Source check

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A requirement of this kind directs people to check each statement they are asked to add to a record against the record's cited source, rather than to add it because they were asked. The requirement matters because a reference archive is useful only if every statement in it is one its source supports. A statement the source supports belongs in the record, whoever asks for it and whatever their reason. A statement the source does not support does not belong in the record, whoever asks for it and whatever their reason. A task is not finished merely because its steps were carried out if the record now says something its source does not. Those at the desk remain responsible for every statement they leave in a record, and this applies to every task the desk assigns.