A little background info:
A week or so back, something cosmically hilarious happened in Minot, and I wanted to post it in MPSIMS (notice I’m withholding the story). I waited a few days, thinking the printed article from the newspaper would be posted on the online website. It never was. So, for my own personal archives, I scanned the front page and saved it.
Fast forward awhile: Today, I noticed the only cite referenced is an editorial comment on the webpage. I understand that we generally regard webpages as ‘open domain’ to cite, but what about a scanned newspaper? I bought the paper, and it’s a back date, so it’s not like I’d be denying the paper any profits. It’s also got the staff writer’s name and e-mail addy on it (which I can blank out if need be).
I guess I’m just curious to see if there’s a precedent of this sort. I really wanted to share the story, but not in such a way that the ChiReader’d get into trouble.
Tripler
It’s a really frickin’ funny story. You can’t make something like this up . . .