• loathesome dongeaterA
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    10 months ago

    I cannot follow this at all. Who among these users has the authority to decide whether Wikipedia should switch from CCP to CPC? Most of the people seem to agree that CPC is the official name so should be preferred but there oxygen is sucked by the argument about whether CCP is racist or not which shouldn’t have to factor in if CPC is deemed official.

    • GaryLeChat
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      10 months ago

      The editor out of Langley, Virginia has the final say lol.

    • relay
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      10 months ago

      Liberal feelings are much more important than facts.

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        10 months ago

        1 down vote = 1 prayer liberal with hurt feelings

      • loathesome dongeaterA
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        10 months ago

        switching would probably go against Wikipedia’s Manual of Style (WP:VAR)

        Can you please expand on this?

        • 🏳️‍⚧️ 新星 [they/she]
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          10 months ago

          Here’s a summary:

          The Arbitration Committee has expressed the principle that “When either of two styles is acceptable it is inappropriate for a Wikipedia editor to change from one style to another unless there is some substantial reason for the change.”

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      10 months ago

      https://web.archive.org/web/20230329041436/http://m.news.xixik.com/content/5190f6ea93739da6/

      Their position seems to be… it depends, lol. But they prefer CPC.

      Personally, I prefer to use CPC because the implied accusation of ethno-supremacism is front and center in much of western news media. It’s the Chinese Communist Party – the emphasis is not so much on “Party” as the CPC has stated, in my experience, but rather on “Chinese”.

      In fact, I’d wager the Transatlantic Empire would rather the CPC drop “party” from their name altogether, as it indicates a participatory role in democratic processes. “Chinese communists” would probably be far easier to effectively scapegoat.

      CPC also rolls off the tongue easier. Also serves as sort of dogwhistle for people who are aware of all of this. I see no advantage in using see-see-pee.

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    10 months ago

    Just compromise and call it the ZGGCD

  • Life2Space
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    10 months ago

    I just use both, occasionally swapping out one for the other.