Talk:Culturomics

The criticism section needs help
It just kept going and going and going and it forgot what it was talking about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:85D0:8B00:AA2D:E304:B593:C0A5 (talk) 05:02, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks
Good start, thanks. This is an interesting topic I know nothing about, listing the sources seems the first best step. Green Cardamom (talk) 16:38, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Text vs information
Culturomics is more than just the study of texts, it's digital information of any type. It can look at blogs, tweets, news articles, any type of cultural output. Google Books Ngram Viewer has been the first application but not the only. Green Cardamom (talk) 17:13, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, the NY Times article and responses to the Science article suggest no one is certain that "culturomics" is anything. It currently exists only as a neologism (having been first used only last December and appears not to be in common use). I am not yet convinced the term is entirely beyond WP:NEO -- it may be better suited for Wikitionary -- but I'm willing to take a wait-and-see stance for the moment. Time, and more sources independent of the coiners, can eventually decide on a definition. — Cactus Writer (talk) 18:28, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It's ok for Wikipedia, notable sources, it's an emerging field is all. There's still the issue of focusing on just ngram's and Google Books, it's more than that. See this article for example. Green Cardamom (talk) 19:57, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Links
These externl-links were added by anon, not really sure where/how they should be added to the article, they are useful in case we have a AfD or something, I'll work on adding some as sources, holding here for now. Green Cardamom (talk) 20:10, 9 September 2011 (UTC)


 * [http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/culturomics.html} Definition in MacMillan
 * Definition in Wired
 * Blog in Not Exactly Rocket Scientist
 * Article in Boston Globe
 * Article in American Scientist


 * I added the American Scientist article it's pretty good. I think the other links are good for verification purposes, in case anyone questions the terms notability, but wouldn't be core to the article. Thanks for making them available, anon. Green Cardamom (talk) 20:32, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Merge from Cultural Observatory
The project website, headed Cuturomics, discussed work of the Cultural Observatory, an unreferenced and out-of-date stud that is otherwise destined for deletion. Merging here seems merciful. Klbrain (talk) 16:53, 10 August 2017 (UTC)