Review of My Quotation Accuracy

Elliot Temple
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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://curi.us/2576-review-of-my-quotation-accuracy
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Good job!

I thought I was doing a good job with my quotations, even in informal contexts

Nice, you’re a scholar through and through.

There is a missing period at the end in Curiosity – Dennis Hackethal, Plagiarist

it looks like you did tell me that [sentence], in which case the right thing to do is to credit you

Is that pedantic? Also I can’t know whether the original text actually had a period there since Hackethal didn’t provide a link.

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Hmm. Now that it has been pointed out to me I wonder about partially quoting stuff. Like lets say I say, “I like school only on Fridays.” and you quote it like:

I like school

not indicating something has been cut-off. This feels similar to misquoting. I mean I did say that, but important information is missing. I don’t think the quotes Dennis went over from you are close to that, but the though still comes to mind

Also did he review this stuff or did a program do it? From his quote checker website:

  • This tool is in its beta stage. Expect things to break; proceed with caution.
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I think it is. Idk if the period is even necessary. Also. Hmm. How would I put it. You didn’t talk about the ellipses and stuff that Elliot didn’t put in so I assume you’re ok with him not doing that (I am too, I don’t either) but why would the period even matter here?

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If there is no period then that implies that there is more text, that the sentence didn’t end, because it’s typical to include the period. I think you should include it because it’s cheap. It gives more context without putting almost any strain on the reader.

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In Quote Checker · ‘Elliot Temple misquotes Dennis Hackethal’ by Dennis Hackethal he made a note which means he had to review it:

Egregiously misleading misquote.

(The quote doesn’t seem misleading to me.)

That would be misleading because it’s taken out of context. Curiosity – Misquoting Is Conceptually Similar to Deadnaming: A Suggestion to Improve EA Norms says:

The second type of misquote is a misleading quote, such as taking words out of context.

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Why did you include the part after the question mark?

Yeah, I’m okay with that.

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It’s common not to include a period at the end of a quote when quoting less than a full sentence.

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There’s no mechanical rule to determine whether a quote is misleading. Using an ellipsis often wouldn’t prevent a quote from being misleading. For example, quoting

I like school only on Fridays.

as

I like school …

would be a misleading quote.

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Thats fair. I’m unsure if I thought that ellipsis would be a reasonable solution when I originally wrote that, but yeah what you say makes sense. Adding … wouldn’t make it less misleading.

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Hmm since its been a bit I can’t tell you exactly why but in general I like quoting the stuff around the main thing I’m quoting. Though in this case I didn’t quote the stuff after since you had in your original post so idk.

The other thing I can think of is because it makes clear the pedantic thing you were talking about. Though I guess it isn’t too clear that you were talking about a period.