Talk:Piracy

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It may be reasonable to assume that...

Insert any statement you like, and you have a true sentence. However, this is the opening sentence of the History section of the article: "It may be reasonable to assume that piracy has existed for as long as the oceans were plied for commerce." Either it is actually a reasonable assumption (which is still a statement about the plausibility of piracy having been around that long, not a factual claim about the duration of piracy's existence) or it's not a reasonable assumption and shouldn't be proposed, no matter how insulated in weasel words.

It may be reasonable to assume that the original author of that sentence (it comes with a citation) didn't consider it possible to defend the assumption as reasonable. Personally, I suspect they just have an overly florid style. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmsgrey (talk • contribs) 14:45, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Belatedly removed. -- Euryalus (talk) 02:42, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

_______ I dont normally edit pages and dont know your formats ect, but I feel I should point out the exchange rates all over this page are wildly inaccurate, if there is some aspect other than standard exchange rates in place this should be explained as well, for example,

"There was a great deal of money to be made in this way. The record breaker was the capture of the Spanish frigate Hermione, which was carrying treasure in 1762. The value of this was so great that each individual seaman netted £485 ($1.4 million in 2008 dollars)."

These numbers make no sense, Inflation from 1762 to 2022 Cumulative price change 21,806.81% Average inflation rate 2.09% Converted amount (£485 base) £106,248.03 Price difference (£485 base) £105,763.03 CPI in 1762 5.500 CPI in 2022 1,204.875 Inflation in 1762 3.77% Inflation in 2022 2.27% £485 in 1762 £106,248.03 in 2022 £106,248.03 is equal to $139,598.76 United States Dollar currently. the source for all these numbers is a geocities page that is clearly mistaken on the information they sourced for their page with no explanation of the exchange or where these numbers are coming from " Each man’s share amounted to £4,000 (see note 3 below) plus forty-two diamonds. 3.Equal to $4.3 million in 1994." What carat? what weight? ect ect __ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:44:C000:3AF0:D833:A537:16A9:B076 (talk) 11:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

BC should be BCE

BC (Before Christ) in "The earliest documented instances of piracy were in the 14th century BC", & at 7 points in the history section, should be BCE (Before Common Era) because this article is not religious in nature. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.127.105.30 (talk) 00:12, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Per MOS:ERA, either may be used, as long as they are consistent. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 00:38, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 July 2022

The third paragraph begins with “Presently”. I’m not sure if the author is using its actual definition “in a short while” or as “at the present time”. If the latter, my suggestion is to replace it with “Currently”. 2600:1700:4600:4EA0:38CE:653E:E7F3:4CC4 (talk) 04:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)