On 5/31/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
So, reading wikien-l in one window, and browsing random-article with the other, I came across:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jews_in_politics
"This List of Jews contains individuals who, in accordance with Wikipedia's verifiability and no original research policies, have been identified as Jews by reliable sources."
Given the context of the ongoing discussion about wilfuly outing people... is it just me who finds that wording, hmm, a touch odd? Discuss.
In and of itself, if they are/have identified as Jewish, no harm. Being Jewish is not a bad thing, or being identified as a Jew if that's what you are, ditto for whatever other religion. But it opens the door to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Catholics_in_politics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslims_in_politics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Protestants_in_politics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atheists_in_politics
Probably better as a category? And what politics, for that matter? English? American? Dutch? Taiwanese?
Regards, Joe http://www.joeszilagyi.com