On 7/13/06, Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:
stevertigo wrote:
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.
If it's an official name, then that's what it's called. What's next, renaming articles on companies and products because their names were chosen to have positive associations? We could have such winners as "[[computer company named after irrelevant fruit]] is the maker of the [[Apple variety chosen because the name has a snappy abbreviation]]."
Stan
Well, the problem with military campaigns and wars is that they tend to be named differently by different sides. [[Great Patriotic War]] redirects to [[Eastern Front (World War II)]] and [[Operation Desert Storm]] redirects to [[Gulf War]]. Using one side's terminology is most decidedly non-neutral, because it amounts to an endorsement of one side's view of the events.
On the other hand, [[Operation Overlord]] uses the terminology correctly (IMO):
*:Operation Overlord* was the code word for the Allied operationalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operationplan to invade Continental Europe in the summer of 1944"
Describe the POV, don't endorse it...
Ian