[WikiEN-l] good example of overuse of {{fact}}

[the wub]

Addressing the example - this IS a (possibly the most) widely propagated
example of political correctness gone mad in the UK. Just google for
"blackboard political correctness". However I can't for the life of me find
the original story that led to this (if there was one in the first place)

the wub

On 10/15/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
> First, and example, and then a question/suggestion.  If you get bored
> with my example, please continue anyway to my question/suggestion. :)
>
>
> http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/10/15/how_many_times_must_a_man_look_it_up/
>
> >Some are easy, of course, like the Wikipedia entry claiming that the
> >word blackboard ''is now perceived by some as being 'politically
> >incorrect' in the United Kingdom.'' ''Citation needed,'' a parenthesis
> >cautioned. Indeed: a Nexis search of UK publications found some 30
> >blackboards in a week, against just three chalkboards.
>
> This is a quote from:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change
>
> Our full text reads:
> >Political correctness is a real or perceived attempt to refine or
> >restrict language and terms used in public discussion to those deemed
> >acceptable or appropriate. For example "blackboard" is now perceived
> by >some as being "politically incorrect" in the United Kingdom,
> [citation >needed] and so teachers are instructed to call it a
> "chalkboard" >instead.
>
>
> The tag was added here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Semantic_change&diff=43364581&oldid=43286452
>
> So from March 12 until now, we have a request that this dubious tidbit
> be sourced, with no movement.
>
> I think that clearly this bit should have been sourced or removed a long
> time ago.
>
> -----
>
> Is there any way we could have a date-stamped fact tag?  Which would put
> such things into a category or other similar page?  The purpose would be
> to provide a mechanism for people to find *older* examples of fact tags,
> in order to go ahead and remove them.
>
> I would recommend that anything like this for which no citation appears
> within 7 days be removed or edited in some fashion to remove the need.
>
> --Jimbo
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