Daniel Mayer wrote:
I agree. "Partial-birth abortion" simply is too POV for us to use because of the use of the word " birth."
Agreed. But of course we do need an article on 'Partial-birth abortion', an article distinct from an article about any medical procedure, explaining what the term is, how it is used, and why.
This negates our "common use" naming convention in a similar way as "Eskimo" is depreciated in favor of the less widely-used "Inuit" ("Eskimo" is a derogatory term meaning "eaters of raw fish" while "Inuit" means "the people").
Presumably, though, we should have an article "Eskimo" about the word, linking to "Inuit" the people?
So if I can't say that Pol Pot was a genocidal maniac responsible for the murder of over 2 million of his own people and have to instead dryly state that "During his rule up to two million Cambodians were killed",
Is that a specific example? I don't think that there would be much controversy in attributing those deaths to Pol Pot's decisions and policies, would there? Even Noam Chomsky would likely admit that much.
--Jimbo