I explained why it is correct. In addition, I said "systemic" and not "systematic". When you tell somebody they're still using it incorrectly even though they attempted to validate it on the principles you yourself stated, it'd be nice if you could tell them why it's still incorrect.
Mark
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:55:20 -0500, Stirling Newberry stirling.newberry@xigenics.net wrote:
On Nov 26, 2004, at 11:35 PM, Mark Williamson wrote:
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:03:56 -0500, Stirling Newberry stirling.newberry@xigenics.net wrote:
You aren't describing systematic bias. Systematic bias is when the results are skewed by either selection of inputs or by the process applied to inputs. The wiki process realizes that individual editors have POV. The solution to use of non-POV phrases is not to proclaim systematic bias, which you have not proven by showing a statistically significant skew, but instead to go in and edit them.
And thus, the fact that as a general rule more pages at en.wikipedia are viewed and edited by Americans than anybody else, and by a much larger margin by more people from Anglophone countries than anywhere else, is systemic bias.
You are still using "systematic bias" incorrectly. When you start using terms correctly, perhaps there will be some value to having a discussion with you.
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