Talk:Primitive

(1) I'm not sure we want a Wikipedia page for every Cyndi Lauper song.

(2) Whether or not we do, we sure as heck do not want to them under the titles without disambiguating remarks, like Primitive (Cyndi Lauper song).

--Larry Sanger

Definition of Primitive
The relationship between the definition of the primitive and anthropology I believe to be important in expanding this article. They are quite intimately tied with one another, since Rousseau asked: "What experiments would be necessary to achieve knowledge of natural man?" Perhaps more succinctly Stanley Diamond in his In Search of the Primitive states: "The concept of the primitive is as old as civilization because civilized men have always and everywhere been compelled by the conditions of their existence to try to understand their roots and human possibilities. But the converse does not hold.  Primitive societies, so far as I know, have not generated any systematic notion or idea, certainly not any vision, of civilization."L Hamm 19:07, 2 October 2005 (UTC)


 * What are "the definition balls of the primitive"? Unfree (talk) 03:23, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Removed, vandalism Gnomingstuff (talk) 20:06, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

History of primitives?
I can't seem to find it. The only other "Primitives" page I see is the 'rock and roll' band called "The Primitives." But also remember not everything is a word —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.135.134 (talk) 19:05, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Opening paragraph
Can we improve the opening paragraph somewhat. The expansion by Sam Spade last year was definately an improvement on what we had before. I can also so the point of mentioning the Amish, but it seems a bit POV and misleading to launch into a discussion of religion in the lead paragraph.

Some of the points being made by L Hamm above seem like a better way to go. -- Solipsist 19:10, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

"Primitivism can refer to any philosophy which seeks to return to their roots, such as Muslims and Christians who seek to return to the first few centuries of Islam or Christianity. The Amish are a particularly obvious example of this, and the Primitive Baptist Church is another."

That would belong in the primitivism area, as it is not part of the word primitive

Not a copypaste
User talk:Fngosa has added a "copypaste" template to the top of the article, but has not filled in the source URL. As far as I can see a google search on the text in the lead paragraph shows only sites that mirror Wikipedia content (i.e. have taken material from this article), not material copied and pasted into this article. Please check this. 86.149.22.126 (talk) 09:08, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Basil
"Primitive (phylogenetics), characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution, cf. basil" I found no mention of "primitive" in the article, "Basil". Unfree (talk) 03:30, 1 November 2009 (UTC)