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#Clarifying the relevance. |
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[[User:Deon Steyn|Deon Steyn]] 08:50, 14 July 2006 (UTC) |
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I would disagree, there was no 'tone' as you speak of, the fact is that the police were better armed, they had equipment provided by the South African government and the protesters had hunting rifles, pistols and wooden batons and home- made teargas. Also the police had attack dogs, please take a look at what the AWB uses/ used in it's conflicts, it's generally makeshift equipment, not to the standard of the police. |
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== Plaster of Paris == |
== Plaster of Paris == |
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Revision as of 19:59, 27 January 2007
 | This article was previously nominated for deletion. The result of the discussion was keep. |
Article quality
I have cleaned up the article, but I doubt that it meet the criteria for a being a wikipedia article, in fact it comes pertty close to being a "soapbox" / "propoganda" article especially taking into account the original article's tone and references.
Some criticial changes I made:
- This is not a battle, it does not meet the criteria for a battle and shouldn't be placed in the category of Battles of South Africa.
- Clarifying the relevance.
Deon Steyn 08:50, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
I would disagree, there was no 'tone' as you speak of, the fact is that the police were better armed, they had equipment provided by the South African government and the protesters had hunting rifles, pistols and wooden batons and home- made teargas. Also the police had attack dogs, please take a look at what the AWB uses/ used in it's conflicts, it's generally makeshift equipment, not to the standard of the police.
Plaster of Paris
I heard that the Boers were putting plaster of paris on their arms and legs to scale the barbed wire fences is it worth putting in the article, because I believe that at the Truth and Reconcilliation Commision the government cited this as the reason for killing the Boers.
By the way didn't they lock arms, I have some video footage on the Nick Broomfield film His Big White Self and they were locked in arms and kicking at the cameras. I'll mention it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.12.255.151 (talk • contribs)
Whites or not
I watched the news report footage and the light- haired man who was carrying a bottle and locking arms with several other people and kicked at a camera was locking arms with, to his right, a man who by the looks of it was Indian or coloured, I can't make a definiate decision, if anyone else has His Big White Self like me then take a look and see if you agree. The man kicks at the camera and then half drags along another man in khaki and he looks non- white. It could tie in with the possibility that the AWB, despite being white supremacists, had coloured and Indian members. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.20.2.133 (talk) 19:55, 27 January 2007 (UTC).