Talk:Vox populi

message: I'm never a big fan of refences in modern culture anyway, but this list seems rather excessive. Most are tenuous and I don't feel that they add anything to the article. Rather than remove them all, I was hoping we could reach a concensus about how many to keep included and which ones. Certainly since the disambiguation page already takes you there do we relly need a mention of a Jericho episode?. As a suggestion the only one I feel that should stay is the mention to Alabama house of represntatives, that I found interesting, and it adds soemthing to the article, indicating the importance some institutions give to the concept.79.121.197.4 (talk) 13:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: On an unrelated note, I am thinking about sorting them out chronogically. I think it makes more sense that way. Ddhelmet (talk) 12:43, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Cultural References

message: I see this has changed. my "x" was clearly wrong should be ks, just a slip there, but since the pronunciation of Latin varies between speakers not only because of the two "classical" ways of being taught latin but also because it is essentially now an English word in its passing has become subject to usual inflections in dialects, I wonder if it would be better simply to delete the pronunciation entirely. My aim was to help those unfamiliar with the phrase (i.e. who would know a vox pop but not vox populi) but we might be leading them down the garden path here. Suggestions? SimonTrew (talk) 14:30, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Frankly, I think that the pronunciation should be as it is in Latin (I don't know IPA, so here goes my attempt at writing "Vox populi" phonetically): "Voks POH-puh-lih". It always bugs me when English speakers mispronounce Latin phrases (like habeas corpus, habeas data, and oh god vice versa)--190.17.113.65 (talk) 23:08, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: We're not to be prescriptive, but descriptive, and your "Latin" pronunciation isn't even Latin. The current pronunciation is how the phrase is pronounced, per MW and Random House. (The OED only has "vox".) Anyone who knows enough Latin to have a preferred conversion algorithm is of course free to use it on any word, but any attempt on our part at providing a more "authentic" pronunciation will run into opposition from those who have different preferences (i.e. "WOHKS POH-poo-lee"). kwami (talk) 23:53, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation (IPA) 

message: The article should maybe explain the notion of univocity in the context of trinitarian Christian theology. Since God is One, and since he is also Tri-Une, then he obviously must speak with one voice. For instance, it is common for authors to state that the Father is Creator/Saviour/Sanctifier/Healer, the Son is Creator/Saviour/Sanctifier/Healer and the Spirit is Creator/Saviour/Sanctifier/Healer. And since the Church (the People) is thought to reflect the mystery of the Holy Trinity, She too must speak with one voice. There are related concepts such as the Christian character of the soul, which some have described as having a trinitarian character, in order to be able to listen and respond to God. ADM (talk) 21:44, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No it shouldn't. That's entirely off topic. — LlywelynII 13:33, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Univocity

message: "Page not found."  —208.54.87.191 (talk) 10:39, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Jstor reference is broken 

message: Folklorist Alan Lomax was the first to conceive of interviewing the "man on the street" the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The interviews are preserved in the archives of the United States Library of Congress:
:After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor presents approximately twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor from more than two hundred individuals in cities and towns across the United States. On December 8, 1941 (the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor), Alan Lomax, then "assistant in charge" of the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center), sent a telegram to fieldworkers in ten different localities across the United States, asking them to collect "man-on-the-street" reactions of ordinary Americans to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war by the United States. A second series of interviews, called "Dear Mr. President," was recorded in January and February 1942. Both collections are included in this presentation. They feature a wide diversity of opinion concerning the war and other social and political issues of the day, such as racial prejudice and labor disputes. The result is a portrait of everyday life in America as the United States entered World War II. 
See https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afcphhtml/afcphhome.html.
:a) Remember to sign your posts.
:b) Steve Allen not being the first doesn't make Lomax the first either.
:c) All of that belongs at a separate article anyway. — LlywelynII 13:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steve Allen not the first 

message: I argue that the Elon response to his poll is a non-trivial usage due to the fact that the poll had over 134M views and the tweet in question, at this time, has 840.5K likes, therefore many more views, therefore has a significant reach and cultural impact, not to mention the numerous news articles and stories written and produced, therefore should be included on this wiki page. Nexxuz (talk) 11:43, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It was a trivial use of vox populi. The act of reinstating President Trump's account, however, was nontrivial so it bears inclusion in a far more concise form: a sentence with valid refs rather than a paragraph-long discussion. — LlywelynII 13:50, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elon's usage 

message: The current article drones far too long on Man on the street interviews, whose  name is (wait for it...) Man on the street interviews. Vox populi, on the other hand, has a history going back to the Roman mob with allusion to the Greek orators and demagogues... none of which this misfocused article touches on at the moment. The interview format needs to be split off from the entirely separate expression, which is what this namespace should focus on. This article shouldn't be part of WPJOURNALISM at all, let alone as the sole talk page link. — LlywelynII 13:50, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Split