Talk:Congo Free State propaganda war

Article name

I changed the article name to Campaign against Belgian presence in the Congo Free State, in accordance with my interpretation of article-naming policy.

Nicholas Alexander disagreed and changed it back to "The Congo Free State Propaganda War", which is disfavored for a number of reasons, including the introductory "The" and the superfluous capitalization - plus, "Propaganda War" seems a bit too POV-ish to me.

I could move it back, of course, but I'd rather not get into a me-vs-Nicholas-Alexander war. Any thoughts? DS (talk) 13:22, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. Find the WP:COMMONNAME for it at Google Books and/or Scholar. Go with that. There's nothing wrong with the current title's capitalization, but you don't want WP:OR. — LlywelynII 13:57, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tone

Probably from the same editor as above, there are huge chunks of the text that need to be adjusted to reduce its POViness. Actual change followed the British consul's report; the current lede makes Morel sound like a 19th century cross between a Roman Catholic saint, Woodward, Burnstein, and Erin Brokovich. Certainly, he was on the side of the angels, but he wasn't actually one himself. — LlywelynII 13:57, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I'll take a stab at toning it down by removing some adjectives. I stumbled across the topic and don't know much about it. But we need facts dammit not adjectives ;) Elinruby (talk) 08:06, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

spoke kinda fast -- lotta fluff here

But is there anything useful in

is one particular event during the African colonization which involved King Leopold II of Belgium and his tyrannical rule over the Congo Free State. What makes this event so worthy of discussion is not just the horrors that occurred, but rather the

le Comité d’Études du Haut Congo, a branch of the IAA, commissioned to be the sole

With the southern vote, Leopold’s agents effectively lobbied the rest of Congress. Leopold used the economic growth of the United States to his advantage.

Le Comité became another façade for Leopold’s Public Relations (PR) campaign to justify his colonization of the Congo. By creating an expedition that followed the IAA’s goals, Leopold would avoid questioning from anti-imperialists. But, by heading it with Stanley, Leopold assured himself that his true intentions of building his kingdom would be carried out.

A pamphlet is an unbound booklet that is without a hard cover or binding. It may consist of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths (called a leaflet), or it may consist of a few pages that are folded in half and stapled at the crease to make a simple book. In contrast to newspapers, the simple production allowed pamphlets to be cheaper to purchase, thus allowing for a greater marketability to a more general audience.

The interest of European Imperialism in newspapers became so great that stories of it could be found front page. Morel used this interest to his advantage, as he presented his case in his own newspaper.

unsourced, unattributed, probably irrelevant: worried about foreigners entering the Congo because he feared they might steal from him; however he

By using these types of descriptive words Morel could keep the reader’s attention due to an overall public fascination with death and violence. Morel simply capitalized on this nature by publishing the most horrific pictures and grotesque stories. This consequently caused people to focus on the Congo.

was successful with public relations as king.

seems dubious: had control over much of the European Press Corps.

where, though: Williams pastor of the Twelfth Baptist Church

Elinruby (talk) 08:33, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]