Talk:Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989)

message: The topic overlaps with articles on Chin Peng and the CPM.  In addition the war seems to be more an intention on the part of the CPM than an actual fully-fledged conflict.--Jack Upland (talk) 02:07, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needed? 

message: It seems a large proportion of the article was copied from this PDF http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA505882 - (check) This document is 
TITLE: Malaysia’s Experience In War Against Communist Insurgency And Its
Relevance To The Present Situation In Iraq
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF MILITARY STUDIES
AUTHOR: Major Nazar Bin Talib, Malaysian Army
AY 2004-05
by  - I therefore conclude that the material is Public Domain.  Ronhjones  (Talk) 00:35, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added to the article's reference to this paper a disclaimer from the front of it, which states that the views are those of the author only and states that references to the document should include that disclaimer. JohnCD (talk) 09:20, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If that is the case, it is not appropriate fodder for a wp article that speaks in wp's voice.  Every statement would have to be treated the same as an op ed -- an opinion piece, reflecting one person's views, rather than an encyclopaedic piece.  IMHO.--Epeefleche (talk) 09:45, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  CopyPaste 

message: I have managed to cite most of the material in the article and I have also added several sources including Chin Peng's memoirs, Cheah Boon Kheng's short journal article, and several news articles in the Further reading section. Most of the article is still copied from Nazar Bin Talib's working paper but I'm trying to add in more balance and different perspectives. I've also added details about the Sarawak Communist insurgency. What do you think? Should it have a separate article of its own? There was little contact between the Sarawak and West Malaysian Communist guerillas. Chin Peng doesn't even mention the Sarawak Communist Organization in his memoirs. Feel free to share some ideas. Andykatib 20:11, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ideas 

message: In light of the above view I'm going to propose renaming this article to Communist Insurgency War (Malaysia). I'm a Malaysian myself, but I've heard the term "Communist insurgency" used in other countries to describe their own conflicts (ie Rhodesia, Ecuador, Peru, etc). I hardly think it's fair to describe this on Wikipedia as The "Communist Insurgency War" - furthermore, it doesn't actually have a widespread standardised name in Malaysia as far as I'm aware (when I talk to relatives who can remember the insurgency, I have to use the general term "emergency" or simply "war against the communists" before I can get them to understand what I'm talking about). Malaysian English-language media generally follows a similar line. --Katangais (talk) 22:48, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Note: I've also pinged the discussion here, for those interested. --Katangais (talk) 04:49, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Note 2: It has now been proposed we rename this to a more generally accepted term in English literature (I understand this may not be the case for Bahasa sources, but this is English Wikipedia): Second Malayan Emergency. --Katangais (talk) 22:00, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Move