Wikipedia's own article on L. Dow Balliett, born Sarah Joanna Dennis, the numerology pioneer, is a tertiary encyclopedic source, cited here because the existing sources are her own writings and a general Britannica numerology article, neither of which covers her personal biography. Its strength is that it reliably records her standard biographical facts. Its limit is the ordinary one for a crowd edited encyclopedia entry: fine for biography, not a substitute for independent scholarship on the numerology movement she helped found.
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Reliability Tier3
Reliability tier 3: a Wikipedia entry, written and revised by unnamed volunteer editors rather than a named specialist writer, suited to standard biographical fact where the existing named sources do not cover the subject's personal life. NotesWikipedia's article on L. Dow Balliett (born Sarah Joanna Dennis), the numerology pioneer; the existing sources are her own writings and a general Britannica numerology article, not her personal biography.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._L._Dow_Balliett
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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