Talk:Peon/Archives/2016
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Confused
This article mentions multiple times that peonage was ended by LBJ, but there is a lack of specifics (was it administratively ended in some way? Does "LBJ" just = Great Society?)
Even more confusing, the article then concludes by noting that peonage was banned by the feds in the 1800s.
Hope someone with more knowledge than I can shed some light on the subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.112.229.223 (talk) 07:16, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
complete rewrite necessary
This article is very confusing because it starts like a dictionary entry and then talks about many different meanings of the word. Instead, it should have different sections on the different meanings or it should be split into different articles. It is also badly sourced and the following claim about the date being unknown is simply ridiculous:
Until the involuntary servitude was abolished by president Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 (exact date unknown), sharecroppers in Southern states were forced to continue working to pay off old debts or to pay taxes. Southern states allowed this in order to preserve sharecropping. --Espoo (talk) 17:22, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
(Folk etymology)
I've seen it used in English to include someone of such low rank that someone can "pee on" them. I'm sure there are media references somewhere. See urban dictionary. Anomo 05:50, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Until I read this article I did think that it was "pee on" as in someone so low on the totem pole that they are "peed on".Ratsbew (talk) 20:01, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
- Probably common enuf to deserve mention, but UD is not a WP:RS.
--Jerzy•t 21:15, 14 & 05:50 15 November 2015 (UTC) - That would be an eggcorn. 81.99.206.61 (talk) 23:08, 26 December 2016 (UTC)