Is bogofilter Bayesian?

[David Relson]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:51:42 +0100
Boris 'pi' Piwinger wrote:

> Greg Louis wrote:
> 
> >> Right. What do you think about an FAQ entry on all of those
> >> effects? That can list all concerns and possible
> >> interpretations.
> > 
> > I don't feel strongly about it.  On the one hand, it would perhaps
> > be read by a few people who wouldn't bother to follow the links to
> > Paul's and Gary's well-articulated descriptions.  On the other, the
> > information is available, in those papers and others, and repeating
> > it in the FAQ may be unnecessary duplication.  For myself, I'd
> > prefer linking to authoritative material; it's actually quite
> > difficult to explain this stuff in a way that both statisticians and
> > non-statisticians will find satisfactory.  Gary does a pretty good
> > job.
> 
> Well, since the FAQ already hits the issue, it should do it
> broader or not at all.
> 
> pi

Greg and pi,

What might be good is to add a few more relevant lines to the FAQ and
end with "for a fuller explanation see Gary Robinson's xxx and Paul
Graham's yyy".

Would either of you care to modify the FAQ?

David