Talk:Peace Corps Commemorative

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Monument vs. commemorative[edit]

I realize the Peace Corps Association and the Peace Corps Commemorative Association are very sensitive to the word "memorial". They were strongly criticized for (allegedly) trying to erect a memorial to dead Peace Corps workers, which seemingly was not their intent. Subsequently, the PCCA prefers the term "commemorative". Unfortunately, the federal government does not use the term "commemorative". The enabling legislation calls the work a "memorial". The National Park Service only recognizes the terms "monument", "memorial", and "statue". Furthermore, the press doesn't use the word "commemorative", either. Under Wikipedia's article title guidelines, "Wikipedia prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in reliable English-language sources)", and that word is either monument or memorial. The article title, and the nomenclature used in the article, can and should change once the term "commemorative" is used extensively by the mass media or other unbiased, published, reliable English language sources. But currently, the nomenclature "commemorative" is only used by a single and biased source (the monument's own backers) and no others. (Interestingly, the term "commemorative", as defined by the Commemorative Works Act, includes memorials! Odd that the PCCA would emphasize the word "commemorative" when it includes the very word—memorial—that they seek to avoid.) - Tim1965 (talk) 18:28, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]