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This article makes a claim: "The Leipzig District Court had ruled in a landmark decision in September 1979 that it considered software to be 'neither a scientific work nor a creative achievement.'" If you search the Internet, you will assume that this is true because there are hundreds of web pages that use this article as a source of reference. However, the article doesn't provide a reference. It doesn't state which case was being tried in September 1979. I've searched for each and every case handled by the Leipzig District Court in September 1979 and none of them remotely deal with computer software. Therefore, can we consider a web page on zeit.de to be a reasonable reference? They are well-known to publish third-party (unreviewed) articles, especially in the online version. If nobody can come up with the case being referenced, I see this as being considered "truth" because people want it to be true, not because it is true. Can anyone find the case being referenced? 68.115.219.139 ( talk) 12:44, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Whatever population fits the curve best (population of the library district? metro population?)
Unique books as in 2 copies of the fourth edition and 2 of the third is one title, not four.
If a central library has multiple buildings I'd count that as 1 library. i.e. Manhattan has 1 building for science, technology, business and industry reference books, another a half mile away for anything you can borrow and other reference books and the original Gilded Age classical temple across the corner has the rest. I don't know if multiple central libraries is unusual or not. Sagittarian Milky Way ( talk) 14:50, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Was Greek mythology studied much during the Islamic golden age? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.121.140.210 ( talk) 23:59, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
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This article makes a claim: "The Leipzig District Court had ruled in a landmark decision in September 1979 that it considered software to be 'neither a scientific work nor a creative achievement.'" If you search the Internet, you will assume that this is true because there are hundreds of web pages that use this article as a source of reference. However, the article doesn't provide a reference. It doesn't state which case was being tried in September 1979. I've searched for each and every case handled by the Leipzig District Court in September 1979 and none of them remotely deal with computer software. Therefore, can we consider a web page on zeit.de to be a reasonable reference? They are well-known to publish third-party (unreviewed) articles, especially in the online version. If nobody can come up with the case being referenced, I see this as being considered "truth" because people want it to be true, not because it is true. Can anyone find the case being referenced? 68.115.219.139 ( talk) 12:44, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Whatever population fits the curve best (population of the library district? metro population?)
Unique books as in 2 copies of the fourth edition and 2 of the third is one title, not four.
If a central library has multiple buildings I'd count that as 1 library. i.e. Manhattan has 1 building for science, technology, business and industry reference books, another a half mile away for anything you can borrow and other reference books and the original Gilded Age classical temple across the corner has the rest. I don't know if multiple central libraries is unusual or not. Sagittarian Milky Way ( talk) 14:50, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Was Greek mythology studied much during the Islamic golden age? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.121.140.210 ( talk) 23:59, 22 April 2019 (UTC)