Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

> I always took the central point about conflation to be the unwitting > mixing > up of separate ideas - usually but not always to the mild confusion or > detriment of both. > > FT2 Good research topic: What characteristics of ideas or facts lead to conflation. To take a notorious example, when Sa

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

I always took the central point about conflation to be the unwitting mixing up of separate ideas - usually but not always to the mild confusion or detriment of both. FT2 On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: > > > And Larry Sanger and Magnus may be remembered for popularizing > >

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

> And Larry Sanger and Magnus may be remembered for popularizing > "disambiguation" outside of linguistics... > > http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/2009/06/25/on-disambiguation-and-the-atomization-of-meaning/ > > SJ Disconflation gets only 45 google hits while unconflation gets 267. Conflation, I g

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:04 AM, David Gerard wrote: > On 1 June 2011 10:42, Sarah wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 02:46, Samuel Klein wrote: > >>> Those who toil away in the depths of style guide subpages and cite >>> templates should be reminded from time to time of the tremendous >>> impact t

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

On 1 June 2011 10:42, Sarah wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 02:46, Samuel Klein wrote: >> Those who toil away in the depths of style guide subpages and cite >> templates should be reminded from time to time of the tremendous >> impact their work has on the rest of the world... > Speaking of whi

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 02:46, Samuel Klein wrote: > Those who toil away in the depths of style guide subpages and cite > templates should be reminded from time to time of the tremendous > impact their work has on the rest of the world... > Speaking of which, David Gerard has just posted this to wi

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: > An interesting technique: > > http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/30/c8623.html This is so true! My highschool sweetheart is a science prof, and recently pointed me to this essay that one of her students published to Wikipedia

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> > *If you refer to any Brazilian native language edition of Wikipedia, may > you specify? > * Milos, There not such thing as "brazilian Wikipédia". The wikipédia he is talking abut is pt.wikipedia.org. Why he call it "Brazilian" is better ask him. _ *Béria Lima* (351

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On 06/01/2011 02:58 AM, Virgilio A. P. Machado wrote: > Now that my attention has been drawn to that section, I wonder if > that explains why the academic projects were not welcome and their > contributions are being vandalized, almost systematically, at the > Brazilian Wikipedia. If you refer

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

Professor Machado: This is an interesting allegation, I would be quite interested to see some examples of this taking place. -m. 2011/5/31 Virgilio A. P. Machado : > Now that my attention has been drawn to that section, I wonder if > that explains why the academic projects were not welcome and t

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Now that my attention has been drawn to that section, I wonder if that explains why the academic projects were not welcome and their contributions are being vandalized, almost systematically, at the Brazilian Wikipedia. Sincerely, Virgilio A. P. Machado At 09:43 31-05-2011, you wrote: >On Mo

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On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:42, Fred Bauder wrote: > An interesting technique: > > http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/30/c8623.html > > Fred Thanks for the link. I actually felt a surge of pride when I read it: "A student writing an essay for their teacher may be tempted to plagia