Talk:Prisoner of war
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Prisoner of war was a good article, but it was removed from the list as it no longer met the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated. Review: April 19, 2006. (Reviewed version). |
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Current Prisoners of War
editTo complement all the historic information there should be a section on current prisoners of war. Of course it would need to be updated frequently. Roughly how many are there? By whom and in connection with what conflicts are they being held? Is their captivity merely alleged, or is it acknowledged by their captors; and in the latter case what is their status, possibly disputed, under the Geneva Conventions.CharlesHBennett (talk) 18:30, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Post World War II Content
editThe text; "Communist Vietnamese held in custody by South Vietnamese and American forces were also tortured and badly treated.[29]" is misleading and not supported by the source cited. That source deals with South Vietnamese political and peace activists who were arrested and imprisoned by the South Vietnamese police, govt, intel services, as well as military, not prisoners of war for the purposes of this article. Venqax (talk) 20:15, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Added reference to women's creative work as prisoners in Changi
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The handwork of the women civilian detainees in Changi was also dangerous and added from new citation. If there is a better page for this please redirect rather than delete. Thank you
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Kaybeesquared (talk) 17:42, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
Contradiction
editThe first sentence says that POWs are non-combatants, but the Qualifications section says that they must be lawful combatants. Jim Michael (talk) 19:03, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
- https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1559&context=ils XXzoonamiXX (talk) 10:16, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
I see this is fairly old but doesn’t seem to have been resolved? Could the confusion be that only lawful combatants qualify for POW status upon capture or surrender? OgamD218 (talk) 19:09, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
- And that once they are POWs, then they are non-combatants and have to be treated as such. That may have been the original intention.Venqax (talk) 17:06, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
Popular Culture, Two Questions Add Books? Move to its own Page(s)?
editI was surprised to find that this subject did not have its own page. It also deserves more than just a list. Surely there is history on and analysis of the fiction and non-fiction coming out of these experiences? I lack the time and the expertise Merry medievalist (talk) 19:48, 14 September 2023 (UTC)