[WikiEN-l] Category:Jews -> Category:Jewsih people

Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman at spamcop.net
Thu Feb 8 13:58:52 UTC 2007


On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:11:31 +1100, "Steve Bennett"
<stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

>For what it's worth, I do find the formulations "Jews", "American
>Jews" etc rather awkward and find they have unfortunate connotations.
>Is it preferable to have "Jewish people" inconsistent with
>"Buddhists"? I don't know.

Any tiny bit of Jewish heritage allows notable individuals to be
claimed - they don't need to be Jews, just a bit Jew/ish/.

OK, I am a cynic.  Certainly in respect of groupings like these,
anyway.

Guy (JzG)
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