User:Hurricanehink's rationale: "My choice of the week is the December 1964 South Vietnamese coup, since high school kids might well come across that in their curricula." Um, how about the rest of the world, Hink? Don't think kids in the UK, for example, are at all likely to have this on their curricula. Yep, you guessed it - I'm coming out with that old cry of 'US bias in selection procedures'. 81.147.150.57 (talk) 17:53, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- It all depends on the judge. I'd be very partial to Pedro II because I am interested in modern Latin American history (and because of the ridiculous amount of sources they consulted!) We also had a German judge a couple weeks ago. Overall, I'd say Tony and Dabomb are doing an excellent job. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:12, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Why would U.S. students be more likely to come across an article on South Vietnam than students in the UK? Powers T 13:24, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm amazed anyone would ask this, but, since you did ... because Vietnam plays a massive part in US history; not so in UK history. We didn't fight that one. Just like I doubt the Falklands War would get as much of a look-in in US curricula as it would in UK ones. History studies are always slanted towards the national and international policies of the country that is teaching the history. 86.133.55.218 (talk) 17:27, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, my own curriculum didn't cover this particular coup, so I didn't realize its importance to the war. Powers T 19:45, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- It isn't that very well known; in many general books on the VN War such as by Karnow and Langguth only 1-3 pages in 700 touch on that particular incident. YellowMonkey (bananabucket!) 03:22, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
How does Moreno remind you of hurricanes? Nice week for admins, too. 68.98.31.172 (talk) 14:10, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- He sees a similarity between WP:OMT and WP:WPTC Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 15:01, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]