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This page has parts that sound like an advertisement for trackers. Specifically, the parts talking about employing trackers and so forth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.185.165.46 (talk) 02:00, 20 May 2006‎ (UTC)[reply]

The intension was not a commercial advertisement for trackers (which is what it may look like from an American perspective) but rather to promote a dying tradition in Africa, where hunter-gatherer culture is threatened with extinction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Louis Liebenberg (talk • contribs) 13:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this sentiment - traditional tracking in Africa is dying out and the only way we can revitalise tracking in Africa is by creating employment opportunities for trackers. Trackers in Africa are among the poorest people, so I make no apology for "advertising" on their behalf. Tracking is an important part of our cultural heritage in Africa and we shuold do everything we can to support trackers - Louis Liebenberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.209.160.112 (talk) 21:33, 16 April 2008‎ (UTC)[reply]

This page has a lot of plagiarism from Louis Liebenberg's book The Art of Tracking: The Origin of Science. The first line of the book is "The art of tracking may very well be the origin of science." It sounds like someone has copied a lot of info from that book and written the content in a POV perspective. That Tracking is the origin of science is not known. What is known about tracking and the function of it, how it works, etc. should be the main point of the article. It would be nice to see a section on "Tracking Terms" like track, sign, scat, gait, stride, etc. The Liebenberg information is very important to tracking, but should go under its own section in the article called "The History/philosophy of tracking." -Urban Scout — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.214.98.24 (talk) 02:55, 11 January 2007‎ (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - I "plagiarised" my own book... I simply did it in the spirit of sharing knowledge freely. I've added citations.

That Tracking is the origin of science is not known. The hypothesis that tracking may have been the origin of science has also been supported by Carruthers (2002, 2006) as well as Pickering and Bunn (2007). Yes, we can never know if this hypothesis is true, but there is no such thing as "scientific proof" - a scientific hypothesis can never be verified, it is always tentative. This even applies to the laws of physics. We accept a hypothesis if it can explain nature and enable us to make predictions.

I'll see when I can make time for a section on history/philosophy - Louis Liebenberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.209.160.112 (talk) 21:33, 16 April 2008‎ (UTC)[reply]

Louis, if you are going to "plagiarize" your own book to write this article, please create a Wikipedia account.

Wikipedia:Why create an account?

Keep in mind, by copying your own book into an article, you may be violating Wikipedia's original research standard.

Kortoso (talk) 20:54, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tone[edit]

The tone of this page is inappropriate for an encyclopedia article (e.g. "like a sponge"). Seijihyouronka (talk) 03:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tracking humans[edit]

Shouldn't this article be expanded to include tracking humans as well, as practiced by the Shadow Wolves unit? Badagnani 07:10, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is a lot of uncited cut and paste going on in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.123.163 (talk) 04:16, 16 July 2007‎ (UTC)[reply]

Internet[edit]

What about internet tracking ? should it be a re-direct to social engineering page ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ezrafear (talk • contribs) 12:18, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Common name, article should be retitled to "Tracking"[edit]

As per WP:COMMONAME, I really think that this would be the most common thing people think of when they look up "Tracker" and the title should redirect to here instead of the current article which is about software music sequencers. I don't think the general public is that familiar with software music sequencers. When they hear the word "Tracker" they think of this meaning. -- œ ^™ 23:01, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. It's also the original meaning, which should carry more weight in Wikipedia than it currently does. Kortoso (talk) 20:50, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Determining the primary topic is not so simple, as WP:BUTIDONTKNOWABOUTIT explains, but there are a few guidelines. —Ringbang (talk) 01:31, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]