Timeline for How can I find the most complete list of the names of Kaytn Massacre victims?
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| May 14, 2016 at 14:42 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 14, 2016 at 14:25 | comment | added | Tyler Durden | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is a source request. | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 3:03 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 29, 2015 at 14:11 | comment | added | zje | As recognized, the choice in asking for a "most complete" or "best" list was deliberate. I would be shocked and amazed if they even recorded everything - and more so if it all persists to this day. New lists can and may emerge. Philosophically speaking, though, what we know about the past is subject to change based on new evidence. Not to sound too extreme, but every question about history is implicitly asking for an answer based on the best available information we have today. Many things are cut-and-dry, but non-source answers are also subject to change. I will make this comment on meta. | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 12:53 | comment | added | jwenting | @twosheds sure, there also was a finite number of victims of Stalin's terror, yet no records were kept of all of them so it's impossible to ever know who all was affected (and in that case it's debatable which deaths to attribute to it as well depending on definitions, which may in the case of Katyn be easier). Fact remains that he doesn't ask for a complete list, but a "most complete" list, which indicates he knows or suspects there is no complete list, only fragmentary ones | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 11:23 | comment | added | two sheds | @jwenting: There were a finite number of victims, therefore a complete list is a possibility. If the argument is "new information can arise," that is equally true for every possible question on this stack, but that is not a good reason for closing those questions as opinion based. | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 11:16 | comment | added | jwenting | @twosheds no, "the most complete" is impossible to answer. There's always a chance there's another, more complete, list you don't know about somewhere. | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 5:49 | answer | added | Voitcus | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 28, 2015 at 23:30 | history | edited | zje | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2015 at 21:23 | history | edited | Semaphore | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2015 at 20:59 | comment | added | two sheds | There is substantial community support for treating questions like this as on-topic. Unlike a question like "best books on James Madison," this question can have a definitive, single answer. | |
| Jul 28, 2015 at 20:16 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 28, 2015 at 19:58 | comment | added | Samuel Russell | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is a blatantly off-topic source request. | |
| Jul 28, 2015 at 18:36 | history | edited | zje | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2015 at 15:08 | comment | added | two sheds | Requests for primary sources and data sources such as this are often treated better than requests for secondary sources. (Rightfully so, I think, since this site is ostensibly meant to help historians do history research.) | |
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| S Jul 28, 2015 at 15:03 | answer | added | zje | timeline score: 3 | |
| S Jul 28, 2015 at 15:03 | history | asked | zje | CC BY-SA 3.0 |