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Talk:Quoting out of context (view source)
Revision as of 12:01, April 22, 2007
, 12:01, April 22, 2007→A request to editors: It depends on the tone of the article.
::Frankly, I wondered whether I should include the Charles E. Wilson example, but I figured it was old enough and familiar enough and ''unrelated to any ongoing argument here.'' This article should ''not'' include any examples relating to (say) Joseph McCarthy or John Kerry or, for that matter, Charles Darwin. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 07:31, 22 April 2007 (EDT)
::Frankly, I wondered whether I should include the Charles E. Wilson example, but I figured it was old enough and familiar enough and ''unrelated to any ongoing argument here.'' This article should ''not'' include any examples relating to (say) Joseph McCarthy or John Kerry or, for that matter, Charles Darwin. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 07:31, 22 April 2007 (EDT)
:::"Quote mining", regardless of whether you or I are correct on its meaning, is a pejorative term, indicating unscrupulousness on the part of the perpetrator. Using a quote out of context is a fact of life, and, in my opinion, unintentional in the vast majority of cases. If the article is not written as though taking a quote out of context is something done deliberately, then I don't see that there should be a problem. And the example I provided is one that shows that even careful quoters can get it wrong occasionally. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 08:01, 22 April 2007 (EDT)