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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Thorbins (talk | contribs) at 13:09, 15 August 2008 (This article is only about protests against Russian involvement.: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Anti-Russian bias

There is a clear anti-Russian bias in the article. It was originally titled 2008 protests against Russian involvement in Georgia, which was worse, and there is still bias in the text. For instance, it says, "Russian army’s invasion in to Georgia", even though it is disputed who started the war (the Russian government claims Georgia attacked their peacekeepers) and Russia doesn't consider it an invasion. There should also probably be another article for protests in favor of Russia, which there also were. Superm401 - Talk 13:14, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is no anti-Russian bias in the article. Only facts are presented in this article. All article is being quoted. All events in this article are real and quoted. Please, present me with quotes, where this article has anti-Russian bias? Pleckaitis (talk) 14:03, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There is anti-Russian bias, and I gave you quotes, which you did nothing to address. Superm401 - Talk 11:34, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The lead in is somewhat misleading as it states "protests all over the World" in support of Georgia. However it only cites 8 actual countries and all of those countries, except the US, are in Europe. It would be more factual if the article said, "protests in European countries". As far as I know, there have not been any pro Georgia protests happening in Africa, the middle east, China, or South America. I have not seen any reports of protests in Australia, though I am sure that Australians oppose Russia's position on the matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.214.156.54 (talk) 14:28, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for this point of view. I think we must expand this article. Pleckaitis (talk) 15:03, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is a propaganda article detailing minor events to make it seem like there is some sort of popular movement against the Russian Federation. Who cares if 50 Russophobic activists gather outside an embassy? This is not encyclopedic material. This article should be deleted. --Tocino 05:07, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article is only about protests against Russian involvement.

From the name of the article it is clear that it is only about protests against Russian involvmernt. I think if there were some demonstrations that support Russian involvement you can create a separate article about them.