Hi Rexford Thanks for your interest.
I personally don't think "Bushmen" is a completely inappropriate term (although some people have strong feelings either way). The question here is really what the primary term or default term is, in terms of what reliable English language sources use and what the people themselves prefer. I agree that the content of the article (and many others) needs improving. I have focussed only on the nomenclature section so far. It is a lot of work overhauling an article completely and I have come to terms with the fact that I can only do so much on my own. Regards Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: Nkansah Rexford To: Helen Riding Cc: WikimediaZA List Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Wikipedia move discussion: Bushmen article Hi Helen, I just read through the discussion and its interesting for me so far. Many support the idea of changing to San people. Well, I think it doesn't _really_ matter whether its 'San people' or 'bushmen'. Though the name 'bushman' might sound completely inappropriate ( or even perhaps insulting), I think content on the page is what really needs to be improved. Personally, I've never known them to be San people (until today) and I'm sure many people ( perhaps over 70% of the world ) know such people as bushmen. Currently, the article 'San people' redirects to 'Bushmen' which I see it to be same. (Changing the title will just make the redirection inverse) If the word 'bushmen' its inappropriate, then I guess it shouldn't be mentioned even in the article, even if the title is changed to 'San people' Rexford | Africa Center | wikiafrica.net | sent from Tab On Jan 16, 2014 10:12 AM, "Helen Riding" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, this is my first mailing to this list so I hope it's appropriate. I have proposed a move from the "Bushmen" Wikipedia article title to "San people". If you have not already done so, please participate in the move discussion so we can reach a consensus. The last discussion took place almost two years ago with little participation despite numerous complaints posted on the article talk page. I spent some time researching the facts and improving the nomenclature section of the article so that people could make a more informed decision. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bushmen#Requested_move_12_January_2014 Thanks Helen _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza
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