Comments on: 2008 Year in Review: Authors, articles, statistics and planning for 2009

By: Science, Reason & Rationality

Science, Reason & Rationality — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:20:10 +0000

AWESOME! Thanks Andy! You’re the man!

By: Andy Kaiser

Andy Kaiser — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:00:39 +0000

A late update on this, but I think it's justified: We spoke about being able to list all articles written by a particular author. We can now do this: On any particular article page, look near the top of the article, and you'll see something like "more by [author's name here]". Click the author's name to get all the stuff they've written. You can also get a list of all authors. Find that in the "View All" link at the top-right of every page. Hopefully this helps people find their favorite authors and the work they've written. Andy

By: David Annis

David Annis — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:20:04 +0000

Andy,

I like the ads – I’ve found a few interesting sites that way and it lets people with different points of view share the cost. One ad even gave me an article idea.

Rob,

Thank you for the kind words.

By: Rob Steenwyk

Rob Steenwyk — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:03:08 +0000

A forum would definitely be awesome, I know that I would like to participate in it. But yeah, a forum with only a few posts and them all being 2 months old is a sad sight to see. As soon as you see enough traffic (whatever that # is) I would really like it to be implemented.

Nice work on the quality articles David and Nick! Also a “thank you” has to be extended to Andy for getting these quality articles out there for all to read. Thanks a lot Andy, I have learned a lot from the site : )

By: DB Skeptic

DB Skeptic — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:36:30 +0000

Nick and David,

The built-in search tool isn’t very good at handling different formatting, like hyperlinks and italics tags. That’s what caused the problem you both reported on. So I’ve temporarily disabled the links above until I find a better, permanent solution.

Thanks for letting me know!

Andy

By: DB Skeptic

DB Skeptic — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:12:30 +0000

Hi David,

Here are the ten articles I’ve got from you. Let me know if there’s a mistake somewhere:

Sexual selection and how the peacock got its tail
Pascal’s Wager: gambling with an immoral god
Problems with nutritional supplements
If you can’t prove God doesn’t exist, why not believe?
Macro-evolution observed in the laboratory
What good is half an eye?
Religious deference taken to extremes
The problem with retrospective studies: Why what’s good for you changes
The limits of evidence-based medicine
Evolution makes testable predictions

By: David Annis

David Annis — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:29:31 +0000

I only counted 9 articles for me, although I submitted one that is not yet in the queue.

David

By: DB Skeptic

DB Skeptic — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:19:30 +0000

Ah, I see what’s happening: the search tool is inclusive for all search terms, not exclusive. I’ll work on this tonight and see if that can be fixed. Thanks for letting me know!

Andy

By: Science, Reason and Rationality

Science, Reason and Rationality — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:24:34 +0000

Hi Andy,

There seem to be some errors. There are 3 out of 10 articles listed in there which is not mine. These are the articles:

1. Apophenia: Definition and Analysis

2. Universities and academies fail to teach scientific thought and rationality

3. 2008 Year in Review: Authors, articles, statistics and planning for 2009

Nick
SRR