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UER Forum > Archived Old Forum Issues > Removal of Entries in UE Encylopedia (Viewed 164 times)
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Removal of Entries in UE Encylopedia
< on 5/16/2004 4:54 AM >
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I was looking at the UE Encylopedia and I came over some useless (and a few likely plaugerized) entries:

Drain Key: Useless because it is giving very little information, and just reiterating the post which it links to.

Doppler ShiftLooks plaugerized, as the same exact thing can be found when quickly googled: Here(scroll down to Doppler Shift)

DilapidateUsless because it is just a dictionary entry, with no connection to UE discussed.

Dummy Camera Plaugerized from Here(Scroll Down to Dummy Camera}

Overt Surveillance Plaugerized from Here(Scroll down to Overt Surveillance)

Reed Switch Plaugerized from Here(Scroll Down to Reed Switch)

Yes, I did notice that all of the entries were by one member, coincidence? Also, I appologize very much if IanK1968 works at Asis International and wrote the information in their glossary, but I am skeptical to that being the case.

Oh and yes, I was quite bored when I did this.


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Re: Removal of Entries in UE Encylopedia
<Reply # 1 on 5/16/2004 4:58 AM >
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Plaigarized or not, some of these are still useful entries. Perhaps simply site the source of these entries instead of outright removing them? Any rewrite done at this point will probably be a paraphrasing of what's there, which is still plaigarism...

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Re: Removal of Entries in UE Encylopedia
<Reply # 2 on 5/16/2004 5:08 AM >
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Posted by Servo
Plaigarized or not, some of these are still useful entries. Perhaps simply site the source of these entries instead of outright removing them? Any rewrite done at this point will probably be a paraphrasing of what's there, which is still plaigarism...


Good point...

Sorry for this than, I'm being sort of odd. It's like 1:00 in the morning.

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Re: Removal of Entries in UE Encylopedia
<Reply # 3 on 5/17/2004 12:40 AM >
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I personally would like to delete a few of mine and rename a few with a better title as I have better info on them now.

When I did this somehow I read UE Data Base. My mistake bad comment.
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Re: Removal of Entries in UE Encylopedia
<Reply # 4 on 5/17/2004 5:55 AM >
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I removed dilapitate for the reasons ND mentioned. Most of the others have the possibility of being good quality stuff, but they just need some (a lot of) work.

Please folks, when you're making encyclopedia entries, please take the time to get a meaty entry that is informative, useful, relevant, and correct or else don't do it at all. Going through and cleaning up after half-assed entries is a pain.

Posted by Mark
I personally would like to delete a few of mine and rename a few with a better title as I have better info on them now


you should be able to edit the title of them yourself, but be careful because other entries that link to yours will then be broken and need to be changed as well.

If you want to remove an entry for some reason, PM a moderator about it.

edit:
I just completely rewrote drain key to actually have some useful and coherent information. It used to consist of this:
if you go round popping drain lids a lot, these make it a lot easier. there are loads of different types of hole, There is the big sewage drain ones, smaller normal drain, and BT lids.

See Also:
Manhole Popper


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Re: Removal of Entries in UE Encylopedia
<Reply # 5 on 5/17/2004 11:33 AM >
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well i dont know if you all remember iank1968 went on a mad entry spree when he got here added somthing like 50 useless entries with every thing from rebar to lightbulb and back.

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Re: Removal of Entries in UE Encylopedia
<Reply # 6 on 5/21/2004 9:57 AM >
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Maybe something along the lines of the existing UE Encyclopaedia star should be done for those who add new information to pre-existing entries, as opposed to just 'awarding' those who write new ones.
I don't know how important those stars are to people, but I wonder if we're going to end up with a culture of people posting just any old crap there to get their five entries and take possesion of the coveted (?) star, but few helping to flesh out the entries that are already there, many of which are looking rather sparse.

Of course, maybe creating such a star would make things even worse as decent entries drown in a sea of bullshit tacked on to them by persons unknown in their quest for the "I edited 5 articles in the UE encyclopaedia!" star. Maybe there should be a quality assessment before articles are accepted or stars awarded, but that sounds like it could get to be a lot of work. Maybe I've just been awake too long.
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