[Air-L] QDAP/Texifter Foul Language List

[Francis Jervis]

Calls to my mind Rudmin's observations on data mining - this seems to
be another approach to threat detection which is subject to the same
flaw (too low a number - thankfully - of actual instances of
aggression/violence to extrapolate any pattern in the data).
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/rudmin1.html


On 11/29/09, Jessica Richman <jessica.richman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, I was wondering this too. It seems unfair to ask for public
> contribution if this is a private project that only your company will profit
> from.
>
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Jerom Janssen <jfjanssen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Dr. Stuart Shulman,
>>
>> This is a very interesting project. Will the results (tokens/phrases plus
>> their counts and ratings) be put in the public domain?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jerom Janssen
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 13:58, <stuart.shulman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > If you have trouble viewing or submitting this form, you can fill it out
>> > online:
>> >
>> >
>> https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGNQZGVLNUQ3SHhxYXU3ZjZsS3JsZVE6MA
>> >
>> >
>> > QDAP/Texifter Foul Language List
>> >
>> >
>> > We are compiling a list of oaths, dirty words, racist and sexual
>> derogatory
>> > and other offensive terms to build new language models and software
>> tools.
>> > The notable increase in public and private threats communicated via the
>> > Internet to Congress and the White House makes it important to do basic
>> > research that identifies the precursors of aggressive or violent
>> behavior.
>> > Adding your uniquely offensive contribution to the list, with an
>> associated
>> > rating from 1-7, with 1 representing a mildly offensive term and 7
>> > representing the most foul term, will advance this work.
>> >
>> > We are not collecting any data about the people submitting items to this
>> > list. The process is anonymous. The research is jointly sponsored by
>> > QDAP
>> &
>> > Texifter, LLC and directed by Dr. Stuart Shulman, QDAP Director and
>> Texifter
>> > President & CEO.
>> >
>> > http://www.umass.edu/qdap/
>> > http://texifter.com/
>> >
>> >
>> > Insert your word *
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Rate the word 1-7 (1 = least & 7 = most offensive) *
>> >
>> >
>> >
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