Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countering systemic bias/open tasks/Linguistics

I've placed the Linguistics section on its own subpage to make it more watchable. Also, since there are several contributors now, it might be nice to have our own Talk page. If it doesn't work out, it's easily revertible. — mark ✎ 18:04, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Aryan

The Aryan page has been listed because it suffers from "a dearth of organization, riddled with apparent confusion." It might be worth noting this this article is only partly about linguistics, the concept of 'Aryan' covers a great deal more than language and is inherently liable to 'apparent confusion' because of its multiple overlapping meanings. As it happens, I think it is explained about as clearly as is possible, however it would be useful if the person or persons who identified the 'apparent confusion' could say just what it is. There are a few dodgy bits (I'm not too sure about the passage about Assyrians), but most of it seems OK to me in its current form. Any comments? Paul B 19:57, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It's possible that the article has been cleaned up since it was first listed. If you think it no longer deserves special attention, feel free to move it to "Satisfactory". If someone notices something wrong with it again, they can always move it back onto Open Tasks. Cheers, BanyanTree 22:31, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Possibly it has been improved. However, my real problem is that I don't really know what the systemic bias is supposed to be. Bad organisation and confusion are lamentable, but are not systemic bias.Paul B 12:45, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I see what you mean. It is possible that it was an erroneous listing but I don't know enough of the subject to be sure. You could try asking User:Zosodada, who added it in this edit. — mark ✎ 15:05, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

good topic

I'm glad that this page itself remains a neutral tone. I agree that there is systemic bias, but feel that people are simply writing what they know about. Will contribute modestly (I'm just a student, after all) after Christmas.--Ling.Nut 15:10, 18 November 2006 (UTC)