Talk:Gene Sharp

message: Any relation to Zerna Sharp?
*(Very funny). Hey, I've searched everywhere for the date of birth of this amazing human being and can't find it. Does anyone have a clue? (Alpheus 21:45, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see the section below, "Google search on Gene Sharp" for clarification about this issue. Piperh (talk) 07:41, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
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message: ...dates of birth. Rothorpe (talk) 19:23, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see the section below, "Google search on Gene Sharp" for clarification about this issue. Piperh (talk) 07:41, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: And then there were two

message: I have a problem with the way Sharp's central theory in his book Politics of Nonviolent Action has been described.  What is said about this threory is not, as it exists, incorrect but it is not actually a picture of his threories on political power and action which are the central problems the book addresses.  Right now the description laid out in the article merely describes a possible product or outcome of the application of Sharp's thesis but it is not the thesis itself.  I am going to provide a basic outline of these theories to clarify this crucial distinction.
It's fine to mention that Sharp's theory resembles Hume's, but I think to put the whole quote in is a little bit of overkill (considering this is Gene Sharp's entry and not Hume's)Katsam 09:44, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sharp's Central Theory

message: Interesting background on Sharp's influence on the Arab democracy movement. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 01:01, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
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message: With reference to the confusion about Google searches on Gene Sharp's name:
It is necessary to keep in mind that a search on a name that contains a common noun like "gene" and a common adjective like "sharp" will return a huge number of irrelevant hits unless the name is enclosed in quote marks, thus: "gene sharp" 
Keeping this in mind, follow this procedure:
1. Go to the www.google.com search page.
2. Click Language Tools.
3. In the Search for: box, type "Gene Sharp" enclosing the name in quote marks as I have done here.
4. Click the radio button Specific languages.
5. Choose Arabic.
6. Click Translate and Search.
When I follow these steps, I get 14,800 hits, and nearly all of them are clearly about the person in question, as they mention the Albert Einstein Institution, nonviolent resistance, or other key words and phrases that are obviously related. You will also notice that Google will often translate Sharp's name from Arabic to English as "Jane Sharp" rather than "Gene Sharp," suggesting that there is probably not a single way to transliterate his first name into Arabic.
The statement that "a Google search of Gene Sharp's name in Arabic turns up no hits" has been removed from the article.
Piperh (talk) 07:36, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google search on Gene Sharp in Arabic 

message: See  Otpor!#Srđa Popović and Ivan Marović.  99.181.139.218 (talk) 04:49, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
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message: **Gene Sharp interview by Amitabh Pal, March 2007 Issue 
Amitabh Pal, February 17, 2011 
*Gene Sharp's Nonviolent Impact by Amitabh Pal, February 17, 2011 
97.87.29.188 (talk) 00:24, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  2007/2011 resource, [[The Progressive]] 

message: There's been a request for a photo of Gene Sharp for quite some time, but no responses. Using the search tool that was mentioned in the template above, I see that there do seem to be some photos at Flickr. I wonder if someone who is an expert on photo permissions could tell us if any or all of these photos could be used in Wikipedia. Here are the links, in rough order of my own preference
* Closeup by chiarelettere; looks like a crop may have been used in publicity for the recent movie about Gene Sharp, How to Start a Revolution
* closeup, dark, by TwoCircles
* 45 degree view, distant, by TwoCircles
Possible Timeliness!: Getting a photo up could be timely, and put Wikipedia in a good light, since Gene Sharp is being mentioned in the media as one of the top 2 candidates for the 2012 Nobel Peace prize, to be announced next week on 12 October 2012. If anyone has the expertise to take this on, that would be great! Thanks -- Presearch (talk) 00:36, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo candidates - adequate permissions?  (timely for possible Nobel Prize winner next week) 

message: A few months ago someone added a subsection "1950s" under major works, and within that subsection added three entries. On closer inspection via Worldcat, all of these entries are merely journal articles or pamphlets. Thus they do not merit being under the header "major works". In my opinion they do not need to be listed on the page at all, since listing all of Sharp's pamphlets and journal articles seems more appropriate for his CV or his own website. However, it's possible someone will disagree. If you move them back, please make sure to treat them as merely minor works, and please be prepared to make a good case that minor works should be listed on the page. Here they are, as listed now in the "1950s" subsection, plus some newly added links to Worldcat and some libraries that actually revealed the page lengths. 
* A Typology of Non-violence, Periodical Mankind 12/1956, India (a revised version appeared in 1959: HERE, and it is only 26 pages. The first page says the typology's very first version was in Sharp's 1951 MA thesis. A chapter on this topic appeared much later as Ch. 10 in Gandhi as a Political Strategist) (26 pages)
* Which Way To Freedom, Cardiff 1957, idem Auf anderen Wegen, Hamburg 1958; , National Library of Scotland book page (16 pages)
* Tyranny could not quell them - How Norway's Teachers Defeated Quisling During the Nazi Occupation ..., London 1958;  (23 pages)
After saving this comment, I will delete the "1950s" subsection. --Presearch (talk) 06:46, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing pamphlets from list of "major works" 

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message: It's very weird that the website doesn't show the 2011 awards even at the end of the year or in early 2012. --Espoo (talk) 08:10, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  2011 Boston Film Festival awards 

message: Editors are invited to improve the article by providing a specific summary of Ciccariello-Maher's criticism.  I do not have access to the source. sirlanz 00:33, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism - Ciccariello-Maher