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December 17

List of government agencies by forbidden terms?

Is there a current list of government agencies restricted from using specific terms, alongside a list of those terms for each such agency? Ref.[1] Thanks! SciHaus (talk) 14:31, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously governments always have and make such lists and directives. Such directives are usually only for internal use and only get public attention when a "whistleblower" and the press make it public. Its nothing new but simply professional Public relations you find in any government. --Kharon (talk) 09:41, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone study and keep track of them? SciHaus (talk) 10:45, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It’s unlikely that anyone studies them... an agency itself might keep track internally, but any list the agency keeps would not be published for public dissemination. Blueboar (talk) 10:59, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In many countries, including the U.S., such lists are required by law to be published, are they not? I found Censorship_in_the_United_States#Political and scholarship on other countries at e.g., [2], [3], [4], [5], etc. SciHaus (talk) 13:30, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The article says "The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation’s top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases in official documents being prepared for next year’s budget." It doesn't say those words are prohibited totally - just in terms of begging the Congress for money. (This could be called right wing "political correctness".) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:23, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Columbus Globe for State and Industry Leaders

Where exactly is the lemma taken from? As there is no corresponding German article and I couldn't find any respective source for a German equivalent, I would be very grateful for any assistance considering the origin of the term used here.--Rogot (talk) 17:55, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Are you asking why it's called a "Columbus" globe? If this[6] is accurate, it sounds like it's a brand. And presumably named for Christopher Columbus. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:24, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This article may be interesting. It seems that there was a Columbus factory / cartographer - presumably in Bavaria - which produced this (and a few more) globes. The firm was bombed in 1943 and its archives are lost. There does exist a manufacturer columbusglobus.de located in Ulm. As Bugs says, it is a trade name. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 19:53, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but what about the "for State and Industry Leaders" (in capitals!). That seems to indicate it is the official [translated] name, though – as I already said – I didn't manage to find a corresponding source that supports this thesis.--Rogot (talk) 21:19, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Dutch Wikipedia article says that the original German name is Columbus Globus für staatliche und industrielle Führer. The relevant German Wikipedia article is de:Columbus_(Verlag)... -- AnonMoos (talk) 00:02, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]