Talk:Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization)

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[edit] Attribution

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:38, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Title

The title should be changed to Students for a Democratic Society (1960s organization)Fairlane75 (talk) 21:27, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually, the present title choice was deliberate on my part. It was chosen to indicate the year the organization was founded. According to this article, the 1960s SDS first appeared in 1960, thus the "1960 organization" bit. Yes, it went on for some time longer than that, but it's sufficiently descriptive, just like how there's now another SDS, that was formed in 2006, and is marked as such. It also has lasted past its founding year. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:19, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Join sds.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:33, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Attribution section

Is this really necessary? Saying that the article includes text from an earlier version of the same article with a different title? The justification given is that it is necessary for GFDL compliance, but that seems a little absurd to me. I'll read through the GFDL when I have time later today, or, alternatively, if anybody wants to do something about this/explain this justification to me now... --superioridad (discusiĆ³n) 00:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

The proper attributions are already placed in more appropriate locations, as that "attribution" section is highly non-standard. Who on earth put that in there? SchuminWeb (Talk) 03:24, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] POV Problem

The article is written from the POV of an old SDSer. Needs a more objective tone and less editorial leading.--Jack Upland (talk) 03:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Any connection to German SDS (Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund)?

There was an organization in Germany at the same time and with pretty similar views and goals, also abbreviating to SDS, the Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund, which was the backbone of the German student movement. Was there any connection or is this just a coincidence? -- 212.63.43.180 (talk) 13:16, 24 April 2008 (UTC)