Talk:Demba Diawara

Diabougou (Senegal)
The text in this article is a slightly modified version of the text at Diabougou (Senegal) which was recently created under a free license. Victuallers (talk) 15:13, 22 August 2015 (UTC) It has since been substantially improved and extended Victuallers (talk) 14:22, 24 August 2015 (UTC)


 * actually copying his quotes without indicating that it is being quote is problematic. for instance, the article states directly that mental disturbance and sterility are caused by the procedure. in fact he (or the women he is talking to--the cited source is unclear) is making that connection. i have clarified this in the body.


 * i have also tagged clarification for "he never knew that it hurt". is "it" the actual procedure (which may occur in infancy), or the woman's organs (hurting into adulthood?). here too, it should be stated that this is his understanding, or there should be some citation to a source stating the fact.Snarfblaat (talk) 20:11, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

One the latter one "he never knew" means its his understanding as compared to the women he was talking too. I suspect you are reading more into this than there is. e.g.If say "Jeremy never knew that the moon was made of cheese" does not mean that its a fact that the moon is made of cheese. As per first point - thanks for keeping it clear. You should find no instance of "copying his quotes" (your text) without attribution. Victuallers (talk) 20:56, 18 September 2015 (UTC)


 * to the contrary, i think "Jeremy never knew that the moon was made of cheese" does convey, to most english speakers, the proposition that the moon is made of cheese. that this is actually false is separate from what is being conveyed; statements like 'jeremy knows that 2+2=6' are basically nonsense. i'm just basing this on my use of english, but, as an aside, i see that philosophers hold a similar position: "Whether someone's belief is true is not a prerequisite for (its) belief. On the other hand, if something is actually known, then it categorically cannot be false." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology#Truth So when reading this article I find myself considering how a factual basis for a connection between mental illness and the genital procedure was established.


 * if your reading really is different, we can simply spell everything out in detail. That is what I intended. What exactly is unclear or wrong with my formulation: "He knew that his niece was mentally ill and his sister-in-law was not able to have children, circumstances that he attributed to FGC"? There is no question that the attribution to FGC is strictly his, is there?Snarfblaat (talk) 22:59, 18 September 2015 (UTC)