The result was delete. Sandstein ( talk) 06:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC) reply
likely hoax. No relevant online references to "CASTLE fight" (other than Warcraft or other games), "evolutionary decision theory of situational complexity" or "stochastic production lockdown", and only one (unrelated) for "feedback production cycle". Several of the references cited also do not show up in searches, and "Donald T. Una" rings alarm bells. Whilst lack of google hits in itself is not conclusive, for a notable computer simulation, which by the refs is around 5 years old, to have no online presence is highly unlikely. Paulbrock ( talk) 10:53, 23 April 2008 (UTC) reply
This is a deeper issue in many ways. I would attempt to challenge this but I doubt I have enough 'wiki-clout'. Its a shame that the mob-like mentality of the community will prevent the internet from developing specialized niches of knowledges. Many of the specialists that put time into rigorous education and jobs and then developing knowledge don't have time to mass edit and develop 'wiki' reputations. This was acounted for in the engineering of wikipedia allowing 'anonymous' contributions. Unless you've forgotten, that is allowed.
I suppose a system where scientifically untrained and uneducated editors can sweepingly declare a technical article 'nonsense,' or where a scientist's last name (how infantile can we get) can be criticized with nothing more than a subjective gestalt -- editors who then who move on to continue their off-the-hip shotgun-editing all over the cyber-libraries, is bound to be flawed. The fact that the only possible argument present here is that the critics are unable to follow a 15 word sentence with technical words is revealing in itself. Within the scientific and engineering community, there is a a need to communicate specific meaning which necessitates long sentences and technical words. I suppose, by what I've already said, the majority of you stopped understanding my arguments several sentences ago.
I suppose some of you edit and spend your time reviewing Wikipedia articles out of a need for a hobby, especially one that is accessible from a computer which many of us these days have. Maybe others do it to be part of a community. Perhaps others of you share my hope which is that the Information Age will one day bring in an accessible education to even the most opportunity-poor people. This would have the potential to NOT waste potential of brains anywhere, despite their random and arbitrary circumstances. I bring this point up, only to remind the community that the cultural attitude they take in this online endeavor should reflect this. Therefore, you can each individually choose to execute caution in allowing specialized knowledge bases once excluded from the public to flourish, or to shoot it down in a pitchfork-and-mob-like ignorance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.39.182.161 ( talk) 02:03, 24 April 2008 (UTC) reply
The result was delete. Sandstein ( talk) 06:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC) reply
likely hoax. No relevant online references to "CASTLE fight" (other than Warcraft or other games), "evolutionary decision theory of situational complexity" or "stochastic production lockdown", and only one (unrelated) for "feedback production cycle". Several of the references cited also do not show up in searches, and "Donald T. Una" rings alarm bells. Whilst lack of google hits in itself is not conclusive, for a notable computer simulation, which by the refs is around 5 years old, to have no online presence is highly unlikely. Paulbrock ( talk) 10:53, 23 April 2008 (UTC) reply
This is a deeper issue in many ways. I would attempt to challenge this but I doubt I have enough 'wiki-clout'. Its a shame that the mob-like mentality of the community will prevent the internet from developing specialized niches of knowledges. Many of the specialists that put time into rigorous education and jobs and then developing knowledge don't have time to mass edit and develop 'wiki' reputations. This was acounted for in the engineering of wikipedia allowing 'anonymous' contributions. Unless you've forgotten, that is allowed.
I suppose a system where scientifically untrained and uneducated editors can sweepingly declare a technical article 'nonsense,' or where a scientist's last name (how infantile can we get) can be criticized with nothing more than a subjective gestalt -- editors who then who move on to continue their off-the-hip shotgun-editing all over the cyber-libraries, is bound to be flawed. The fact that the only possible argument present here is that the critics are unable to follow a 15 word sentence with technical words is revealing in itself. Within the scientific and engineering community, there is a a need to communicate specific meaning which necessitates long sentences and technical words. I suppose, by what I've already said, the majority of you stopped understanding my arguments several sentences ago.
I suppose some of you edit and spend your time reviewing Wikipedia articles out of a need for a hobby, especially one that is accessible from a computer which many of us these days have. Maybe others do it to be part of a community. Perhaps others of you share my hope which is that the Information Age will one day bring in an accessible education to even the most opportunity-poor people. This would have the potential to NOT waste potential of brains anywhere, despite their random and arbitrary circumstances. I bring this point up, only to remind the community that the cultural attitude they take in this online endeavor should reflect this. Therefore, you can each individually choose to execute caution in allowing specialized knowledge bases once excluded from the public to flourish, or to shoot it down in a pitchfork-and-mob-like ignorance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.39.182.161 ( talk) 02:03, 24 April 2008 (UTC) reply