Talk:1952 Inter-Camp P.O.W. Olympics/Archives/2012/April

Propaganda Piece

Contains no actual information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.169.149.177 (talk) 20:09, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Reference Added

Added a reference to this from a Korean War memoir. I couldn't believe it was real either, but he'd know better than I would. 209.181.242.145 (talk) 20:11, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Is it necessary to add in "propaganda" and "show" every second sentence?

It's just a sports thing, insisting to present it as some communist propaganda thing is quite POV, in my opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.64.92.234 (talk) 18:12, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Cut to reflect source

I have removed everything from the article that was not verified by the provided reference. We cannot state that it was propaganda (even though, it seems highly likely that it was) without a reliable source. If anyone knows of more reliable sources, feel free to add information with those citations. Qwyrxian (talk) 10:56, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Possible source...but how to treat it?

There is a copy of the "commemorative" booklet that was produced by the prisoners online, at [1]. While it was allegedly written by the prisoners themselves, there's no doubt reading through it that it is less than "truthful", given how overflowing it is with praise for the event and the general situation. The first question is, do we trust the site that is hosting it enough to believe that it's a real photocopy (it sure looks authentic to me)? The second is, how do we include information from the book given that its overarching meaning isn't neutral? Do we want to use it as a source for the results of specific events? Or do we not even need to list that much detail in this article? Qwyrxian (talk) 12:48, 8 April 2012 (UTC)