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Spade is often used as a racially discriminative term, based on the colour, both of the card and the sandcastle making device.
Also the picture on the project page appears to be a shovel. Just so you know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.35.134 ( talk) 14:28, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
From the above: "The phrase predates the use of the word "spade" as an ethnic slur against African-Americans, which was not recorded until 1928; however, in contemporary U.S. society, the idiom is often avoided due to potential confusion with the slur.[1]" Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, AKA TheArchaeologist Say Herro 14:44, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
wasn't the duck test first used to justify a cia sponsored coup against an elected guatemalan government, by labeling it as communist, when it wasn't, it was just a bit leftist?-- Mongreilf ( talk) 14:09, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Is it necessary to show the second shortcut in the shortcut box? WP:Duck is nice to have and I tend to type "wp:____" in lowercases anyways (shaves a few milliseconds off typing), but it looks out of place in that shortcut box. Maybe I'm being picky? :D – Kerαunoςcopia◁ galaxies 07:21, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
Does WP:SPADE apply to article writing, or only to interpersonal relations on discussion pages and notice boards? Does it take precedence over WP:NPOV? What about Wikipedia:Don't call a spade a spade and Wikipedia:Don't call the kettle black? Elizium23 ( talk) 00:03, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Isn't this article almost diametrically opposed to assuming good faith? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.178.24 ( talk) 18:23, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
The Four Deuces pointed out elsewhere that "calling a spade a spade" has taken on a racist connotation. I was unaware of this. Should we, as suggested in the NPR article, retire the term and rename this essay? – Muboshgu ( talk) 01:59, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
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This page has archives. Sections older than 7 days may be automatically archived by Lowercase sigmabot III. |
Spade is often used as a racially discriminative term, based on the colour, both of the card and the sandcastle making device.
Also the picture on the project page appears to be a shovel. Just so you know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.35.134 ( talk) 14:28, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
From the above: "The phrase predates the use of the word "spade" as an ethnic slur against African-Americans, which was not recorded until 1928; however, in contemporary U.S. society, the idiom is often avoided due to potential confusion with the slur.[1]" Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, AKA TheArchaeologist Say Herro 14:44, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
wasn't the duck test first used to justify a cia sponsored coup against an elected guatemalan government, by labeling it as communist, when it wasn't, it was just a bit leftist?-- Mongreilf ( talk) 14:09, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Is it necessary to show the second shortcut in the shortcut box? WP:Duck is nice to have and I tend to type "wp:____" in lowercases anyways (shaves a few milliseconds off typing), but it looks out of place in that shortcut box. Maybe I'm being picky? :D – Kerαunoςcopia◁ galaxies 07:21, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
Does WP:SPADE apply to article writing, or only to interpersonal relations on discussion pages and notice boards? Does it take precedence over WP:NPOV? What about Wikipedia:Don't call a spade a spade and Wikipedia:Don't call the kettle black? Elizium23 ( talk) 00:03, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Isn't this article almost diametrically opposed to assuming good faith? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.178.24 ( talk) 18:23, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
The Four Deuces pointed out elsewhere that "calling a spade a spade" has taken on a racist connotation. I was unaware of this. Should we, as suggested in the NPR article, retire the term and rename this essay? – Muboshgu ( talk) 01:59, 18 June 2023 (UTC)