It's dumbing down, but that too derives from the premise that everything
has an origin. Computer geeks tend to be fanatically logical, and that
does not leave much room for alternative explanations or sources. In
many subjects we can fill in the blanks later when someone has the time
to
Keegan Paul wrote:
Can you explain the obvious to people it isn't obvious to? With references?
- d.
Ah, well, that's the advantage of a wiki. If you know what to do and can't
explain it, you can {{sofixit}} yourself with others to review and figure
things out on their own.
Ray Saintonge wrote:
When sourcing and original research rules start to exemplify a phobia
about being wrong the system has come around to bite us in the ass. The
trickster/raven has come home to roost.
My personal bugbear is cite tags on facts that are attributed
in plaintext rather
Can you explain the obvious to people it isn't obvious to? With references?
- d.
Ah, well, that's the advantage of a wiki. If you know what to do and can't
explain it, you can {{sofixit}} yourself with others to review and figure
things out on their own.
Instruction creep: The dumbing
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 11:30 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
Everyone reading this list is probably pretty smart - Wikipedia is a
nerd magnet, after all.
So I liked this blog post explaining how people fail to share:
Everyone reading this list is probably pretty smart - Wikipedia is a
nerd magnet, after all.
So I liked this blog post explaining how people fail to share:
http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2009/12/26/why-some-smart-people-are-reluctant-to-share/
Can you explain the obvious to people it isn't
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 12:30 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
Can you explain the obvious to people it isn't obvious to? With references?
Your comment there reminds me of a mini-battle I had on Wikipedia.
I started articles on various forms of published 'criticism'. We
already had
