Category:Articles with peacock terms

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Articles with peacock terms
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January 2007	2
August 2007	1
September 2007	2
October 2007	3
November 2007	3
December 2007	9
January 2008	15
February 2008	24
March 2008	33
April 2008	30
May 2008	41
June 2008	47
July 2008	42
August 2008	33
September 2008	38
October 2008	64
November 2008	62
December 2008	47
January 2009	70
February 2009	49
March 2009	88
April 2009	81
May 2009	90
June 2009	96
July 2009	114
August 2009	132
September 2009	122
October 2009	480
November 2009	155
December 2009	53
Undated articles	15
All articles	2,071

This category combines all articles which have been tagged {{Peacock}} or {{Peacock term}}. It is a member of Category:Articles with minor POV problems and Category:Wikipedia articles with style issues.

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In Wikipedia, a peacock term is language that shows off the importance of a subject without giving any real information. For example, compare:

William Peckenridge, 1st Duke of Omnium (1602? - May 8, 1671) is considered, by some people, to be the most important man ever to carry that title.

with

William Peckenridge, 1st Duke of Omnium (1602? - May 8, 1671) was personal counselor to King Charles I, royalist general in the English Civil War, a chemist, poet, and the director of the secret society known as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He expanded his family's possessions to include the proprietorship of the Province of New Hampshire and the hereditary Lord High Bailiffship of Guernsey and Sark.

The first example simply tells the reader that the Duke of Omnium was important. The second example shows the reader how he was important.

In Wikipedia, show; don't tell.

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