Talk:Adam Aleksic

Photo permission request sent

To avoid duplicate requests, I have asked Aleksic on his Instagram for a permission to release one of the photos for the article. Ca ^{talk to me!} 16:30, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

He has now released a photo, which I have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons — Jamie Eilat (talk) 17:39, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Aleksić or Aleksic

Do we know how he spells his surname? Would it be appropariate to add the langx template to show his name's spelling in Serbian? Nurken (talk) 21:03, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

I mean, it's spelled as "Aleksic" (without the diacritic) consistently across his Substack, Instagram, & the cover of his book. I'm not sure if there are any reliable sources that use "Aleksić" (with the diacritic) instead of "Aleksic". — Jamie Eilat (talk) 21:12, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Linguist?

Am I correct in understanding that this fellow had a bachelor’s degree in linguistics? He produces popular linguistics material (including his book), but it doesn’t look like he’s doing research that’s getting peer-reviewed. I don’t know what our criteria are for calling people various kinds of specialist titles, but it seems strange to call a social a populariser without formal training who isn’t doing the work of a linguist a linguist. Am I missing anything? Is there a Wikipedia guideline I should be thinking with here? Pathawi (talk) 02:08, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Barring a more specific policy (I don't know of one), WP:V should apply. If reliable sources call him a linguist, we say that too. Readers can then review his educational background (also provided in the article) and come to their own conclusions. Wracking ^talk! 03:42, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

MOS:CREDENTIAL may allude to this (However, verifiable facts about how a person attained their title should be included in the article.), but it primarily focuses on the titles of "Dr."/"Professor" so I didn't think it was as relevant. Wracking ^talk! 03:45, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

I think you're right that MOS:CREDENTIAL doesn't apply. I've gone thru all the sources. Most describe him as a linguistics content creator or something to that effect, but the NY Times article (12 July 2025) does describe him as a 'linguist and content creator', & on his own Website he describes himself as a 'linguist and influencer'. This seems to me to suggest professional qualifications he does not have & activities he does not engage in, but this is what a verifiable source says. I'll let this go. Pathawi (talk) 03:01, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

I changed the wording to be a writer, if someone disagrees based on what New York Times and others reviewing his book Algospeek say, go ahead and add linguist back as a tertiary role, writer should not be removed because he has written a book. Although Aleksic holds a BA in Linguistics from Harvard, he does not do any serious linguistics research nor hold an advanced degree, which in my field is academic data driven peer reviewed linguistics based on corpi or strong methodologies if the research is not quantitative. The book published by Aleksic frequently does not cite sources that have to do with his examples. Linguistics educator or pop linguistics content creator would be more apt. But when publishers submit information to NYT, they don't care to make the difference between peer reviewed linguist describing language change and someone making a social / cultural commentary about language change, this 'title' then gets validated by its frequency. His notability is also as a content creator and a writer, not a linguist. Finally at least under WP:PRECISION, WP:NPOV and WP:BLP the average person would assume that he is generating academic research instead of being a cultural commentator. ~2026-38708-5 (talk) 17:40, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Per any dictionary definition, a "linguist" is merely someone who studies linguistics, without a specification about doctoral degrees, and other popular linguistics communicators like Gretchen McCulloch and Amanda Montell are also both listed as "linguists" despite not having PhDs. Reverting back under WP:CONSISTENT. If the criteria is original research, the Penguin House page for Aleksic's book references his "original surveys, data, and internet archival research," and he frequently conducts novel analysis on trending social media phenomena. ~2026-40349-3 (talk) 10:10, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

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A'e'i'a & Cagbagd# and Hua

He made three conlangs for each animal. The dolphin one is called A'e'i'a. The bird one is called Cagbagd#.The lobster one is called Hua. ILoveDogs1337 (talk) 15:59, 22 November 2025 (UTC)