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Purged?

People that are "purged" generally die in the process. Maybe he was arrested or even just demoted in 1966, but obviously not purged. What did really happen? --Latebird (talk) 22:16, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is a misunderstanding of the word (kind of a reverse euphemism?). People who are purged are removed from office or from the party etc, but not necessarily killed. For example, I don't think many people were killed in the post-1968 purges in Czechoslovakia. The association with widespread killing is probably due to Stalin's purges (a.k.a. Bolshaya Chistka).

Ulanhu lost his position in Inner Mongolia's government and party, but I don't really know whether he spent the following years as a captive or just in some remote place in the countryside. I could look it up, but then the article is not particularly long yet anyway. Yaan (talk) 16:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At best the term is ambiguous, but usually it implies violence. Either way I think it is unwise to use it when talking about individuals. In most cases there are more accurate ways of saying what really happened to them (demoted, arrested, banned, sent to a labour camp, killed, etc.). --Latebird (talk) 18:55, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Maybe I should finally go to the library. Yaan (talk) 09:12, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese communist purges are usally demotions, expulsion from the party or imprisonment. "Purge" for chinese communists does not have the exact same conotations as it does for Soviet communists (although some of those imprisoned do die of "natural causes") —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.37.150 (talk) 23:59, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese communist purges also Struggle sessions, a form of public humiliation that also has violent elements. So that's more than demotions and imprisonment. Still, it's different from the Stalinist sense of "purge". 166.111.68.163 (talk) 07:45, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages.

The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion.

Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 19:39, 23 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]