Talk:Buccaneer

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Contents 1 Cleanup 2 Beginning 3 External Links 4 Minor cean-up

[edit] Cleanup

Unnecessary repetitions, incoherence, conflicting/lacking definitions, informal language, info that applies to pirates in general rather than just buccaneers (and absence of clear explanations of how buccaneers differed from other pirates). Also, lack of historical details - how and why were they put down by England and France, for one thing (the last bit requires an "expand" template, but it's not time for that yet). --91.148.159.4 15:30, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. It also needs sources. I or some crewmates will be working on this, and I'm listing the article on Wikipedia:WikiProject Piracy as needing work. --Pirate Dan 15:31, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Beginning

the beginning is just incoherant rambling. a buccaneer is a pirate in the carribean.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.10.249.9 (talk) 11:43, June 2, 2007

[edit] External Links

What is The Tarry Buccaneer? Is this some sort of poem? I'm pretty sure it doesn't belong in the External Links. I am going to take that off unless someone disagrees and cares to explain what it is. Deflagro ♠ 20:03, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minor cean-up

I have taken out the flag which is generally (and probably erroneously) attributed to Rackham. There is absolutely no available evidence for any use of "Jolly Roger" flags before 1700 - which is after the usually accepted cut-off date for the buccaneer period. And Rackham was nearly twenty years later. Hope this helps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boulet rouge (talk • contribs) 21:14, 5 March 2008 (UTC)