User talk:TruthForHumanity

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June 2019

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. I am glad to see that you are discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages are for discussion related to improving the article in specific ways based on reliable sources and the project policies and guidelines, not for general discussion about the topic or unrelated topics, or statements based on your thoughts or feelings. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 15:48, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Pygmy peoples

The article says "The term pygmy is sometimes considered pejorative. However, there is no single term to replace it.[1] Many prefer to be identified by their ethnicity, such as the Aka (Mbenga), Baka, Mbuti, and Twa.[7] The term Bayaka, the plural form of the Aka/Yaka, is sometimes used in the Central African Republic to refer to all local pygmies. Likewise, the Kongo word Bambenga is used in Congo."

The Twa are just one group of the group we call "pygmy peoples", it would be terribly wrong to say all pygmy peoples are Twa. If you can come up for a better name than "Pygmy peoples" and African pygmies that satisfies WP:COMMONNAME please do and use the talk page, but you need to drop the rhetoric - see WP:AGF. Doug Weller talk 15:54, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

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No point in replying to posts years old

If you have comments accompanied by sources that meet WP:RS, by all means start a new section at the bottom. Doug Weller talk 17:00, 8 June 2019 (UTC)