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::<s>Maybe the best variant will be "Congolese (Katanga)"?</s>I think that topicstarter is right, and the soldiers must be called Katanga, not Congolese. It was my mistake. [[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] 13:32, 20 April 2012 (CDT) | ::<s>Maybe the best variant will be "Congolese (Katanga)"?</s>I think that topicstarter is right, and the soldiers must be called Katanga, not Congolese. It was my mistake. [[User:Greg-Z|Greg-Z]] 13:32, 20 April 2012 (CDT) | ||
:::Probably the best approach would be for someone to write an introduction that explains what the captions are talking about when they mention Katanga, since it's a pretty obscure state to just namedrop without context. [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 13:59, 20 April 2012 (CDT) | :::Probably the best approach would be for someone to write an introduction that explains what the captions are talking about when they mention Katanga, since it's a pretty obscure state to just namedrop without context. [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 13:59, 20 April 2012 (CDT) | ||
| + | ::::I'm pretty sure the story is actually set during the Simba Rebellion(1964-1965), which occurred after the Katanga separatists were crushed. The original descriptions are then correct since the mercenaries would have been working with Congolese government troops. --[[User:Markit|Markit]] 17:14, 20 April 2012 (CDT) | ||
Revision as of 22:14, 20 April 2012
African troops nationality
The African troops aren't Congolese but from the province of Katanga, which is one of the politics behind the story. Any objections to changing it?
- Being as Katanga's independence failed, wouldn't that be as confusing as not referring to Confederate soldiers in the US civil war as "Americans?" Evil Tim 12:05, 20 April 2012 (CDT)
Maybe the best variant will be "Congolese (Katanga)"?I think that topicstarter is right, and the soldiers must be called Katanga, not Congolese. It was my mistake. Greg-Z 13:32, 20 April 2012 (CDT)- Probably the best approach would be for someone to write an introduction that explains what the captions are talking about when they mention Katanga, since it's a pretty obscure state to just namedrop without context. Evil Tim 13:59, 20 April 2012 (CDT)
- I'm pretty sure the story is actually set during the Simba Rebellion(1964-1965), which occurred after the Katanga separatists were crushed. The original descriptions are then correct since the mercenaries would have been working with Congolese government troops. --Markit 17:14, 20 April 2012 (CDT)
- Probably the best approach would be for someone to write an introduction that explains what the captions are talking about when they mention Katanga, since it's a pretty obscure state to just namedrop without context. Evil Tim 13:59, 20 April 2012 (CDT)