Talk:Zombie linguistic terms

Would it be possible to revert the "discredited" and "obsolete" terms back to a single list? All but one of those on the "discredited" list are actually "obsolete". Also, there are two "obsolete" lists, one that is also "discredited" and one that has terms that persist in "areal usage", whatever that might imply. This part of the article is quite confusing -- I can see how Aryan might be viewed as discredited, but not Indo-Germanic or Hamitic or Caucasian... Perhaps they could all be combined into one "obsolete" list? The notes describing how and why the terms are obsolete are quite informative and really remove any need for multiple lists.

Also a question. What does "zombie" mean in this context? None of the definitions seem to fit. If the terms are all obsolete in some way or other, maybe that's just what they should be called! Elemtilas 12:42, 30 March 2011 (PDT)