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*"developing countries" on Google - about 16,800,000 - http://www.google.com/search?q=%22developing+countries%22 | *"developing countries" on Google - about 16,800,000 - http://www.google.com/search?q=%22developing+countries%22 | ||
*"Majority world" on Google - about 286,000 hits. - http://www.google.com/search?q=% | *"Majority world" on Google - about 286,000 hits. - http://www.google.com/search?q=%22majority+world%22 | ||
- a ratio of more than 50:1 | - a ratio of more than 50:1 | ||
Revision as of 06:26, 23 February 2008
Appropedia should be comfortable using the term "developing countries" in preference to "Majority world"
- "developing countries" on Google - about 16,800,000 - http://www.google.com/search?q=%22developing+countries%22
- "Majority world" on Google - about 286,000 hits. - http://www.google.com/search?q=%22majority+world%22
- a ratio of more than 50:1
- Google hits for "developing countries" on un.org - 71,100
- Google hits for "Majority world" on un.org - 332.
- a ratio of more than 200:1
(Weak proposal): Although Appropedia should feel comfortable using the term "majority world" as long as have a definition of the term on the site, the term "developing countries" is not prohibitively "inaccurate, out-of-date, or non-descriptive", and is much better known, and we also should not hesitate to use it.
(Strong proposal): In fact, 50:1 is a pretty strong ratio, and Appropedia should prefer the term "developing countries".
Discussion? :-)
-- Writtenonsand 16:03, 22 February 2008 (PST)