Evidence Explained and Chat GPT (2 of 2)

By rp2025 on Sat, 04/19/2025 - 11:16

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Hello Group,

I used ChatGPT to create a template based on the "digital image from an archive" citation style, as outlined in Evidence Explained.

Here is the attached document.

It told me“This follows a'digital image from an archive' citation style that is detailed in Chapter 4 of Evidence Explained under the 'Archival Record, Certified Digital Image' section." Here is the pdf I hope that it follows the Evidence Explained standards?If not please tell me what's missing please.

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Digital image from an archive-(Evidence Explained).pdf

Submitted byEEon Sun, 04/20/2025 - 08:45

rp2025

I have to begin my answer with a question of my own.  As you note, ChatGPT gave you a footnote at the end of your part 2, stating:

1 This follows a "digital image from an archive" citation style that is detailed in Chapter 4 of Evidence Explained under the "Archival Record, Certified Digital Image" section.

Have you identified the section of EE4 to which ChatGPT refers?  

Neither Chapter 4 nor any chapter of any edition carries the phrase "digital image from an archive" or a section "Archival Record, Certified Digital Image," both of which ChatGPT put into quotation marks as though it were quoting exactly.

That's the first problem.

Elizabeth

Hello,


Thank you for pointing that out. I suspected the citation reference might not be accurate my main concern was whether the citation itself follows an acceptable format. Could you help confirm if it aligns with the standards outlined in Evidence Explained?

 

I figured it must have made an error and seemed to pull that reference out of nowhere.