Talk:Tanzania People's Defence Force

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[edit] POV?

"On returning home, the TPDF soldiers were all heroes" - this line seems like a POV issue to me...--GregRog 21:53, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree, the section on the conflict with Uganda is very POV. I'm going to try and tag the article accordingly. Nicolasdz 11:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

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I'm pretty sure that the correct name of the TPDF is the "Tanzanian People's Defence Force". Unless anyone tells me otherwise, I'll move this article in a few days. StockholmSyndrome 18:36, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Its not !

           http://www.bcstimes.com/dailytimes/viewnews.php?category=1&newsID=466
           http://www.iss.co.za/pubs/ASR/10No1/Lupogo.html
           http://uniformservices.unaids.org/country.asp?region=Africa%20and%20the%20Middle%20East&country=Tanzania&menu=

Omoo 18:01, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Good examples. But then so are

           http://www.afrol.com/News/tan008_journalists_zanzibar.htm
           http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/ASR/SADR3/Baynham.html
           http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pubs/umrabulo/umrabulo13b.html

According to the Statesman's Yearbook and the Defense & Foreign Policy Handbook (which are both usually accurate), it is "Tanzanian People's Defence Force". The laws of grammar mean that there must be an apostrophe in there somewhere ("People's" or "Peoples' "). Can you can find an official Tanzanian source that proves it one way or the other? StockholmSyndrome 13:44, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

--Semkae 20:57, 9 January 2006 (UTC) It's Tanzania People's Defence Forces