Talk:Flibuster

Focus of the article
I wonder where the focus of the article should be. At the moment it seems to lead with the etymology of the word. I'm not sure if this is the key point really. When I look through the foreign language versions, they seem to differentiate between Flibusters (sailors roaming the sea on behalf the French Kingdom), Buccaneers (formerly French settlers who then roamed the seas on behalf of the United States) and pirates (largely lawless criminals, apparently). What makes this even more interesting, we have Filibuster (military) which refers to military expeditions by US forces on foreign soil. It does seem that "Flibuster" has merit as article if it can be sufficiently differentiated. As it stands right now, I'm not sure if it's a dupe sort of in-between Filibuster (military) and Buccaneer. Also pinging pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 14:25, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Revision
I am sorry to put the contradiction, but this version of this article is the result of a long and documented work. And the most funny thing is that you introduce the confusion between FLIBUSTER and FILIBUSTER as Filibuster is only a recent term from US English and only used in politics. Nothing to do with maritime heritage.

If you don't understand is would be better to ask ma questions before to remove the artcle.

It is not a behaviour compatible with the Wikipedia rules. And my name is Eric de Wolbock and not Jake Brockman. --Edewolbock (talk) 18:19, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I did not "remove" the article. I did seek clarification with the above question, which you actually did not address. Another editor redirected the article to Filibuster. Pinging . It certainly is wikipedia best behaviour to check facts. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 19:48, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * You're using French-language sources to claim this is an English word. The English sources claim this is an archaic term for Filibuster (military), which appears to be on the same topic as the referenced content. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 19:53, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * The Spanish term was first applied to persons raiding Spanish colonies and ships in the West Indies, the most famous of whom was Sir Francis Drake with his 1573 raid on Nombre de Dios. With the end of the era of Caribbean piracy in the early 18th century "filibuster" fell out of general currency.[citation needed] - from Filibuster (military) power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 19:53, 19 August 2018 (UTC)