On Jul 13, 2007, at 4:43 PM, David Gerard wrote:
On 13/07/07, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/13/07, Bogdan Giusca liste@dapyx.com wrote:
The Turkish Wikipedia has no article on Armenian Genocide. However, unlike all the other 38 Wikipedias which have articles on the "Armenian Genocide", it has an article on "Claims of an Armenian Genocide".
Because it would "insult Turkishness."
Urgh. Is there any of this sort of idiocy on en:wp? That's a silly question. *How much* of this sort of idiocy is there on en:wp?
Tons.
Want to own a word? How about a word where there is years of regular debates about redirects, a "see also" header (when not removed, replaced, or edited), complaints about ethnic discrimination, and all sorts of strife?
Enjoy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust
Not enough pain yet? Okay, work on this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocides_in_history
Note the phrase "alleged genocides" for extra credit. :D
-Bop