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Talk:Examples of Bias in Wikipedia (view source)
Revision as of 02:28, February 22, 2007
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== A variety of comments ==
== A variety of comments ==
Question for you conservatives - how is the use of CE/BCE "anti-christian"? Different cultures and religions have different dating systems, and CE/BCE is a neutral system. In case you were unaware, AD stands for Anno Domini, meaning "In the Year of Our Lord", the Lord referring to the Christian lord, Jesus Christ. This is a decidedly <b>pro-christian</b> system, and using CE instead indicates a neutral stance, <b>not</b> an anti-christian stance. There are conservatives in the world (and US) who are not Christian, believe it or not. If you insist on using AD, perhaps you should call this encyclopedia "christipedia".
Having looked at the examples here, some of them seem to be valid and I have taken steps to correct them. In particular, I have removed some of the more gossipy comments in Wikipedia entries and thank this project for pointing them out. I have also corrected the century for the indentured servitude. I would therefore tentatively suggest updating those sections on this page to note that they were corrected after being pointed out here. The lack of an article on elementary proof is disturbing and I am currently writing a draft. One of the claims here however is flat out wrong- Wikipedia does not prefer CE to AD but has a compromise system where Christian articles generally use the AD/BC system, articles on other religions generally use CE/BCE, articles on other topics use whichever one the article creator had. In some particularly controversial cases, we have used CE/AD or similar comments. Also many of the issues brought up here would have taken a few seconds to correct or deal with. Thus, bringing them up here as examples of "bias" is inaccurate and misleading. I have not had time to look over all the claims here but will do so when I have time. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 17:00, 4 February 2007 (EST)
Having looked at the examples here, some of them seem to be valid and I have taken steps to correct them. In particular, I have removed some of the more gossipy comments in Wikipedia entries and thank this project for pointing them out. I have also corrected the century for the indentured servitude. I would therefore tentatively suggest updating those sections on this page to note that they were corrected after being pointed out here. The lack of an article on elementary proof is disturbing and I am currently writing a draft. One of the claims here however is flat out wrong- Wikipedia does not prefer CE to AD but has a compromise system where Christian articles generally use the AD/BC system, articles on other religions generally use CE/BCE, articles on other topics use whichever one the article creator had. In some particularly controversial cases, we have used CE/AD or similar comments. Also many of the issues brought up here would have taken a few seconds to correct or deal with. Thus, bringing them up here as examples of "bias" is inaccurate and misleading. I have not had time to look over all the claims here but will do so when I have time. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 17:00, 4 February 2007 (EST)