Talk:India's First War of Independence (term)

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[edit] Intent of this page

I created a stub for this page in response to heated discussions at Talk:Indian Rebellion of 1857. In particular, I found arguments of User:Utcursch regarding parallels of the term to Great Patriotic War (term) to be persuasive. That I left the page as a single line stub should not in any way indicate that I do not regard the term as significant - only that I am probably not the best person to flesh it out. I note that within a few hours it has already been well-enhanced with citations to reliable sources, as I had expected. Proponents of its use at Indian Rebellion of 1857 have clearly demonstrated that it is notable. However, contributions from User:Fowler&fowler and others demonstrate that modern scholarship regards the term as historically inaccurate and largely a creation of Indian popularism. While I don't expect everyone to be happy with this page, I believe it would easily withstand a challenge at WP:AFD and therefore it belongs at WP. Ronnotel (talk) 13:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] India's First War of Independence

The heading "First War of Indian Independence" seems a little confusing since the term "Indian" has wider usage beyond India (say as in American Indians or Inca Indians, etc). So a more appropriate title might be "India's First War of Independence". Thanks. Desione (talk) 21:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I have no objections to this, anyone else? Ronnotel (talk) 21:46, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Just a note, I've added back the word 'term' to the article's title. Without that qualifier, this page could be considered for deletion as per WP:CFORK. Without 'term', this page could be considered as an alternate page for Indian Rebellion of 1857 rather than just highlighting the use of the term as intended. Ronnotel (talk) 14:10, 12 March 2008 (UTC)