The wordsmith industry is dauntingly exclusive.
I recently coined a term: “Quaternary Source”. A quaternary source is a tertiary source created via a wiki. The prime example of a quaternary source is wikipedia. It is a good starting off point, but the information is not always accurate. Thus it is a step below an encyclopedia or dictionary written by a team of fancy-pants scholars.
I recently coined a term: “Quaternary Source”. A quaternary source is a tertiary source created via a wiki. The prime example of a quaternary source is wikipedia. It is a good starting off point, but the information is not always accurate. Thus it is a step below an encyclopedia or dictionary written by a team of fancy-pants scholars.
My phrase
was rejected by the very forum that I was attempting to define. Apparently, I am not allowed to coin terms,
not having a writer’s license, being unpublishable. If I were publishable, I would make up as many words as I
could. That is a hopeless dream
now. Without a reliable source,
wikipedia contributors have deleted my entry for “Quaternary Sources”,
refusing to accept the citation of this blog. This
is what was posted on my talk page:
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