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secondary sources or it could seem to be an advertisement or promotional. It seems I read somewhere that "Knowledge" may not be supportive (I will have to look) of a "Criticism" section, and I saw where an editor removed an NPOV tag reportedly because there was no criticism. Think about it? If a subject, or system, receives any media attention it would
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If the software is notable I recommend you write the article first to establish that notability, then add it to the list after acceptance. The reason for the high bar is that this article is a honey pot for no end of GTD wannabes trying to promote their stuff. BTW, Evernote is specifically listed as
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Does the article have issues? Sure it does. The world does not need to be presented with a Knowledge view that the "system" (from the book) is the best thing since toilet paper, just present facts fairly and with balance. That should not be an insurmountable and unobtainable goal, possibly with the
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I saw that several editors, and those leaving comments, used the system or were fans. There is apparently a "GTD community". I was using a form of this system over 40 years ago. I made it through high school by taking notes and prioritizing. I hardly ever took books home and maintained a B average.
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The more I think about it, the more I think the article needs a major re-write but it's not clear to me how to approach it. On the issue of secondary sources, I seem to recall there are a great many articles of the kind "Five Great Tools to Use in GTD" but I don't remember if they are just bloggers
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In just a few clicks I found criticism with things like "WHY I DON’T USE GETTING THINGS DONE" and I am not attempting to suggest some "trashing of the book, the system, or the person but if the article is about a book it inherently should have a "review" section and will just as inherently include
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Thanks for the reply. I have not looked at the article in depth and it seems you may be referring to the "advertisement" tag on the main page. My comments are concerning a template on the editing page. I performed a cursory glance at the article because of the tag, deciding to clicked on the edit
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I do have some concerns. The article is supposedly about a management system "based on a book by the same name". A small amount of constructive consideration will lead to a conclusion that there may be no difference if not clearly shown. This means that the entire article should rely heavily on
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While I understand and don't disagree with SageGreenRider's concern (i.e., "this article is a honey pot for no end of GTD wannabes trying to promote their stuff"), I must point out that having a dedicated Knowledge article is not a prerequisite for establishing that a GTD system is sufficiently
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for there to be no criticism no matter how good it was. I don't think I am a fan of "not" having a criticism section but would have to explore it more. I do know that when there is "nothing but praise of good" on a subject it can be bad editing or a
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notable to include in this article, as SageGreenRider suggests and wants to require (i.e., "If the software is notable I recommend you write the article first to establish that notability, then add it to the list after acceptance"). Rather, as per
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namely OmniFocus and Evernote (4th and 5th in the list manager list) and eProductivity for Lotus Notes and NetCentrics GTD Outlook Add-In and (#1 and #2 on the List Manager Add-ons list). Please discuss here what you think about this addition.
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What's encyclopedic about that though? If there are secondary sources that mention there are a great number of tools, or something similar, we should follow those sources. (I haven't looked at the article and sources in detail yet).
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I went back to the page history and the section looked ify (are those sites really tailored for GTD?). It would be nice if there was a section with software/apps, though. I came here via a link claiming the info was on this page.
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SageGreenRider, it makes sense to add an asterisk to software tools that are both notable and mentioned on the GTD webpage; however, I think there ought to be an additional denotation for software tools designated on the
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Usually (but not always), the purpose is to make the target feel threatened or intimidated, and the outcome may be to make editing Knowledge unpleasant for the target, to undermine, frighten, or discourage them from
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OK Boldly, I did complete rewrite. I still need to add some page numbers for each part of the "Themes" section but basically the source is the book itself. Feel free to edit or even completely revert if not worthy.
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I went to "See" the page but the first step it gave was to discuss the issue on this page which I have started. As I stated, I do not have an issue with the page notice but the wording of the subject title. --
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in fact being a force of nature, hence a resource which is capable of overcoming obstacles to understanding some problem). The 1st edition's text shows me in what context obstacles might be understood (his
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Glancing at the list, it's not clear that each entry is even verified at this point. It might be better removing the section completely if there are no independent, reliable sources demonstrating that it's
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community supported reasons NOT to be on the page. It redirected my attention because I took exception to the tag being there and decided I did not need to edit the article. See the opening paragraph at:
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Why the restriction to internal wiki links? I added a link to an implementation that does not have a Knowledge article, but is reasonably well know and respected. Perhaps more importantly, it is designed
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I agree. Maybe the simplest thing is to delete the list and to write "There is a list of tools on David Allen's "tools" page. There are many other claimants, too many to mention here." Thoughts?
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and "fans" have to be aware that even a notable subject can be subjected to AFD (or a repeated listing) if the article cannot be written to conform to policies and guidelines.
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An additional complication is that I just noticed there is a second edition, claimed to be a complete re-write. So we should cover the 2001 and 2015 editions somehow.
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exceptions of someone that is a paid editor or such a big fan that any controversy is not acceptable. It is my opinion that a designation for that type of editing is
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negative aspects. Forbes has referred to the book as the "Entrepreneur's Bible". If a majority of reviews are positive then we (Knowledge editors) strive for
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as "GTD Enabled." This is a designation given by the David Allen Company to software solutions that Mr. Allen was personally involved in testing and approving
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This involves describing the opposing views clearly, drawing on secondary or tertiary sources that describe the disagreement from a disinterested viewpoint.
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If a page needs protecting there are many tools provided to facilitate this without some warning that looks (even if not the intent) to show some form of
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in some manner. Minimally, the inclusion criteria needs to clearer, every entry verified, and we need to be sure that the list remains maintainable. --
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You do ... Yes, anyone can be bold and edit an existing article or create a new one, and volunteers do not need to have any formal training.
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Knowledge has an important policy: roughly stated, you should write articles without bias, representing all views fairly.—Larry Sanger
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I looked around the listings of featured articles and good articles to try to find a model for this one. The closest I found was
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I added an asterisk for software that is both notable (i.e. having an article on Knowledge) and mentioned on in the gtd webpage
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articles on Knowledge. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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I've removed it, given editors are ignoring the edit warning and apparently unconcerned with grammar. --
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has become a strong policy and at a point, at the very least, an article may have to be considered for
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http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Getting_Things_Done&diff=189326401&oldid=189326379
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Hmmm... several points here... If you believe B-folders by JointLogic is notable then why not
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which has a simple Lede/Themes/Reception/end matter structure. Maybe that is a good model?
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Sounds good to me. Maybe one asterisk for a mention and two for "GTD Enabled" designation?
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for GTD, while many others on the list are note (Remember the Milk, Evernote, etc).
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is GTD's biggest message; and to me the text shows me how to deal with obstacles (
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I personally could use some help understanding just how the text is advertising.
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Following the examples of related GA articles is always good in my opinion. --
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Neutrality assigns weight to viewpoints in proportion to their prominence.
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that seems it can be interpreted to be a warning of intimidation (See :
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button to remove puff wording, but was confronted with a "warning"
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But the automatic bot did not allowed it. Should it be added ?
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If there is only a small amount of negativity we include it:
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