@JeromyAnglim you really do post to meta all the time :P
Btw @Josh I can understand the SE team logic about not picking me as moderator. I am fairly busy lately so perhaps it's best you more meta-guys do the moderating
@BenBrocka Okay, good. Thanks for mentioning that, I previously didn't know what your feelings were. I want to stand up for our users and don't want anyone feeling left out!
unless anyone did not want to be a moderator. I'm sure we all have work and related commitments, and we've all shown commitment to meta/chat/site related activity.
I will be lucky to make it to 2K, let alone 10K! And when we leave beta, depending on the community and the candidates for election and my experience, I may not even run for "real" modship
I also remember with stats.se we had Prof. Rob Hyndman as a temporary moderator. I think it was good in the early days to have one academic as a mod, to add a little academic credibility to the site; he also actively promoted the site on his blog
I haven't really used google+ much, but I'm starting to like it; I've been on twitter for around 2 years, and consolidated a lot of connections, but, G+ has much more interactivity
The issue has been raised that we have a bunch of lab research related tags, and some confusion on nlp.
What tags do you feel need to be "merged" or synonymized to other tags?
Throughout the beta, we need members from the site whose focus is to engage the community, both in community-building issues and site management. That's why we select a few members from each community to act as temporary, provisional Moderators. You can read about the program here: Moderators Pro...
@Ubermensch I'd be interested to see an answer to this, but the human mind is so complex I don't think we understand it fully enough to model software on it
@BenBrocka Thanks @BenBrocka. Tried my best to make them consider you as a mod as well, but I'm guessing their judgement is better than mine on this issue. Don't be disappearing from meta now! :)
I asked a question in regards to Hemispatial Neglect, an acquired brain injury. I noticed we don't have any related tags yet as best I could tell.
Should these be generically tagged as brain-injury or should they be specified as acquired-brain-injury, traumatic-brain-injury ect?
Since we don't...
Hemispatial Neglect patients are known to have Anosognosia meaning they don't recognize their disability. These patients neglect either their left or right field of vision entirely, as if they couldn't see anything on that side of their body.
How do these patients react when directly confronted ...
I asked a question in regards to Hemispatial Neglect, an acquired brain injury. I noticed we don't have any related tags yet as best I could tell.
Should these be generically tagged as brain-injury or should they be specified as acquired-brain-injury, traumatic-brain-injury ect?
Since we don't...
I'm faced with a UX problem of looking for ways to position a website to increase attendance at future "real world" events, and I'm remembering a study once conducted along these lines (details a bit hazy):
University students were given a presentation on the benefit of receiving flu shots and i...
From Developmental psychology 101 I remember an experiment where the person conducting the experiment would pour liquid from a tall, narrow container into a short, narrow container and ask a child if the volume of the liquid had changed... or something similar to that. I can't remember if it actu...
Now I need to explain to people around me what caused me to burst out laughing :-)
I am still fascinated by the Piaget Theory of Conservation experiment even though I know it's a proven thing. Just amazes me to see kids get it wrong. IDK, probably silly but that's the stuff I love about psychology, little insights into how our brains work / develop
Okeedokee, I'm going to wander off to other corners of the site. :D I just wanted to pop in and say hello, make sure everything was running smoothly, and just do a general check.
@StevenJeuris not sure if we need a meta post or not... um... maybe we can just contact the editors? How many individuals do you see making too-minor edits?
Seriously though, I've been concerned about lots of little edits because of the potential issues with source citations, we should decide on one citation style
@BenBrocka I was generally confused when reading that question with the unfinished like "" question. I was even more confused that the post was edited, so I reread it a couple of times to see what I was interpreting wrongly.
@BenBrocka I kind of like Jeromy's. One thing I found out with the <sub> style is you have to add a <sub> around each citation.
Jeromy uses a big 'References' header, and the ordinary font underneath that.
@JoshGitlin Is there some way how we can help get the citation meta post get extra attention. I feel that would be appropriate as well. We really do need to decide on this.
In this question on preferred referencing conventions, naturally, there is general support for including links to sources in the body of the answer. Ben Brocka also mentions the use of APA inline style e.g., "(Smith & Dean, 2000)" or "Smith and Dean (2000)", etc.
However, should we encourage...
@BenBrocka I don't mind the occasional strange post, especially not contrasted with the great content it provides. I just found the editing thread a bit weird. Here is a related meta answer: meta.stackoverflow.com/a/81522/157047
That would mean another reference style question. But maybe the exact reason the discussions so far haven't been that fruitful is because the scope was too wide, people feel different about different parts of it.
@BenBrocka it's beautiful, thank you for sharing it ;-)
I vote to feature this question and then we'll all just work to make one of the answers complete. Is this acceptable to you guys @BenBrocka and @StevenJeuris?
Okay, let's try to summarize on what we agreed so far and see which open issues we still have. Nobody complained about also adding references at the bottom.
How to visualize this is a different meta subject which I would start after we established which style to use.
Okay. I'm easy. Just let me know what you guys recommend :-) I do think we should feature something, even if it's not answered yet. Featuring it will help people come to a consensus
The following are the preferred elements of proper citation for this site. They are optional but if you see a post missing one of these elements, please take the time to edit them in.
Inline Citations
References should be in APA inline format. This allows the reader to know where a claim is com...
Figured :-) Yey for seeing vote-splits. That's my favorite feature. Yes, I'm slly
Okay... I think I'm a little confused. To me, it seems like the answer @Ben just provided is great, and the question he answered should be featured. What's too general about it @Steven?
That way we can also link to your answer, stating this is a summary of the current convention on how to reference. It will hopefully get some extra attention, and the formatting examples serve as actual examples and help in resolving those issues separately.
@jeromyanglim When you read this, could you please accept Ben's great summary on how to properly reference articles if you agree with it? We are trying to finalize this decision. We also featured the question so it would get some additional attention. If people don't agree with the accepted answer they can let us know.
Now, on to the styling issues! :)
I'm starting a style question now. Just letting you know so you (or me) don't waste their time. :)
Neher (1991, FREE PDF) summarises and critically evaluates the theory. From the abstract:
This critique of Maslow's theory of motivation examines all of its
major components. The theory is summarized and its basic propositions
are analyzed in the light of internal logic, other relevant t...
Mahmoud A. Wahba, Lawrence G. Bridwell, Maslow reconsidered: A review of research on the need hierarchy theory (1976), or a free pdf scan here
Its abstract says:
The uncritical acceptance of Maslow's need hierarchy theory despite the lack of empirical evidence is discussed and the need for...
His post actually has the DOI AND the free PDF which is perfect
For the site it's not the biggest deal if people do first author, et al as long as it's not the only citation though...DOI and or a full reference citation would cover it, but do it right for your example
There are already a couple of great suggestions on how you should reference articles. These have been summarized by Ben in one all encompassing answer.
From this another question arose how to properly format these references, particularly how to format the reference list at then end of an answer...
In this question on preferred referencing conventions, naturally, there is general support for including links to sources in the body of the answer. Ben Brocka also mentions the use of APA inline style e.g., "(Smith & Dean, 2000)" or "Smith and Dean (2000)", etc.
However, should we encourage...
Mahmoud A. Wahba, Lawrence G. Bridwell, Maslow reconsidered: A review of research on the need hierarchy theory (1976), or a free pdf scan here
Its abstract says:
The uncritical acceptance of Maslow's need hierarchy theory despite the lack of empirical evidence is discussed and the need for...
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