Talk:Prachanda

Anti-Revisionist

Removed “Anti-Revisionist“ from “Anti-revisionist communist revolutionary“ because he's not an anti-revisionist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.160.136.218 (talk) 15:08, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

Someone has done vandalism to this page of "Prachanda". The changes made seem are really cheap. I would like to request to block that IP address or at least warn him. how do I do it ? ~(its my wiki username, feel free to email me)

Category: Democracy activists, "Nepalese People's War"

Excuse me? --Captain Obvious and his crime-fighting dog (talk) 16:14, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

It seems a shame to put up a Neutrality Disputed banner without discussing anything first. I didn't insert "People's War" in there but I did clarify it by putting "Nepalese" in front of it. "People's War" is what the Maoists called it. A neutral name would be Nepalese Civil War. I didn't see anything about "democracy activists" in there. The statement "[h]e also said that the party had expressed its commitment to multi-party democracy" is in there. That's a factual statement. Prachanda and other top Maoists have said this repeatedly IIRC. They are in favor off the republic, professedly. Sometimes one detects a murmur of "at this time," it is true. If you want to put some skepticism in there, I'd say cite it and do so. You put the banner up, you can take it down. DanielM (talk) 16:55, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

He's in Category: Democracy activists --Captain Obvious and his crime-fighting dog (talk) 11:35, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Prachanda joined the underground communist movement in 1981, at the time there was a royal dictatorship in Nepal, with no multi-party system and limited press freedom. The Nepalese communist movement worked to overthrown the dictatorship and establish a democratic state. The category 'Democracy activists' have huge pov inclusion problems, but as long as the category isn't CFD:ed, I don't see why Prachanda shouldn't be included. --Soman (talk) 13:01, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

It was a multi-party government that he declared war on in 1996 and the monarchy didn't become truly tyrannical until sometime in the last four or five years; correct me if I am wrong. I think he was rehabilitated somewhat by the fact that the monarchy got out of control and the Nepal people with the help of the Maoists reclaimed their country from it, but I don't think Prachanda should be described as a democracy activist or included in any such category. Suggest heeding Captain O's objections: remove the category, change People's War to Civil War, and take down the banner. DanielM (talk) 22:14, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I went ahead and did it. DanielM (talk) 00:09, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Prachanda-A democracy activist- Have u guys in wikipedia gone crazy??

Prachanda is a blood-thirsty rascal who caused this massive war in our country and got thousands of people in Nepal to get murdered. He is solely responsible for the death of so many poeple in Nepal. Maoists have looted many banks, raped and tortoured many people. And wikipedia is treating him like he is a fucking "HERO". I am from Mid-western region from Nepal and I know what these fucking Maoists have done. They killed my Father, my mother and my younger brother. Right now I am living like an internal refugee in Kathmandu, the capital city. Who cares for all the traumatic experiences that I went through? Does human-rights, rule of law only mean for those who are powerful and who have guns and rifles? Is anybody listening?? I have seen the Maoists and I know for REAL who these fucking Maoists are!!. Just because they won the Constituent elections by intimidating the people doesnt mean that they are the saviours of democracy. So with due respect I would like to ask U guys in wikipedia not to treat these fucking maoists like "Heros".Now that they are in power they are trying to establish a totalitarian regimine like the one in North Korea & China. Who knows after few years I may not be able to put such stuffs in Wikipedia? Let me enjoy my short lived freedom because I hear these rascals are trying to have Nepalese version of GREAT FIREWALL Of CHINA to "safeguard" the internet.

I removed the Democracy Activist category back in August. You should tell your story somewhere, please in English since your English is so natural and I and others would like to read about it. That is terrible that your family members were killed, I'm sorry for your loss. Sign up for a Wikipedia account and you can then sign your posts with 4 "~" marks. Wikipedia has a policy of verifiability (WP:V). When you write stuff in an article people are supposed to be able to click on a reference to evaluate the sourcing. It would be helpful if you'd furnish some specific sources that support your comments, such as the firewall. DanielM (talk) 14:12, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

The guy who wrote this above must be a typical imperialist scum trying to invent lies for his illegitimate father Gyanendra. Or he is working for some Hindutva organization. All this imperialist , monarchical , pro-India , pro-Hindu people are the same , they are anti-nationals and must be deported to India....and if you're father , mother and brother were indeed killed in mid-western Nepal ,they must have been Chhetris or some other upper caste like Gurung or Rai. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.194.99 (talk) 18:51, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

So your wonderful new republic has no place for Chhetris, Gurungs or Rais? Pol Pot would be proud! LADave (talk) 17:57, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Maoist--as well as Nepali military--atrocities are well documented. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.183.71.67 (talk) 02:28, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

move

considering his new role as PM, I think a move to Pushpa Kamal Dahal might be warranted. Nowadays, he's referred to as 'PM Dahal' in Nepalese newsmedia. The underground days are quite definately over now. --Soman (talk) 16:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Suggest waiting for the dust to settle before doing this, say the end of the month if indeed he becomes referred to that way? DanielM (talk) 21:07, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Biography coming soon

[1], --Soman (talk) 20:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Make sure you mention his caste and/or ethnic group. This is important in Nepali society and relevant to any useful biography of Prachanda. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.183.71.67 (talk) 02:31, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Birthday

So is his birthday December 11th or 25th? It says both in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.100.222.185 (talk) 15:18, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

The cited source says 11th so I changed 25 to 11

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/from-chhabilal-to-pushpa-kamal-to-prachanda-profile_10084654.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edit.exe (talk • contribs) 17:56, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Criticism

This is a proposal to add a Criticism section to the bottom of the article. Like many topics on Wikipedia, espeically those involving countries, politics, war, and current events, there are some pointed criticisms that may not fit well in a chronological history but nonetheless are 'out there'. Though this section might one day be integrated into the main article, I think it would be useful, especially given the somewhat biased tone of the current article, which treats Prachanda as more of a political hero than a NPOV article should. Of course, criticism would have to be sourced and not mere name-calling or rumor-mongering.

I hope it can be cited without resorting to Rumors or fake internet sites.Mortimerlee (talk) 22:23, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

I don't think the tone of the article generally treats Prachanda as a political hero, but some attention needs to be paid to the "public appearance" section, it's kind of "huh?". DanielM (talk) 20:29, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

I am today in Kathmandu/Nepal and will visit Congress of CPN-Maaoist in the next days i put a new picture in this Page of Prachanda. Regards Juergen —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.128.97.3 (talk) 06:15, 16 December 2009 (UTC)