Re: wikipedia mistakes (was Re: What's the difference)

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:17:10 GMT

Rex F. May wrote:
>
> in article 40FD3BF4.41FA@worldnet.att.net, Peter T. Daniels at
> grammatim@worldnet.att.net wrote on 7/20/04 9:36 AM:
>
> >> """
> >> An alphasyllabary or abugida (a term coined by Peter T. Daniels) is a
> >> kind of writing system whose basic signs denote consonants with an
> >> inherent vowel and where consistent modifications of the basic sign
> >> indicate other following vowels than the inherent one (or, in some
> >> cases, the lack of a vowel, for example as the final consonant in a
> >> CVC syllable or in consonant clusters). As the term alphasyllabary
> >> suggests, they are considered an intermediate step between alphabets
> >> and syllabaries. Some abugidas, notably the Brahmic scripts, are
> >> thought to have evolved from alphabetic scripts.
> >> """
> >
> > Whre do they _get_ this stuff? It is absolutely _not_ considered an
> > "intermediate step"! No abugida has ever turned into a syllabary; the
> > syllabary is a dead end.
>
> Interesingly, if you had written the article, the mistake wouldn't be there.
> But if you had written it, the 'editors' or whatever they are would have
> deemed the entry 'vanity' and started a big movement to delete it. I kid
> you not. Look at the tempest in a teapot over my innocent little 'Ceqli'
> entry there:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/temp#Ceqli_languag
> e_.26mdash.3B_Add_to_this_discussion

As I understand it, there's no peer review, no verification, no
standards? Just anyone who wants to make a contribution can make a
contribution on any topic? A sure recipe for disaster! 

-- 
Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net

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