Talk:Dollar Diplomacy
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[edit] Deletion of the article
I've just discovered the orginal article was deleted (by accident?) last fall. [1] I restored the orginal article, which, prior to deletion, had been reproduced on reference.com. [2] 172 | Talk 18:09, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
- According to the log, [3], it was deleted for Copyright Violation reasons. I have no opinion either way, but it might be good to address the concerns of that particular editor in order to avoid a repeat of past events. - Mauco 23:48, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
- According to the log "Dollar Diplomacy" was deleted in August 2005 to "make way for [a] move" to "Dollar diplomacy" (not capitalized). The "CV Copyright violation" was the "Dollar diplomacy" article, deleted in March 2006. So the entry I took from Reference.com, which I believe I had helped to write back in 2004, was not the one deleted because it was a copyright vio. 172 | Talk 07:38, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
- Great - then we won't have a repeat of that issue again. But do try to see how much of the new "Dollar Diplomacy today" section you can restore. Surely, "Dollar Diplomacy" didn't suddenly end in 1913... Thanks! - Mauco 12:30, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
- According to the log "Dollar Diplomacy" was deleted in August 2005 to "make way for [a] move" to "Dollar diplomacy" (not capitalized). The "CV Copyright violation" was the "Dollar diplomacy" article, deleted in March 2006. So the entry I took from Reference.com, which I believe I had helped to write back in 2004, was not the one deleted because it was a copyright vio. 172 | Talk 07:38, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Attempted Quotes?
Under the "Dollar Diplomacy in the Americas" heading, there seems to be too many apostrophes, making it bold and showing multiple apostrophes before and after the sentence. If these were legitimate quotes, I think it should be mentioned in the sources. In case it was a quote, I will leave them in, and actually make them quotes. Otherwise, they need removed completely. -ExNoctem 16:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Washington?
Under the "Taft and Knox" heading in the second paragraph, it mentions Washington - "Thus, Washington warmly encouraged U.S. bankers...." Was this meant as Washington the capitol or Washington a person previously unmentioned? -ExNoctem 21:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Checkbook diplomacy
I'm no expert in this matter, but what is the particular distinction between this and "checkbook diplomacy?" The reason I ask is that the latter article is barely more than stubby, has insufficient references, and may or may not benefit from being merged with this article. -- Fuzheado | Talk 11:45, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
- Well as concepts they're pretty similar, but "dollar diplomacy" refers specifically to a style of early-20th-century American foreign policy, so I think it makes sense to have a separate article describing it. --Delirium 21:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] How about an objective non partisan article?
I think this article leaves out alot about the reasons behind dollar diplomacy. For one it does not mention that dollar diplomacy was used to keep Imperial Germany out of the Western Hemisphere and most interventions were in Central American and Caribbean countries where Germans were looking to establish navy bases to be able to launch an attack on mainland United States, the Panama canal or US shipping if it wanted too. Other reasons for German involvment was simply to establish bases to protect it's shipping but also to obtain new colonies since it started collecting colonies later than the other European powers and Latin America was the next best bet. For instance German political involvment was very big in Haiti and they were usually behind alot of the revolutions that happened there. Also many European powers demanded land concessions in the case of local governments defaulting on loans so the U.S got actively involved to keep the European powers from doing this so they would not be encircled by empires again as they were in their earlier years. This is not meant as a justification for everything the United States did but lets not be partial in this article.
