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::::The entry for the ''prefix'' (not word) [http://www.bartleby.com/61/58/H0255800.html homo-] is, indeed, "same." | ::::The entry for the ''prefix'' (not word) [http://www.bartleby.com/61/58/H0255800.html homo-] is, indeed, "same." | ||
::::I'd like to make a request: due diligence really requires checking a dictionary before saying what a word "means," if it's an important element of a debate. (The dictionary is ''prima facie'' correct. If the dictionary is wrong, fine, but in that case one should both state what the dictionary says and then explain why it's wrong.) [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 18:11, 12 May 2007 (EDT) | ::::I'd like to make a request: due diligence really requires checking a dictionary before saying what a word "means," if it's an important element of a debate. (The dictionary is ''prima facie'' correct. If the dictionary is wrong, fine, but in that case one should both state what the dictionary says and then explain why it's wrong.) [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 18:11, 12 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
| + | :::::Dictionaries ''do not'' give definitions, they give usage. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 18:15, 12 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
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*(2) this misuse of the term appears to be a end run around the various [[evolution]] amd [[homosexuality]] articles | *(2) this misuse of the term appears to be a end run around the various [[evolution]] amd [[homosexuality]] articles | ||
===Decision === | ===Decision === | ||
Revision as of 22:15, May 12, 2007
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When this page gets too big, we can archive it. Once a month is probably good enough.
Current discussions
Homo
- (1) factually incorrect; this is not a definition of the word, "homo"; Gr. "homo" simply means "same".
- Nope, that's wrong. I don't know Greek, but in English, the American Heritage Dictionary (online) gives three entries for "homo."
- The first entry for homo is "Noun: A member of the genus Homo, which includes the extinct and extant species of humans."
- The [second entry] is "Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a gay man or lesbian."
- The entry for the prefix (not word) homo- is, indeed, "same."
- I'd like to make a request: due diligence really requires checking a dictionary before saying what a word "means," if it's an important element of a debate. (The dictionary is prima facie correct. If the dictionary is wrong, fine, but in that case one should both state what the dictionary says and then explain why it's wrong.) Dpbsmith 18:11, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
- Dictionaries do not give definitions, they give usage. RobS 18:15, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
- Nope, that's wrong. I don't know Greek, but in English, the American Heritage Dictionary (online) gives three entries for "homo."
- (2) this misuse of the term appears to be a end run around the various evolution amd homosexuality articles
Decision
Background
Keep
- Keep. Rewrite if necessary to include whichever dictionary meanings are relevant. Edit if necessary to attain whatever sort of balance of viewpoints Conservapedia deems appropriate. Protect if (and only if) necessary to prevent abuse. It may or may not have been created in bad faith, but it's a legitimate entry. Dpbsmith 18:11, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
Delete
- Delete. RobS 17:17, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
- Delete. --Sysop-TK /MyTalk 17:51, 12 May 2007 (EDT)
- Delete. CPWebmaster 17:55, 12 May 2007 (EDT)