reversion undone No good reasons were given for removing my changes and both they and I have been falsely described I am not an academic Nor do I believe that only people with european nonmedical academic doctorates deserve to be called doctor  The only kind of doctorate is an academic one Doctorates may be in medicine or any other subject This is clear from the article which the reverter appears not to have read properly  As for European there is absolutely no Eurocentrism in the article The US a country with about  of the worlds population is exceptional in that bachelorslevel degrees in medicine are on paper called doctorates I left mention of this exception in the article I believe however that it requires some explanation for those who might not be familiar with its exceptionality  So thats three lazy errors already in the reverters blurb calling me an academic saying that I think those who dont hold European doctorates shouldnt be called doctors saying that I think those who hold medical doctorates shouldnt be called doctorates  Fourth I left a lot of it as it was  As for perspectives I have no perspective to offer I was trying to keep to the facts It is true that there is a history to this article but this includes for example the mention by one discussant that doctor is used as a noun to denote those with PhDs as well as to denote those who hold bachelorslevel degrees in medicine That fact was not mentioned in the article itself before my changes  It might also be mentioned that the use of PhD to describe a person as in John is a PhD is not encountered in the UK  at least not in my experience You would say John has got a PhD  My version can doubtless be improved but this will best be done by those who have read it and considered the merits of the particular changes  People read encyclopedias to learn new facts Whilst I am not saying that this one should be prescriptive this does not mean that ignorant beliefs should not be countered For example I have met people in the UK who think that medics are doctors of medicine and that people with doctorates are doctors of some other subject as if the qualifications were on the same level That they arent is a fact not an opinion The exceptional case of the US MD should of course be covered too and is