Talk:The Troopie

removed sentence
I've removed this:
 * At the dinner the day before the unveiling, the RLI's General John Hickman accused the Selous Scouts's Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Reid-Daly of poaching ivory in the Zambezi Valley.

It doesn't seem to have any relevance to the topic. jnestorius(talk) 13:20, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It gives a little context that quite a few of the high ranking Rhodesian officers were present and was a small part of a minor scandal.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 13:25, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It only says the RLI's General John Hickman was present, which is hardly surprising at the unveiling of an RLI memorial. If "quite a few of the high ranking Rhodesian officers were present" that should be stated directly with a source. The "minor scandal" gets one paragraph in each of the articles Ronald Reid-Daly and Selous Scouts, neither of which mention Hickman's dinner comments. To me that makes the "small part" too miniscule to mention here.
 * You reverted my edit with summary "I disagree". Do you only disagree with removing this one sentence, or do you disagree with the other changes? In the latter case, please expand.
 * jnestorius(talk) 14:47, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The reason being I was trying to keep this a neutral article about a war memorial. I did not want to include racial elements in this to avoid UNDUE/WEIGHT. I also wanted to try to avoid overt politicising given the RLI existed and served before the Bush War started.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 15:53, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * A "neutral article about a war memorial" that doesn't mention the war being memorialised? Or the reason why it was feared the statue would be removed? Or the reason South Africa was the place it was moved to? That's not neutral, that's whitewashing. The RLI was founded in 1961. Does the monument list soldiers killed in the World Wars? jnestorius(talk) 16:10, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, I am fine with mentioning the bush war if you think that is the main concern.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 16:14, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I actually came here to suggest the same edit. The current version of this statement seems out of place and it doesn't have any obvious direct relationship with the subject of the article. TheBennsylvanian (talk) 15:27, 1 February 2021 (UTC)