Talk:Communitarianism (ideology)/Archive 1

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I've now copy-edited this, but it seems to me to be very insubstantial. It could be summed up in two sentences : "A communitarian is the opposite of a libertarian. A communitarian believes that, for the greater good, in both economic and social matters the majority has the right to impose its will on minorities."

The article implies, but does not state, that the term is of specifically American usage. Nothing is done to explicitly narrow the context to the U.S, but no broader context is addressed.

No individuals or organizations are named as examples of this ideology.

None of the positions attributed to this ideology are sourced to any of its adherents (or even to any of its opponents).

That said, from my own knowledge I think what is in the article is reasonably accurate as far as it goes, but it reads more like an essay on a closed-book exam than like an encyclopedia article. -- Jmabel 19:00, Jun 21, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the excellent editing. I know it is somewhat insubstantual; I'm afraid I didn't have much time for research. I'll be working on that, including the things you pointed out (and when I form the Communitarian Party I'll add it ;-) hah). I hope I specified it's Americo-centric with the edit I made at the end of the last section, but I wonder if the paragraph should be moved to the front.

As for reading like an essay, well, this was my first article, so... Not sure if I understand the fourth comment down, though. - Juan Ponderas, late night 6/21

By "the fourth comment" I assume you mean the one on sourcing. For an example of (minimal) sourcing, take a look at Left-right_politics#Meaning of the terms. Note that most of the various usages indicate who uses the term this way. For an example of a (non-political) article with reasonably rigorous sourcing, see Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. -- Jmabel 05:56, Jun 22, 2004 (UTC)