Talk:Background to the Vietnam War

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[edit] Move to "Background of the Vietnam War"?

Should this page be moved to Background of the Vietnam War? The bolded part of the intro refers to it that way, and it seems to make more sense—I don't believe that I've ever heard "background to" used like this, and "background of" seems more appropriate. —LrdChaos 17:19, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio

I don't think this whole article is a copyvio, and I'm not sure about the chronology. Working it out... Melchoir 21:01, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Whew! The copyvio material was pasted into Vietnam War by 65.116.227.104 in this diff. It has survived until now. I will restore the rest of the article, leaving the copyvio tag in place of the section. Melchoir 21:08, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

It's what I was going to do first but then I thought the ending of the article was quite fishy (no conclusion!) and that it was all put up by the same person. You're probably right though. _└ ^VodkaJazz/_talk^┐ 17:12, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok guys, I think I got it and I'm not finding online sources for the other sections off-hand. If anyone finds anymore copyvio material or if I missed something while removing it, please let me know. Thanks! .:.Jareth.:. ^babelfish 15:55, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrites

There was a lot wrong with this page and I've tried to correct that today. This is a controversial subject and contributors should keep in mind that the page should try for a neutral description of the facts. There was all kinds of chronolgical problems with the page (like talking about the domino theory years before it existed), as with other Vietnam pages the facts of the return of the French to Vietnam were all wrong (if you want a source start with Stanley Karnow's Vietnam: A history). There was also way too much unsupportable stuff about American politics and political opinion.