Talk:Transition to the New Order

message: Just a message to anyone who may be editing this article, from the person who created it. Part of my hope with this article is to gather and sort as much available research on the topic of the timultuous period of late 1965-66 in Indonesia on the 40th anniversary of the events. An unofficial goal I am setting is to have this page be of such a quality that on March 11, 2006 (the 40th anniversary of Suharto taking power), it can be put in the "Selected Anniversaries" area of the main page, (e.g.: 1966: Sukarno assigns Suharto emergency powers over the nation in the outcome of the Indonesian Civil War, beginning the New Order period.)
Trying to piece together the events of these years, I find that there are a number of conflicting reports and interpretations of events, in which people very passionately hold on to their "take" on events. There is an "official" version by Suharto, and several unofficial versions by dissident Indonesians, American and British academics and former diplomats, muckraking journalists, leftists, rightists, etc. This is truly a Rashomon of history.
So it's my hope that those with a particular insight or expertise related to these matters will come forward and illuminate some of the more confusing issues. In no particular order, and excluding no one whose interest is piqued, these include
* Westerners who have a general interest or knowledge about modern Indonesia
* Indonesians who have a general interest or knowledge about the '65-'66 years and the aftermath.
* "War buffs" , experts on warfare, and experts on military history.
* Experts on military intelligence, espionage, and intelligence agency operations.
* People with knowledge of U.S. and U.K. Cold War foreign policy.
:comment retractedNunamiut (talk) 00:12, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Page created

message: Is it necessarily correct to refer to the perceptions of Chinese-Indonesians by Indonesians of other ethnicity as a "stereotype." According to the book "The Emergence of a National Economy" by 3 Western authors and 1 Singaporean author the average income of Chinese residents at this time was over eight times that of other Indonesians. Also, the violence was not only carried out by Indonesians of Malay descent. Attacks were carried out by Melanesians against Chinese-owned buildings in what became West Irian/Irian Jaya/Papau.
:That first point (that Chinese-Indonesians on average are more affluent) may be true, though it doesn't change that it's a stereotype to believe all Chinese are inherently more affluent. Moreover, the allegation that the Chinese were all simultaneously capitalists and behind the PKI is rather absurd, in the same way that Nazi propaganda that Jews were simultaneously conspiring to spread "Bolshevism" and enrich themselves as a race was absurd.
:Moreover, I pointed out that ethnic Malay Indonesians were used against the Chinese, because this friction had been established and exploited in the Malayan Emergency by the UK Secret Intelligence Service/MI6. On the attacks by Melanesians, I would by all means invite you to mention them in the article if you can provide some sources. As I think I mentioned above, I'm horribly deficient on knowledge of the actual fighting that took place outside of Jakarta. --Daniel 00:01, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What I'd love to see is the actual *distribution* of wealth within the population of the Indonesian Chinese, versus Indonesians in general.  It may be the case that the few tycoon such as Sudomo Salim are the largest contributors to the general perception of wealth, and hence talking about averages is closer to a stereotype than otherwise.  Proponents of the belief that Indonesian Chinese are wealthier than Indonesians should visit places like Tangerang, where the Cina Benteng farmers and laborers live.  They are not any more affluent than even the "average" Indonesian, yet they are ethnic Chinese and they are numerous.  I did a search on such statistics, at least to get both the "mean" and the "mode" of wealth among the different groups, but can't find anything so far.  One other aspect is that many Chinese Indonesians preferred to register as native Indonesians, and many get away with it.  These cases are more common among those on the lower economic rungs, as a means of affording extra protection for themselves, and to reduce the amount of extortion they face when they have to take care of bureaucratic stuff.  Julius.kusuma 16:59, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: "Stereotypes"

message: The six generals killed in the 30 September Movement are:
* Panglima Angkatan Darat Letjen TNI Ahmad Yani,
* Mayjen TNI R. Suprapto
* Mayjen TNI M.T. Haryono
* Mayjen TNI Siswondo Parman
* Brigjen TNI DI Panjaitan
* Brigjen TNI Sutoyo Siswomiharjo
Besides that, several other peopel were also killed:
* Lettu Pierre Tandean 
* AIP Karel Satsuit Tubun
* Brigjen Katamso Darmokusumo
* Kolonel Sugiono
* Ade Irma Nasution - General Nasution's daughter
Hayabusa future 11:57, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  G30S 

message: * Mayjen TNI Mursyid (One of the people considered to be Panglima Angkatan Darat on 1st October)
* Marsekal Omar Dhani (Air Force Commander)
Jakman 07:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Left Wing Generals 

message: * Mayjen TNI Umar Wirahadikusumah: Future Vice President and Commander of the Kodam Jaya on 1st October
* Mayjen TNI Basuki Rachmat
Jakman 07:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Right Wing Generals 

message: 213.172.204.59 16:39, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: On the 1965 Indonesian Massacres of civllians

message: just a quick google: indonesia + massacre, gave several sources.
And if google is anything to go by with their system of putting links to the most linked to and accepted in a kind of peer reviewing system,and having them appear first these should not be to extreme for even wikipedia to swallow.
http://www.hrea.org/
http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-headlines/markup/msg02504.html
http://www.hrsolidarity.net/mainfile.php/2005vol15no06/2463/
http://www.hrsolidarity.net/mainfile.php/2005vol15no06/2465/
http://skeptically.org/socialism/id17.html
http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/indonesia1965/
http://www.ahrchk.net/index.php
(the asian human rights commisson)
INDONESIA: How the West backed the massacre of a million people
Clinton Fernandes 
The destruction of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), 40 years ago following the seizure of power by pro-US military officers headed by General Suharto was a decisive event in the history of South-East Asia in the second half of the 20th century. 
By 1965, the PKI had three million members and was said to be the largest Communist party in the world outside of the Soviet Union and China. In addition to its large membership, about 15 million people had indirect connections to the party through their membership of peasant associations, labour unions and other social movement organisations led by PKI members. It was, according to a September 1, 1965, US National Intelligence Estimate, “by far the best organized and most dynamic entity in Indonesia”. 
Within a few months of the October 1, 1965, Suharto-organised military coup, however, the PKI would be destroyed in a cataclysmic campaign of political terror and mass murder carried out by the Indonesian armed forces (ABRI) and right-wing Islamic organisations.  
* According to a 1968 study by the CIA, “in terms of the numbers killed the anti-PKI massacres in Indonesia rank as one of the worst mass murders of the 20th century, along with the Soviet purges of the 1930s, the Nazi mass murders during the Second World War, and the Maoist bloodbath of the early 1950s”. At least one million Indonesians were slaughtered in the anti-PKI massacres. 
Nowadays, of course, Western policy-makers are trying to rehabilitate the Indonesian military's reputation in order to fight Jemaah Islamiyah. 
This article, therefore, examines Western support for this anti-PKI terror campaign, which seriously weakened Indonesian political life and set the scene for the emergence of Islamic terrorism in the region. For reasons of space, it takes up the story after the massacres had commenced.  Once the killings were underway, Western policy-makers and diplomats were keen to support the ABRI. The problem they faced was that President Sukarno's previous anti-imperialist rhetoric had resonated strongly with the Indonesian public. Any overt support would therefore serve only to expose the Indonesian army as a tool of the West. 
Sukarno's towering reputation presented a significant obstacle. A deft touch was required. US ambassador Marshall Green understood that economic aid should not be offered because economic difficulties hurt the reputation of the civilian administration, not the army. His military contacts told him that there was an urgent need for food and clothing in Indonesia but it was more important to let Sukarno and his foreign minister, Subandrio, “stew in their own juice”. 
Western media coverage
The information campaign in support of the killings was created along similar principles. The ABRI secretly urged that foreign news broadcasters not give the army “too much credit” or criticise Sukarno. 
Instead, they should emphasise PKI “atrocities” and the party's role in the mutiny by left-wing ABRI officers that preceded the Suharto-led coup.  While Sukarno could not be directly attacked, an Indonesian general offered to provide Western agencies background information on foreign minister Subandrio, who was regarded as more vulnerable. 
Australian ambassador Keith Shann was told by his superiors that Radio Australia should never suggest that the ABRI was pro-Western or right-wing. Instead, credit for the anti-PKI campaign should be given to other organisations, such as Muslim and nationalist youth groups.  
Radio Australia had an important role to play because of its high signal strength and huge audience in Indonesia. Its listeners included the elite as well as students, who liked it because it played rock music, which had been officially banned. It was therefore told to “be on guard against giving information to the Indonesian people that would be withheld by the Army-controlled internal media”.  
The Australian ambassador worked to ensure that it gave “prominent coverage” to “reports of PKI involvement and Communist Chinese complicity” while playing down or not broadcasting “reports of divisions within the army specifically and armed services more generally”.           
Another senior official recommended that Radio Australia “not do anything which would be helpful to the PKI”. Instead, it “should highlight reports tending to discredit the PKI and show its involvement in the losing cause”. 
The US, Britain and Australia co-operated closely in the propaganda effort. Marshall Green urged Washington to “spread the story of PKI's guilt, treachery and brutality”, adding that this was “perhaps the most needed immediate assistance we can give army if we can find [a] way to do it without identifying it as [a] sole or largely US effort”.   
* The British Foreign Office hoped to “encourage anti-Communist Indonesians to more vigorous action in the hope of crushing Communism in Indonesia altogether”. Britain would emphasise “PKI brutality in murdering Generals and families, Chinese interference, particularly arms shipments, PKI subverting Indonesia as the agents of foreign Communists”.  
* British ambassador Sir Andrew Gilchrist wrote: “I have never concealed my belief that a little shooting in Indonesia would be an essential preliminary to effective change”. 
Throughout this period, Western radio stations continued to recycle stories from Radio Jakarta or the army newspapers and broadcast them back to Indonesia. US embassy officials established a back-channel link through the US army attache in Jakarta, who regularly met with an aide to Suharto ally General Haris Nasution. 
* The US embassy also compiled lists of PKI leaders and thousands of senior members and handed them over to the Indonesian military. While these kinds of lists were based entirely on previous reporting by the PKI's press, they proved invaluable to the military which seemed “to lack even the simplest overt information on PKI leadership at the time”, according to a report Green sent to Washington in August 1966. 
General Sukendro, a senior army intelligence officer, secretly approached the US embassy in early October 1965, asking for assistance in the army's operations against the PKI. 
This included supplying “small arms to arm Muslim and nationalist youths in Central Java for use against the PKI”.   
* Green authorised the provision of 50 million rupiahs to the Kap-Gestapu movement, which was leading the anti-PKI terror campaign. He advised the State Department that there was “no doubt whatsoever that Kap-Gestapu's activity is fully consonant with and coordinated by the army. We have had substantial intelligence reporting to support this.”   Overall, the US provided the ABRI with money, medicines, communications equipment, weapons and intelligence. It was satisfied with the return it received on this investment. 
On February 21, 1966, Sukarno tried to reshuffle his cabinet and sack General Nasution as defence minister. 
But with the public cowed in fear of the killings, Sukarno's attempt to assert his authority failed. There were large demonstrations backed by the army, and on March 11 soldiers mounted a show of force outside the presidential palace.  Sukarno signed a letter of authority handing over executive power to General Suharto. 
He remained president until 1967, continuing to defend the PKI and to speak out against the massacres and anti-Chinese racism that accompanied them. Without access to the media, however, his speeches failed to achieve political traction. 
*In the wake of the massacres, Indonesia's pre-eminent cultural and intellectual organisations — the Peoples' Cultural Institute, the National Cultural Institute, and the Indonesian Scholars' Association — were shut down, and many of their members were arrested or imprisoned.  
*More than one and a half million Indonesians passed through a system of prisons and prison camps.
The PKI was physically annihilated, and popular organisations associated with it were suppressed. 
* The whole of Indonesian society was forcibly depoliticised. In village after village, local bureaucrats backed by the army imposed a control matrix of permits, rules and regulations. Citizens were required to obtain a “letter of clean circumstances” certifying that they and their extended families had not been associated with the left before 1965. Indonesian society became devoted to the prevention of any challenge to elite interests. 
*Control of the universities, newspapers and cultural institutions was handed to conservative writers and intellectuals, who collaborated with Suharto's New Order regime and did not oppose the jailing of their left-wing cultural rivals. Along with the violence, certain cultural values were strongly promoted. Discussion of personal, religious and consumerist issues was encouraged, while discussion of politics was considered to be in bad taste. The conservative establishment also monopolised Indonesia's external cultural relations.
Suharto would rule for more than 30 years until a popular uprising and a crisis-ridden economy forced his resignation on May 21, 1998. 
 
[Dr Clinton Fernandes is a historian and author of Reluctant Saviour: Australia, Indonesia and the independence of East Timor (Scribe, 2004). He is currently a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.]213.172.204.59 16:38, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: sources on the indonesian massacres of 1965 

message: * 'further comments: 
It gets very difficult to get anywhere serious or useful if one discredits what has become the new, (recent, and current,) mainstream version of events by calling it "POV". We are not talking about gossip magazines here. The sources provided are from the BBC, The ITV (UK), The official U.S. National Security Archive, and other official US sources, also The Washington Post, The Guardian and scores of other well known and respected newspapers. These are all very reputable and respected sources. (somewhat paraphrasing earlier similar comments by other users, but hopefully gets the point out). 
-- Sincerely John Smith (nom de guerre) 19:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  On "POV" - Furter comments and discussion

message: I don't think this sub-topic is accurate. In fact, in Bali, most of the massacre probably done by Hindu Balinese. And during Suharto reign, Indonesia was (and still) a secular country, compare to Malaysia and Brunei. If there is such thing, please add the citations. i don't want this wikipedia to be a bias media.141.213.66.81 01:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Say "please" per WP:CIVIL. --Merbabu 07:14, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Firstly, Ricklefs (1991), A Modern History of Indonesia, 2nd edition, p.287 "...the worst massacres were in Java and Bali". Also, the documentary "Shadowplay" mentions - from memory - 40,000 deaths in just two weeks. There are many sources - but, this is not mentioned in the article. It should be added. --Merbabu 07:18, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rise of islamism (Citation needed) 

message: The article name "Overthrow of Sukarno", which although an improvement on the old "Indonesian Civil War", is still problematic. Davidelit's suggestion of "Transition to the New Order" strikes me as a vast improvement. Are there other suggestions? We need to change this. But it's not urgent - let's discuss and get it right first.   --Merbabu 06:38, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How about keeping this as the overview/mother/summary page - ie, part of the template series from which the other more detailed articles hang off? So, this article would mention and tie together the failing Sukarno regime in the 1960s, the "coup", the killings, Supersemar, then the entrenching of the new New Order. lol - that's essentially the 1960s(!) but to me it makes sense. Then, we can have separate more narrowly defined articles as required for more detailed coverage - such as Supersemar. That's pretty much how we handled Indonesian National Revolution - there are maybe two dozen articles that hang off the mother page. What do you think? --Merbabu 13:42, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea- better a completed and sufficient overview page - then things can develop from that - i like the idea SatuSuro 13:54, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Merbabu's point is a good one, but I think it is important that there is sufficient information about the process, which was fairly linear in nature, of the overthrow of Sukarno so readers can go to "hanging off" articles for more info, but still get a good idea of the Gilchrist document -> Dewan Jenderal rumors -> G30S -> ABRI's careful and incremental attacks on the PKI -> Supersemar -> Suharto's creeping coup -> Suharto becoming acting president -> Suharto becoming president process. Davidelit 15:30, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wasn't saying this article was 'complete' - but I do feel that each "period" in the template should have a mother article, from which we hang more detailed ones. --Merbabu 08:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "[[Overthrow of Sukarno]]" => "Transition to the New Order"

message: This page is now getting lengthy. I think there is enough information about to justify this page covering the enture Sukarno-Suharto transition (ie from the initial blaming of the PKI to the gradual erosion of Sukarno's power via demonstrations, the Supersemar and the MPRS decrees) only, with the G30S section put on a page of its own. I am currently putting together the G30S page (offline), but would like to suggest that large chunks of Transition to the New Order be cut and pasted onto it, and then more detail added about the transition process to this page. As this would be a major change, I would like to hear the views of others before going ahead. Any thoughts? Davidelit 09:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is a good idea - as long as this article remains as a summary that at least mentions each part of the period. Although, i don't think it's length actual word count is a problem, but perhaps its too long and meandering in nature which is more a comment on quality than quantity. --Merbabu 10:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks so much for taking the initiative, Davidelit.  Great ideas!  The Anderson theory would be good on a G30S page and the "was the PKI involved" section too.  My only request is that we maintain a fairly good chunk of the conspiracy controversy.  I mean, this transitional time, as its been called here, is one of the most impt. periods in "Indonesia's" long history.  The New Order (and the state to this day) pounded the official version of G30S into the populace for four decades (counting the post-Soeharto yrs).  So a solid discussion of the conspiracy has remain here: it was the raison d'etre for the New Order.  If we truncate the events here we may end up inadvertently diminishing the singular event used as an excuse for Soeharto's rise, and the event which was used to help rationalize/characterize the New Order.  In sum, great call, Davidelit. Cheers, --Smilo Don 14:53, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed Changes

message: How do I break this to all of you? I know from reading this talk page that a tremendous amount of effort was expended in the struggle to come up with an acceptable name for the article. But I'm afraid that the current name is so generic and non-specific that it is utterly devoid of meaning for the average (i.e. non-specialist) reader. It could mean just about anything! At the very least, the title has got to include some reference to Indonesia. Sorry guys, but it's back to the drawing board... Cgingold (talk) 07:44, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nah go on you are joking surely - try something else - it took also a year to get an intransigent i own the article (viz WP:OWN withstanding) to even budge on indonesian civil war (which it wasnt) - and if you want really exciting reading (not) try the word java and what has happened to it while it was temporarily overtaken by geographically challenged computer geeks - I wouldnt apologise if I were you - just remember it has taken over a year and half to get to the current title - just add the word Indonesia in the title if you are that worried about it - why not consider how many other nation states on this poor little lump of rock had the term new order in their historical chronology - not many. As for New and Better - bah humbug - there will never be a better name for the subject and as for new - that in itself is a redundancy - it was for the victims of the era known by acronyms that most editors have not chosen to put up as a title - just add indonesia and try to drop the new and better from your vocabulary - if you know how many people suffered because of it - i would devote more time and energy to content than titles - and after watching the java saga and this article saga - i would even come out of pseudo retirement to be ready to debate in the nicest possible way to anyone who wants to tinkle further than add the word Indonesia. cheers, selamat hari raya dan tahun baru - matur nuwun and see ya later SatuSuro 08:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transition to a New & Better Name 

message: "By 1965, the PKI extensively penetrated all levels of government and gained influence at the expense of the army." "In contrast to the stormy nationalism, revolutionary rhetoric, and economic failure that characterised the early 1960s under the left-leaning Sukarno, Suharto's pro-Western "New Order" stabilised the economy and created a strong central government." "...a left-wing faction overlapping with the Communist Party of Indonesia and the Comintern of which it was a part." And the entire conspiracy theories section. All this needs to be cited soon, or I will go through it and excise the broader claims. For example, there are several reasons for the stability of the economy, the most important being the fact that Western funds were suddenly available. --Relata refero (disp.) 08:42, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem. Can be cited - I will take the above to mean that you will at least let people make the changes. But please don't assume that because the article is not perfect that what is not cited needs to be removed. --Merbabu (talk) 08:45, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Anything that overstates the stated reference should eventually be removed. We're not here to repeat anti-imperialist conspiracy theories or, equivalently, blame the victim. This has to be written neutrally and without judgments of the sort visible in the lede. No tearing rush, however. There is no WP:DEADLINE. --Relata refero (disp.) 08:48, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Relata will indeed need to show his cites as much to support his views - as the few eds of the indonesian project might find theirs - soon - if agf is exercised is not that soon at all  SatuSuro 08:51, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A request for cites is perfectly fine - particularly if they are specific. If one looks at the section above, the lead is new and done in round-about manner, in that I did it before I fixed the body. (and the new lead was in response to another suggestion of pov). I will attempt to look into it by adding the info to the body with the cites as I go. --Merbabu (talk) 09:15, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

text: As there are three articles so far included in this discussion - please take it to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indonesia  unless it is very specific to a particular item of information here - thanks SatuSuro 09:26, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

text: And I will go through the articles adding inline cites - I think I have most of the necessary info, and tomorrow is a public holiday here :-)  Davidelit (talk) 02:39, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm - that's a good offer. On the other hand, I've been promising a bit of a re-write for the last 12 months. So, do the cites, and I will retain what you cite (if I ever get around to it). Cheers. --Merbabu (talk) 03:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Works for me. I will cite what you retain. I'll be careful as confusion might blight the slight cite rewrites. All right? Davidelit (talk) 03:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cripes. Seriously though, your time is limited - just limit your work to citing what might be deemed controversial/contestable. Ie, the date for Supersemar is not contested. Remove what you think is bull or irrelevant. And if anyone has any more issues, then they can add cite tags. In short, don't get to hung up about it. :-)  --Merbabu (talk) 03:51, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tags 

message: Although citing is not a problem (and I'd be doing it if I wasn't writing here now), I'm wondering whether these points are actually in dispute?...
*"By 1965, the PKI extensively penetrated all levels of government and gained influence at the expense of the army." 
*"In contrast to the stormy nationalism, revolutionary rhetoric, and economic failure that characterised the early 1960s under the left-leaning Sukarno, Suharto's pro-Western "New Order" stabilised the economy and created a strong central government." 
*"...a left-wing faction overlapping with the Communist Party of Indonesia and the Comintern of which it was a part."  (hmmm - not sure about that one).
*Conspiracy Theory section - I'm not too familiar with it, but it can be worked on.
enough talking for now --Merbabu (talk) 09:24, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As there are three articles so far included in this discussion - please take it to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indonesia  unless it is very specific to a particular item of information here - thanks SatuSuro 09:26, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: In detail

message: User:Relata refero would be assisting editors a great deal if clarified whether his concerns are a indeed "balance" or, simply a lack of citations. I suspect it is in fact more of the latter - or the latter giving the impression of the former. Note, there is a reasonably extensive and long standing list of general references. 
Given that there is yet to be anything particularly outrageous pointed out, then citation requests are a far more positive and constructive approach that can be acted on, rather than blanket accusations of imbalance (whatever that means on the day). Not only constructive, but it shows good faith and spirit of collaboration in doing a bit to help what we all know are far from perfect articles. Indeed, a general note requesting citations already exists, and new cite request tags were placed. 
Thus, I will be removing the less than helpful imbalance tags soon if no further response is made. --Merbabu (talk) 12:33, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And I will go through the articles adding inline cites - I think I have most of the necessary info, and tomorrow is a public holiday here :-)  Davidelit (talk) 02:39, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm - that's a good offer. On the other hand, I've been promising a bit of a re-write for the last 12 months. So, do the cites, and I will retain what you cite (if I ever get around to it). Cheers. --Merbabu (talk) 03:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Works for me. I will cite what you retain. I'll be careful as confusion might blight the slight cite rewrites. All right? Davidelit (talk) 03:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cripes. Seriously though, your time is limited - just limit your work to citing what might be deemed controversial/contestable. Ie, the date for Supersemar is not contested. Remove what you think is bull or irrelevant. And if anyone has any more issues, then they can add cite tags. In short, don't get to hung up about it. :-)  --Merbabu (talk) 03:51, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 29 April

message: Sukarno himself is quoted as saying only 78,000 were killed. Adam Malik stated 160,000. Also I think you should also write that only Western scholarship consensus agrees on a contentious figure of 500,00 which inflates every year. In Indonesia itself- 500,000 is considered a gross exaggeration, pan-politically.
Here's the relevent link- commonly used by academics:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat3.htm#Indonesia
which states the MEDIAN estimate of 19 sources (which you do not elect to name)- is 400,000.
BUT Clodfelter: states "estimates vary from 150,000 to 500,000" and "more widely accepted": 200,000 to 250,000.
Please correct this error to make the article as intellectually honest as possible.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.161.131.109 (talk) 18:58, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death toll incorrect 

message: Is it possible in WP to reorganize/consolidate all the info on this discussion page? Very hard to follow multiple threads on similar topics, such as title of WP entry, death toll, etc.
Article as I found it in April 2009 still had plenty of POV. For example, the phrase "stand up to Sukarno". He was the President, for God sake! Didn't SBY wait 3 or 4 years before repealing the law about criticizing the Indonesian President?
There is also a strong undercurrent of "left wing vs right wing generals" that almost completely lacks in-text citations. If you read history from shortly before this tumultuous period (e.g., Kahin & Kahin's seminal Subversion as Foreign Policy about Permesta period), the simplistic division of left and right becomes blurry. So, I wonder why that dichotomy should be axiomatic in this WP entry.
Please look at revisions without resorting to knee-jerk "reverts". There are plenty of places where this WP page needs polishing of grammar, regardless of disputes about content. Martindo (talk) 12:28, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: REply to part - the talk page is getting too long and should be archived (we usually archive rather than ever re-organise) - you have a problem with the article - please help improve - the project is short on editors who actively either read the material you talk about - or have the adequate literacy of the general threads of academic debate from either close to the time or more recent trends - if you know about it please contribute!! SatuSuro 01:57, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganize the Discussion Page? 

message: No citations in this short section, which appears to overlap other sections. Most of the content is vague. The left-right split is concisely introduced at the end of the preceding section (Background) and then developed later, so why do we need this short section at all? I recommend cutting it.
In addition, *no* mention is made of land reform on this page, so the reader is given the impression in this section that peasants (a POV label?) mysteriously organized and allied themselves with PKI. A more thorough analysis would clarify that land reform was a serious issue, rooted partially in landlords having bought land at heavily discounted prices from departing Dutch in the early years of the republic -- philosophical and legal questions arose about whether those colonialists "owned" such land after independence. (Similar arguments arose when Timor gained independence.) Martindo (talk) 01:29, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You make some good points. Land reform probably should be mentioned (in the background section?) But, I don't believe that notable info necessarily has to be long or the point an indeed significance to be expressed. Ie, rather than devoting a section to a pivotal and/or topic, one only needs to write one to sentences and point out that they were "pivotal" and/or "central". Why not add the info (by using good referencing) but keep it concise? The rest of us can always change it in the wikipedia way (he he). regards --Merbabu (talk) 08:57, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Military Split section 

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