Talk:8888 Uprising/Archives/2011/December

Move
This page needs to be moved, as "8888" makes no sense. --86.89.69.209 20:36, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

8888 makes perfect sense. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi#Political_beginnings where it is explained. August 8th 1988 - 8-8-88 or 8888. 84.68.102.119 23:12, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Maybe the relationship between the string of digits "8888" and the date when the uprising started is not so obvious, so I added a specification in the introduction, after the date: "(whence the name of the uprising, from 8-8-'88)". OK? 151.47.179.147 13:19, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

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User burfreedemo produces Chris 03:15, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Name and terminology
How about "1988 Burmese anti-government protests"? "Uprising" usually means armed revolt. --HanzoHattori 16:54, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


 * the country is call Myanmar, please stop inventing your own name for a country, the age of imperialism is over. Akinkhoo (talk) 11:10, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Misleading language
I removed the quotation marks around the word "thousands" in the third paragraph (in which the number of deaths of protestors is mentioned). In general, quotation marks indicate that the number was exaggerated, metaphorical, or non-standard. In this paragraph, the quotation marks downplay the estimate by suggesting that it is grossly exaggerated -- that we might better accept the estimates of the military

As well, using language like "opposition" and "authority" polarizes the article legitimizing the government at the expense of the voice of the people. Rather than use the word "opposition" one might use "pro-democracy groups". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajahnjohn (talk • contribs) 01:50, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Maung Maung
This entire piece of text was removed:

He lifted martial law and promised to hold a referendum on whether to remain a one-party state or become a multi-party democracy, proposing an eleven man commission to assess the feasibility of a transition. Maung promised a referendum for September 12, and noted in a television address:

"'The fire of anger can be extinguished with the cool waters of love and compassion.'"

It has more the feel of hagiography than history. It has been more then 20 years since this event, and if Maung Maung's comments/proposals portended a true change, then let's have recent news/scholarship support such a claim.

Whatever was promised or proposed, let's follow up after the fact. In general, if promises are made but not fulfilled, then it is not helpful or informative to mention them except perhaps in the context of a fuller analysis of the man, which would take one away from the focus of this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajahnjohn (talk • contribs) 02:17, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Dead link
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 * http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-10/2007-10-04-voa10.cfm?CFID=117290760&CFTOKEN=64840153&jsessionid=6630167e8fd1b43b9eef18506362225e1f2d
 * In Economy of Burma on 2011-03-17 21:59:36, 404 Not Found
 * In 8888 Uprising on 2011-06-19 21:30:04, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 21:30, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Shooting upwards
You can't actually say that Ne Win ordered the shootings, can you?