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A treat for some of my talk page stalkers
In particular, @Cullen328, Arxiloxos, Carptrash, DoctorJoeE, and Softlavender:, who took part last year in the conversation I refer to below.
Two weeks ago, I found the photo on the left on Commons and added it to Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. Earlier today, an unrelated search sent me to my talk page archives, where I came across this year-old discussion we had about the same picture, which had to linked to because it wasn't free. Yet. 
— Malik Shabazz /Stalk 21:25, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
- Nice. Love it. Love their expressions. Thanks for sharing this! Softlavender (talk) 04:04, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
- Especially Ali's. I always wondered why that particular photo wasn't free, since it was never published, i.e. not one of the ones used in the 1964 Life Magazine story. But now it's a moot point. Thanks for the memories. DoctorJoeE /talk to me! 06:11, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
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- But Malcolm X's picture still has not shown up? Oh yes, happy May Day. Carptrash (talk) 15:40, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
PS. I also found the statement that ,"Diminutive in size but gigantic in stature, Little Willie John was a genuine architect of soul," but (rare for me) decided to go with the "less is more" dictum and not add it to that article. If you forget the discussion, that's probably a good thing. Carptrash (talk) 16:19, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
- I am delighted to see this photo here on Misplaced Pages and on Commons. Are we sure that EPHouston is actually the photographer Bob Gomel and authorized to license the photos as his "own work"? Cullen Let's discuss it 18:12, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
- No one can know for sure, but judging by the editor's contributions, it certainly looks like somebody close to Bob Gomel, who took the photo. — Malik Shabazz /Stalk 18:22, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
- I am delighted to see this photo here on Misplaced Pages and on Commons. Are we sure that EPHouston is actually the photographer Bob Gomel and authorized to license the photos as his "own work"? Cullen Let's discuss it 18:12, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
RE: Political correctness
The edits I introduced were not an addition, but a deletion, so I could not have introduced inaccurate data through them. They were specifically deletion of inaccurate data.
The page purports that there is a "Conspiracy Theory" about political correctness that proponents call "Cultural Marxism." But for a conspiracy to exist, there has to be both conspirators and something to hide - but political correctness is a very open movement, as was Critical Theory. No such conspiracy theory exists, but critics of the ones who associate the two have been called "conspiracy theorists" merely for pointing out the philosophical similarities.
It is simply the observation that political correctness and Critical Theory share extremely similar philosophical roots. That's not a conspiracy theory. That's a run-of-the-mill sociological theory. No one has suggested that academics from Frankfurt sat in dark rooms plotting how to ruin Western culture - Horkheimer, Gramsci and the rest were quite open about their theories; they published them.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/critical-theory/
http://www.heathwoodpress.com/max-horkheimer-and-the-definition-of-critical-theory-today/
http://www.iep.utm.edu/frankfur/
http://www.academia.org/the-origins-of-political-correctness/
Let's be clear: drawing connections between two philosophical social movements based upon the similarity of their tenets is not irrational or unacademic. Many academics have pointed out these similarities. To call it a "conspiracy theory" rather than the mere philosophical observation that it is is highly inaccurate.
At the very least, it is extremely subjective, which Misplaced Pages discourages.
Ruusanyc Verd (talk) 03:11, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
- Assuming that you made your edits from 74.197.59.142, you're mistaken. Your edits introduced inaccuracies because the section's sources didn't change (except for one source that you deleted), but you completely changed the meaning of the paragraph—and you changed a link from Frankfurt School#Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory to the nonexistent Frankfurt School#Cultural Marxism theory.
- I have no interest in debating the matter with you. If you have nothing better to do with your time, you can post a message at Talk:Political correctness. But before you do, I recommend reading Talk:Cultural Marxism, Talk:Frankfurt School (and its archives), and Talk:Political correctness (and its archives), because nobody wants to listen to an editor trot out the same stale arguments that have repeatedly refuted in the past. — Malik Shabazz /Stalk 03:57, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
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Would you like to support the creation of and/join the proposed Wikiproject for Encyclopedias and/or Reference Works?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 22:43, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Bellerophon5685. I appreciate the invitation, but I'm already at my limit and I can't commit any more time to this project. I'll be supportive any other way that I can. — Malik Shabazz /Stalk 23:27, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
- Its OK if you don't want to join, but if you believe the project should be launched (this hasn't been finally approved yet) could you please add a note to the "Support" section of the page, saying that you agree that such a project should be launched?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 23:31, 4 May 2016 (UTC)