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Sorry, your reasoning is flawed. Systemic bias is bias from editors (which means an overabundancy on technical subjects and marginal pop groups), the importance ratings are about bias from readers. While we can correct bias from editors, we cannot correct bias from readers. And readers are what this
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spartan, but approaching it). The number of high-importance articles can be larger and should cover broad subjects as well as important people. Above all, I think we should grow a backbone and stop ranking importance based on what we think the average
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I absolutely wholeheartedly disagree. We would be no better if we enhanced these stereotypes and misconceptions; instead, due to our NPOV policy, we have a unique opportunity to set them straight. That's part of the reason why especially these stereotypical subjects should be of top-importance, and
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toward western culture. The key question to see is: would the same importance-standard applied for a USA-related article with the same local importance? Also doesn't seem a good idea to rely on the knowledge of the "general public"; instead, we should rely on scholars' opinions.
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article about a single person deserves to be ranked top importance. The number of top importance articles should be fairly small and restricted to articles which cover a wide array of information. We should take some guidance from
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I just really don't understand what's going on here. Could the descriptions on this page of the Mid/Low/etc. categories be made a little longer and more precise at least, so there's some less ambiguity?
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most ignorant? The point of wikipedia should be to educate people, not to reaffirm what they already think they know - so
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I've expanded/reorganized quite a bit, and added some High-importance articles as well. Please have a laugh at my expense:
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