Talk:Information overload
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This page strikes me as ironic and definitely needs to be cleaned.
- You utterly fail to point out just how this appears to you as ironic. I have read it and reread it and still seems to me to be clear, consise, factual and neutral. Unless the claim above is substantiated I propose we remove the cleanup tag. 85.164.76.75 21:27, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
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- I believe the cleanup tag should stay. This prose is simply too dense and unreadable for an encyclopedia. Problems include: (1) paragraphs and sentences that are too long; (2) word choice that is too abstract (which only compounds the difficulty of comprehending such an abstract concept); (3) overuse of the passive voice; and (4) chaining of too many nouns and verbs as adjectives. The basic problem here is the use of too many abstract words to get across what could be done with a few concrete words.
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- The article as written constitutes precisely the kind of pompous, ornate writing that is still too common in academic ivory towers not yet penetrated by the plain English movement. A lawyer who regularly writes that badly (yes, I just graduated from law school) would be fired for failing to persuade anyone of the merits of his cases. --Coolcaesar 16:23, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
I took some time to clean up the page, and although it isn't perfect, I went ahead and removed the cleanup tag. I had to remove quite a bit of (IMHO) sensationalized and POV material to do so; if anyone thinks that material had a place in the article and wants to see it back in, feel free to include it if it can be done in a matter appropriate to the Wikipedia. ArrowmanCoder 18:25, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] solutions
I know this may not be the correct location for this but as an article on information ‘overload’ it gives no hint or direction as to how someone experiencing it may elevate it? (Even temporally) – Devan
[edit] Human Cerebral Cortex Overload
This page fails to clearly list the most important sub-heading of information overload, where a human being's brain literally "shuts down" in a coma-like state when the cerebral cortex is given too much information (through a large number of variables and possible scenarios which contribute to this phenomenon) to process. Whoever has the best knowledge, or any working knowledge whatsoever on the subject, should seed a topic to be perfected over time, at least to give people a general sense on how to spawn this new sub-heading of Information Overload.
[edit] Wikipedia causes information overload
As of 2006, I decided to stop reading Wikipedia, because it caused me a real Information overload. I didn't need to know all this info for my favorite cars, for example. The Ford Fiesta article gives too much info to me. Yes, I prefer being ignorant towards cars, media, music and art. Should I know the biography of Britney Spears to live a good life? No! Because, years ago, when I didn't even knew the name of the president of my country, I was happier. Too much info is not for me, I'll be ignorant again. 213.240.234.212 19:09, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] RSS
An aggregator and couple of RSS feeds can get you information overload.
[edit] Revert of possible copyright violation
Since this was listed for deletion, I've reverted to the version before the suspected copyright violation. It does mean the article loses 2 years worth of edits, but since edits made after this one could be seen as derivative works of that, I think the safest option is to restart the article from the point before that violation. Angela. 05:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Continuous Partial Attention
Why does "Continuous Partial Attention" redirect here? It's not the same thing ... it's not even MENTIONED in this aritcle. Scix 23:58, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
