Talk:Artifact
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Question to anyone who reads this: do you think we should split the archaeological and digital definitions of "artifact"? I have no problem wih them being on the same page, but as a newbie, I don't know the rules for this. Discuss!
- It depends how much thre is to say on each. See wikipedia:Disambiguation. I would say the archaeological is by far the dominant, so that would stay here with a note & a link to Artifact (digital). -- Tarquin
Sounds good. Would this be a straightforward "see Artifact, digital" entry, or is there a special Wikipedia way of doing it? -- Storm
Are there just two meanings? See Newton for an example. -- Tarquin
suggested disambiguation titles
- Artifact -- this page, the archeology meaning
- Digital artifact
I think it should probably stay here until such time as there's enough for it to justify its own article; I think it's likely an article of its own would remain a tiny stub. - Khendon 17:56 Oct 28, 2002 (UTC)
Agreed. -- Storm
We could reconcile the two by saying something along the lines of "human or other (perceived) intelligent activity".
That would allow us to cut the following, which appears a bit garrulous to me (reminds me of Eisenhower's definition of an intellectual):
In a broader sense, it may be defined as anything created by any intelligent being, but at the moment our knowledge of intelligent beings consists of one example -- humanity. (Some ethologists, scientists who study animal behavior, may not agree with this assertion; nor would many UFO enthusiasts).</>
Sebastian 01:26 Jan 23, 2003 (UTC)
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Photographic Meaning of Artifact
Outside of digital imaging, in photography an artifact is something present in a photograph that is a product of the processing method and was not part of the original thing(s) that the photograph is supposed to faithfully reproduce. This is, in fact, the source of the use of the word "artifact" in digital imageing. The term was first used many in photochemical photography nearly a century before computers were even invented. How should the page be modifed to reflect this?
--Prophet121 01:14, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
