Talk:Ahmad Shah Massoud

Date of birth

Massoud was born on September 2, 1953[1] and died in Khwaja bahauddin disrtict in Takhar provience in Afghanistan.[2]

Fair use image

File:Ahmad Shah Massoud.jpg is now fair use and the lead image. We dont know anything about the photo, it appears to be a 'known' portrait because it was used in the event File:Abdul Rahim Wardak in Kabul April 2010.jpg, if the photo is unknown they will not use it. Thats however all we know. [:File:Ahmad Shah Massoud.jpg]] was an attempt to find a free image, our search for free images often leads to 'bad but free images', under fair use we can have a little more focus on quality in our search for images. If we decide to use a fair use photo we should use the best we can use inside the restrictions of fair use policy. Thats possibly the portraits by Reza Deghati of 1985 or later portraits by him who highly influenced the public image of Massoud in the western hemisphere. All portraits have been published in Massoud, des Russes aux talibans, 20 ans de résistance afghane (the 1985 portrait is the cover image). The 1985 portrait was first published in France and/or National Geographic in the U.S., so it is not free but should be ok under fair use with an appropriate image caption.
Aditionally I removed File:Cmdt massoud ill artlibre jn.png from the article. That scribbling is trash, even no image in the article is better than that. --Martin H. (talk)

Neutrality

This article is by no means neutral. Where are the denunciations of the crimes committed against civilians by their terrorists (1, 2, 3)?--Falerístico (talk) 12:50, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

This article is very well sourced. All reference are considered to be very reliable. Your links on the other hand are by no means neutral nor informed about Massoud himself. An opinion-ed in some unknown online blog called the Weekend Post by a Pakistani agent who writes: "He thrives on war. He eats, drinks and inhales war." is a polemic peace of nothing and by no means reliable as a source. Rawa is a maoist organization based in Pakistan, although doing valuable work on some fronts, politically they denounce each and every political adversary with smear campaigns including some human rights organizations. JCAla (talk) 19:21, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

The article may contain references, but that does not mean the article is neutral. Editors highlight phrases praising this terrorist and a traitor to his country. I did not edit because I can not write well in english, but I wanted make this complaint.--Falerístico (talk) 10:07, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Some people complain say this man is a terrorist. Other people say this man is a freedom fighter. There is honestly a dispute of opinion, but the Wikipedia page doesn't do reflect that dispute and instead present one POV side. I don't know enough about this guy, but I do know that a biased Wikipedia article is not one that I want to read. No, I don't want to read Taliban propaganda. I also don't want to read Massoud propganda, and this entire article is Massoud propaganda. I reinserted that NPOV tag, so that at least people know what is going on.--50.15.180.29 (talk) 19:41, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

@ JCAla - Like Falerístico mentioned, the article may contain some references, but there is no way we can call this a neutral article. It is heavily biased, pro Massoud and anti Talebans & Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. (Ketabtoon (talk) 05:32, 13 August 2011 (UTC))

Photographs/Interview

I have a number of photographs that I took of Ahmad Shah Massoud in 1991 that you would be welcome to use for your site, if you'd like to. You can see the photos at asmassoudphotos.redbubble.com. I also have an interview with Massoud that has never been translated into English; I'm hoping to have something available in time for the 10th anniversry of his martyrdom. Do you speak Dari? Interested in taking a listen? You can reach me at benjaminpendleton@gmail.com. Thanks, Ben Pendleton