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Computer game
editThe computer game should be an exception, the Elite (sociology) article should be moved here, and this article moved to Elite (computer game). I will do it if noone raise serious resons as to why I shouldn't soon enough. Nixdorf 22:21 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- Now I've done it. All related links are changed too. Nixdorf
- The link I found in Elite appeared to point to something totally irrelevant; I took the liberty of removing it and leaving a stub. mattabat 15:54 5 Feb 2006 AEDST
How about relating this article with l33t? very common amoung gamers
Suggestion
editThe article focuses too much on American History, placing usual White Anglo Saxons as one of the main worries of the article. The sources are as well mainly reliant on this limited conception, is not wrong and I'm not asking to delete anything on the article, whose cohesion and writing are well done and comply with quality Wikipedia standards, but rather to add more information from an universal and historical perspective. The average reader may receive and interpret biased information associating American societal structures with, for example, whether an elitist was "white, saxon, or protestant". This may happen, because it is the most common case amongst the American idiosincrasy. As a suggestion, it may be good to contextualise, giving examples of elitism in multiple ethnics, states and periods of history, doing a comprehensive and complete explanation about the phenomena. In general the article feels voidless and it feels like something an average teacher of American History may tell you. 186.121.5.35 (talk) 00:48, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- I would go so far as to say this focus compromises the article to the point that if it isn't rewritten, it should be renamed to reflect its specific focus on the American elite. Metz77 (talk) 18:46, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Proposing to remove the tangent about the planter class
editThat was added on 6 November 2024 by User:Sivi vary, an obvious WP:SPA.
This is an article about a general topic in political science and needs to take a worldwide view. I did a quick search and as far as I can tell, Mills never applied his own theory about power elites to the planter class.
The section about the planter class would be relevant to an article about Elites in the United States or the History of the Southern United States. In this article, it is a tangent, WP:OFFTOPIC, and raises WP:COATRACK issues. Any objections before I take out the trash? Coolcaesar (talk) 17:51, 28 August 2025 (UTC)
- Hearing no objections, I am removing the section as proposed. --Coolcaesar (talk) 04:12, 8 September 2025 (UTC)