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::OK, maybe requesting that the reference be completely omitted is a little harsh to ask of a conservative encyclopedia, but I still stand by my statement that it needs to be drastically reworded.  "Many people feel" is simply a phrase that should never be used in scholarly writing.  It's an obvious euphemism for "I feel," and a bad attempt to cover up personal bias.  It makes the article appear very amateurish and will become a point of ridicule for knowledgeable readers.

::OK, maybe requesting that the reference be completely omitted is a little harsh to ask of a conservative encyclopedia, but I still stand by my statement that it needs to be drastically reworded.  "Many people feel" is simply a phrase that should never be used in scholarly writing.  It's an obvious euphemism for "I feel," and a bad attempt to cover up personal bias.  It makes the article appear very amateurish and will become a point of ridicule for knowledgeable readers.

--[[User:Mechrobioticon|Mechrobioticon]] 14:28, 1 April 2007 (EDT)

[[User:Mechrobioticon|Mechrobioticon]] 14:28, 1 April 2007 (EDT)