Talk:Russian Pillage of 1719–1721
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Jayanta Sen in topic Embarrassment to Wikipedia
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Embarrassment to Wikipedia
editIn Wikipedia you will find editors inflating the "success" of their "side" in wars fought centuries ago. Here we have an article claiming that "2,200 Russians were killed" in the Battle of Grengam. If you go to the actual article for the battle, it says 82 casualties. So which is true, 2,200 or 82? Given that the battle ended in something of a draw, and there were 400+ Swedes captured, I am inclined to believe the latter number.
Editors need to put aside their biases and try to be accurate about events that occured hundreds of years ago.
JS (talk) 04:59, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
- Sometimes, the authors of articles have no agenda's; they simply quote the references they have. I prefer the "Assume Good faith"-principle.--Aciram (talk) 14:08, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for your response. I wish I could also make the same assumption, but as a veteran of a few editing "disagreements", I have unfortunately found that some editors who edit articles about wars have firmly chosen sides (almost as if they are fighting the wars all over again) at the expense of NPOV. JS (talk) 06:43, 2 March 2020 (UTC)