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This page has parts that sound like an advertisement for trackers. Specifically, the parts talking about employing trackers and so forth. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
65.185.165.46 (
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02:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)reply
The intension was not a commercial advertisement for trackers (which is what it may look like from an American perspective) but rather to promote a dying tradition in Africa, where hunter-gatherer culture is threatened with extinction. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Louis Liebenberg (
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contribs)
13:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)reply
I agree with this sentiment - traditional tracking in Africa is dying out and the only way we can revitalise tracking in Africa is by creating employment opportunities for trackers. Trackers in Africa are among the poorest people, so I make no apology for "advertising" on their behalf. Tracking is an important part of our cultural heritage in Africa and we shuold do everything we can to support trackers - Louis Liebenberg — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
196.209.160.112 (
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21:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)reply
This page has a lot of plagiarism from Louis Liebenberg's book The Art of Tracking: The Origin of Science. The first line of the book is "The art of tracking may very well be the origin of science." It sounds like someone has copied a lot of info from that book and written the content in a POV perspective. That Tracking is the origin of science is not known. What is known about tracking and the function of it, how it works, etc. should be the main point of the article. It would be nice to see a section on "Tracking Terms" like track, sign, scat, gait, stride, etc. The Liebenberg information is very important to tracking, but should go under its own section in the article called "The History/philosophy of tracking." -Urban Scout — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
71.214.98.24 (
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02:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)reply
Sorry - I "plagiarised" my own book... I simply did it in the spirit of sharing knowledge freely. I've added citations.
That Tracking is the origin of science is not known. The hypothesis that tracking may have been the origin of science has also been supported by Carruthers (2002, 2006) as well as Pickering and Bunn (2007). Yes, we can never know if this hypothesis is true, but there is no such thing as "scientific proof" - a scientific hypothesis can never be verified, it is always tentative. This even applies to the laws of physics. We accept a hypothesis if it can explain nature and enable us to make predictions.
Common name, article should be retitled to "
Tracking"
As per
WP:COMMONAME, I really think that this would be the most common thing people think of when they look up "
Tracker" and the title should redirect to here instead of the current article which is about software music sequencers. I don't think the general public is that familiar with software music sequencers. When they hear the word "Tracker" they think of this meaning. --
Ϫ23:01, 13 June 2009 (UTC)reply
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WOSM organizations as well as those not so affiliated, country and region-specific topics, and anything else related to Scouting. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the
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This page has parts that sound like an advertisement for trackers. Specifically, the parts talking about employing trackers and so forth. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
65.185.165.46 (
talk)
02:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)reply
The intension was not a commercial advertisement for trackers (which is what it may look like from an American perspective) but rather to promote a dying tradition in Africa, where hunter-gatherer culture is threatened with extinction. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Louis Liebenberg (
talk •
contribs)
13:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)reply
I agree with this sentiment - traditional tracking in Africa is dying out and the only way we can revitalise tracking in Africa is by creating employment opportunities for trackers. Trackers in Africa are among the poorest people, so I make no apology for "advertising" on their behalf. Tracking is an important part of our cultural heritage in Africa and we shuold do everything we can to support trackers - Louis Liebenberg — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
196.209.160.112 (
talk)
21:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)reply
This page has a lot of plagiarism from Louis Liebenberg's book The Art of Tracking: The Origin of Science. The first line of the book is "The art of tracking may very well be the origin of science." It sounds like someone has copied a lot of info from that book and written the content in a POV perspective. That Tracking is the origin of science is not known. What is known about tracking and the function of it, how it works, etc. should be the main point of the article. It would be nice to see a section on "Tracking Terms" like track, sign, scat, gait, stride, etc. The Liebenberg information is very important to tracking, but should go under its own section in the article called "The History/philosophy of tracking." -Urban Scout — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
71.214.98.24 (
talk)
02:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)reply
Sorry - I "plagiarised" my own book... I simply did it in the spirit of sharing knowledge freely. I've added citations.
That Tracking is the origin of science is not known. The hypothesis that tracking may have been the origin of science has also been supported by Carruthers (2002, 2006) as well as Pickering and Bunn (2007). Yes, we can never know if this hypothesis is true, but there is no such thing as "scientific proof" - a scientific hypothesis can never be verified, it is always tentative. This even applies to the laws of physics. We accept a hypothesis if it can explain nature and enable us to make predictions.
Common name, article should be retitled to "
Tracking"
As per
WP:COMMONAME, I really think that this would be the most common thing people think of when they look up "
Tracker" and the title should redirect to here instead of the current article which is about software music sequencers. I don't think the general public is that familiar with software music sequencers. When they hear the word "Tracker" they think of this meaning. --
Ϫ23:01, 13 June 2009 (UTC)reply