Talk:Blowing from a gun

North Korea
A recent eyewitness report from North Korean defector Hee Yeon Lim indicates that victims executed by anti-aircraft guns were tied to the front of the guns. This might qualify as a 21st century example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.113.122.131 (talk) 21:20, 20 September 2017 (UTC)


 * It is well established that DPRK defectors are coerced and bribed by ROK media to tell absurd stories. There are often inconsistencies in DPRK defector stories. This is not to say that there isn't political repression in DPRK; obviously there is, and that has been well established, but some of the most absurd stories such as this turn out to be false or exaggerated. Also most DPRK defectors defect because of lack of food resulting from the embargoes. So they go from starving to having access to things they did not have before. These things are withheld from them until they agree to be used as propaganda. If they are particularly compliant they may become celebrities. Aig1aa6ohga5ieJae0aiH2naigh6feiShae6thaX4etho3iz9s (talk) 10:01, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Untitled
Blowing from guns in Afghanistan in 1930: I never heard of this before, and consider it to be imaginary. Various other cruel methods of execution were used in Afghanistan as late as the reign of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan (1880-1901). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.180.51.210 (talk) 18:54, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Title of article
To be grammatical, the title needs an indefinite article — blowing from a gun. Richwales (talk · contribs) 22:35, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, sure. In the source it is in plural, therefore without the article. Maybe we should change the name of the article into plural, even though it could be just one gun? Sergei Gutnikov (talk) 22:42, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * "Blowing from guns" (as best I can imagine) would refer to an execution of two or more people at the same time using this method. I'm more inclined to say "blowing from a gun", since this is logically the singular equivalent of "blowing from guns".  Richwales (talk · contribs) 02:01, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I've found and added a source where "blowing from a gun" is used in singular. Renamed the article too. Sergei Gutnikov (talk) 02:58, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Clarification on method
The article needs to say whether the cannon has a ball loaded or if it is a blank gunpowder charge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.5.142.39 (talk) 22:52, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Don't worry. I'll get to that. "Blank cartridge" seems to be the most common, although shrapnel/grape shot is documented as well.Arildnordby (talk) 22:58, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Article is too long
I'm not disputing the correctness of the information... but 207 references for an obscure and obsolete method of execution? Holy cow. This article is of undue length, compared to other articles of greater importance. 71.219.204.88 (talk) 16:32, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * An unusual criticism. The layout of the article is excellent and therefore using the TOC you can read what you want and ignore the rest.  My kudos go to the writers. Gillyweed (talk) 20:26, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It is not my fault that other editors do not make their articles sufficiently comprehensive. So, do not blame me, IP-address (not Gillyweed), for making my article as long as it takes in order to be comprehensive. Thank you, Gillyweed, for an outside view on the layout! :-)Arildnordby (talk) 21:19, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations, this has passed as a Wikipedia Good Article
(this is "duplicated" here for when the review is no longer transcluded)

Congratulations! This has passed as a Wikipedia Good Article. What a large amount of excellent work! Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 01:55, 10 December 2013 (UTC) Reviewer

A major size reduction of article has been performed, please comment!!
I have now completed a slightly less than 70% article reduction,and would very much like comments if the article ought to be reduced further, if its focus should shift somewhat, or some points be expanded. In particular, I call upon editors and  to come with their comments, because I value their previous adviceArildnordby (talk) 01:12, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Just from a quick overview, I think that it is an improvement.  Sincerely,  North8000  (talk) 03:59, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Shaka Zulu
Was this done by Shaka, or was it the British, or was it just fiction in the Shaka Zulu (TV Series) ? 109.151.135.121 (talk) 04:33, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

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"Nation" clarification.
The article states that "Arguably, the nation most well known to have implemented this type of execution was the British Empire." I understand the point that was being made, but the British Empire was not a "nation" (it was an Empire!) I'm not sure how to fix it. ExpatSalopian (talk) 21:44, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

"Arguably,the most well known implementer of this type of execution was the British Empire." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:1281:A03A:FC7E:9A93:9F9D:717A (talk) 03:29, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Mughal Empire
The second paragraph has this sentence: "During the latter half of the 17th century, members of the Jat people in Northern India rebelled and raided against the Mughal Empire, … " I can understand "rebelled against" - but "raided against"? Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 07:18, 10 July 2021 (UTC)