Talk:Deportation of Roma migrants from France

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Just though I'd ask about this - User:Alcea setosa removed part of the "background" section as containing "inaccurate synthesis regarding initial rioting", but according to the BBC, the riot was one of the incidents which led to the measure. I agree it's all a bit BBC-source heavy at the moment, but it is in the news quite a bit. Can anyone clarify whether this is accurate? (European politics not really my area of expertise, to be honest) Bob talk 20:40, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit looks fine and doesn't appear to me to be WP:SYNTH. User:Alcea setosa says at edit summary to see this page, but has not elaborated his/her concerns. RashersTierney (talk) 21:09, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't read that particular bbc article but where does it say that the Grenoble incident involved Roma? And that the Saint Aignan incident was "retaliation" for the Grenoble incident?--Alcea setosa (talk) 21:31, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Paragraphs one and two of the BBC article state: "In July, dozens of French Roma armed with hatchets and iron bars attacked a police station, hacked down trees and burned cars in the small Loire Valley town of Saint Aignan...The riot erupted after a gendarme shot and killed a French Roma, 22-year-old Luigi Duquenet." Bob talk 21:37, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

The first sentence could do with a tweak. Youths are mentioned, but no mention of their ethnicity in source nor that of the person shot by the police. Not a major fix. RashersTierney (talk) 21:43, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Proposed re-wording : On the night of 16 July 2010, local youths rioted after French police shot and killed a 22-year-old local man accused of robbing a casino; the armed group, later identified as 'travellers' attacked and pillaged the village of Saint-Aignan.The local mayor described the disturbances as " a settling of scores between the travellers and the gendarmerie."

Looks good, but I'm a bit out of my depth with this article anyway. Bob talk 22:02, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

That's a lot better but you should understand that there are 2 men that have been killed one in Grenoble and one in Saint-Aignan, Loir-et-Cher.--Alcea setosa (talk) 22:11, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

As you can see from this at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10679297 Alcea setosa (talk) 22:24, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

BBC in above article: " which appears to have no connection with rioting in the eastern city of Grenoble over the weekend"--Alcea setosa (talk) 22:32, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

I didn't realise the killing by police at almost the same time of 2 individuals had sparked 2 unrelated riots. I still think the killing of the north African man is relevant to the issue, in that there was no equivalent reaction against that community, but wording will have to be clarified. BTW, thanks to both of you for efforts on this article. RashersTierney (talk) 22:42, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Now that I have read the Q and A I am not at all opposed to include the Grenoble incident in some form, but on this particular minor point the wiki as of now is not correct. I too want to thank Bob Castle, the original creator of this article as well as you RashersTierney. --Alcea setosa (talk) 01:48, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

I've made some changes to clarify issues. Feel free to alter. RashersTierney (talk) 10:05, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm a little confused what "On the night of 16 July 2010, local "Muslim' youths rioted after French police shot and killed Karim Boudouda, a 27-year-old man involved in an attempted robbery at the Uriage-les-Bains casino, Grenoble, near the border with Switzerland." has to do with the Roma thing. Can anyone clarify? Bob talk 14:00, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

On the face of it the incidents are unrelated, but politically they have been conflated. They both led to the 'law and order' backlash, leading to the apparent targeting of unauthorised Roma camps. On the question of the use of the term 'Muslim' youths, the rioters in the Grenoble incident were described as "hundreds of Muslim youths (went) on the rampage". See . As a collective, that is how they are specifically described. They were not , for instance described as Roma, travellers, North African immigrants or otherwise. The terminology is significant because of the similar wording used to describe those that participated in the 2005 incidents viz. "the majority of the rioters were Muslim immigrant youth". If you feel the quote marks should be removed, thats fine by me. RashersTierney (talk) 14:19, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Ah right, I only removed it because it had been questioned, and I wasn't quite sure of the significance. Is there any way that the political connections you describe could be worded in the article? - I'm guessing there might be something in a French newspaper somewhere, but my French is weak to say the least! (do revert my last edit as well) Bob talk 14:35, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

When I have a little more time, I'll draw the political link more directly, with refs, and restore the edit. Glad we are getting this sorted out. RashersTierney (talk) 14:41, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi to RashersTierney and all. Am new to contributing to Wikipedia, so am learning the protocol on the fly. Albertino1212 (talk) 11:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC)