Talk:White
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Template:Oldpeerreview This article, it seems to me, confuses pigment color and light color, or, actually, ignores pigment color. I have no competence in this field, but it does seem that someone who does should take a look. Ortolan88
in some cultures white is associated with death
vietnamese people wear white at funerals, or so i heard
- In Chinese culture, white is the funeral color as well. Fuzheado 03:18, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- I've heard that in African cultures white meant death. --Dbenbenn 02:27, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
racial interpretation
Should the pages for "white", "whites" and "black" ("blacks" just redirects) be standardized somehow? Personally, I'd rather see the racial interpretation of "white" handled via "white (race)" or "white (ethnicity)" or whatever.... - dcljr 18:59, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- I think we need to create white (disambiguation) page and move all except the color there. Same with black. The current disambig on the bottom (People whose surname is white, Other definitions) is just plain un-wiki and confusing. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 17:40, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
External link
Yesterday, User:Matthew Stannard added a link [1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White&diff=9191715&oldid=9184532) to a course at a London community college entitled "The colour white". I reverted it [2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White&diff=9200976&oldid=9191715). Matt wrote on my talk page:
- People who use an encyclopedia might be doing so because they want to learn something. People who want to learn more than the encyclopedia contains might be interested in finding out how. Putting a link on a page to a course specifically about the subject of the article might not add much, but it adds something, don't you think? Why take it out? I've put it back anyway. Matt Stan 12:12, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I decided to reply here. I don't think the link should be here because
- It doesn't actually tell you anything about white itself; it only indicates the existence of a course about white.
- It seems like a mild form of advertising.
Wikipedia isn't a link farm. But it isn't something I feel strongly about; I'm not going to remove it again. Dbenbenn 17:48, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- I've removed it again, it really doesn't shed any light on the topic of the colour white. I have a really nice shirt that's white; that doesn't mean that should be mentioned in this article. Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base. --fvw* 00:28, 2005 Jan 9 (UTC)