Talk:Annie MacDonald Langstaff

Further census discussion
there has been further discussion about the reliability of census records; Slatersteven thinks that it is never reasonable to infer something... Eddie891 Talk Work 13:19, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * re-ping Eddie891 Talk Work 13:19, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I answered him. No one is inferring anything. It does not appear as if he understands the question. In every single instance of gathering sources for an article, one must look at them and evaluate whether they refer to the same person and whether the information is likely to be true. It doesn't matter if the source is a census, or a news article, or a scientific journal. If one is talking about apples and the other oranges, then they cannot be used to draw conclusions and infer they refer to the same thing. On the other hand, if 5 sources give information that is similar, it is likely the information they contain is accurate (or they are all repeating the same mistake) and can be stated in the article as the information is represented in the source. Evaluating the source isn't inference, it is logic. SusunW (talk) 14:09, 3 April 2020 (UTC)