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Jim West requested corrections for his "The Letter: A Close Read", 11/29/2009. This is the resulting discussion involving West.
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| 11/29/2009, Roberts responds to West's request for corrections. | Claims "personal vendetta" and "simply inaccurate". | |
| 12/4/2009, West replies to Roberts. | Requests clarity and confirmation. No response. | |
| 11/30/2009, a high profile dissident requests that he sign West's "Close Read". | Embarrasses himself with, "Please... add my name as a signatory to your Letter To Science". It doesn't seem difficult to get signatories! | |
| 11/30/2009, Hersee responds to West. | Initiates topic, that Popovic sent sister draft ("PSSD"), is very important. Characterizes West, "suggests a degree of deliberate dishonesty." | |
| 11/30/2009, West replies to Hersee. | "You begin... by mischaracterizing my words, then finish with hyped moral weight." | |
| 12/1/2009, Hersee responds to West. | "You are self-deluding"; "deliberate time-wasting"; "no... further emails" | |
| 12/2/2009, West replies to Hersee. | "Mike Hersee lambasts me then advises me not to respond." | |
| 12/4/2009, Maniotis responds to West, via Hersee 11/30/2009 | PSSD is important. | |
| 12/4/2009, West replies to Maniotis | PSSD is too speculative. | |
| 12/4/2009, Maniotis responds to West | Re-asserts PSSD, but provides info that supports "Close Read"! West does not respond. | |
| 12/8/2009, Crowe responds via Maniotis 12/4/2009 | These discussions are "destructive". Content of The Letter is "nearly irrelevant". | |
| 2/17/2010, West replies to Crowe | Content irrelevant? | |
| 12/1/2009, Roberts responds to West, via Hersee's response. | Replies, "scarcely a first draft". | |
| 12/14/2009, West replies to Roberts (2) | Replies, it is a "first draft", and rebutts other claims. | |
| 12/14/2009, Roberts responds to West. | Deletes West's text; agrees "first draft"; emphatically misreads West's 2nd point. | |
| 1/14/2010, West replies to Roberts. | Replies with observations. | |
| 12/4/2009, Roberts responds to no particular message. | Presents a lengthy list of vague, unsupported claims about "A Close Read". | |
| 1/24/2010, West replies to Roberts (3) | Replies with observations. | |
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