Talk:Lecture
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I don't think the quote-section is improving the article, so I have removed it. For easier reference, the section was the following:
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"Lectures," said McCrimmon, "are our most flexible art form. Any idea, however slight, can be expanded to fill fifty-five minutes; any idea, however great, can be condensed to that time. And if no ideas are available, there can always be discussion. Discussion is the vacuum that fills a vacuum. If no one comes to your lectures or seminars, you can have a workshop and get colleagues involved. They have to come, and your reputation as an adequately popular teacher is saved." (John Kenneth Galbraith, A Tenured Professor)
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I hope everyone is ok with that. --- Marc K 20:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
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- I liked the quote, and will suggest that if anybody else feels strongly about it that they add it back. Of course, let's not do an edit war, if there are people strongly against it, maybe you should list that here. As far as the substance of the quote, I think it underlines a major theme of the article - that even though lectures are something everybody loves to hate - they work in many situations and often have no alternative.
Smallbones 10:04, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Hmm... I didn't expect anyone to defend the quote. I don't have very strong preferences either, as I don't think the quote absolutely ruins the article. What does everyone else think? In any case, you are welcome to put the quote back in, although I still do oppose it. :-) --- Marc K 01:28, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
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- I've heard the quote before, and it's a great quote, but I don't think it really adds anything to the article. --Tango 19:29, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
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