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Gaddafi

...taking control of the city. - do you not mean country? Or maybe even better: effectively ending the 2011 Libyan Civil War. 131.251.252.74 (talk) 15:31, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Dan Wheldon

Why are we including the name of the competition sponsors? We don't do this for any other sports items. Please remove 'IZOD' from the blurb. Modest Genius ^talk 19:16, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Lord's Resistance Army

Perhaps a better word would be "deploys," rather than "sends," since the blurb doesn't say anything about where the troops are going. Yes, it's implied, but to me saying something is sent somewhere requires the explicit mention of where it's being sent. Or maybe it's just me. C628 (talk) 22:39, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Um... what? I don't see the distinction between "deploy" and "send" you're talking about. Regardless, the blurb does say where the troops are going. Is "central Africa" not specific enough for you? -- tariqabjotu 23:54, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

I mean that it says central Africa is where the Lord's Resistance Army is located, but it doesn't say explicitly that that's where the troops are are going, hence the implied bit...to me, deploy is a more general verb, whereas send requires an origin and destination to me made clear...anyway, it really doesn't matter, just me being pedantic. C628 (talk) 01:37, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

• Saying they are armed incorrectly implies that these are combat troops. These guys are first and foremost advisers.[1] There was also hardly a consensus to post this. I would suggest removal. Marcus Qwertyus 06:55, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

  Removed armed; I agree this should be removed, but I have a conflict of interest as can be seen. — Joseph Fox 17:41, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.9.255.126 (talk) 21:53, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

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