Let's see if this site is actually useful. Anyone have any inside gossip on why GDELT was suspended?
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GDELT suspended
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OMG. This is indeed a scandal.
Linsay:
The "creator" of GDELT, Kalev Leetaru, is accused of stealing the files of news reports, on which the bulk of GDELT (1979-2005) is based, from his former employer at UIUC.
http://www.state.il.us/court/R23_Orders/AppellateCourt/2013/4thDistrict/4130290_R23.pdf -
Doesn't explain why Schrodt and Brandt jumped ship right now, assuming they knew there was some issue brewing for several years.
Linsay:
The "creator" of GDELT, Kalev Leetaru, is accused of stealing the files of news reports, on which the bulk of GDELT (1979-2005) is based, from his former employer at UIUC.
http://www.state.il.us/court/R23_Orders/AppellateCourt/2013/4thDistrict/4130290_R23.pdf -
Or, there is other information out there to which neither of us is privy. I mean, I know both of them and you don't, so I think I'm a little better positioned to offer conjectures about their motivations (and the information they had at hand). But they are just conjectures.
Alan:
^ They obviously didn't know, dum dum.
This is especially terrible for the several ABDs who were planning to use this resource for dissertation work. What a mess. -
Caryl:
Or, there is other information out there to which neither of us is privy. I mean, I know both of them and you don't, so I think I'm a little better positioned to offer conjectures about their motivations (and the information they had at hand). But they are just conjectures.Are you also better positioned to offer conjectures about who I know?
I'm sure it felt great when Schrodt spared 30 seconds to comment on your polmeth poster, but that doesn't give you any grand insights into his motivations. Kindly cram the "but I'm friends with…" bulls**t.
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