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| − | Because quizbowl is a game designed around the accumulation and recall of knowledge and because many of those pieces of information [[things have names|have distinctive and memorable names]], a | + | Because quizbowl is a game designed around the accumulation and recall of knowledge and because many of those pieces of information [[things have names|have distinctive and memorable names]], it is very common for discussion threads on the [[forums]] to be named in reference to a title or work. |
The other major avenue where references of this kind appear are in [[team]] names at [[open]] [[tournaments]]. | The other major avenue where references of this kind appear are in [[team]] names at [[open]] [[tournaments]]. | ||
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==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
| − | + | "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Exactitude_in_Science On Exactitude in Science]" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges. | |
| + | * [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19340 On Exactitude in Science Writing] was a thread by [[Joelle Smart]] from November 25, 2016. This thread is best remembered today for its rapid decline into a heated argument largely unrelated to its original post regarding inaccuracies in science clues, which culminated it in being locked. | ||
| + | * [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=340375 On Exactitude in Writing] was a thread by [[Will Alston]] from January 30, 2018 | ||
| + | * [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=389524#p389524 On Exactitude in Score Clues] was a thread by [[Dan Ni]] from April 12, 2022 that gave a short list of errors that appeared in recent [[music]] tossups. | ||
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Revision as of 15:24, 29 April 2022
Because quizbowl is a game designed around the accumulation and recall of knowledge and because many of those pieces of information have distinctive and memorable names, it is very common for discussion threads on the forums to be named in reference to a title or work.
The other major avenue where references of this kind appear are in team names at open tournaments.
Literature
"On Exactitude in Science" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges.
- On Exactitude in Science Writing was a thread by Joelle Smart from November 25, 2016. This thread is best remembered today for its rapid decline into a heated argument largely unrelated to its original post regarding inaccuracies in science clues, which culminated it in being locked.
- On Exactitude in Writing was a thread by Will Alston from January 30, 2018
- On Exactitude in Score Clues was a thread by Dan Ni from April 12, 2022 that gave a short list of errors that appeared in recent music tossups.