Talk:Purple Rain Protest
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[edit] Suppresion of this page
A Canadian user is trying to suppress this page by deleting portions of it. Do you think this is because of the right-wing government in the America'sEthnopunk 09:43, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
No, I think it's because the pictures weren't licensed properly :) The new one you uploaded is licensed as a monetary currency, which obviously isn't correct, so perhaps is liable for deleting again. I'm sure the picture will be fine if you mention where it comes from - it should be fair use - there's a whole host of Wikipedia policies to read in this regard. Greenman 22:56, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
The last section is pretty pointless if you don't have an English translation, considering this is the English wiki. Cao 20:42, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Writing Standards
Is the standard of this piece really all that good? I can understand that the 'eyewitness' thing may be useful ina conjecturous sort of way, but should it no at least be translated?
The 'did you know' section should ideally be renamed, and the section on journalists arrested seems pretty useless. To be fair though, most of the sections and items here are pretty useless and not exactly neutral.
Jonomacdrones wrote the last piece and didn't sign it.
Should the text from Die Suid-Afrikaan be translated to english, as it is now in afrikaans? ��Dr.Poison 15:33, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Please translate this into English
Die Suid-Afrikaan (The South African) saw it happen Wilma Odendaal of Die Suid-Afrikaan, was there and she saw things this way: "TEEN tienuur het mense al op Groentemarkplein saamgedrom. Oral in die strate was polisie; in daardie stadium, bet ek gedink, beslis in groter getalle as bona fide betogers... Daar was ‘n soort feestelikheid onder die mense; die dag was nie sleg nie, bewolk, maar sonder reën en glad nie vreeslik koud nie. Ek en ‘n paar vriende het eers koffie gaan drink en later na die Metodiste-kerk in Burgstraat gestap. Oral bet mense gegroet, name geroep, mekaar herken. Die Metodiste-kerk was stampvol. Op die verhoog het ‘n optogleier verduidelik wat die prosedure sou wees. Daar is groot klem gelê op ordelikheid, kalmte, dissipline. Dit was nd halfelf maar die optog is vertraag. Ons het nog op die groepie wat van die Bo-Kaap stad toe sou beweeg, gewag; mm wetende dat hulle al in hegtenis geneem is."
"Ek is weer buitentoe waar die atmosfeer in Burgstraat soos Jooldag op ‘n Saterdagmôre gevoel bet. Rondom Newspaper House het versiaggewers en noodhulpmense van die nabye Shawco-eenheid rondgestaan en skerts; oral was mense met kameras te bespeur. Die polisie, eenkant, bet toegekyk. Later sou ek weet dat Burgstraat ‘n vertoonkas was vergeleke met Waalstraat. Ek sou maklik net daar kon gebly het, tussen al die gemoedelikheid, deel van die geskerts, die veilige afstand van die pers wat waarneem en rapporteer, maar ‘n kollega trek my nader. “Kom, die optog van die katedraal bet begin.”
Op ‘n drafstap is ek agter haar aan, om die draai, en sien dan van Burgstraat se hoek af dat die optog in Waalstraat so-te-sê tot stilstand gekom bet. Ons glip tussen ‘n ry poli netjiese blougeklede SAP: ‘n nierassisties en nie-seksistiese beeld vir die buitestaanders en vir die buiteland... al was verteenwoordigers van die media verskuil in hoe geboue, agter gordyne en tussen die “gewone” inkopiegangers op Groentemarkplein om die mediaverbod op “onrus” te omseil. Volgens berigte uit Burgstraat is ‘n waterkanon met pers kleursel en traanrook gebruik om die “onwettige byeenkoms op te breek”. Net om die hoek in Waalstraat waar tweede opmars vanuit St Georgeskatedraal plaasgevind het, was dit ‘n ander storie." [6] Ethnopunk 12:37, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Purpose
What was the officially stated purpose for using purple dye in the water cannon? I'd imagine it was to make it easier to identify demonstrators later but an official cite would be useful. --Black Butterfly 12:15, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Purpcover.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
