Talk:First Matabele War

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Additional information: Start This article has been rated as start-Class on the assessment scale. ??? This article has not yet received an importance rating on the assessment scale. The following comments have been left for this page: I disagree with the B class award. The article is not good enough--AssegaiAli 22:46, 10 October 2007 (UTC) The article has been improved --81.101.253.108 21:11, 21 October 2007 (UTC) I have made some changes to try to improve the article--AssegaiAli 18:26, 25 October 2007 (UTC) (edit)

I editted the introduction to give it a more neutral point of view and added a reference.--Cellocellocello 07:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't think the article is neutral at all. The author ignores the sources cited at the end that clearly state that the 'Victoria Raid' (mentioned in the leader paragraph) committed multiple murders and reports this as; During that raid, Ndebele destroyed property and killed livestock Why? The article implies that the war began immediately when there was a pause of some time (about 2 months) while it was considered whether the atrocities carried out were worthy of making war. It then says that after inquiry the company was questionably exonerated from the charge by Lord Ripon in the section on Defeat of the Ndebele. Why was it questionable? This is POV along with numerous other chunks of the article. The 'Start of the War' section is given no context and the first statement of the article absurdly asserts that Lobengula avoided war because he might win so easily. This is nonsense. This is not a B Class article. It needs substantial revision.--AssegaiAli 22:43, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

'Nina Hartleys' mentioned in the first paragraph links to a pornstar! Does anyone know the correct information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.1.230 (talk) 13:35, 4 September 2007 (UTC)