Talk:Stop words

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just an opinion, but i do not support the redirect from the phrase 'stop words', as this term is considered mainstream enough in the academic literature to be used as a single word and not two separate words. i think some editor was carried away and did not have the academic background to recognize just how common this is used as a single word.

The concept of "stop" words (and "stop" lists) seems to be commonly expressed in both ways depending on context and the domain in which it is used, so I think the redirect is valid (though I am not the individual who instituted the redirect, so I cannot speak for them). My wife is studying information retrieval at the graduate level, and the concept is expressed as separate terms (stop words vs. stopwords) in her textbooks.69.109.243.230 20:18, 14 February 2007 (UTC)