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Re:Yale censored a student's course catalog site. I made an ... by ricardobeat on Sunday January 19, 2014 @12:47PM (#7085139)
Scraping = extracting data from a third-party website. Even if you had a site on a specific course, fetching data for a single resource, it's still scraping.
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Re:Yale censored a student's course catalog site. I made an ... by cynwoody on Sunday January 19, 2014 @03:15PM (#7085800)
Since it's extracting additional data from the second-party website, I would classify it as enhanced browsing, not as scraping. Enhancing the browsing experience is the purpose of browser extensions.
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Re:Yale censored a student's course catalog site. I made an ... by moocowduckquack on Sunday January 19, 2014 @12:52PM (#7085169)
Scraping = extracting data from a third-party website.

That definition would seem to include some journalistic quotes.

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Re:Yale censored a student's course catalog site. I made an ... by alanh on Sunday January 19, 2014 @03:28PM (#7085850)
It would, it that were an automated process. Can we satisfy your quibble by using the word "automated" before "extraction"?
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