Talk:Volksfront

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[edit] Clarification needed

The following sentence removed from the article for clarification and cleanup. WBardwin 17:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

"Volksfront also founded Stuart Macbeath an australian Neo-Nazi set up the Patriotic youth league in australia."
It should be noted that Volksfront did not start the first American B&H Division..That B&H Divison is a Rouge Chapter.::::

[edit] Volksfront - Adelaide University

In 1994 Henning Kloverkorn started a group with the name Volksfront on the Adelaide University city campus. The AUVF became affiliated to the AU Clubs Association in that year. The club seems to have used neo-nazi terms in a mistaken belief they were not offensive to the general student population. A minor postering campaign late 1994 saw German language flyers proclaim "Nazis raus - Nie wieder.." "Nazis out, never again!". This put the dubious nature of the clubs symbols into perspective. The club faded into obscurity in 1995. A spin off group called Volkschor was created. This was a beer drinking and singing club. Henning Kloverkorn is a native German speaker who grew up in Australia. Members of the group were closely allied with the AU German Club, a non political German language social and cultural group on the Adelaide University campus. Ozdaren 12:24, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup, NPOV needed

Much of the material in this article reads like it's come off the group's own website, though I've been unable to find a copyvio. I've just removed material like

Volksfront believes that the power of positive change rests within their folk (Whites) and that the only means of bettering the position of Whites is through cultural education and consciousness, cooperative growth, and community improvement around the world. Volksfront officially rejects mass reaction and red front politics, and has a philosophy and political view based on a form of tribal democracy similar to that which as was found in Europe more than 1000 years ago.

because it was vague, failed NPOV, and I couldn't quite figure out what it meant. This article needs references for each statement it makes, and we should not just state the group's ideas without references. If we do state something, it should be concrete, not vague like "community building;" what does that mean? As with other groups, this article should not be used as a soapbox for the group. I'm going to keep working on this article and probably removing stuff I see as problematic. We can discuss here if there's any problem. delldot talk 17:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

And what is "a closed membership cultural association"? This is the kind of vague stuff I'm talking about: does it mean something objective, or is it just fluff from the group's own literature? I recommend that we explain it clearly or remove it. delldot talk 17:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal

I've decided to remove all the unsourced history information because it's vague and sounds like it comes from the group's own literature. Anything that is referenced in a reliable source can be added back in. Let me know if there are any issues with this. delldot talk 17:44, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Yes, quite; we need reliable third-party sources for content such as that. ELIMINATORJR 17:53, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I concur with the removal. If there going to be a history section posted, it should be substantiated. --DavidD4scnrt (talk) 03:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)