User talk:Stanford08

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University of California, Berkeley
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Japan article: non NPOV contributions
Stanford, I realize you are passioante about the territorial disputes with China, but this text does not belong on the Japan article for several reasons: 1. It is not Neutral point-of-view 2. It is not confirmed information (it depends on heresay) 3. It is way too detailed to appear on this article page. You should put the text (in a neutral format) on a sub page. Davejenk1ns 10:23, 12 July 2005 (UTC)