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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[pejorative]] term that expresses objection to the use of quotes that tend to discredit the position taken by the person quoted.  Entire fields of law and politics encourage quoting an adversary to discredit him, yet evolutionists have invented this term to try to stop the quoting of evolutionists to discredit their position.

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[pejorative]] term that expresses objection to the use of quotes that tend to discredit the position taken by the person quoted.  While the entire fields of law and politics encourage quoting an adversary to discredit him, quote mining accuses the quoter of misrepresenting the actual quote, with regards to a material element of the quote.

==Origin, in TalkOrigins.org==

==Origin, in TalkOrigins.org==

According to the pro-evolution site TalkOrigins.org, quote mining is "the use of a (usually short) passage, taken from the work of an authority in some field, 'which superficially appears to support one's position, but [from which] significant context is omitted and contrary evidence is conveniently ignored.'"

According to the pro-evolution site TalkOrigins.org, quote mining is "the use of a (usually short) passage, taken from the work of an authority in some field, 'which superficially appears to support one's position, but [from which] significant context is omitted and contrary evidence is conveniently ignored.'"

Note that this definition is not confined to taking a quote out of context, but extends to quoting someone despite "contrary evidence." Under this definition, quotes that illustrate self-contradiction would be "quote mining."

Quotes that profess to illustrate self-contradiction by selectively removing words from the quote are, for example, quote mining.  Absent alteration of the quote, no quote-mining exists.

The term seems to be used to suggest or claim that people have ''deliberately'' or ''negligently'' taken facts material to a quote out of context, with the result that the quote no longer stands for its original proposition.  Allegations of quote mining are controversial,<ref>For example, the TalkOrigins.org Quote Mine Project documents many fallacious quotes, but the classification is controversial.</ref> since it implies [[scienter]] - that is, either intent to deceive, or disregard to the possibility of deception.  This distinguishes quote mining from more general, run of the mill, quoting out of context; while the latter involves no misrepresentation of facts material to the quote's meaning, the former does.

The term seems to be used to suggest or claim that people have ''deliberately'' or ''negligently'' taken facts material to a quote out of context, with the result that the quote no longer stands for its original proposition.  Allegations of quote mining are controversial,<ref>For example, the TalkOrigins.org Quote Mine Project documents many fallacious quotes, but the classification is controversial.</ref> since it implies [[scienter]] - that is, either intent to deceive, or disregard to the possibility of deception.  This distinguishes quote mining from more general, run of the mill, quoting out of context; while the latter involves no misrepresentation of facts material to the quote's meaning, the former does.