On 7/23/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It's almost always used that way on Wikipedia.
Terms like "critical
review" or "critical appreciation" are more ambiguous, but
"criticism"
is pretty unambiguously negative.
Agreed. 'Criticism' sections and articles are pretty much always
about negative criticisms; sometimes they are written by the
opposition, and sometimes not (e.g. the [[Criticisms of Software
Engineering]] is actually a pro- article, essentially there simply to
rebut common criticisms).
Now it IS a big problem that sometimes the criticism of something
weights an article too much - that is best solved with good editing
and more facts.
-Matt