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I [http://pilot.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Jewish_Views_of_Jesus&diff=100028949&oldid=100028908 removed the template] giving credit to wikipedia and ensured the radio button title "from wikipedia" was checked, however, there is nothing in the article citing wikipedia. I do notice in the history there is a W rahter than an N. Is that all I should see, or is the option not full functional? [[User:Chris day|Chris Day]] [[User talk:Chris day|(Talk)]] 20:07, 5 February 2007 (CST) | I [http://pilot.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Jewish_Views_of_Jesus&diff=100028949&oldid=100028908 removed the template] giving credit to wikipedia and ensured the radio button title "from wikipedia" was checked, however, there is nothing in the article citing wikipedia. I do notice in the history there is a W rahter than an N. Is that all I should see, or is the option not full functional? [[User:Chris day|Chris Day]] [[User talk:Chris day|(Talk)]] 20:07, 5 February 2007 (CST) | ||
==No long quotes, please== | |||
The reasons we should have a policy against many and long quotes are (1) this prevents collaboration on the substance of the quote (quotes are uneditable); (2) it is inherently biased to have an extended quote that speaks ''for'' CZ, since in that case CZ is made to endorse that source's idiosyncratic views; and (3) it is inherently not uniformly generalizable. Probably, (3) is most important and most generally applicable. If we have a long quotation that supports one point, why should we not have long quotations that support ''every'' point? There is a vast universe of books and other potentially supporting verbiage. We can find long quotations for ''everything,'' folks. Unless there is some particularly good reason to use a quotation beyond one sentence, don't do it; summarize. | |||
The exceptions will, perhaps, be in cases where texts themselves are the ''primary'' subject of an article. As someone who has written quite a bit about history of philosophy, though, I can tell you that even in this case, extended quotations are used sparingly and only with excellent justification. | |||
--[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 12:12, 6 February 2007 (CST) | |||
Revision as of 12:12, 6 February 2007
removed template
I removed the template giving credit to wikipedia and ensured the radio button title "from wikipedia" was checked, however, there is nothing in the article citing wikipedia. I do notice in the history there is a W rahter than an N. Is that all I should see, or is the option not full functional? Chris Day (Talk) 20:07, 5 February 2007 (CST)
No long quotes, please
The reasons we should have a policy against many and long quotes are (1) this prevents collaboration on the substance of the quote (quotes are uneditable); (2) it is inherently biased to have an extended quote that speaks for CZ, since in that case CZ is made to endorse that source's idiosyncratic views; and (3) it is inherently not uniformly generalizable. Probably, (3) is most important and most generally applicable. If we have a long quotation that supports one point, why should we not have long quotations that support every point? There is a vast universe of books and other potentially supporting verbiage. We can find long quotations for everything, folks. Unless there is some particularly good reason to use a quotation beyond one sentence, don't do it; summarize.
The exceptions will, perhaps, be in cases where texts themselves are the primary subject of an article. As someone who has written quite a bit about history of philosophy, though, I can tell you that even in this case, extended quotations are used sparingly and only with excellent justification.
--Larry Sanger 12:12, 6 February 2007 (CST)