[Wikipedia-l] Sensitive subjects on some Wikipedias

[Ronald Chmara]

On Jul 13, 2007, at 4:43 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> On 13/07/07, Steven Walling <steven.walling at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 7/13/07, Bogdan Giusca <liste at dapyx.com> wrote:
>>> The Turkish Wikipedia has no article on Armenian Genocide.
>>> However, unlike all the other 38 Wikipedias which have articles
>>> on the "Armenian Genocide", it has an article on "Claims of
>>> an Armenian Genocide".
>> Because it would "insult Turkishness."
> Urgh. Is there any of this sort of idiocy on en:wp?
> That's a silly question. *How much* of this sort of idiocy is there  
> on en:wp?

Tons.

Want to own a word? How about a word where there is years of regular  
debates about redirects, a "see also" header (when not removed,  
replaced, or edited), complaints about ethnic discrimination, and all  
sorts of strife?

Enjoy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust

Not enough pain yet? Okay, work on this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocides_in_history

Note the phrase "alleged genocides" for extra credit. :D

-Bop