[WikiEN-l] a language issue

[Ray Saintonge]

stevertigo wrote:
> Listers,
>
> I've submitted a suggestion at
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Burials
> with regard to how burials can be referenced in more encyclopedic language
> than currently used.
> Comments and criticism welcome.
>
>   
The distinction that you make is unlikely to be appreciated by many 
people.  Burying the person rather than the body may indeed be 
colloquial though I'm unaware of evidence in support of either 
position.  Is there an English style manual that says anything about this?

While you are certainly free to change articles in the manner that you 
seek, any campaign to impose this will inevitably be seen by many as a 
slide into pedantry.

Ec