Talk:Boer Wars

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I have changed the obviously fabricated joke version of this page back to the last revision, which I assume is essentially accurate. I hope this is proper procedure. -Mondragora


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[edit] Disambig removed

I have removed the {{disambig}}, I believe this is an article disucssing the usage of "Boer War", dicuss before you reinstate the disambigaution notice.--Commander Keane 05:23, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Immediate redirect?

Why don't we just immediately redirect from this page to Boer Wars? dewet|™ 19:45, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] awnser to why not re-direct

because their are two wars to choose from, some people may not be aware of that. Plus it gives a synopsis which is useful for ppl who want a quick idea.

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  • Well, now the page has lost all the context it used to have and is practically useless for anyone who doesn't already know which of the two wars they are looking for. In order to use this page, you have to know either which war you want, or at least know which year you are interested in. If you don't know one of those two things, there's nothing to tell you which page you should be looking at next. --Russ (talk) 12:24, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Boer War Link Requested

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Sorry, Wikipedia doesn't do link partnership at all. See WP:NPOV, and there are other concerns. A good website might show up in our external links or references regardless though. -- Sverdrup (talk) 12:50, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Summary changed.

Changed the summary line at the end of the disambiguation page. Not only was it a gross oversimplification and the claim debateable, but the manner in which it was put was slanted and not academically-phrased at all. Whilst it is true that the Boer war was partly won through the use of superior numbers, the brutal tactics adopted by Kitchener made a far more significant contribution - The guerilla-warfare tactics used by the Boer farmers neutralised the benefits of greater manpower for the British. To claim that "Superior numbers" was the sole reason for the British victory is not only an over-simplification, but quite wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.79.175.13 (talk) 11:21, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] India?

In the section First Boer War we get this:

The First Boer War (1880–1881), also known as the "Transvaal War," was a relatively brief and small-scale conflict in which Boer settlers successfully revolted against a British attempt to annex the Transvaal, and re-established an independent republic. They also came from India.

Who came from India?

There seems to be a fair amount of Indian related content is the boer war articles in general, eg, cf article on first boer war that has a seemingly meaningless line about nepal/india tucked between sentences covering bechuanaland and basutoland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.104.228.2 (talk) 23:41, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] POV/OR

"The Second Boer War was an inevitable solution to the question of who was to control Southern Africa - the British or the Boers?" -- This is POV/OR. Please rephrase and/or cite before restoring to article. -- Writtenonsand (talk) 03:47, 6 June 2008 (UTC)