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| First of all, ] when editing, rather than accusing me of something. I removed the Laconia incident because it does not qualify as a massacre, and because it was added as one. I thought my edit summary was clear, and I apologize if it was not. As for the incident itself, it, |
First of all, ] when editing, rather than accusing me of something. I have added US war crimes to the list, and reverted people who have deleted them -- I removed the Laconia incident because it does not qualify as a massacre, and because it was added as one. I thought my edit summary was clear, and I apologize if it was not, but your attacks were unjustified. As for the incident itself, in it, as is the case of many ship sinkings, there is no reason to expect that this was a knowing massacre of civilians or POWs, which is what the massacres page requires as a condition. The Laconia article itself makes it clear that there was no reason to suspect the Americans did not know anything about the POWs, and good reason to believe the order did not violate the rules of war in any case. Take a look at the rest of the massacres on the page -- do you really think it fits? Anyhow, I was not the only one to revert, and feel free to bring this up in the appropriate Talk page. Also, Matthew White is a well-regarded clearinghouse for information on massacres, your deletion was not justified. ] 21:52, 24 September 2005 (UTC) | ||
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Grid Refs
Rather than adding extra grid refs links to articles that already have them - eg. Kendal and Silverdale, Lancashire - would it not be better to add them to the hundreds of articles that do not have any grid references? -- RHaworth 10:56, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
- As far as I can tell neither of them had references. If it's of any interest I'm actually trying to write a bot that will do this in an automated manner. Using MultiMap and the article name to get the data. I was simple doing a couple by hand to make sure I knew what was going on.--Son of Paddy's Ego 22:21, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
- Just noticed the maps, contain the info--Son of Paddy's Ego 22:22, 17 September 2005 (UTC).
Laconia
First of all, assume good faith when editing, rather than accusing me of something. I have added US war crimes to the list, and reverted people who have deleted them -- I removed the Laconia incident because it does not qualify as a massacre, and because it was added as one. I thought my edit summary was clear, and I apologize if it was not, but your attacks were unjustified. As for the incident itself, in it, as is the case of many ship sinkings, there is no reason to expect that this was a knowing massacre of civilians or POWs, which is what the massacres page requires as a condition. The Laconia article itself makes it clear that there was no reason to suspect the Americans did not know anything about the POWs, and good reason to believe the order did not violate the rules of war in any case. Take a look at the rest of the massacres on the page -- do you really think it fits? Anyhow, I was not the only one to revert, and feel free to bring this up in the appropriate Talk page. Also, Matthew White is a well-regarded clearinghouse for information on massacres, your deletion was not justified. Goodoldpolonius2 21:52, 24 September 2005 (UTC)