[WikiEN-l] POV nomenclature

[Sean Barrett]

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Stan Shebs stated for the record:
> stevertigo wrote:
> 
> 
>>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.
>>
> 
> If it's an official name, then that's what it's called. What's next,
> renaming articles on companies and products because their names were
> chosen to have positive associations? We could have such winners as
> "[[computer company named after irrelevant fruit]] is the maker of
> the [[Apple variety chosen because the name has a snappy abbreviation]]."
> 
> Stan

Several months ago, I actually found myself confronting a person who
didn't think Wikipedia should acknowledge that the [[LGM-118A
Peacekeeper]] is called the "Peacekeeper."

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