[WikiEN-l] POV nomenclature

Thu Jul 13 18:17:05 UTC 2006

On Jul 13, 2006, at 11:14 AM, stevertigo wrote:

> A customary part of [[military terminology]] is the usage and  
> promotion of military
> terms to frame political disputes in the language of a particular  
> POV, or else to frame
> indecent acts of violence in sterile and quasi-scientific language.  
> "Liquidation" and
> "pacification" are probably the most canonical examples; from WWII  
> and the Vietnam War,
> respectively. The Rumsfeldian usage of the term "humane" also comes  
> to mind.
>
> Current issues, include the inclusion of the term "Operation Just  
> Desserts" in the
> [[2006 Israeli-attacks on Lebanon]] article in the lede. Likewise  
> the article
> [[Operation Summer Rains]] also a military, hence POV nomenclature  
> and hence needs
> renaming, though I cannot myself determine what to call it.
> Is it an "incursion" (ie. "a limited incursion into the country of  
> Congress") or an
> "invasion", a "retaliation" or a "retribution" etc.
>
> -Stevertigo

This issue is very much part of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/ 
Añoranza where Añoranza removed several US operational codenames,  
"operation just cause" and"operation iraqi freedom". He probably  
overdid it but this question remains unanswered.

Fred