[WikiEN-l] Bible websites

George Herbert george.herbert at gmail.com
Mon Jul 6 22:54:36 UTC 2009


On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Cary Bass<cary at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Magnus Manske wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Matthew Brown<morven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Magnus
>>> Manske<magnusmanske at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Come to think of it:
>>>>
>>>> The bible is either wrong, in which case it shouldn't be cited.
>>>>
>>>> Or it's true, which would mean that it was dictated by God himself.
>>>> Wouldn't that make it original research?
>>>>
>>> The Bible is a well-known ancient work with great cultural
>>> significance.  Its status as fiction or fact is almost beside the
>>> point.  It is accurate about what it itself says, which can be cited
>>> as appropriate to inform articles where what it said was/is relevant.
>>>
>>> (And I know I'm taking a joking suggestion seriously, prolonging the joke!)
>>>
>>
>>
>> You're right. To atone for my sins, here the auto-comparing toolserver
>> tool I hacked since my first mail:
>>
>> http://toolserver.org/~magnus/biblebay.php?bookname=John&range=3%3A16-3%3A18
>>
>> Magnus
> Magnus: that is awesome.

I didn't know we were allowed to end silly discussions here with
actual working cool code.

I second Cary - that's awesome.  Thanks, Magnus!


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-george william herbert
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