Talk:List of pirates

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Contents 1 Ryoko the pirate 2 An idea regarding this page 3 Some odd additions 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Captainjohncoxon.gif

[edit] Ryoko the pirate

What about Ryoko the pirate who chased off the Mongols during the Mongol invasions of Japan and became a heroine? Chris 10:13, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An idea regarding this page

As frequently there seems to be no information on the birth/death dates of pirates - at least, I've found it hard to track down that information - could we perhaps include the years active, and possibly the general area most active.. I appreciate this could cause problems as some pirates moved around quite a bit.

I was also curious as to whether we could reformat the list so it looks more tidy - I'd make an example here but I don't know the codes to do it yet.

Any input would be most appreciated,

shas (talk) 16:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I've had a shot at adapting a table for use on this page - the results can be seen over on my sandbox. Opinions/comments welcome shas (talk) 12:13, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I've started to put the new format of table into the article. Work on this will continue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shas (talk • contribs) 21:50, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Some odd additions

Some of the "pirates" on this list seem a little odd to me. I'm not entirely sure how some of the medieval pirates listed are actually pirates - looking through the articles I can't find anything that would suggest piracy (Eric of Pomerania, for example). I'm also not sure how Thomas Paine is a pirate either. I'll hold off on removing them as I may well be missing something, though. shas^Yarr!/_T|C 14:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

PS: I've been unable to find any images of ancient world pirates. Not even statues : ( the rest are done though. shas^Yarr!/_T|C 01:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Captainjohncoxon.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)