QUOTE(Kyaa the Catlord @ Tue 6th May 2008, 10:24pm)
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QUOTE(The Joy @ Tue 6th May 2008, 1:39pm)
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I've heard that the WWII article edit war has been going on for years now.
Have they figured out who won yet? From a NPOV position, of course....
I could say no one wins wars. Now that would really make things interesting on Wikipedia! Battle of Stalingrad - Result: Nobody won, because nobody wins in wars. Oh, that would be an interesting talk page to view.
I've noticed that with these war articles, individual battles and biographies of military people tend to be the best and the darlings. The articles on World War I, II, and others tend to have problems with being convoluted or having size problems. There's just so much that could go in there, but too large an article can scare off readers or crash browsers. Nationalist groups like the Russians, Latvians, Estonians, etc. think their contributions have been marginalized and want to add their side to the article much to the chagrin of everyone else trying to create a small, concise, and balance article.
Then you have different views by historians and what right do Wikipedians have to determine who's a "mainstream" or "fringe" historian? I've heard it argued that there was no World War II, only one World War from 1914 to 1945. WWII technically hasn't ended because Japan and Russia have yet to sign a peace treaty due to Russia's continued occupation/claim of the Kuril Islands. Since the formal occupation of Germany did not end until 1990, you may argue the war went right to 1994 (a stretch maybe). Who needs Harry Turtledove when you have professional historians arguing these things?
And to get back on the topic, that is why you have the lame edit wars.