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putting people in the most-specific-ethnic/gender cats, then trying to de-ghettoize up the tree, but that is a bad approach - it's much easier to basically classify them multiple times, each time adding more and more facets - that way, you start with a fully de-ghettoized/generic person, and then you're just adding facets along the way, so if you screw up, the result is less specific than it should be (which is ok), instead of ghettoizing (which is not). It's just harder, as you have to initially think of the person as not having any of the facets that they have. Also, on another note, I hope you'll consider my randomization solution for the vegetarians page. cheers! --
274:- now that that's fixed, the press is likely (hopefully?) going to go away. But the problem is not solved, not even by a long-shot. There are probably 10s of thousands of bios of women, men, african americans, LGBT people, or whatever else, that are "ghettozied", eg present in a gendered/ethnic category but not also present in a generic category of the same type. Whether you consider this situation "sexism" or "racism" or not (which, for the record, I don't really, I just see it as laziness and the result of a generally broken category system - 870:- or you can think, ok, we do bubble up, but then we get diffused afterwards, say to a state-specific category for example. When you intersect multiple non-diffusing facets, like African-American + women, then you need to bubble up to all of the adjectives individually, in a way - that's why she's in so many poets cats. Tricky, right? What are the chances that your average editor will get this right? OTOH, if these gendered/ethnic/sexuality cats 35: 171:- I am hoping to put categories here that need to be de-ghettoized, so members of the task force can start chipping away at them if interested. I also added an algorithm for correct categorization without ghettoization that I think will work and is relatively simply to apply - please read and provide feedback. If you think this should all be moved somewhere else, like a sub-page, that is fine too - just let me know. thanks! -- 101: 914:- but the specifics of the non-sexist/non-racist algorithm I laid out have not, IMHO, been elaborated before in such detail - which is why I developed that in the first place - to illustrate how hard it actually is. But that's an extreme example - I've just been deghettoizing the "women mathematicians" tree, it wasn't that bad, probably took me an hour to do 30 bios or so. -- 565: 639:
RfCs and RfAs will start again, with most WP editors staying on their sidelines to keep their discipline records clean. Further, there is a known vocal and well-organized group of Chinese nationalist editors here on WP, so, ironically, we will inevitably see a common cause alliance of convenience between the US techs and the Chinese nationalists.
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entry, which is an entry dealing with a totalitarian, Communist nation with an entire state-controlled media. Upon entry creation, once again, of course, we will have US-based editors claiming, "Look! The Communist Youth Daily claims there is no gender bias in China!", and the whole cycle of AfDs and
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Ok - plz read through the algorithm, and let me know if it makes sense - otherwise, let's fix the description until it does make sense. The only way this ghettoization will stop is if people understand how to categorize without ghettoizing. I realized I'd been doing it the wrong way all along - first
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as if anybody is claiming that women are currently in positions of power, political, corporate or economical, in SK. The problem is unfortunately complicated by the South Korean media pratice of requiring junior reporters to serve as gofers for politicians for 2-3 years before they are permitted to
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When I looked at several other countries they seemed to be ghettoized, but I may not have looked carefully enough. In any case, I think we're now actually close on a category intersection solution that make all of this deghettoization work not worth it anymore, so I'm going to focus on that for
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Welcome to the world of non-diffusing categories. All of those cats, since they are gender/ethnic cats, are non-diffusing - which means, membership in them should not preclude membership in the parent. The trick is, what if the parent is fully diffused?
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As I noted on the AfD for Sexism in South Korea, there are over 500 mainspace articles fitting the pattern 'Racism in ' and it's time we deal with the well-known and decades-long gender bias issue here on WP.
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Where, in Azathoth's name, is this unspeakable nightmare explained? Please link to it prominently in the algorithm section. I can't believe I'm the only one that would be confused by this. --
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page is chock-full of reliable sources, including newspapers, academic studies, books and other media which can be relied on to provide even-handed, accurate information. That is why
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Thanks for posting that, and this is a good place for it. I'm not sure I follow what's needed, mind you. Whenever I've tried to work with categories, I've mostly been beaten back. :)
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No - in fact, most people are, so what they do is, they just diffuse. It's easier. And then, NY times articles get written. The basics are laid out in
690:- you cited a Blogspot, an American online celebrity tabloid and a pornographic site. I have no objection to a well-sourced, encyclopedic article on 285:
Another (simpler) approach I've been taking is spotting and trying to kill categories which by their nature ghettoize, and which are in violation of
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recently, which was the interest for this TF but in 2008, now preserved for (our) historical interest. Has some useful ideas worth considering.
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to you on the article Talk page, and I am willing to work with you to improve the article. But it starts with finding reliable sources.
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for a representative list of media coverage). Unfortunately, the press has focused mostly on women being moved from
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there is no problem, delete on sight," but that is applying US media standards to a closed country.
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Has there been some sort of more detailed discussion about 'ghettoization' somewhere? Just curious.
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for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.
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in India (a country which burned widows and demands bridal dowrys, that continually engages in
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the 'ghettoization' problem seems to be minimal. Of all the random entries I've looked at in
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is attempting to argue against that page or to delete it. It is perfectly encyclopedic.
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non-diffusing, then NY times articles get written. Quite the catch-22 if you ask me...
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But isn't she similarly in several diffusing subcats of American poets? Specifically
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that's a bit of a better example, as that tree has been fully diffused already. --
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If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
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Because she's in several diffusing subcats of American writers - such as
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with its article start as a long screed against discrimination against
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You're saying the press have told Knowledge (XXG) to 'de-ghettoize'?
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check the NY Times, Huffington Post, NY Review of books, etc... --
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I'm not sure I understand the algorithm. Why should Sue be in
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dominated country. The latest proposal is a article move to
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Part II of the problem is that I ultimately hope to create
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was the Mexican farmworker girlfriend who inspired one of
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will be a nightmare but ultimately a progressive step.
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(see the top of 33: 843:? What makes the difference? -- 837:Category:African-American poets 728:Avoiding sexist bias in writing 525:WikiProject Gender Studies CSGB 484:Category:English male comedians 866:doesn't mean you bubble up to 570:women novelist categorization 276:read here for more on my views 1: 868:Category:American politicians 860:Category:American politicians 833:Category:American women poets 815:Category:American politicians 113:Knowledge (XXG):Systemic bias 986:00:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC) 708:I have attempted to explain 663:) defies even outrage. 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