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From: Kay Allen AG <>
Subject: Re: LDS Church (Mormon) Educational System Honor Code compared with LDS (Mormon) Genealogy and Family History Research & Record Systems.
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 1990 17:35:14 -0700

This article was resent from LDS-Genealogy, perhaps you could search
their archives for this "recent Discussion".

The source for this quote is at the end of the citation, i.e. "Ref:
[LDS] Ancestral File/IGI From: Resent-Date:
Sat, 5 Aug 2000 12:59:52-0700.

This forum has also discussed the relative merits of the AF and IGI.
These discussions can be found in the GEN-MEDIEVAL archives.

Do you happen to have a specific question concerning these "sources"?
If you would wish to state it on this forum, you are more likely to get
a really helpful answer.

As you have stated your question, it may be construed as unclear as to
what point you are attempting to make.


Kay Allen AG [Accredited Genealogist, I add this for the sole purpose
of attempting to demonstrate a tested expertise in LDS records, and
thus establishing my bone fides]

crohrings wrote:
>
> But, Mr Tinnet, Sr., who said so? Who was the "a recent discussion." You
> do not cite your source.
>
> Carole
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris & Tom Tinney, Sr." <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 5:33 PM
> Subject: LDS Church (Mormon) Educational System Honor Code compared with LDS
> (Mormon) Genealogy and Family History Research & Record Systems.
>
> A recent discussion of LDS resources online
> mentioned such items as "original records do
> sometimes cite sources" and "records found in
> the IGI are extracted from TEMPLE (LDS)
> records and Baptisms of the Dead (LDS),
> so are equally unreliable, BUT MANY are
> from more reliable sources". Also, the AF
> is good for finding leads "but other than that
> is NOT very reliable".
> Ref: [LDS] Ancestral File/IGI
> From:
> Resent-Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 12:59:52 -0700
>
> Compare LDS Genealogy and Family History
> Research standards and Record Databases
> with the LDS policies embodied in the Mormon
> Honor Code for Academic Honesty.
> http://www.byu.edu/stlife/campuslife/honorcode/honcode.htm
>
> The BYU Honor Code suggests: "avoid
> academic dishonesty and misconduct in all
> its forms, including but not limited to plagiarism,
> fabrication or falsification, cheating, and other
> academic misconduct".
>
> Significantly, "Inadvertent Plagiarism", (noted to
> be a form of academic misconduct subject to
> appropriate academic sanctions), is defined
> as: "the inappropriate, but nondeliberate, use of
> another's words, ideas, or data without proper
> attribution. Inadvertent plagiarism usually results
> from an ignorant failure to follow established rules
> for documenting sources or from simply being
> insufficiently careful in research and writing."
>
> Continuing:
> "Intentional Plagiarism is the deliberate act
> of representing the words, ideas, or data of
> another as one's own without providing proper
> attribution to the author through quotation,
> reference, or footnote." "In some cases,
> plagiarism may also involve violations of
> copyright law."
>
> "Examples of plagiarism include:
> Direct Plagiarism. The verbatim copying of
> an original source without acknowledging
> the source."
> . . .
> "Insufficient Acknowledgment. The partial or
> incomplete attribution of words, ideas, or data
> from an original source."
>
> Furthermore, under "Fabrication or Falsification":
> "1. Citing a source that does not exist.
> 2. Attributing to a source ideas and
> information that are not included in
> the source.
> 3. Citing a source for a proposition that
> it does not support.
> 4. Citing a source in a bibliography when
> the source was neither consulted nor
> cited in the body of the paper.
> 5. Intentionally distorting the meaning or
> applicability of data.
> 6. Inventing data or statistical results to
> support conclusions."
>
> ADDITIONAL REF: "Genealogical Standards
> and Guidelines"
> http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/about/content/committees/gene1_stan.html
>
> "Recommended by
> the National Genealogical Society"
>
> Respectfully yours,
>
> Tom Tinney, Sr.
> http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/
> Who's Who in America, Millennium Edition [54th]
> Who's Who In The West, 1998/1999
> Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, [both editions]

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