Softdisk

Article summary

Softdisk was a software and Internet company based in Shreveport, Louisiana. Founded in 1981, its original products were disk magazines (which they termed "magazettes", for "magazine on diskette"). It was affiliated and partly owned by paper magazine Softalk at founding, but survived its demise. The company has been known by a variety of names, including Softdisk Magazette, Softdisk Publishing, Softdisk, Inc., Softdisk Internet Services, Softdisk, L.L.C., and Magazines On Disk. Softdisk is the former workplace of several of the founders of id Software.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1981 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 1986 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2014 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1981". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the publication date is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the publication date is "1986". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "2014". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361178892