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Essay:Best New Conservative Words

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Each year the English language develops about a thousand new words. Over the course of a century, that amounts to 100,000 new words. Since the [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]] was published in 1611, perhaps a half a million new English words have been developed.

[[Image:Tax-spend.jpg|thumb|480px|The "tax-and-spend" slogan stuck to Harry Hopkins like a well-fitted suit.]]
The inevitable triumph of conservatism over liberalism is apparent from comparing the rates of generation of new terms of each type, and the quality of the terms so generated. Conservative terms are being generated at a faster rate, and with much higher quality, than liberal terms are. In the 20th century, for example, more conservative terms were developed, and they were developed at a steadier pace. The new liberal terms were clustered in the 1920s and 1960s, were fewer in number, and lacked the same high quality.

A small percentage of those new words are tremendously powerful. Here are some examples developed since the King James Version was published. Not a single one of these words was available to the translators of the King James Version:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!New Term
!Origin date
!Comments
|-
|[[accountability]]
|1794
|
|-
|alarmism
|1867
|needless warnings
|-
|[[American dream]]
|1911<ref>1911 is the date given by the "OED", which refers to the Oxford English Dictionary. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives a date of 1931.</ref>
|
|-
|anti-Christian
|1900s
|about a million sites turn up in a Google search, yet the Merriam-Webster dictionary doesn't recognize this important term
|-
|assimilate
|late 1800s
|the desired absorption of immigrant groups into the culture and mores of the resident population
|-
|bailout
|1951
|wasting taxpayer money to rescue, temporarily, a failing company
|-
|biased
|1649
|
|-
|bork
|1988
|coined by William Safire to refer to how Democrats savage a conservative nominee, such as their defeat of Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork.
|-
|[[bureaucracy]]
|1818
|
|-
|Columbian
|1757
|relating to Christopher Columbus ''or the United States''
|-
|competitive
|1829
|
|-
|[[conservative]]
|1831
|
|-
|copyright
|1735
|extending private property to protect expressive works
|-
|constant
|1832
|(noun) something unchanging in value
|-
|[[culture war]]
|1991
|widespread use after the book ''Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America'' by James Davison Hunter
|-
|death tax
|1989
|interesting, the term was coined by Canadians opposed to the high estate tax on their assets held in the United States
|-
|demagogue
|1648
|
|-
|[[deregulation]]
|1963
|Reagan won in 1980 by campaigning on this.
|-
|design by committee
|before 1958
|Pejorative directed against collective production by a group
|-
|[[deterrence]]
|1861
|
|-
|double standard
|1894
|applying harsher criticism against one group, such as churchgoers, than against another group, such as atheists
|-
|dumb down
|1933
|
|-
|[[efficiency]]
|1633
|Ultimately from the Latin ''efficientem'', meaning ''"working out, or accomplishing"''<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=efficient Online Etymological Dictionary]</ref>
|-
|[[elitism]]
|1950
|
|-
|[[entitlement]]
|1944
|
|-
|[[ethnic voting]]
|1900s
|widely recognized and even advocated by some,<ref>http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/5/2/3/4/p152345_index.html</ref> yet the dictionary doesn't yet recognize it
|-
|[[family values]]
|1916
|widespread use after a speech by Vice President [[Dan Quayle]], 1992
|-
|[[fellow traveller]]
|1925
|May have existed earlier, but popularized in 1924 by Trotsky. Describes a sympathizer of a cause but who does not formally belong to the cause, such as a [[communist]] sympathizer who is not part of the communist party.
|-
|forward-looking
|1800
|planning for the future rather than dwelling on the past
|-
|[[free enterprise]]
|1820
|
|-
|free world
|1949
|areas of the world free of communism
|-
|go-getter
|1921
|
|-
|Good Samaritan
|1640
|how genuine charity is the best approach
|-
|[[grade inflation]]
|1975
|the tendency by Liberal educationalists and public schools to increase marks, irrespective of merit or actual achievement.
|-
|[[grassroots]]
|1901
|
|-
|[[homeschool]]
|1980<ref>The OED assigns a date of origin of 1850 to "homeschool".</ref>
|
|-
|inflationary
|1920
|policies causing inflation of the monetary supply
|-
|initiative
|1793
|self-starting first step toward improvement
|-
|interventionism
|1923
|"governmental interference in economic affairs at home or in political affairs of another country"<ref>Merriam-Webster (1994).</ref>
|-
|invisible hand
|1776
|Coined by Adam Smith in the ''Wealth of Nations'' and widely used today, yet Merriam-Webster fails to recognize it!<ref>This term is absent from the 1994 print edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary</ref>
|-
|Iron curtain
|1945
|coined by Joseph Goebbels
|-
|judicial activism
|1947
|First coined in an article in ''Fortune'' magazine by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,<ref>http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/278089</ref> and repeatedly used in U.S. Supreme Court opinions since 1967,<ref>''United States v. Wade'',
388 U.S. 218 (1967).</ref> yet as of 2009 [[Merriam-Webster]] dictionary still fails to recognize this widely used term.
|-
|judicial supremacist
|?
|One who advocates that the courts should be supreme over the other branches of government for certain legal issues
|-
|junk science
|1962<ref>http://rated.com/dir/Society/Issues/Environment/Opposing_Views/Junk_Science</ref>
|the corruption of the scientific method to advance other goals
|-
|jury nullification
|1700s
|the power of a jury to overrule the law and acquit an ostensibly guilty defendant; first established in colonies in 1735 in the trial of [[John Peter Zenger]]
|-
|Kremlinology
|1958
|the study of the otherwise indecipherable behavior of the government of the [[communist]] [[Soviet Union]]. Refers to the Kremlin, the traditional seat of Russian government (Soviet or not).
|-
|[[Essay:Liberal hysteria|hysteria]]
|1801
|From the Latin ''hystericus'', from Greek ''hystera '' meaning ''"womb"''<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hysteria Meriam Webster Dictionary]</ref> (an old notion that hysteria was caused by the [[womb]]).
|-
|local
|1824<ref>This date refers to its first usage as a ''noun'', which is an estimate of its adoption as a concept.</ref>
|common usage: "all politics is local"
|-
[[microeconomics]]
|1947
|the study of the economics of the individual person or business
|-
|[[meritocracy]]
|1958
|
|-
|mobocracy
|1754
|rule by a mob, as at Wikipedia
|-
|myopic
|1752
|originally a term in optometry, 1990's used to describe liberals lack of foresight
|-
|ne'er-do-well
|1736
|"an idle worthless person" - Merriam-Webster
|-
|newspeak
|1949
|political or media expressions using circumlocution and euphemisms to disguise or distract from the truth; first coined by [[George Orwell]] in ''[[1984]]''
|-
|[[opportunity cost]]
|1911
|
|-
|optimism
|1759
|
|-
|parenting
|1958
|Children raising
|-
|patriotism
|1726
|
|-
|[[personhood]] <ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/personhood Personhood] Dictionary.com</ref>
|1955
|Inherent rights guaranteed to all human beings from the beginning of their biological development, including the pre-born, partially born. Also, the state or fact of being a person.
|-
|[[phonics]]
|1684
|
|-
|[[politically correct]]
|1983
|This term originated among radicals at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] to enforce radical orthodoxy, but immediately flipped in usage to become a term of mockery of radicals.<ref>For an early different usage of the word, see 1793 J. WILSON in U.S. Rep. (U.S. Supreme Court) 2 (1798) 462 Sentiments and expressions of this inaccurate kind prevail in our..language... ‘The United States’, instead of the ‘People of the United States’, is the toast given. This is not politically correct.</ref> The term may have come from Chairman Mao in 1936.
|-
|potential
|1817<ref>Usage here refers to "promise", not "possibility".</ref>
|
|-
|privatize
|1940
|to return a business or enterprise from state to private control; to de-nationalize.
|-
|productive
|1612
|
|-
|[[pro-life]]
|1960
|
|-
|property right
|1853
|
|-
|race card
|1995<ref>This is the date of its widespread familiarity.</ref>
|"Playing the race card" consists of relying on racial emotions or charges of racism in order to overcome the truth and logic in politics, legal proceedings, or otherwise; this term became familiar in the criticism of the defense and acquittal of O.J. Simpson for the murder of his ex-wife and her friend.
|-
|[[responsibility]]
|1737
|1787 HAMILTON Federalist No. 63 II. 193 Responsibility in order to be reasonable must be limited to objects within the power of the responsible party.
|-
|reverse discrimination
|1969
|the use of quotas or affirmative action to use race or gender to discriminate against a better qualified person
|-
|school choice
|1980
|popularized by Milton Friedman in his book, ''Free to Choose''
|-
|[[self-defense]]
|1651
|
|-
|[[Discipline|self-discipline]]
|1838
|
|-
|self-indulgence
|1753
|
|-
|self-reliant
|1848
|
|-
|slippery slope
|1900s
|term has been widely used for decades to expose the fallacy of "it doesn't hurt to try"
|-
|spend-and-tax
|2009<ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/02/morning-bell-the-obama-tax-and-spend-economy-is-here/</ref>
|a variation on "tax-and-spend" (see below), "spend-and-tax" consists of spending the money first and then trying to justify raising taxes based on the deficit created by the spending
|-
|straw man
|1896
|an imaginary argument or example set up for the purpose of easily knocking down, while distracting from valid arguments
|-
|tax-and-spend
|1937
|Not yet recognized by Merriam-Webster, it is included in dictionary.com and it means the liberal policy of raising taxes and increasing government spending
|-
|terrorism
|1795
|this was during the French Revolution
|-
|[[term limits]]
|1861
|can you believe this is not in the dictionary yet? Merriam-Webster omits it, but dictionary.com has it<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/term+limit</ref>
|-
|trademark
|1838
|extends the concept of private property to the marks used by business
|-
|[[transaction cost]]
|1961
|Economist [[Ronald Coase]] won a [[Nobel Prize]] for this.
|-
|traditionalist
|1856
|"adherence to the doctrines or practices of a tradition...the beliefs of those opposed to modernism, liberalism, or radicalism"<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traditionalist</ref>
|-
|trust but verify
|1980s
|popularized by President Ronald Reagan as the approach to use towards communist [[deceit]]
|-
|vandalism
|1798
|malicious destruction of someone else's property
|-
|veracity
|1623
|devotion to truthfulness
|-
|victimization
|1840
|
|-
|wannabee
|1981
|a word that criticizes liberal [[status worship]]
|-
|War on Terror
|2001
|no listing at Merriam-Webster, Encyclopedia.com has an anti-American version <ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-waronterrorism.html war on terrorism] Encyclopedia.com</ref> February 2, 2009 Obama ends use of the conservative lexicon. <ref>[http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=17455 Obama administration drops 'war on terror' phrase] Pew Forum, February 2, 2009</ref>
|-
|work ethic
|1951
|a habit of working as a moral good
|-
|worldview
|1858
|a comprehensive way of looking at life and the world; sometimes used to criticize a liberal's irrational belief system
|-
|}

== Rate of Generation of Conservative Terms ==

The rate of generation of conservative terms is increasing:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Century
!# New Conservative Terms
|-
|1600s
|7
|-
|1700s
|16
|-
|1800s
|21
|-
|1900s
|43
|-
|2000s
|2
|-
|}

== Conservative Words Not Yet Recognized by the Dictionary ==

A thousand new words are developed in English each year. Here is a growing list of conservative concepts, each of which is not yet defined by a single word or two.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Not Yet Recognized Terms
!Suggestions
!Comments
|-
|9/10 mindset
|pre-9/11 thinking
|terror is jurisdiction of the courts
|-
|Unaffected by, or impervious to, the media
|mediaproof
|cf. bulletproof. ''Once John became aware of the extent of [[liberal deceit]], he set about mediaproofing his mind''.
|-
|easily amused by [[deceit]]
|dolophile
|from Greek/Latin root ''dolo-'' meaning guile, deceit, deception [http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/664]
|-
|Hatred of one's country, refusal to recognize the good elements of it, or unreasonably critical of it
|Misopatria, misopatrist
|From Greek ''misein'', to hate, and Latin ''patria'', nation or homeland
|-
|the opposite of [[materialism]]
|spiritualism and idealism have been its philosophical opposites, historically
|[[dualism]] has been suggested, but it is not the ''opposite'' of [[materialism]]; "spiritualism" is not a common term and is the "opposite" of materialism
|-
|runaway jury
|
|The term has existed for decades, but Merriam-Webster has not recognized it yet.
|-
|[[Second generation atheist|second-generation atheist]]
|cradle atheist
|
|-
|denial that [[Hell]] exists
|Hell-denier? Antinfernal?
|
|-
|[[deliberate ignorance]]
|
|the term exists; the dictionary does not yet include it
|-
|proven wrong, a refusal to admit it
|mulism; heel-digger?
|cf. mulish. This refusal is what promoted the [[Parable of the Good Samaritan]].
|-
|[[Illegal Alien|illegal alien]]
|
|widely used in court decisions and political discourse for years, Merriam-Webster still does not recognize it is as a term.
|-
|strict constructionism
|
|an important term for over 200 years to describe adherence to the text of the Constitution, Merriam-Webster still does not recognize it.
|-
|[[abstinence denial|denier of the effectiveness of abstinence]]
|abstinence-denier?
|-
|anti-family
|tradition opposer, familiopathic
|
|-
|dramacast
|tabloid news
|mainstream media presents drama fluff stories as news, e.g. 20/20 - Dateline
|-
|[[militant gays]]
|intimidating homosexual
|
|-
|causing harm by spreading falsehoods
|
|e.g., denying or concealing disease and infertility caused by promiscuity
|-
|[[peer pressure]]
|
|can you believe that isn't recognized by Merriam-Webster?
|-
|modern idolatry
|"media idolatry"; "money idolatry"; "celebrity idolatry"
|idolatry conjures images of golden calves, and a modern version is needed
|-
|Rule of Law
|
|
|-
|[[schlockumentary]]
|propaganda film
|documentary films based falsehoods and half-truths
|-
|}

== New Liberal Terms ==

New liberal words often have deceptive, or nonsensical, meanings. Here are some new words created by liberals to combat [[conservatism]]:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!New Term
!Origin date
!Comments
|-
|[[Atheism|atheist]]
|1571
|useful and often deceptive alternative name for an anti-Christian
|-
|[[Big Bang theory|big bang]]
|1948
|term invented by the leading [[British]] physicist Sir [[Fred Hoyle]] to ''mock'' this suggestion of how the universe was formed
|-
|bilingual education
|1972
|a euphemism describing a costly and hurtful program that hinders the learning of English by foreign-born children in American [[public school]]s, which hurts their future opportunities
|-
|[[carbon footprint]]
|1999<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/carbon%20footprint</ref>
|term indicates an individual human's effect on the environment by production of carbon dioxide
|-
|chairperson
|1971
|Even Alice Sturgis, the leading parliamentarian of the 20th century, rejected this cumbersome form of political correctness.
|-
|check-off
|1911
|automatic deduction of union dues by the employer from the employee's paycheck, so he has no choice
|-
|[[class warfare]]
|
|first entered the political lexicon primarily as an attack by liberals against conservatives. <ref>[http://www.spinsanity.org/columns/20030115.html The art of "class warfare"], Ben Fritz, Spinsanity.org, January 15, 2003</ref>
|-
|[[communism]]
|1840
|
|-
|compassion fatigue
|1968
|Liberals, driven by materialistic self-interest, are likely to suffer from this.
|-
|[[condescension]]
|1647
|
|-
|[[Dark Ages]]
|1730
|A term coined in the so-called [[enlightenment]] to disparage the period between the fall of the [[Roman Empire]] and c.1000, when the Christian faith, and its learning and culture, spread across Europe.
|-
|[[Dead white males|dead white males]]
|
|a disparaging term used of significant figures from previous generations by those who wish to undermine [[Cultural Literacy|cultural literacy]]
|-
|deconstruction
|1973
|a style of interpretation of texts that looks beyond the plain meaning of the text and instead infers social bias
|-
|diva
|1883
|modern use to describe female Hollywood/media personalities
|-
|[[Détente|detente]]
|1970s
|A euphemism referring to pacifist policy re. the Soviet Union
|-
|distributive justice
|
|A term used to redefine socialist abridgment of rights as "just"
|-
|[[enlightenment]]
|1669
|
|-
|[[Environmentalist|environmentalism]]
|1922
|a mixture of [[pseudoscience]] and neo-[[paganism]] used to justify the imposition of [[socialist]]ic controls.
|-
|freethinker
|1692
|the euphemism "free" hides the hostility towards faith, which is not free
|-
|[[fundamentalism]]
|1922
|"a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching"<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamentalism</ref> From a series of pamphlets called "The Fundamentals" which outlined the movement. Perjorative usage started when the liberal [[Harry Emerson Fosdick]] began using the term in a straw man attack against [[Conservative Christianity]].
|-
|[[feminism]]
|1895
|notionally, "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes"; in reality, the attempt to destroy traditional family, societal and religious values by erasing or undermining natural gender differences.
|-
|[[gay rights]]
|1969
|The movement for civil rights for homosexuals
|-
|glass ceiling
|1984
|the notion that an invisible barrier prevents women and ethnic minorities from reaching high office; an excuse for [[feminist]]s and others to demand [[affirmative action]]
|-
|[[global warming]]
|1969
|The baseless [[environmentalist]] mantra that the earth's temperature is rising, and that human intervention is the cause.
|-
|gun control
|1969
|a euphemism for restricting the right to keep and bear arms
|-
|[[homophobia]]
|1969
|used by Liberals to describe a failure to subscribe 100% to the [[homosexual agenda]].
|-
|[[humanism]]
|1808 <ref>http://newhumanist.org.uk/1740</ref>
|
|-
|[[imperialism]]
|1851
|a clever term later used by liberals to interfere with Christian missionaries and stopping anti-Christian tyranny
|-
|[[isolationism]]
|1922
|a pejorative term that is critical of American politicians putting America first in priorities
|-
|Keynesianism
|1946
|advocacy of 'tax and spend' policies as elaborated by the economist [[John Maynard Keynes]]; a [[euphemism]] for back-door [[Socialism]].
|-
|[[Living Constitution]]
|2000
|a continually evolving Constitution (first used by presidential candidate Al Gore, title of a 1936 book by Howard McBain)
|-
|McCarthyism
|1950
|Originally, investigations by Sen. Joe McCarthy of Communists working in sensitive USA government jobs. Later, it more broadly refers to holding radical leftists accountable for their beliefs and loyalties.
|-
|moderate
|late 1900s
|the original term dates from the French Revolution, but its meaning today is a euphemism for someone who favors abortion and/or supports censorship of Christianity in some ways.
|-
|nationalize
|1800
|a euphemism for the government taking over ownership and control of a large company or entire industry, as in socialism
|-
|natural selection
|1857
|a misleading and euphemistic term for the theory that genetic advantages and conflict dictate survival
|-
|[[population control]]
|1968
|the issue of population dates back to Confucius. Liberals promoted the term after the book The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich
|-
|[[pro-choice]]
|1975
|a euphemism for insisting on taxpayer-funded [[abortion]]; people who claim to be pro-choice typically oppose ''informed'' choice, which makes the "choice" meaningless
|-
|[[progressivism]]
|1892
|the progressive movement was not entirely liberal; it was started by a Republican and shared some goals with conservatives, and still does
|-
|[[quote mining]]
|non-existent
|a term used by [[evolutionists]] to describe taking quotes out of context in order to damage the position of the quoted party.
|-
|[[racism]]
|
|If you don't support Barack Obama, you are guilty of....
|-
|[[Sexual Discrimination|sexism]]
|1968
|That which is practiced by those who do not give total support to [[feminism]].
|-
|situation ethics
|1955
|a euphemism for denying fixed ethical standards
|-
|strict liability
|1869
|court-imposed liability even when there is no evidence of any fault by the defendant
|-
|Swift-Boating
|2004
|Allegations of unfair campaign tactics.
|-
|undocumented immigrant
|2000
|a [[politically correct]] replacement for illegal alien.
|-
|unfair
|1700
|
|-
|union shop
|1904
|
|-
|[[Unitarian]]
|1687
|
|-
|will to power
|1907
|[[Nietzche]]'s concept of the drive of a superman to perfect himself by exercising creative power; it didn't catch on
|-
|}

== Rate of Generation of Liberal Terms ==

The rate of generation of liberal terms is increasing:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Century
!# New Liberal Terms
|-
|1600s
|4
|-
|1700s
|2
|-
|1800s
|8
|-
|1900s
|25 (7 in the 1960s)
|-
|2000s
|3
|-
|}

== New Terms Difficult to Classify ==

These new terms are difficult to classify:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[Affirmative Action|affirmative action]]
|1961
|first used in [http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal6/eo10925.htm JFK's Executive Order 10925] in 1961 and subsequently promoted by [[LBJ]].
|-
|smoke and mirrors
|1982
|describes the use of deceit, particularly in politics; probably a conservative term, but will await more etymology about it
|-
|telecommute
|1974<ref>This first use was in the British magazine ''The Economist''.</ref>
|a combination of a Greek root ("tele", which means "far off") and a Latin root ("commutare", which means "to exchange")
|-
|[[twilight zone]]
|1949
|the realm of imagination that seems impossible but is difficult to disprove, and which challenges ordinary views of reality
|-
|}

== Downgraded Conservative Terms ==

These conservative terms are less significant:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|byzantine
|1794<ref>The usage here -- in sense of complex governmental rules -- probably developed later.</ref>
|
|-
|[[entropy]]
|1868
|
|-
|incandescent
|1794
|bright and radiant, conquering darkness, precursor to the invention of the incandescent lamp (light bulb)
|-
|Luddite
|1811
|one who opposes and even destroys technological advances
|-
|[[filibuster]]
|1851
|
|-
|media
|1923
|
|-
|[[milquetoast]]
|1933
|
|-
|normalcy
|1920
|related to the election of [[Warren G. Harding]] by the largest margin yet in history
|-
|reticent
|1834
|restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance
|-
|}

== Sources ==

*[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ Merriam-Webster dictionary]

==References==
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== Happy New Year, Dean! ==

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== Thank you! ==

for helping out with [[Fiji]]! --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''ohayougozaimasu'']] 08:50, 6 January 2009 (EST)
:You're welcome Kotomi. Thanks for your contributions to Conservpedia. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 09:25, 6 January 2009 (EST)

==Wikiproject:News Wanted Pages==
Let's add the medal people can earn on the page as incentive. Plus, I will attack some more of those words <s>tomorrow</s>Thursday to try and generate interest.--Jpatt 01:36, 7 January 2009 (EST)
:We could ask Rod Weathers to generate a medal like the others he made. I created a couple of articles tonight. It's good if we're leading the way in creating these articles. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 01:41, 7 January 2009 (EST)

Dean, thanks much for your tremendously insightful news posting a few minutes ago. It topped another day of insights on this site.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:31, 8 January 2009 (EST)
:Andy, that insightful post came from ''Jpatt'', one of our new admins. I just made a few small corrections to the news items. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 00:03, 9 January 2009 (EST)

== Please block ==

Please could you block the blasphemous vandal DanielP? Thanks--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 11:13, 9 January 2009 (EST)
:Done. Thanks for the alert. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 11:16, 9 January 2009 (EST)

::No problem - thanks for the swift response. I think AlbertW has reverted most of the vandalism.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 11:17, 9 January 2009 (EST)

== Great block ==

Great block, Dean. No one has to block all the sub-accounts that were just created. The vandal simply wasted his time. You've blocked his IP for those accounts also with your first block.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 11:51, 9 January 2009 (EST)
:Thanks Andy. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 11:53, 9 January 2009 (EST)
::I don't know that I agree, Andy. The accounts could be used by different IPs and I found that one of the [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=newusers&user=&page=User%3ATimL&year=&month=-1 socks], TimL, made an [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Gravitation&curid=8247&diff=606088&oldid=604847 edit] almost three hours after DavidJ's IP was blocked. He then got blocked by Dean. So I took the initiative now to block all those socks, just to be safe. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 11:52, 10 January 2009 (EST)

::: Thanks, Foxtrot!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 11:55, 10 January 2009 (EST)
Glad to be of service :-) -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 12:13, 10 January 2009 (EST)
== Governors ==
Thanks for adding on to Washington. Originally I was sticking with just the state governors and not the territorial ones, but I suppose more information is better! [[User:WesleyS|WesleyS]][[User Talk:WesleyS|Hello!]] 18:24, 10 January 2009 (EST)
:I first saw the list and noticed Gregoire wasn't on there. Then I saw the full list on the state website and decided to fill in the blanks. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 18:27, 10 January 2009 (EST)
::Looks like I found a severely dated source, huh? I'll check more carefully. Thanks again! [[User:WesleyS|WesleyS]][[User Talk:WesleyS|Hello!]] 18:31, 10 January 2009 (EST)

== Mainpage picture size, My apologies, no offense intended ==

DeanS,

I did not notice that you had reversed my edits as far as the picture sizes to the main page. I was somewhat tired when I was doing the editing. My apologies.

Secondly, I did not notice that the picture sizes I chose were making the right and left columns unequal in width. For various reasons, I do agree with you that right and left columns on the main page should be somewhat equal in width. Therefore, I made the pictures smaller. [[User:Conservative|conservative]] 05:35, 11 January 2009 (EST)
:Thank you Conservative. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 06:28, 11 January 2009 (EST)

== With Apologies ==
Sorry about the atom article. The formatting seems weird, but I only made it worse. Sorry. I'm a wiki noob.--[[User:DReynolds|DReynolds]] 16:20, 13 January 2009 (EST)
:No problem. I recommend using the "Show preview" button before saving. ;-) --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 16:42, 13 January 2009 (EST)

==Plane crash story==
Sorry to bother with this, but could someone add a link on this news story to the pilot himself- [[Chesley Sullenberger]]. [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 21:04, 15 January 2009 (EST)
:Done. Thanks for creating the article and the suggestion. Btw, as an admin, you can edit the Main page yourself if you want to. ;-) --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 10:29, 16 January 2009 (EST)
::I have been watching this story on our news-stations here. Amazing! Truly miraculous that the pilot bought it down safely and nobody died. --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]][[User talk:JessicaT|''nandeyanen?'']] 10:36, 16 January 2009 (EST)
:::Exactly. Chesley Sullenberger is a true hero. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 10:42, 16 January 2009 (EST)

Thanks! The page is now at 90 views! Also,I know I can edit the main page, but I could not find where to edit the actual news stories. [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 13:57, 16 January 2009 (EST)
:Try these new instructions: [[Wikiproject:News#Editing_the_.22In_the_News.22_section|Editing the "In the News" section]]. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 14:38, 16 January 2009 (EST)

==Help==
A lot of my rosters got deleted and havn't been restored. Could I get some help or at very least an explanation? --[[User:JY23|JY23]] 11:41, 28 January 2009 (EST)
:In this [http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page#Do_I_have_to_rewrite_my_articles.3F section] of Main page talk, Andy explains the problem. If you can give me an example, I will see what I can do. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 12:00, 28 January 2009 (EST)
::Well, at [[User:JY23/Sports project|my sports project]], I was up to Malaga CF on the rosters. When I logged back on one day, it was stuck on Stoke City (in an entirely different league). [[User:JY23|JY23]] 14:24, 28 January 2009 (EST)

==Religion==
A big thank you for deleting that essay. It was horrible from start to finish.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 01:27, 2 February 2009 (EST)
:You're welcome Jp. We don't need to accept every Essay on Conservapedia. This one was unacceptable. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 13:44, 2 February 2009 (EST)

==Algebra Terms==
Thanks for deleting the redundant category. It had been cluttering the math pages for a while now! -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 07:15, 5 February 2009 (EST)
:You're welcome. Something still doesn't seem right though. I'm wondering if we even need the [[Algebra terms]] page since the Algebra index is on each of the terms pages. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 07:24, 5 February 2009 (EST)
::Probably not. There's also a [[geometry terms]] page, which can equally be deleted since there's already a <s>[[:Category:Geometry Terms]]</s> [[:Category:Geometry terms]] which uses Geometry index (and doesn't follow the MoS for categories). Continuing this line of reasoning, are these sorts of indices much more useful than categories? They seem somewhat redundant. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 07:31, 5 February 2009 (EST)
:::I think the indices are better than a category of terms for each subject. If you look at Category:Navigation box, you will see there are many different indices, Template:Algebra Index, Template:American Index, Template:Ancient Index, etc. Some of them don't have a subject terms page; they just have individual terms pages (i.e. Ancient Terms, Chemistry Terms, etc.) We should have some further discussions on this subject. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 07:52, 5 February 2009 (EST)
::::I think my wording wasn't clear in it's implication, sorry. I definitely do like indices better than something like [[:Category:Algebra Terms]], but my question was whether we even needed the index if we have the [[:Category:Algebra]], which lists most/all of the terms anyway and has many more to boot. I would gladly keep discussing this with you, either here or by email. Just let me know. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 10:55, 8 February 2009 (EST)

== Featured article ==

Thank you Dean! Joaquin --[[User:JMR10|JMR10]] 13:15, 5 February 2009 (EST)
:You're welcome. Anytime ;-) --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 13:25, 5 February 2009 (EST)

==News link==
Dean, thanks for linking my [[Essay:Examples of Moronic Vandalism by the "tolerant"|Examples of Moronic Vandalism]] essay! That's cool. [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 18:45, 7 February 2009 (EST)
:You're welcome Addison. I thought it went nicely with Mrs. Schlafly's article. Keep up the great work! --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 19:15, 7 February 2009 (EST)

::Thanks! Keep up your great work too! [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 21:10, 7 February 2009 (EST)

==Template==
Dean, I created a template for WikiProjectNews. I added it to the categories pages. I hope I didn't overstep your authority since you created the News Group. I can shorten, add/remove, and I welcome any changes. --[[User:Jpatt|jpatt]] 02:44, 8 February 2009 (EST)
:Thanks Jp. That template is a great idea. No, you didn't overstep your authority, because you're the co-project leader now. Project members need to get approval before doing things like this, but you or I can make improvements to this project as needed.

:I protected the template because it is policy to protect all templates. You will want to do this in the future.

:I added an "Archives" link and changed the "Previous Breaking News" to "Previous News by Subject".

:I'm thinking about deleting the "Unpublished News" page and the link to "Unpublished News" because we probably won't post this news now that it's really outdated. What do you think? --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 06:16, 8 February 2009 (EST)

:Unpublished News could be deleted if you feel that way. Also, I was adding to the top of pages (see) --->
{| align=right border=3 cellspacing=0 style="border-width: 5px; border-color: #c0c0c0; background: #e0e0e0; margin: 2em;"
| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 40px 10px 40px;" | [[Previous_Breaking_News/Dick_Cheney| Previous Breaking News: Dick Cheney]]
|}
:until I realized you had ==See also==. Should I continue or is it redundancy? Makes it more visible but waiting for your thoughts.--[[User:Jpatt|jpatt]] 14:45, 8 February 2009 (EST)
::Ok. I will delete the "Unpublished News" page and the template link.
::I think the border version is redundant with the "See Also" wikilink. I also tried to move the ACLU one below the main image but then it wouldn't go to the right even though it was below the image. I think the "See Also" wikilinks should be sufficient. We might want to consider a template in the future. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 16:31, 8 February 2009 (EST)

== Thanks! ==

Thanks for deleting all these silly Pokemon pages.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 14:34, 9 February 2009 (EST)
:You're welcome. Even though I used to enjoy watching the Pokemon cartoons, I don't think we need all these individual articles. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 14:37, 9 February 2009 (EST)

== Al Gore comic ==

Hi DeanS. I see that you uploaded the image http://conservapedia.com/Image:Al_and_GW.png. I would have serious reservations about a fair use justification for this image. It is clearly marked copyright. There does not seem to be any discussion or criticism of the image on the page. It serves to illustrate a point about Al Gore. Perhaps it would be worth emailing the copyright holder to ask his permission? His email is gsheffield--@--mediaresearch.org [[User:AndyJM|AndyJM]] 09:39, 11 February 2009 (EST)
:I sent an email to Greg per your suggestion. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 10:56, 11 February 2009 (EST)

== Hi ==

Thanks for the welcome message. This is my first time editing a wiki so please indulge my possibly stupid question; How do you upload images to a page as I have noticed a large hole in the UK related military area and am creating quite a few new pages it would be nice to have a few logos with them? Thanks JSmith2
:Due to the fact that only select users are allowed to upload, go to [[Conservapedia:Image upload requests]] and put your URLs of the images there. [[User:JY23|JY23]] 18:35, 11 February 2009 (EST)
::Thanks for the info JY23. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 18:38, 11 February 2009 (EST)

==News page==
Dean, the Lincoln speech link isn't working. [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 12:46, 12 February 2009 (EST)
:I removed the post and link for now. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 13:31, 12 February 2009 (EST)

==Use of Categories==
Can you comment on the use of Categories, in relation to the discussion on [[Talk:Immanuel_Velikovsky|this talk page]]? --[[User:Eric2009|Eric2009]] 10:07, 15 February 2009 (EST)
*Eric, please don't go posting for Administrator opinions about categories. As you were previously told, and could plainly read, I am the Admin who has been asked to resolve these category disputes between editors. It might give others the wrong opinion of you if you run about soliciting others to weigh in, especially since Dr. Jensen is an Administrator. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 02:22, 16 February 2009 (EST)

==Evolution article==
It DID pass 500,000! Not sure if or how you want to update. [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 20:00, 15 February 2009 (EST)
:Done. Thanks for the alert Addison. You know you can update that page, right? --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 20:07, 15 February 2009 (EST)

::I do. I'm not always sure how to update something though. I guess its usually only minor changes though. Thanks. [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 20:25, 15 February 2009 (EST)

==Popular articles==
Not to be presumptuous but do you think the [[Conservapedia]] article (that I wrote) should be listed under the "Popular Articles at Conservapedia" feature on the main page? Since it is about us. I would do it myself but I don't know how to edit all those little features. [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 21:31, 17 February 2009 (EST)
:Even though I do like your Conservapedia article, I believe with only over 1300 page views to date, it has a ways to go before making that list. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 01:46, 18 February 2009 (EST)

::Sure. I'll watch the page views. [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 10:26, 18 February 2009 (EST)

== Vandal ==

I just reverted User: SenatorPatriot's vandalism of the Democratic Party page... Could you take a look at his other [http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:Contributions/SenatorPatriot contributions] and see if it's worth a block? thank you [[User:StephenK|StephenK]] 17:49, 19 February 2009 (EST)

==Rent==

Dean, I had a suggestion for the news section, but I didn't see where to quickly submit it without signing up for the news project. It's about the musical ''[[Rent]]''. I've added the news item to that article, since it's an important example of liberal [[professor values]] pushing a [[homosexual agenda]] on unsuspecting high schoolers. I thought it should get more notice by the CP community. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 11:18, 25 February 2009 (EST)
:Submit your news suggestions on [[Talk:Main Page]]. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 11:25, 25 February 2009 (EST)
::Done, thanks. I had thought that talk page was only for discussing posted news items, not for suggesting new ones. I'll keep my eye out for more news stories. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 03:33, 26 February 2009 (EST)

== Baroque ==

Good idea, Thanks. I will work on it. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 10:42, 26 February 2009 (EST)

==Obama Gun Ban==

Could you add this to the news:

:Attorney General [[Eric Holder]], who said that America is "a nation of cowards" <ref>http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/22/obama-eric-holder-racism-america-cowards-opinions-columnists_attorney_general.html</ref> told reporters that the Obama administration wants to revive Clinton's assault weapons ban. <ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6960824&page=1</ref>
::Submit your news suggestions on [[Talk:Main Page]]. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 10:06, 27 February 2009 (EST)

== Conservapedia:Featured articles ==

Dear friend. I think we should update the actual members of the team. Some seems to be not interested any more. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 16:25, 1 March 2009 (EST)
:I agree. I believe we should substitute Learn together with Ed Poor. I also suggest we lock the Featured articles page so we don't have voting by non-members of the committee. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 02:13, 2 March 2009 (EST)

== please check your email ==

Dear DeanS,

If you could be kind, I would appreciate it if you checked your email. I just sent you something. It is regarding a grassroots campaign involving conservapedia. [[User:Conservative|conservative]] 16:00, 3 March 2009 (EST)
:Conservative, I have responded to your request. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 16:13, 3 March 2009 (EST)

== Venezuela ==
Thanks for fixing my misspellings on [[Socialism]]. Modern spell-checkers are slowly destroying my ability to actually spell. Cheers. [[User:Sjay|Sjay]] 08:21, 5 March 2009 (EST)
:You're welcome. The spellings were the least of the problems. I was shocked when I read the intro. I had to revert it back because of vandalism. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 08:25, 5 March 2009 (EST)

== Good block ==

Good block of Brendanw, Dean. Unfortunately, the quality of his postings was so poor that the account was worth blocking on that basis alone.
:Thanks Andy. Even though you reverted his post, I felt he deserved another dose of discipline. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 16:25, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

== I got your last email and please check your email in about a minute or less ==

I got your last email and please check your email in about a minute or less. [[User:Conservative|conservative]] 17:04, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

==Anti-Catholic bill==
Dean, did you hear about bill 1098 in the Connecticut General Assembly? It tries to change the episcopal system used between bishops and parishes. It's getting a lot of backlash and might make a good news story. It was mentioned on Glenn Beck's show on Fox News. Here are a couple of links:
http://catholickey.blogspot.com/2009/03/trusteeism-bill-introduced-in.html
A news story- http://www.cfnews.org/BridgeportDiocese.htm
An official government page- http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1098&which_year=2009 [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 19:17, 10 March 2009 (EDT)
:Update: The bill has been pulled, go [http://catholickey.blogspot.com/2009/03/catholic-sponsored-anti-catholic-bill.html here]. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 20:32, 10 March 2009 (EDT)

==Reverts==
[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&curid=87913&diff=639650&oldid=639649 Thanks], Dean. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 21:40, 14 March 2009 (EDT)
:You're welcome Ed. Another troublemaker bites the dust. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 21:46, 14 March 2009 (EDT)

==Governors==
Hi--I was working on the [[Governors and Lt. Governors of the United States of America]], and I noticed that someone recently created a similar [http://www.conservapedia.com/State_Governors page] with pictures. I'm thinking the two could be combined (pictures on the second page moved to the first), but I don't know how to do that (I'm a wiki beginner). If you can show me how to do the first one as an example/guide, I can do the rest, I think.--[[User:KellyB|KellyB]] 13:26, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks for updating the table. To add the governer's pics, try [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Governors_and_Lt._Governors_of_the_United_States_of_America&curid=37052&diff=641362&oldid=641338 this]. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 13:43, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
::Appreciate the help, thanks. I added a bunch, and I'm going to add more later (the site is giving me a lot of errors at the moment), but in the meantime: Is there a way to get the pictures to line up so they look better (right justify, or something)?--[[User:KellyB|KellyB]] 14:56, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Thanks for adding the images. That's interesting you added the desire for the pics to line up, because I was making that change ''before'' I saw your suggestion. I added an "Images" column to the table to make them line up. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 15:03, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
::::Thank you--looks much better. I'll start looking for images to complete the chart, and create articles where there are none.--[[User:KellyB|KellyB]] 15:13, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::Great. You can add the image upload requests [[Conservapedia:Image upload requests| here]]. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 15:19, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

==Ron Silver==
No problem! Always glad to help. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 20:04, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:Great. This was the idea I had in mind when I created the "[[Wikiproject:News/Wanted page|wanted pages]]" sub-project of the the news project. If you create any of those pages that link to the Main page news, I will link them to our news section. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 20:10, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
::After creating the article, I actually checked if it might've been there in the Wanted Pages list for the news, but it wasn't :-\. I'll take a look at the list again soon to see if I can write up some of the other wanted pages, but this one was more timely than the others. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 20:14, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:::It ''should'' have been on the list. In the future, if you see a page that should be created for the news section, add it to the list. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 20:20, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== Thanks! ==

That was fast! Thank you [[User:ClementB|Clement ♗]] 10:45, 27 March 2009 (EDT)
:You're welcome. --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 10:57, 27 March 2009 (EDT)

== Atheist in the Texas Pledge of Allegiance case ==

He has a history:

[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/269765 'Moment of Silence' wins out in court]

[http://news.google.com/archivesearch?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22David+Croft%22+%22moment+of+silence%22&cf=all&scoring=d Google News search for "David Croft" and "moment of silence"]

Thought it might be of interest for the front page news . [[User:Jinxmchue|Jinxmchue]] 15:02, 28 March 2009 (EDT)

== Good addition ==

Good addition of [[Michele Bachmann]] to [[movement conservative]]s!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 08:10, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks for giving me the hint. ;-) --[[User:DeanS|DeanStalk]] 08:12, 29 March 2009 (EDT)

== Ta ==

Cheers Dean. Don't forget to tell TK as I need that range block. [[User:KevinK|KevinK]] 09:42, 9 April 2009 (EDT)