Talk:General Butt Naked

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General Butt Naked was nominated as a good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (May 28, 2007). There are suggestions below for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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If a special warfare center is named after him, it's impossible to find any other mention of it than that blog entry. I'm taking it out.

Fair enough. As an aside, I don't think it would be slander to say so, as I don't think it would necessarily be a negative. But I've been looking for other sources as well, and couldn't find anything, and a blog entry isn't very reliable. That being said, when one reads the blog - if it is a flat-out invention, it's an oddly-placed one, very random... Zafiroblue05 20:44, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am still suspicious of this article. If this man actually exists, the only evidence of his bizzare claims being true is that he had said so. A plausible alternative is that he may be engaging in "lying for Christ" - what else could be more persuading than "I have been an insane war criminal, but now Christianity has saved me"? Compare American fundamentalists [1] claiming "I have been a victim and/or perpetrator of satanic ritual abuse, but now ..." - you get the idea. - Mike Rosoft 16:18, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look here or here or here. Multiple credible sources - books published major American university's presses, articles in non-tabloid newspapers in South Africa and Scotland - take it at face value. The objection that he is now exaggerating his past for the sake of evangelizing is a good one; to some extent, his exaggerating is probably likely.

But I think it is highly unlikely that he doesn't exist at all, and the colorful nickname he received is at least one example of an outside source (the nickname had to come from somewhere, and wouldn't have been invented by a Christian evangelist or after-the-fact sensationalist reports - it's too good!). I think it's clear that he existed and was a particularly crazed warlord, as warlords go. The details could be incorrect, and I'm marking them more clearly as just claims. But there's at least basis of truth here that one can't deny, IMO.

In addition - if the sources say the stories are true, which they do, it's original research to say that they're NOT true. All we have to go on is what other people say, not what WE say. zafiroblue05 | Talk 19:49, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(On that basis, I'm going to remove the verify tag. The article's claims ARE verfied by outside, independent, trustable sources. zafiroblue05 | Talk 00:23, 24 March 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Another source for the nakedness/wig stuff - possibly could use as reason for why he and his troops dressed the way they did... zafiroblue05 | Talk 03:29, 5 April 2006 (UTC) http://www.slate.com/id/2086490/[reply]

The added source of his autobiography is useful, but as mentioned by others it must be kept in mind that his platform is very much that of the "reformed warlord" so there is a motivation behind it, especially given his current occupation as an Evangelical Minister. If anyone could include quotes from the documentary "The Love of Liberty", that would enhance the article with some recent footage of him. I do not think there can any longer be a debate about his actual existence given the numerous cross references in published sources regarding his wartime activities. This article should be monitored for quotations taken from questionable websites. (Published sources are available such as his autobiography and newspaper articles. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.128.195.46 (talk) 19:21, 26 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

the man's a nut... obviously should have been imprisoned in a psych ward somewhere, for all the things he's done or claimed to have done... but there was a short article on him on CNN.com today so I guess he is a real figure... he even walked the streets selling audiocassettes of his surmons at one time. 71.234.109.192 (talk) 11:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's all true.

It's all true. I just saw it on the History Channel today http://www.history.com/shows.do?episodeId=217237&action=detail

The show is called Heroes Under Fire and the episode is named Escape from Liberia. They had special operatives from the US government on talking about their experiences with the Butt Nakeds and General Butt Naked.

This should be in Ripley's Believe it or Not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.215.44.189 (talk) 04:57, 21 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I'll admit, when I first saw this article I thought it had been severly vandalised...--64.230.2.204 (talk) 21:49, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Failed "good article" nomination

This article failed good article nomination. This is how the article, as of May 28, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: Pass

2. Factually accurate?: Pass ^{[citation needed]}

3. Broad in coverage?: Fail This could be expanded and split into sub-sections

4. Neutral point of view?: Pass

5. Article stability? Pass

6. Images?: Fail Not a single image, there should be an image which is correctly sourced etc.

When these issues are addressed, the article can be resubmitted for consideration. If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to a GA review. Thank you for your work so far. — The Sunshine Man 11:36, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, an image is not required for an article to attain the Good Article status, but this particular article fails to meet a whole lot of Good Article criteria, starting from such basic issues as inappropriate tone and style, possible POV problems, dubious use of sources, lead section in need of expansion and many others. PrinceGloria 11:42, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Move to General Butt Naked?

Per the common names policy. I think that very few people know him by his real name. --Banana (talk) 20:25, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, the BBC article says he is best know as General Butt Naked [2] Qrsdogg (talk) 21:18, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alright I'm going to go ahead and move this. --Banana (talk) 23:22, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

{{edit protected}} This article is move protected (only semi for editing). Based on the above discussion, please move the article to General Butt Naked. --Banana (talk) 23:31, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please make a request at WP:Requested moves with a link to the above section. Mr R00t ^Talk ^'tribs 00:38, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for the quick response. --Banana (talk) 01:26, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

current residence

On the article it says his family is hiding in ghana, this is not true. He was only in a refugee camp in ghana. he is now back in liberia with a ministry for ex rebels.