Wikipedia:Peer review/Anti-Americanism/archive1

Anti-Americanism

I thought that "the other" section needs a review, and also the article could use some sourced information on US government attitutes towards communism? Frogsprog 13:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

The lead really does not cover what many feel are uses of the term in order to frame legitimate criticism of U.S. policies or action as just simple bigotry. IT is a favorite of some fairly outspoke American right-wing bloggers to accuse other americans they disagree with of being anti-American. Also, anti-American attitudes have causes -- it can be scapegoating and it can also be related to real events, such as the sharp rise in anti-American attitudes, particularly in the Arab/Muslim Middle East, in the wake of the Iraq invasion.

It would be cool to mention in the lead that there are waves of anti-Americanism that correlate with real events. Such as it was particularly low right after 9/11 when much of the world stood with the US. --Ben Houston 17:09, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Specifically, I would relate it to this wikipedia article Framing_(communication_theory) -- there are numerous high quality references that connect these two concepts (anti-Americanism and framing) if you do a quick search. This isn't to say that it doesn't exist or that all uses are non-legitimate, but that it is a term that can be and is abused. --Ben Houston 21:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

It looks pretty good, although I don't see any mention of plain envy as a major cause.[1][www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/949867/posts] There are a number of sections without footnotes, so I think that needs to be addressed to make it a solid GA. Speaking of which, the standard format is for in-line citations to follow punctuation rather than to preceed it, and to leave no space characters between the prior text and the footnote. Finally I'm not sure the scanned image of a book cover is valid on this page under the "fair use" law. I believe the law only applies to articles about the book, such as reviews, &c. Thanks. — RJH (talk) 19:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)