An example of a majority reversal of a term referring to a concept.
Words referring to certain concepts on Scrapbox were reversed by majority vote over time Scrapbox Case Study. https://gyazo.com/05f658b2aeae930f30de12be017aa9c5
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(A) [Everyone must always see for themselves.]
(B) [You have to see it with your own eyes.]
(C) [one must see with one's own eyes]
Generation time series (2023)
4/4: First (A) was born
This was born out of a quote from the novel
It has been updated 5 times through 6/7.
5/25: (A) was made into a compact expression and (B) was born
(C) written as an example of notational shaking
6/7: Link to (B) placed in (C)
Only one line of `see [You have to see it with your own eyes.
At this point, I considered (B) the canonical representative and (C) a minor notational quirk.
10/28 (Today)
awareness
13 pages linked to (C)
7 pages linked to (B)
(C) not updated.
(B) is being updated (latest 9/2).
The contents of B were transferred to C and merged.
Merged.
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