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: So I guess that you would argue that no accurate and honest work would ever use Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 16:10, 15 March 2007 (EDT)
: So I guess that you would argue that no accurate and honest work would ever use Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 16:10, 15 March 2007 (EDT)
:: It is one thing to pull out a quote to add flavor to opinion piece (something on love on Valentines day). It is quite another to use out of context or partial quotes to try to support an argument - especially when that quote when in context says the opposite of what the out of context part says. --[[User:Mtur|Mtur]] 16:20, 15 March 2007 (EDT)
:: It is one thing to pull out a quote to add flavor to opinion piece (something on love on Valentines day). It is quite another to use out of context or partial quotes to try to support an argument - especially when that quote when in context says the opposite of what the out of context part says. --[[User:Mtur|Mtur]] 16:20, 15 March 2007 (EDT)
::: Yes, those are different, but which is "quote mining"? I don't think that the term has any generally-agreed definition. Thumbing thru Bartlett's sure seems like quote mining to me. It also seems like quote mining when the press digs out old quotes from presidential candidates, even if the quotes are presented in context. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 18:09, 15 March 2007 (EDT)