outline of knowledge is an outline whose scope is everything known by humankind. Outlines of knowledge are typically large, though some are more in-depth than others. Wikipedia's outline of knowledge has been under construction under various names since 2005, combining all outlines on Wikipedia. Its main page is Portal:Contents/Outlines.

  8. Wikipedia:When sources are wrong - Wikipedia

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    When sources disagree in small ways, this can be smoothed out by standard application of WP:NPOV. Other times, one source will sharply diverge from the pack, as discussed in Approach 3 above. However, sometimes sources will differ enough that it cannot be ignored, without any clear consensus winner.

  9. Outline (list) - Wikipedia

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    An outline, also called a hierarchical outline, is a list arranged to show hierarchical relationships and is a type of tree structure. An outline is used [1] to present the main points (in sentences) or topics of a given subject. Each item in an outline may be divided into additional sub-items.