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)