Timeline for How much context should be supplied in a question about an individual?
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| Nov 7, 2012 at 0:24 | comment | added | Fortiter | I know that the Fishers are of no interest to me. I am very self-centred and focused on MY family not yours. But you can attract me to your question, not by explaining that they are famous, but by showing me a puzzle. Tell me about three Jacobs living in the area at the same time and the difficulty of sorting out which is which. That sounds interesting! | |
| Nov 6, 2012 at 22:44 | comment | added | Duncan | I have a question about your 'interesting' reference. Are either of the Albert Fishers (who I know are my ancestors) or the Jacob Fishers (who may or may not be my ancestors) 'interesting' or famous in any way? The lineage question came up wrt the Fishers. You have whet my curiousity! I do agree with comment about 'finding someone and proving downward'. I always try to start at me and find info upwards. Admittedly sometimes the links are tenous, so you hypothosize updwards with less than conclusive evidence and then try to validate (or invalidate) the hypothesis. | |
| Nov 6, 2012 at 4:07 | history | answered | Fortiter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |