Talk:Joseph Knight

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There is nothing worse than talking about Africa as though it was a country or a location. Nobody ever says "born in Europe" or born in "North America". It only makes sense that people that write these articles should make extra efforts to find out which one of the, now 52 coutries that are in the continent of Africa- Home to close to a billion people, if I might add. The Wiki project is a fountain of knowledge, let it not be used to promote the ignorance about the continent of Africa that has until now, eaten deep into the western world. If there is no way for the specific country or region can be found, please let it be known that "Born in Africa" is lose estimation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:66.206.155.232 (talk • contribs) 14:48, 4 April 2005.

Those nations did not exist at the time, we generally take the national/regional/tribal entity as it existed at the time rather than overlay modern borders. The same is true of europe, Roman citizens are not referred to as Italians. I take your point that a location more specific than 'Africa' would be preferable, but without any specific evidence to support where Joseph Knight came from, Africa is more suitable than anything else. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:172.215.152.202 (talk • contribs) 22:00, 7 November 2005.