Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Help desk/Archive 6 (section)

== Changing an improper redirect ==

I've noticed that the entry for "African American Vernacular English" -- the accepted term among linguists -- is headed "Ebonics," which is essentially a pop culture term, and sometimes a controversial one. The AAVE entry gets redirected to Ebonics, even though the actual entry starts out with the accepted term: "African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), ''also called'' Ebonics..." (emphasis added).

To redirect AAVE to Ebonics is like redirecting "Great Britain" to "England" or "photograph" to "picture." These pairs are understood synonymously in casual usage, but at the expense of obscuring their differing connotations or definitions.

So can I request that "African American Vernacular English" be the "official" heading for this entry?

: For issues regarding specific articles, such as the one you raise here, it's generally best to leave your message on the corresponding "talk" page (usually reached via the "discussion" tab attached to a particular article).  In this case that talk page would be [[Talk:Ebonics]].  From reviewing the discussions there, it appears that others share your opinion (in fact, I believe the page has had, at various times, one title or the other).  Might I suggest you add your opinion there? -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] 22:32, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)