Talk:2008 global rice crisis

Re-named or Merged?

This article needs to be re-named or merged with the 2008 food prices article. --Madchester (talk) 17:54, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree it could be re-named, perhaps to Global Rice Shortage Crisis or the like. But I disagree it should be merged with the 2008 food prices article (and it is already linked from a subsection there) because the Rice shortage is a major crisis in its own right: Merging it with 2007–2008 world food price crisis would probably cause that article to become too lengthy, prompting requests that a section on Rice shortage be spun off into its own article. Riceshortage (talk) 13:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Has now been renamed, disagree in principle to merge, merge only if this article does not grow beyond the three or four sections now present.KTo288 (talk) 07:51, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Current Events tag?

While the article technically doesn't yet warrant a current events tag, it will if editors around the world feel free to frequently update the article with breaking developments. A mild Catch-22 is involved, in that daily updating by more than one editor may tend to happen only if the article is tagged as a "Current Event." Riceshortage (talk) 13:15, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Merged with Rice?

Conditionally, I'm OK with the article being merged with Rice, the reason I created the article in the first place is because of a surprising lack of explanation about the 'Rice shortage' crisis, in the article about Rice. If merged however, I strongly suggest that the section about the rice shortage be a significant subsection, and not just a few quick sentences about it. Riceshortage (talk) 07:36, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

I disagree with a merge. This topic is important enough to warrant its own page, and more information will become available as the phenomenon progresses. Brisvegas 06:25, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Disagree with mergeKTo288 (talk) 16:02, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Merger with 'Rice' - my opinion

I think there should be an early reference on the 'Rice' page to a 'World food price rise' page (it will probably last longer than 2007-2008), and to any page about 'Rice shortage'. People will expect to see a reference to the shortage / price rise when they visit the 'Rice' page, but the subject is too large to be included on that page.

I favour the inclusion of 'Rice' as a heading under 'World food price rise', rather than having a separate page, to avoid duplication of discussion. If there are special factors involved for rice in particular, these can be given under the heading. PandaName (talk) 15:32, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree on merging with the rice page, since that's where I first looked when I was in search for this page. Iaberis (talk) 18:05, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

freerice.com

Does freerice.com contribute to the rice shortage? This website should be discussed in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.122.87.33 (talk) 16:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

^this is spam and should be removed^98.70.220.188 (talk) 04:51, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

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