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WP:BIAS

Not saying the present article's bias isn't more correct than not, but it's very one-sided and WP:UNDUly emphasizes negative reception. For some treatment of the approving period response to the guy's work, see (inter alia)

"Greenough, Horatio", in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XI. 1880.

— $Llywelyn II$ 09:24, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Okrent's law" = "The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true." 143.85.18.26 (talk) 14:31, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bias and Connotation (Rather Than Denotation) in Article

I was reading through this article and noticed that there appears to be a lot of biased language and extrapolation in the "Description" section. Language is also used that could potentially be offensive and is just generally not from an NPOV. Here's the first paragraph, and I've bolded all the terms that I think could be made neutral or from a more connotative point of view. I also think the second paragraph, which talks about the sculpture "The Discovery of America," could be omitted and potentially replaced with more information about the removal of the statues.

"The Rescue depicts a confrontation between a bellicose American Indian warrior and a pioneer family. At the left rear of the group, a crouching pioneer woman desperately clasps a small child. To the front, an outsized frontiersman forcibly prevents a tomahawk-wielding Indian from brutally murdering his family. The heroic rescuer, however, refrains from injuring his adversary and displays a total mastery of the situation as well as a certain compassion for his enemy. The vengeful Indian warrior is rendered impotent and childlike. (His posture is loosely based on the central figure of the ancient Laocoön sculpture group.) The frontiersman's helmet-like headgear is fashioned like a Renaissance cap. To the right, the family dog looks on."

Here's what I think a more neutral version could look like, with changed terms bolded:

"The Rescue depicts a confrontation between a Native American man and a pioneer family. At the left rear of the group, a crouching pioneer woman clasps a small child. To the front, an outsized frontiersman restrains the Native American man (whose posture is loosely based on the central figure of the ancient Laocoön sculpture group). The frontiersman's headgear is fashioned like a Renaissance cap. To the right, a dog looks on.

"The Rescue was displayed to the right of the large staircase of the east façade of the U.S. Capitol from 1850 to 1958, when it was removed during a renovation to the Capitol, primarily due to pressure from several Indigenous activist groups. To the left of the staircase was another sculpture, Luigi Persico's Discovery of America, which was also removed in 1958."

Any opinions or suggestions on this matter would be great!

030-btarling (talk) 23:05, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]