I think this is a very valuable analysis.
Rotem Dan wrote:
Imagine I would write: "Rotem Dan was born in
Holon, Gush-dan
municipality" what would you understand by that?
No, but I would likely understand "Rotem Dan was born in [[Holon]],
[[Gush-dan]] municipality." (i.e. with potentially mysterious terms
linked)
Similarly, we could either write "Michael Jackson was born in [[Gary,
Indiana|Gary]], [[Indiana]]." Or we could also add [[USA]] on there.
I think both are fine.
(a bit extreme) example: taken from "Reverse
Osmosis":
The article starts like this:
"Membrane separation technology in the application for water supply
augmentation has been well recognised and is getting an important role
in water treatment. The family of membrane processes is now very
diverse. They are generally classified as microfiltration (MF),
ultrafiltration (UF), ..."
This is perfect gibberish to anyone not knowledgeable (or even expert!)
in the field. I've noticed most computer-related and social/exact
science articles are suffering from some degrees of it.
I agree with this critique of some articles!
There are many more types of "Cultural
Biases" which are not listed.
However, I am by no means whishing to make Wikipedia more "Politically
correct", I understand that most writers on e-Wikipedia are from English
speaking countries and western cultures (USA and UK especially), this
should be changed. Until then, please be sensitive in what you write.
Yes, I understand what you are saying, and I think it's all good.
--Jimbo