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RE: Politics of Memory

I'm not sure what exactly your politics of history entails. But the politics of memory I though of had to do something we did in school. It was about Germany moving beyond the war generation. To some extent your "meaning how society and cultural memories are developed and passed on" would be right but it is not "epitomized by the saying 'Hisory is written by the victors.'" Would you like to work together on this? Of course we can incorporate both aspects as they both seem to fit, only definitionally differentiated.

ps- didn't know people read that page ;) Lihaas (talk) 07:37, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

I responded on your page Lihaas. I guess it wasn't hidden well enough? I notice it's at the bottom of the page now...  :) ChildofMidnight (talk) 16:23, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

No, no. I meant my main page, which is where I take it you found the subject. (it was the only place I had put it down). Anyway, I created something (quite a bit). I don't have my Germany sources with me (it was a school paper afterall), I can look to add those sources later on. Meanwhile you should add more that helps your side of it. My perspective wasn't the same as yours initially (although I have since found more such examples), but it can certainly be expanded. (Our pet project, eh?)

I also added a "politics of identity" at the bottom that sort of works with this. but that's longer term goal.

Go ahead and create a redirect (that way we can share credit for the creating the article when it becomes featured (here's hoping!)).

Your quote on the victors was good as it holds in most places. (maybe not in Cyprus though, really a draw there). I also found something brief of native americans, though i left it open to you. you can also remove the tag when your done. (are you from the Americas? b/c most people outside the continents arent quite aware of the same background we come from) We can then also add China and India and African countries (perhaps, as you can see with the rise of nativistic movements, although the term "politics of memory" may not be so strong. but we can work this out in discussion).

ps- you can remove the tag from History of slavery in Iran. Or maybe wait a few days to get WP:Silence for consensus

pps- got a lot of mumbo-jumbo in there. woops. we'll work it out though. Lihaas (talk) 05:26, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

A generous lad giving my marginable rewrite an award. Too kind! Thank goodness for a sliding scale

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		Awarded for extraordinary effort in writing, rewriting, providing in-line citations, supplying references, proofreading, etc. etc., following the AfD nomination of History of slavery in Iran. (And even if it is to be deleted, you still deserve this.) Kudos! Drmies (talk) 19:27, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

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History of Iran

Hello thank you for you edits on History of Iran it is much liked timur did sudject many men women,children however he was said to have loved the persian launges and so keeped the nobles alive and they sevred him thanks for you edits again please reply on my talk page,

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You're very welcome. I'm glad you approve. I'm sorry I don't have more expertise to offer in this area, but I've asked for outside help. I've also responded on your discussion page. ChildofMidnight (talk) 21:01, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

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