Talk:Little People of America

Other Organisations
I suggest that instead of simply the 'external links' list that is present, we have a 'see also' section with a link to a *new list page* specifically set up with links to other support groups. Within the new page, we will have links to all the other international support groups and not just the RGA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CelestialSpore (talk • contribs) 23:35, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

————— Page created and edit made CelestialSpore (talk) 15:31, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

NPOV?
The section of the article:

"The original association was known as "Midgets of America." The name was later changed to "Midgets and Dwarfs of America" when the people with dwarfism complained that there were more dwarfs than midgets. "Little People" became the accepted term because, again, the people with dwarfism said there were more dwarfs than midgets so it should be "Dwarfs and Midgets of America.""

is a very strange section, and doesn't read like anything I've seen on any other wikipedia article. The use of the term 'complained' feels a little loaded and not NPOV. Maybe it could be rewritten with more neutral language? 90.208.193.115 (talk) 02:39, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Ryan Fuire
This link was added to the external links at the bottom. I see no verification that Ryan Fuire holds this position and this web site does not seem to be anyone's home page. Jessamyn 01:27, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
 * http://thenomercyzone.clicdev.com (Website of LPA chairman Ryan Fuire)

When, please?
"LPA got started informally when Billy Barty hosted a weeklong get-together in Reno, Nevada for people of short stature. That original meeting of 21 people grew,..."

There should be a terminology segment.

Is the plural of dwarf both dwarves & dwarfs?

And, then:

dwarf;

midget;

little person;

little persons;

little people;...

Each of these are frequently, also, applied to child | children, & "little person" is frequently difficult to work into a sentence, as are many nouns {noun_phrases} that require more than one word.

Most, or all, of this is also true of various other words, such as pygmy, pygmy_%28mythology%29, which is problematic in various additional ways.

Then there would be elf | elves, fairy | fairies, gnome, nome king {not Nome}, goblin, leprechaun | leipreach%c3%a1n, troll [which is also a very nasty & rude accusation regarding computers & internet], et al.

There is much linguistic work to be considered.

Thank You.

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—— Dwarf is the correct grammatical term. Dwarves is a name of a fairy tale creature (Snow White, Tolkein, etc.). Midget is considered offensive. Little Persons is the preferred term of the LPA organization. Deal with it. —— 209.216.190.59 (talk) 06:44, 8 June 2008 (UTC) Bill Bradford, LPA VP of Programs