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Rwandan Genocide death toll
Hi there -- I noticed that you have been editing the number of people killed in the Rwandan Genocide. please provide a citation for your changes, or else they will probably be reverted.

Thanks, BCorr | Брайен 22:42, 3 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm — Preceding unsigned comment added by HelpRwanda  (talk • contribs)  01:47, 4 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi HelpRwanda, thanks for your contributions to Rwanda and Rwandan Genocide. Regarding the figures, as far as I can gather 800,000 has only ever been an estimate; it was probably first mentioned as a guess figure by Philip Gourevitch in his book about the Genocide and has now been seized on by the international media as if it is definitely accurate. It's become slightly political as well - human rights activist Alison des Forges was accused of being "pro-genocide" because she once proposed a lower figure of 500,000. And the New Times, Rwanda's English language paper routinely uses the higher figure of one million: http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=15167&a=60328 . I think it best to just leave the range in place. Anyway, welcome to Wikipedia again and if you have any questions please feel free to ask them here or on my talk page at Talk:Amakuru. Thanks! &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 07:09, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

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Warning re: repeated edits changing the upper estimate of the number of people killed in the Rwandan genocide article
Hello User:HelpRwanda,

Please stop changing the upper estimate of the number of people killed in the Rwandan genocide from 1,000,000 to 800,000. This has been explained in different ways to you. Please discuss this on the relevant talk pages for each article, including Talk:Rwandan Genocide and Talk:Rwanda.

Also, in light of your username, please review Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy as it relates to editing articles.

If you continue to change the estimates without reaching consensus, you will be blocked from editing.

Thanks, BCorr | Брайен 18:55, 4 December 2012 (UTC)