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1. The skew of rotten-apple jerks

   An interesting study is being widely commented on, but, as is often the case, the press glosses about “harassment” are a bit askew. For instance …

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2. Italicizing Wikipedia? CMS15 v. CMS16

   In my writing up to now, I italicize Britannica because it is a book. I never italicize Wikipedia or blog names because as The Chicago …

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3. Online Citations

   The Chronicle just published an article by Tushar Rae about how E-Books’ Varied Formats Make Citations a Mess for Scholars. I think this was prompted …

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4. Anderson and Citing Wikipedia

   Chris Anderson’s “apparent plagiarism” of Wikipedia has prompted me to post something I was experimenting with last week about citations and URLs. Anderson claims …

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5. Our Work After Us

   At the beginning of this year, I was sad to learn of the passing of Peter Kollock. He was one of the first to carefully …

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6. The Informed Analysis of New Media

   I recently finished two works about the “free culture” movement, each of which are polar opposites – and in a way that is unsettling. The most …

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7. Rethinking Expertise

   Given my interest in Wikipedia, pseudo-science, and skepticism I’m fond of works which at least help us identify the implicit (social) concepts we invoke …

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8. Wikipedia, Citizendium, Peers and Disciplines

   Interdisciplines is running a forum on “Scientific Publications 3.0”, where Kathleen Fitzpatrick speaks to the implications of “Peer-to-Peer Review.” Beyond pointing out that I …

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9. Chicago Notes in BibLatex

   I am indebted to the help I received on comp.text.tex in formatting my dissertation and dealing with bibliography issues. When I turned to …

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