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I would take it a step further. I want a date on any kind of article, scientific or not. Bonus points for having separate published and last modified dates.
by CoryG89 10y ago
I would take it a step further. I want a date on any kind of article, scientific or not. Bonus points for having separate published and last modified dates.
- Just1689 10y agoWell that settles it. We have the Encrypt the Web folks. I'd like to see a Version The Web
- teej 10y agoSomeone, I think it was Copyblogger and others, convinced people that to create "evergreen content" you should take dates off articles and blog posts. The web has been worse off for this advice.
- jbpetersen 10y agoThat's what repos and wikis are for IMO.
- abandonliberty 10y agoEven while you're hunting for that date you're improving their metrics :( Having a date on the article is not an advantage here. Unfortunately I don't see this going away anytime soon. Something like a browser plugin that notified you of article date could be helpful, but would face challenges in mass adoption. Have you noticed the general reduction in usefulness/efficiency of web pages? I sure have. Pages turn a 100 word answer into a 10,000 word essay with 5 videos.
- freehunter 10y agoI see that so much on technical articles. It really does make a difference if the content was published in 2007 or 2016.
- bobwaycott 10y agoAlso, footnotes citing sources.