Talk:Battle of Ventersdorp

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)[reply]

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.