Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”

Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by sunir on Saturday May 06, 2023 @12:21PM (#35842797)

Well, that's not much of a value argument, just a statement of reality that entropy exists and everything becomes crap over time without maintenance.

Gardens also grow. But if you don't maintain your garden, they ahem literally become weeded, cough figuratively speaking.

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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by lolinder on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:28PM (#35843462)

You're welcome to tend your own garden, but until we figure out how to have fair elections I would invite all self-appointed language stewards to leave other people's plots alone.

Languages belong to their speakers, and the only way we have to vote at the moment is with our idiolect.

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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by sunir on Sunday May 07, 2023 @10:45PM (#35857556)

Languages are social. Other people can push back. You’re an adult. You can take it.

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