Talk:Great sparrow campaign
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This is an interesting event that apparently really happened, but very little is available about it online. I'd like to see this expanded if anyone can find more source info. Mangojuice 21:33, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
One of two sources is Unitarian Universalist Association. I don't find that a very credible source. Jacob no. 9 15:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Photo
Can we get a still from the famous film of peasants banging pots and playing suonas to kill sparrows? Badagnani 04:08, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Four Pests campaign
In China this was known as the "Four Pests campaign". Accordingly, the article should go there. CruftCutter 17:21, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not sure. This article seems to be mainly about sparrows. And the fact that they have both been written out in Hanzi makes me think they're genuine Chinese terms. Maybe the Four Pests campaign article should be separate. Samsara (talk • contribs) 18:09, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- The Sparrows, as the article indicates, were one of four targeted pests (and the only target to have catastrophic unintended consequences). I'll do some double checking. CruftCutter 18:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- You are questioning the English names, which to be honest, there are plenty of. Also Mao: The Unknown Story is not exactly the best source for statistics. I only left it in place because there is no better source about the exact death toll. This book has been grilled by the academics. And the collective farming should be another article all by itself. Benjwong (talk) 22:29, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- I have questions regarding Mao: The Unknown Story, it is full of commentary and speculation and often unacademic in that regard. However, have the statistics on excess deaths been refuted? The authors go into detail on their sources and methods of caluclations on the 38 million number. CruftCutter (talk) 22:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- You are questioning the English names, which to be honest, there are plenty of. Also Mao: The Unknown Story is not exactly the best source for statistics. I only left it in place because there is no better source about the exact death toll. This book has been grilled by the academics. And the collective farming should be another article all by itself. Benjwong (talk) 22:29, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- The Sparrows, as the article indicates, were one of four targeted pests (and the only target to have catastrophic unintended consequences). I'll do some double checking. CruftCutter 18:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
