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Talk:Liberal Bias in Popular Dictionaries (view source)
Revision as of 16:42, March 14, 2009
, 16:42, March 14, 2009→Definition vs. Connotation of Liberal
::My apologies for the citation in question, I had forgotten that access was via subscription. However, although you may well be right that most people will see other versions, the actual question of why there would be 'liberal bias' in dictionaries is not addressed. Personally it seems like a very odd claim, nowhere is there any explanation as to why the OED of all things would be 'liberally biased' and this of course feeds back into my point regarding the definition of 'liberal' and 'conservative'. Also, the article only looks at a very few, very specific examples and it seems ludicrous to base claims of bias on just these few. There may well be definitions that would appear to be 'pro-conservative' for example. [[User:RobertWDP|RobertWDP]] 11:35, 1 March 2009 (EST)
::My apologies for the citation in question, I had forgotten that access was via subscription. However, although you may well be right that most people will see other versions, the actual question of why there would be 'liberal bias' in dictionaries is not addressed. Personally it seems like a very odd claim, nowhere is there any explanation as to why the OED of all things would be 'liberally biased' and this of course feeds back into my point regarding the definition of 'liberal' and 'conservative'. Also, the article only looks at a very few, very specific examples and it seems ludicrous to base claims of bias on just these few. There may well be definitions that would appear to be 'pro-conservative' for example. [[User:RobertWDP|RobertWDP]] 11:35, 1 March 2009 (EST)
::: What the majority see is obviously a dictionaries main output, and therefore, any bias it contains can be associated with the whole organization. Many university related publications (such as the OED) would be liberally bias due to the higher amount of liberals based at British educational institutions. Just look at how many range blocks here come from universities for liberal vandalism/parody. While there are the few examples, this is more than outweighed by the significance of the definitions. These are very important ideas and concepts which will influence the reader. I very much doubt there will be "pro-conservative" examples, and your claims of these are unfounded and lack any sort of evidence whatsoever, and hence your claims have no credibility. [[User:GFasten|GFasten]] 12:42, 14 March 2009 (EDT)