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Merge

Disagree - The intricate details of the military operation and the units involved are only going to grow. They are already too big for the event page. The event and the military operation are two distinct subjects. Tale 07:39, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BTW I noticed User:Nick Dowling has recorded his Disagree on the other talk page (but the discuss link points here). Tale 07:43, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, it seems quite normal for a military operation to have its own page. Operation Slipper is a mature example of a similar separate page. Tale 07:51, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree - the Operation Astute entry should evolve over time to cover the military aspects of the crisis and will be of lasting value. --Nick Dowling 07:31, 27 May 2006 (UTC) (thanks for pointing out my mistake Tale!)[reply]
Disagree the operation itself still warrants an article.--cj | talk 08:24, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree. 2006 East Timor crisis talks of the conflict in a general manner while Operation Astute is specific to the ops itself. __earth ^(Talk) 13:06, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree - the Op article will continue to grow in the coming days and weeks, and may itself have to be split into seperate articles. Justinbrett 13:13, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree logically seperate (crisis vs. foreign military operations) and keeps length from getting unwieldy. Eluchil404 15:59, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree. The details belong here. Potashnik 16:38, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree. This crisis has been going on for some time. The operation is very new. --Amynewyork4248 13:43, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the problems with the Operation Astute page are that (1) The named operation only includes the Australian forces - not the international forces as is implied on that page - the multinational force will probably be given some other operational name (2) Previous pages about specific military deployments seem to get merged into the main article given that they have very little enduring encyclopedic value (see RAMSI). --Peta 01:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Correction

Comment & Correction - There is no KD Merong Mahawangsa, but KD Mahawangsa. The reporter who had covered the news had made a mistake without realising about it. KD Mahawangsa derives its name from Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, or The Legends of Merong Mahawangsa, which is a staple in Malaysian literature education. Thus, it is a suspect that the habit of writing Merong Mahawangsa was brought over into their working lives. User:amlisk 30 May 2007.

Australian bias

this article is full of it, by hidding important info.--Pedro 13:56, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So fix it, citing references. --Scott Davis ^Talk 13:54, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Australian media, of all the English language media, has the most comprehensive coverage of the crisis, which is why primarily Australian sources are used. --bainer (talk) 15:43, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Would you care to provide some examples of this bias? --Nick Dowling 08:33, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some background

Hello, check this page and this collection of news articles for further background informations! cheers --Lofor 18:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Current event

i dont not believe this this still a current event. remove currenn event label? Eevo 19:53, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The fighting is still going on. There are only no updates here. Compare it to the German article, which is frequently updated. --J. Patrick Fischer 19:12, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hehe, i would love to compare but my German is limited to only army terms. :) the german page may be updated often, but the situation isnt changing rapidly, hence no need of the current evetns label Eevo 19:52, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, ther is now a new UN-mission since Wednesday and PM Ramos-Horta said, he will resign, if the fighting is not stopping. The rebel Reinado escaped from prison and so on... ;-) --J. Patrick Fischer 10:36, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]