[WikiEN-l] Major Correction

Wed Oct 29 21:12:30 UTC 2003

Jimbo wrote:
>Presumably, though, we should have an article "Eskimo" 
>about the word, linking to "Inuit" the people?

Yeah, why not? The only issue right now is that there is not enough extent 
Wikipedia text about the term "Eskimo" to move from [[Inuit]] to [[Eskimo]]. 
When that changes then [[Eskimo]] can be changed from a redirect to an 
article. This will require, however, some degree of future maintenance to 
make sure references in other articles meaning to link to an article about 
the people are changed accordingly. 

>> So if I can't say that Pol Pot was a genocidal maniac 
>> responsible for the murder of over 2 million of his own 
>> people and have to instead dryly state that "During his 
>> rule up to two million Cambodians were killed",
>
>Is that a specific example?  

Yep. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot

>I don't think that there would be much controversy 
>in attributing those deaths to Pol Pot's decisions and 
>policies, would there?  Even Noam Chomsky would
>likely admit that much.

Yeah, perhaps the text should be modified a bit. But my POV on this issue is 
perhaps a bit too strong against Pol Pot, so I can't trust myself to be 
neutral. 

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)