Talk:Global Language Monitor

message: I think the article asserts notability but is still reads like a promotional, article could also benefit by explaining the origins, staff and recent developments (the book). Benjiboi 00:55, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've updated tag for tone instead. Benjiboi 01:45, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

text: The NY Post quote is irrelevant to this article. Virtually all academic linguists and lexicographers are descriptivists of some flavour, so prescriptivism vs descriptivism is not an issue here. The controversy is about what other descriptivists think of GLM's assumptions and research methodologies. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 23:00, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

text: There are other aspects to consider than presence of criticism. For instance, is it promotional by excessive detail? By use of material that comes from the company's own sources rather than secondary ones?  By use of promotional language?  For instance, "coming of age of English as the first, true global language" is not a neutral description of the media coverage; it's the MLM soundbite they quoted. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 18:01, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article tags 

message: Re this edit, I reverted it because it introduced into a list some words that were not on the list at the source cited, thus misrepresenting the source. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 16:26, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Sourcing

message: Updated WOTY (which was not updated since 2008), and Other Lists, adding the first three terms high tech buzzwords. top colleges, and fashion capitals.
Also arranged sections chronologically, since some info still needs to be updated.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by LuckyPoppa (talk • contribs) 18:09, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updating listing as requested 

message: However, in December 2010 a joint Harvard-Google study found the language to contain 1,022,000 words and was expanding at the rate of 8,500 words per year., Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent, ''
The Telegraph, December 16, 2010 The difference between the Harvard-Google estimate and that of the Global Language Monitor is about thirteen thousandth of one percent.
:Sorry, this looks like deliberate inclusion of material, and following synthesis, aimed at dissing the evidence, not as balance. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 01:02, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Synthesis 

message: This article contains long lists of words and phrases followed by "comments", such as "The word Apocalypse has been in ascendance in the English for more than 500 years. However,recent decades have witnessed an unprecedented resurgence of the word."  None of the "comments" is attributed to any particular source. One could get the impression that these are Wikipedia editors' commentary, which would certainly violate our WP:RS rules.  More likely, though, I imagine that these are in fact verbatim, but uncited, quotations from the statements made by Global Language Monitor in its yearly news releases.  In that case, are they not copyright infringement?  --R'n'B (call me Russ) 21:13, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
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message: Hi, there's many topics covered at Wikipedia and mentioned here, that aren't properly linked. Someone please look into the correct article names and create redirects here. Cheers, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 09:51, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
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message: I refer to Wikipedia's rule of no original research. None of these tables and rankings are backed by a single reliable source. The only thing they have is references to PR releases. They all rely on the obscure methodology of one company, and only their press releases. 
I believe the company can post their rankings on their own website, but it is not encyclopedic or relevant for Wikipedia. MexFin (talk) 13:08, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  An article about the company is fine. The rankings are not because they constitute original research