[Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

Wed Jun 1 18:13:01 UTC 2011

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:04 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1 June 2011 10:42, Sarah <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 02:46, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> 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 wikiEN-l. :)
>> http://xkcd.com/906/
>
>
> Ta bu shi da yu is still slightly chagrined that the (likely) one
> thing he has created that will resonate through culture is "[citation
> needed]".

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