Talk:Maurice Vidal Portman

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 one external links on Maurice Vidal Portman. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20120805204050/http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/app-a/a-portman.htm to http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/app-a/a-portman.htm
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20120805204050/http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/app-a/a-portman.htm to http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/app-a/a-portman.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

Cheers.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 10:17, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Maurice Vidal Portman. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120805204050/http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/app-a/a-portman.htm to http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/app-a/a-portman.htm
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120805204050/http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/app-a/a-portman.htm to http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/app-a/a-portman.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 08:25, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

External links modified (January 2018)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Maurice Vidal Portman. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130724070402/http://andaman.org/BOOK/text-group-BodyChapters.htm to http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/text-group-BodyChapters.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 13:52, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Language used in article
Hi all,

Came across this Wiki article after reading a little about the Sentinelese and the history of the Andamans, after the area made international news recently.

My question is this: is "pacification" the right word for what Maurice Vidal Portman was doing? Wiktionary defines the verb 'pacify' as meaning "to bring peace", but I wonder if this description is rather subjective, and perhaps a different word should be used?

Really interested to hear opinions, particularly from those involved with WikiProject British Empire.

Cheers, Nlewendon (talk) 16:57, 30 November 2018 (UTC)


 * According to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pacification - 1b includes "the act of forcibly suppressing or eliminating a population considered to be hostile" which seems to be quite appropriate. Shyamal (talk) 17:17, 30 November 2018 (UTC)


 * The word no longer appears in the article. Anyway, I'd consider a word that has multiple contradicting senses to be a WP:WEASEL word unless the usage is clarified in situ. Arlo James Barnes 19:33, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

mock-Greek homoerotic compositions
What is the source for this sentence? "A significant portion of his photography involved posing the Andamanese in mock-Greek homoerotic compositions" The citation on the following sentence is from Portman's own writing and doesn't mention this at all. What i can find of his photography, doesnt show erotic photos. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?keyword=Maurice&keyword=Vidal&keyword=Portman&technique=photographic%20process Vitmonn (talk) 14:18, 5 January 2024 (UTC)