On 10/9/05, actionforum(a)comcast.net <actionforum(a)comcast.net> wrote: It's hardly a *major* branch. But it gets three paragraphs compared to the much better established anarcho-syndicalism which gets seven. But how the anarcho-syndicalism article manages to get by without mentioning the Spanish Civil War and the CNT is beyond me, so I agree that the anarchism articles are a mess. Well, do you not see that all you're talking about is a tit-for-tat affair? What does the issue of killing people trying to escape Cuba have to do with the question of whether we call Batista or Castro dictators? Both of them instituted a government by force of arms, so they would both fit the traditional standard. Shah Pahlavi, for that matter, when dismissed by Massadeq, was reinstalled by military force, so I guess we could call him a dictator too. But the editors of the Pahlavi article, for whatever reason, are not squabbling. The spanish title and a Hmm, let's see: "Adolf Hitler (April 20 1889--April 30 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) of Germany from 1934 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party." That wasn't difficult, was it? And here's a familiar chap: His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (in [[Persian]]: محمدرضا شاه پهلوی) (October 26 1919--July 27, 1980), was the last reigning Shah of Iran to date, ruling from 1941 until 1979. He is also known by the deferential title Aryamehr (meaning Light of the Aryans). Very controversial fellows, but no problem calling them by their formal titles. Presumably the fellows writing those articles realise that they're writing an encyclopedia, not a poxy little political pamphlet. I see. Your objection is that the article doesn't employ the same shorthand as the political leaders of your own country (and please, don't try to lump Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Britain and Ireland in with the USA. We don't like it when you do that). Two determined sets of edit warriors face each other across the wasteland of Khmer Rouge, which until recently had been protected from editing for ninety days out of one hundred. Adjudicating *anything* in those circumstances would be recognised by all involved as a great advance.