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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/The_Zeitgeist_Movement
"Creamy snuff is a paste consisting of tobacco, clove oil, glycerin, spearmint, menthol, and camphor, and sold in a toothpaste tube. It is marketed mainly to women in India, and is known by the brand names IPCO (made by Asha Industries). According to the U.S NIH-sponsored Smokeless Tobacco Fact Sheet, it is marketed as a dentifrice."
We have
And naturally there's a category:Category:Criticism of individuals
Given the way Wikipedia works, it seems like there ought to beCriticism of my father. And why noCriticism of Adolf Hitler - or should it bePraise of Adolf Hitler? There are no articles in praise of individuals. Those with "praise of" in their titles are about works likeThe Praise of Folly. This is why: If someone wrote an article in praise of Mother Teresa, it would very quickly become one paragraph on "alleged charitable works" and four sections of criticism. But how aboutPraise of Voltaire? OrPraise of Galileo? Everyone loves Galileo. Someone startPraise of Galileo.
The page of my enemy has been deleted, and I am pleased.
A dictionary is about words. An encyclopedia is about things. There is some overlap, but in general an article in Wikipedia is about the thing, not the term for the thing. It's fine and informative to tell our readers about word origins and usage. And some articles are indeed about words, so there is no bright line. But in general, it's better to start an article with "Awhale is..." rather than "Whale is a term for..." Then in a later paragraph, tell the reader about the etymology ofwhale. You don't even have to sayterm. You can write ''whale'' and get it in italics. Then the reader will know you're talking about the word and not the thing.
Related to this is"refers to", which sounds like a convict sidling around the yard, talking out of the corner of his mouth, watching out for the bulls. Or maybe that's just me. Compare:
Of course it could be worse. Predella could be the term that refers to the paintings.
"Welcome to Britain, a home fit for shysters".the Guardian. 2012-08-05. Retrieved2012-08-05.
"The charter of Hamas - the Islamist party governing Gaza - asserts that the Freemasons are in league with the Jews and those unlikely bully boys - the Rotary Club - to undermine Palestine."[2]