[WikiEN-l] Socialism

[Oldak Quill]

2008/7/13 Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com>:
> 2008/7/13 Jon <scream at datascreamer.com>:
>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
>>
>> Here is my question... the info box it red.  Is the a common style for
>> articles to effect the color of the info box, and if so, what mental
>> connection (socialism = communism) are we feeding our editors by placing
>> a red flag, and coloring the infobox?  Probable POV issue here?
>
> I don't see any problem with this at all, beyond the fact that it's a
> bit garish.
>
> There isn't anything particularly contentious about this, and I can
> see why it got chosen - it's the generally accepted linkage, socialism
> and related leftish philosophies of all stripes, light and heavy, are
> almost invariably seen as "red".
>
> Indeed, it's one of only two political positions to *have* a
> generally, internationally, accepted "colour scheme" - the other, of
> course, being the Greens. (There's a nice summary in our article on
> the colour red, incidentally)
>
> It's a minor stylistic quirk to reflect a generally understood
> linkage, nothing more.

Yes. Socialists are sometimes called pinkos (a bit of a pejorative) -
but it indicates a red spectrum for the left. That said, "pinko" is
more a light comparative to Communist red. But red is the traditional
colour of the left in general.

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