On Nov 26, 2004, at 11:35 PM, Mark Williamson wrote:
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:03:56 -0500, Stirling Newberry
<stirling.newberry(a)xigenics.net> wrote:
You aren't describing systematic bias.
Systematic bias is when the
results are skewed by either selection of inputs or by the process
applied to inputs. The wiki process realizes that individual editors
have POV. The solution to use of non-POV phrases is not to proclaim
systematic bias, which you have not proven by showing a statistically
significant skew, but instead to go in and edit them.
And thus, the fact that as a general rule more pages at en.wikipedia
are viewed and edited by Americans than anybody else, and by a much
larger margin by more people from Anglophone countries than anywhere
else, is systemic bias.
You are still using "systematic bias" incorrectly. When you start using
terms correctly, perhaps there will be some value to having a
discussion with you.