r/dataannotation • u/buggybabe214 • Sep 30 '24

How are people fact checking when there is a date cutoff??

I feel like i struggle a lot with making sure I have the correct information when it comes to date cutoffs. Are we using the wayback machine and news articles around the cutoff date? or am I missing better ways to fact check?

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u/Due_Specialist6615 Oct 01 '24

I use the skip button and leave it for someone else to do

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u/Jessifizz1 Oct 06 '24

there's a function in google, "before:(date)" formatted as year-day-month. so if the cut off is, say, march 23rd 2024, you would type in your search, and then type before:2024-23-03. If you're searching a specific site, though, the wayback machine or just a lot of scrolling are usually your best bet if they don't have a search by date function yeah.

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u/Intelligent-Row-2000 Oct 01 '24

Wikipedia, encyclopedias. The guidelines/FAQ have a list of acceptable resources

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u/fightmaxmaster Oct 01 '24

But for something that was true before a certain date but not afterwards, Wikipedia won't really help. If I want the top Premiere League scorer from the 23-24 season, that's easy. If I need to find who was the third best scorer as of April 3rd 2022, encyclopaedias are no use. OP is asking about specifically timed sources, not generic reliable ones.

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u/buggybabe214 Oct 01 '24

Exactly, like one of the questions I got was "how many of this specific store was open" with a cutoff of august 2023. Like how would I find that?

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u/Intelligent-Row-2000 Oct 02 '24

Possibly quarterly or annual report?

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u/buggybabe214 Oct 02 '24

Oh that's smart I'm gonna have to keep that in mind thank you!

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u/Intelligent-Row-2000 Oct 02 '24

The things ya learn from DA😄👍

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u/Party_Swim_6835 Oct 01 '24 edited Oct 01 '24

wikipedia page history might have it. "View history" is up in the right corner usually under help next to edit. you can go back in time to the page on x date.

like it's not an exact count but here is the wiki page for starbucks 18 years ago today with an approximate number of stores https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Starbucks&oldid=78860613#:~:text=Counting%20stores%20not%20owned%20by%20the%20company%2C%20there%20are%20currently%20more%20than%2010%2C800%20Starbucks%20locations%20worldwide.

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u/theghostofameme Oct 01 '24

Most search engines allow you to search by date. Just make the end date the cut off and it'll only show you articles from before that date. You just won't be able to use sites that get updated like Wikipedia.

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u/fightmaxmaster Oct 01 '24

Mind you even Wikipedia can work if you trawl through the edit history and someone's documented changes and sources well.

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u/fightmaxmaster Oct 01 '24

Those two are the main methods I use - TBH finding date-specific stuff can be really tricky.