Appropedia should be comfortable using the term "developing countries" in preference to "Majority world"

- 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as long as have a definition of the term on the site, the term "developing countries" is not prohibitively "inaccurate, out-of-date, or non-descriptive", and is much better known, and we also should not hesitate to use it.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)

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