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, 12:53, November 29, 2008a serious plea to address some underlying concerns
In deference to our friends across the pond (i.e., in the UK and Ireland) and down under (e.g., Australia) I should like to find an arrangement of articles and titles that suits all readers. No single word causes more irritation perhaps than "[[football]]" being equated with the violent, muscle-bound, equipment-laden, stopping-and-starting game of [[American football]]. Just about everyone else regards ''football'' (or "footie") as the more gentlemanly, fleet-footed, no-equipment, continuous action game of [[soccer]]. Even to talk about the terms is to give offense, as the words we use are deeply rooted in our culture:
*In America: [[American Football|football]]
*Elsewhere: [[soccer|football]]
As an American, I have no desire to impose my terminology on my friends from abroad, but most of this encyclopedia's readers "[[United States|Americans]]" (alas, another term which arouses wrath). Yet so many of our contributors are "[[British]]".
Perhaps we need a [[Conservapedia:Terminology]] article to address these value-laden, emotionally tangled differences. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 07:53, 29 November 2008 (EST)