[WikiEN-l] POV nomenclature
Fred Bauder
fredbaud at ctelco.net
Thu Jul 13 18:17:05 UTC 2006
On Jul 13, 2006, at 11:14 AM, stevertigo wrote:
> A customary part of [[military terminology]] is the usage and
> promotion of military
> terms to frame political disputes in the language of a particular
> POV, or else to frame
> indecent acts of violence in sterile and quasi-scientific language.
> "Liquidation" and
> "pacification" are probably the most canonical examples; from WWII
> and the Vietnam War,
> respectively. The Rumsfeldian usage of the term "humane" also comes
> to mind.
>
> 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.
>
> -Stevertigo
This issue is very much part of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/
Añoranza where Añoranza removed several US operational codenames,
"operation just cause" and"operation iraqi freedom". He probably
overdid it but this question remains unanswered.
Fred
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