# Wikipedia

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## [About the Wikipedia category](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/about-the-wikipedia-category/15786)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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There are several PCT-relevant articles in Wikipedia, including Perceptual Control Theory William T. Powers Method of Levels The Wonder Weeks These need improvement. Here is an introduction for newbies, and here is a …

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## [Wikipedia article on Method of Levels](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/wikipedia-article-on-method-of-levels/16144)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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**Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 2:01am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/wikipedia-article-on-method-of-levels/16144 "2024-12-10T02:01:45Z")

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In the Wikipedia article Method of Levels, on 30 September 2018 an editor called ‘Biogeographist’ deleted the “Testing” section and on the Talk page recommended a more complete and better documented section describing h…

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## [Robotics section in the PCT article](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/robotics-section-in-the-pct-article/16139)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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**Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 1:29am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/robotics-section-in-the-pct-article/16139 "2024-11-02T01:29:11Z")

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I have just recaptured the section on robotics that Rupert put into the “Perceptual control theory” article in November 2017. Greyfell deleted that section on 26 November 2020 as seeming to be self-promotional. Since I h…

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## [GOFAI in the PCT article](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/gofai-in-the-pct-article/16138)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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**Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/gofai-in-the-pct-article/16138 "2024-11-01T22:36:04Z")

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In the Wikipedia article “Perceptual Control Theory”, on 24 March 2019 someone logged in to Wikipedia as Nanounanue (an account which no longer exists) inserted the section that is replicated below, copied from the versi…

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## [Wikipedia article on The Wonder Weeks](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/wikipedia-article-on-the-wonder-weeks/16122)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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**Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/wikipedia-article-on-the-wonder-weeks/16122 "2024-09-01T21:15:29Z")

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This is a brief account of the scientific basis of The Wonder Weeks, by Hettij Plooij, Frans Plooij, with their daughter Xaveira Plas-Plooij now a third co-author, and the Wikipedia article about the book. (References ar…

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## [Original research and neutrality issues](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/original-research-and-neutrality-issues/15795)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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**Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/original-research-and-neutrality-issues/15795 "2021-04-25T23:17:05Z")

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Original research and neutrality issues Here is the most recent section of the Talk page for the Wikipedia article titled Perceptual Control Theory. A competent and reasonably temperate wikipedian with the user name Gra…

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## [Math section in the PCT article in Wikipedia](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/math-section-in-the-pct-article-in-wikipedia/15788)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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**Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/math-section-in-the-pct-article-in-wikipedia/15788 "2021-04-17T21:01:52Z")

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The discussion of mathematics of control in the “Perceptual Control Theory” article in Wikipedia is based on the discussion in the 2011 paper by Powers et al.. The discussion in Rick’s new methods book (I don’t have a l…

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## [Responding to challenges in Wikipedia](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/responding-to-challenges-in-wikipedia/15787)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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**Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/responding-to-challenges-in-wikipedia/15787 "2021-04-17T20:53:17Z")

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Wikipedia editors of a class who regard themselves as guardians of orthodox science, or of orthodoxy in their particular field, have sometimes attacked the articles related to PCT, and this calls us to review them period…