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Talk:Examples of Bias in Wikipedia (view source)
Revision as of 19:27, March 11, 2007
, 19:27, March 11, 2007→Additional problems with Wikipedia
: Wow! Your points are superb. With specific examples and citations I could add them to the content page here. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 14:18, 11 March 2007 (EDT)
: Wow! Your points are superb. With specific examples and citations I could add them to the content page here. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 14:18, 11 March 2007 (EDT)
::Thanks - here are just a few off the top of my head:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_role] - "A 'gender role' is a set of behavioral norms associated particularly with males or females, in a given social group or system. It can be a form of division of labour by gender. It is a focus of analysis in the social sciences and humanities. Gender is one component of the gender/sex system, which refers to "The set of arrangements by which a society transforms biological sexuality into products of human activity, and in which these transformed needs are satisfied" (Reiter 1975: 159). Most societies have a gender/sex system, although the components and workings of this system vary widely from society to society.[citation needed] Some see "gender roles" as oppressive stereotypical expectations imposed by society."
::(The "gender/sex system" by the way refers to a belief that gender and ones physical sex are not the same thing, that somebody can be born a woman but be a man inside, or vise versa.)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-racist_mathematics], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-bias_curriculum] - these two articles speak for themselves.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppression] - "The term oppression is primarily used to describe how a certain group is being kept down by unjust use of force, authority, or societal norms. When this is institutionalized formally or informally in a society, it is referred to as "systematic oppression"."
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._English] - 2/3 of the article is criticism of the group.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-only_movement] - Uses the left-wing's term for the movement instead of the term "Official English" preferred by the movement itself.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity] - another absurdity. Autism, Parkinsons, and Tourettes are not diseases that need a cure, but should be accepted as an integral part of "who they are".
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory] - "This binary may itself be a false dichotomy, as discourse shapes our understanding of what is natural and what is cultural shapes discourse-- but it still is a useful starting point for exploring these debates. Constructivists counter that there is no natural, that all meaning is constructed through discourse and there is no other subject other than the creation of meaning for social theory. In a Constructivist perspective it is not proper to take gay or lesbian as subjects with objective reality; but rather they must be understood in terms of their social context, in how genealogy creates these terms through history."
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Countering_systemic_bias] - Claims Wikipedia has a "systemic bias" against topics related to non-English speaking people, the third world, women, non-Judeo-Christian religions, etc.
::That's just a start. [[User:Parrothead|Parrothead]] 15:27, 11 March 2007 (EDT)