User talk:Compassionate727

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Again, welcome! --EncycloPetey (talk) 01:34, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

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@EncycloPetey: Thanks! I figured there should probably be a source somewhere, but didn't see somewhere immediately to put it, and wondered if WikiSource might be more relaxed about these things than English Wikipedia is (WikiData is only-slightly-unfairly famous whence I hail for having no standards whatsoever). The illumination is appreciated, and I shall add the source as soon as you clarify one further thing for: I pulled the text out of a work at my disposal that I suppose constitutes an anthology: said anthology states the text to be as printed in another work, which I do not have access to (I don't think), that itself appears to be a collection of Washington's works. Should I cite the collection, the anthology, or both? Compassionate727 (talk) 01:59, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

I didn't consider my audience very well when insulting WikiData. I hope you didn't take offense, none was intended. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 02:03, 25 September 2018 (UTC)