User:Jukeboksi/Blog/July2004: Difference between revisions
automatic import of "obvious" definitions?
(bah, GodKings create their own problems: don't be one!) |
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::I myself prefer to use http://www.onelook.com which looks up in some 500 dictionaries iirc.--[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 00:20, 24 Jul 2004 (EEST) | ::I myself prefer to use http://www.onelook.com which looks up in some 500 dictionaries iirc.--[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 00:20, 24 Jul 2004 (EEST) | ||
:::Well can we add some code like [[GetWiki]]'s to just fill in blank pages with [[XML import]] from [[OneLook]] or [[TrueNames]] or some other service? | |||
It is better to leave open those pages with obvious meanings, so that we can find a way to figure out what they mean in context from their references later. It is also fine to leave [[Proper Name]]s or companies and people open so that they can eventually be directed to acceptable commentary about them. A few theory terms like [[respect for diversity]] and [[wiki mission]] are so wide open they should be defined more by osmosis, and we should wait as long as we can to do so - preferably using examples from elsewhere. | It is better to leave open those pages with obvious meanings, so that we can find a way to figure out what they mean in context from their references later. It is also fine to leave [[Proper Name]]s or companies and people open so that they can eventually be directed to acceptable commentary about them. A few theory terms like [[respect for diversity]] and [[wiki mission]] are so wide open they should be defined more by osmosis, and we should wait as long as we can to do so - preferably using examples from elsewhere. | ||