[WikiEN-l] Eskimo and Inuit

Fri Oct 31 00:29:39 UTC 2003

Martin Harper wrote:
>An entry about the /term/ "Eskimo" should be at 
>Wiktionary. An enrty about the /term/ "Inuit" should 
>be at Wiktionary. Meanwhile, [[Eskimo]] should be an 
>orphan redirect to [[Inuit]], where we should have an

>article on the people who live in the North, \
>with links to the relevant Wiktionary articles.

No - Wiktionary is not an encyclopedia so encyclopedic
information about the term (NOT word!) Eskimo would
not be appropriate there. For example the history of
the term's use and the controversy surrounding its use
and how Inuits feel about its use /would not/ be
appropriate for Wiktionary. 

--mav

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