Timeline for Is computing history inherently on-topic?
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| Dec 28, 2023 at 23:42 | comment | added | Raffzahn | @NickWestgate No matter how long ago, I to think it drives an important point home: History and recollection in itself is not well suited for this format nor healthy content anyway. Any history recording on RC.SE should always been a secondary/supporting point to facts about old machinery. There is nopreformulated yes or now but using a critical approach gauging question for pointing in a useful direction. Our task is to keep that balance working. | |
| Dec 20, 2023 at 22:58 | comment | added | Nick Westgate | @user3840170: Sure. This answer was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. I've actually been enjoying some of the history Q&A's recently, I guess I was wrong to an extent even on my own perspective. Still, I'm glad I provided a negative answer for a few people to upvote, but even more people to downvote. | |
| Dec 20, 2023 at 12:00 | comment | added | user3840170 | “differing opinions and recollections, mis-remembered facts, other people filling in the blanks” – that’s why in history, objective sources are so important. | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 1:54 | comment | added | Nick Westgate | @jdv: No need to take umbrage. My point (an opinion) is that history may take debate to establish, and I feel SE is not a great format for that.I'm not saying it's not important - it is. Anyway, someone provided a Yes answer to vote on. It's necessary for someone to provide a No answer so that the community can decide by voting. | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 15:25 | comment | added | user12 | I have to take umbrage with the statement that history is all opinion or hearsay. If this were true, then most of what we consider, well, "truth" would be completely meaningless. What we want are reasonably verified and verifiable statements that put some specific piece of information in its proper context. Which is what historians do, and what we can do, too. | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 3:34 | history | answered | Nick Westgate | CC BY-SA 3.0 |