In article , JennyC
writes

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In article , JennyC
writes
Surely the web is just as reliable or not as other sources
........?

The WWW as a whole is well down on the list of reliability, as is
UseNet. (There's very little quality control on either.) Some bits
are
good, others are nonsense, and one has to be able to tell the
difference.

But HOW ??
Jenny


By not quite 'believing' fully the first time you read something, but to
continue your research into the matter further.

Just been a very interesting thread on uk.people.ex-forces where someone
said they were going to dive on H.M.S.Falmouth. There was a discussion
about it and an ex crew member came on line and said 'My old ship', I
posted details of the H.M.S.Falmouth of the 1960's and he said 'Yup,
that's her'

We could have all gone away 'believing' this was the one we were all
talking about, but it turned out we were all wrong, it was the
H.M.S.Falmouth which was hit by 2 torpedoes at 4.52 on August 19th 1916
and headed for home, but was hit twice again off Flamborough Head by
another U Boat.

So whilst the research could have ended with one ship, further questions
proved that to be wrong. About 5 people joined into this conversation
feeding a bit here and a bit there to make the full picture.

Mike

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