[WikiEN-l] Thoughts on naming people - article content, this time.

[Andrew Gray]

On 31/05/07, Joe Szilagyi <szilagyi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/31/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So, reading wikien-l in one window, and browsing random-article with
> > the other, I came across:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jews_in_politics
> >
> > "This List of Jews contains individuals who, in accordance with
> > Wikipedia's verifiability and no original research policies, have been
> > identified as Jews by reliable sources."
> >
> > Given the context of the ongoing discussion about wilfuly outing
> > people... is it just me who finds that wording, hmm, a touch odd?
> > Discuss.
>
>
> In and of itself, if they are/have identified as Jewish, no harm. Being
> Jewish is not a bad thing, or being identified as a Jew if that's what you
> are, ditto for whatever other religion. But it opens the door to:

Okay, de-Jewish it.

"This list of X contains individuals who, in accordance with
Wikipedia's verifiability and no original research policies, have been
identified as X by reliable sources."

It still just *sounds* weird.

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk