NPOV and credibility (was Re: [WikiEN-l] Original research)

[Shane King]

Ray Saintonge wrote:
> I have a pet linguistic peeve in this debate.  Please don't mix up the 
> words "systemic" and "systematic".  Something is "systemic" if it has 
> become built into a system.  Something is "systematic"  if it is done in 
> a structured and organized way.

systematic, adj: relating to or consisting of a system.
systemic, adj: of, relating to, or common to a system.

(From http://www.m-w.com/)

Seems to me that systematic and systemic can indeed be used 
interchangably in many cases.

Shane.