Understanding Factbook

NichtnurBibelleser
NichtnurBibelleser Member Posts: 526 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

I stumbled upon the entry "John Mark" in Factbook. On the top it states: Author of the Gospel of Mark.

This assertation is contrary to most of the Commentaries on Mark which I consulted.

So the question: Which criteria is used in this or similar cases? Stating as a fact something which is still discussed under a historical perspective?
I'd appreciate transparency here.

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,886

    NichtnurBibellleser said:

    Stating as a fact something which is still discussed under a historical perspective?

    Relax. There are many errors in Factbook. Report it as a data bug and it will get fixed. The basic data for Factbook was machine generated then machine merged ... with some serious errors in merging. From my perspective, they set their goals too high for the level of understanding of the data they actually had rather than building step-by-step based on a firm understanding of the data. But they have made some very positive progress and need our input on mis-merged records such as this.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Jimmy Parks
    Jimmy Parks Member, Logos Employee Posts: 114

    Thank you for pointing this out. We'll look at this and get it changed to something more appropriate. 

  • xnman
    xnman Member Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1317006#Comment_1317006

    I just recently started using Factbook. I didn't use it because I could not find confidence with the information it gave. I still am very cautious. 

    Here's where I'm at.... If Factbook cannot be trusted, then when I ask it something, I have to prove that the answers are Fact... It that's the case, why use Factbook?

    The concept of Factbook seems logical... but Factbook has to give "bonifide" answers.

    That's my 2 cents... [8-|] 

    xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".

    Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!

  • Jimmy Parks
    Jimmy Parks Member, Logos Employee Posts: 114
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1317113#Comment_1317113

    I really appreciate this, and we don't dismiss this need for accuracy and trust. We are working hard to maintain and correct any problem that is reported of the several hundred thousand definitions for the concepts in factbook.
    Our hope is that the other published content that is connected to the concept, which come from preferred dictionaries and encyclopedias allows users to see these mistakes as bugs that they can report and have fixed. 

  • xnman
    xnman Member Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1317120#Comment_1317120

    Jimmy Parks said:

    I really appreciate this, and we don't dismiss this need for accuracy and trust. We are working hard to maintain and correct any problem that is reported of the several hundred thousand definitions for the concepts in factbook.
    Our hope is that the other published content that is connected to the concept, which come from preferred dictionaries and encyclopedias allows users to see these mistakes as bugs that they can report and have fixed. 

    Thank you!

    xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".

    Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!

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