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Sources of interest

I'm mainly parking this here for my own reference, but others may find them useful.

Some of them may help balance the US-centrism noted earlier. Sennalen (talk) 16:55, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advisories, a further benefit of putting this list out there before thinking about writing any article text! Sennalen (talk) 20:37, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Have you seen template:refideas? Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 23:29, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A British book, In Defence of Political Correctness by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown looks useful. Doug Weller talk 09:53, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lede needs to be reworked

The current lede is in violation of WP:ISAWORDFOR. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions as to how this might be improved. 98.149.154.119 (talk) 03:05, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In this instance, the word is the subject and it is difficult to see how it could be otherwise. Almost all studies are of the progress and use of the term rather than of the phenomenon.Pincrete (talk) 10:12, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. However, the policy you refer to specifically mentions this article: "In such cases, an article about the word or phrase often focuses on the related topic(s), which are also covered separately in their own articles. World music, Political correctness, Gay agenda, Lake Michigan-Huron and Truthiness illustrate this. What I don't see is a separate article about PC (the phenomenon). Are you suggesting I should draft one? I am happy to do so, but would probably require some assistance...2600:1012:B027:CA0F:1114:EA83:4297:EBFB (talk) 2600:1012:B027:CA0F:1114:EA83:4297:EBFB (talk) 21:07, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what you think the lede should say differently and the "related topics" are in each of their own subsections with links to the main articles. The issue with "PC (the phenomenon)" is that,

I doubt you could find a definition of it that doesn't already fit another article better, and hasn't already been merged elsewhere or here (or become absorbed by other cultural buzz words like Cancel culture).
Sourcing of whatever nation or socio-political version of PC will be fractured between US and UK sourcing.Koncorde (talk) 21:42, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I guess my confusion is how the current article neglects to address PC used in the following context:

"Women like him for his civil rights stand and political correctness". This example is the first sentence used in the definition when googling the word. So obviously an example that has a lot of exposure, and ostensibly would bring readers here. As it stands, our working definition would not fit in this instance.2600:1012:B027:CA0F:1114:EA83:4297:EBFB (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 22:59, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's an example of the word in usage, not a prescription for content. If you can find a reliable source that discusses women that value political correctness somehow let us know so we can see in what context it is? Koncorde (talk) 23:12, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence above was an example given in a dictionary definition. But to answer your question, here is a source that comes to mind...https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/2015/11/16/america-revisits-political-correctness/

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