Talk:Libertatia

message: If we take the original usage of the world libertarian then we can definatly say that the anarchists there were libertarian. But the word libertarian in this page links to American Libertarianism, which is actually classical liberalism. If these pirates operated collectivly, that means that their philosophy was libertarian socialist, not classical liberal or American Libertarian. Shouldn't that be changed to reflect this?
-69.123.9.255 18:20, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. The Ungovernable Force 18:40, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree about removing the libertarian term as well, likely the best bet would be to leave any attempts at labels out of this article. Theoretical anarchism is completely different from actual anarchism; likely it was a mix and blending of a numerous amount of ideologies. Placing a modern label on a historical (or fictional) society is little better than an attempt to attach one's own beliefs to what can be construed as an "utopian society". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.43.215.81 (talk) 00:21, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Yes, Misson dying before Tew gives us a firm date. Unfortunately the Life of Captain Misson contains other firm dates - his naval career before becoming a pirate clearly takes place some twelve years AFTER Tew's death, as he is said to have been present at actions which took place in 1707-08. I suspect that this inconsistency was introduced deliberately to show that the story was fictional. The Life is the only evidence - there's no archaeology to back it up, no earlier references, and later references all appear to derive from the Life. Every other life in the General History not only describes known persons but has actually come to look MORE accurate as more evidence has come tp light: the author was clearly very knowledgeable: but there is absolutely nothing which corroborates this story.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.189.160.36 (talk) 00:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Libertarian?

message: The main introduction and all primary sources quoted refer to it as "Libertalia", but the parentheses, general text of the article, and URL refer to it as "Libertatia". This should probably be standardized, either by changing all instances of -tatia to -talia in the article (and keeping -tatia in parentheses), or -tatia should be the first word of the article and -talia should be in parentheses. Since the quoted sources refer to it as -talia, I am in favor of the former.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.214.228.39 (talk) 03:53, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Libertalia" vs "Libertatia" 

message: "a purported anarchist colony ... under the leadership" - if it was real anarchy, there could not been a leader. By definition!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.70.44.176 (talk) 07:57, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leader? 

message: I placed some CN tags in the article as several statements are entirely unsourced. I also think at least one source (brethrencoast.com) is of dubious reliability. There is also an overuse of a primary source (A General History of the Pyrates). Pavlor (talk) 10:07, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations needed 

message: I don't see any mention of Libertalia or Libertatia in the online versions of A General History of the Pyrates (1724). Could anyone pick the correct quote where this place is mentioned first ? The older passage seems only to be in a book from 1825, a century later (found with Google Books). Thank you. Damouns (talk) 15:30, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I got it: it was in the second volume. Link to the Gutemberg project transcription: . Damouns (talk) 07:56, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation from ''[[A General History of the Pyrates]]'' 

message: The 2nd citation lists Daniel Defoe as the author of the referenced work, yet the wikipedia on the book clearly states he is unlikely to have written it. This note should be fixed. 172.102.183.128 (talk) 01:28, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second citation error? 

message: It's true that the fact that it was a republic is doubted by scholars however is it doubted that pirates were located in Madagascar? There seems to be that while its a myth that they established a "socialist republic" there seems to be a truth regarding Europeans regarding it as a quasi state. The source is: 
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Chefs-kiss (talk) 18:56, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion over Mythical Status