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Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
I hope you do not mind that I prefer keeping discussions on articles on Wikipedia, I have trouble keeping track of it otherwise. Regarding the "terrorism" sentence: I do not disagree with you that the bombardment of Copenhagen is a prime example of state terrorism as seen from a modern perspective. The usual English name for the event as a "Battle" is also highly misleading, but that is purely my personal opinion, and to add a personal view to the article would be original research. What you need for such a statement to be accepted in the Wikipedia article, is to find a reliable source that holds the same view and then use that as a citation. It would seem likely that there are reputable historians that would have worded it in such a way. It is however a myth that it is the first terror bombardment of its kind, there has been numerous examples in history before 1807 of terror bombardment of civilian populations for strategical purposes. I think the myth has originated from the fact that the British used the recently developed Congreve rocket, which seemed almost to have been developed for this purpose (although it was not, and furthermore only a small percentage of the ammunition fired at the time was of that kind). I hope you have not been discouraged from editing Wikipedia in the future, any serious contribution is highly welcome. --Saddhiyama (talk) 17:39, 11 June 2009 (UTC)