Talk:List of eugenicists
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I added little flags to the names to denote their countries. I wasn't sure what to do with Germany though. Using the Nazi flag seems a bit heavy handed, though I'm pretty sure all the Germans here had pretty close ties to the Nazis. However using the flag of modern-day Germany doesn't quite seem right either. Maybe the flag idea is a little too cheesy anyway... thoughts? --Fastfission 6 July 2005 22:07 (UTC)
- If they were Nazis , then Nazi flag is appropiate. However, flags used in this manner are used no where else in Wikipedia; do they add information or just labeling confusion? I say they are inappropiate. Do we want to besmirch an entire country just because some XXXXists live there? (XXXX = whatever disreputable label you desire.) Of cousee the Nazis were a special case, since eugenics was part of their official platform, thus it is informative to mention that. (Likewise for any other country or party for whom it is their official platform.) --GangofOne 22:33, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Others that might be listed:
- Hitler, not on the list, but surely he qualifies. He advocated it in his book, and then practiced what he preached. (Even though he produced no (superior) offspring himself, curiously.)
- Cyril Burt; not sure, he was racist and a pseudoscientist but was he eugenicist? I don;t know
- Arthur Jensen-- does he qualify?
The list is a rather heterogenous mess without further qualifications of each entry. --GangofOne 22:33, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Derbyshire, has USA flag , but "John Derbyshire (born June 3, 1945) is a British-born author who lives in the United States and became a naturalized citizen in 2002.", according to Wikipedia. More British than USAsian. Another case where the flag gimmick is misleading. --GangofOne 22:48, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
I understand that Australia's media giant of the last century, Rupert Murdoch's father, was a paid up member of a state-based eugenics society in that country.
