Talk:Righteous armies

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Latest comment: 1 year ago by Paine Ellsworth in topic Requested move 1 September 2023

More background?

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The article could use some coverage of uibyeong activities during the Japanese and Manchurian invasions of middle Joseon. I believe that is when the term "uibyeong" first emerged, at least in its modern Korean meaning. Anyone want to take a crack at it? -- Visviva 08:35, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Article needs to be improved

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I will try to improve the article with my current knowledge but we need someone who is better versed in this part of Korean History other Resistance Armies need to be added an Armies and order of battles needs to be improved as well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Easternknight (talkcontribs) 22:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC).Reply

April 2019

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I edited out the claim that Britain supported Japan's colonisation of Korea and the assertion that Britain supplied weapons to the occupying force -- see here for more evidence that Britain did not play such a role :

Britain was unwilling to protect Japanese interests in Korea and likewise the Japanese were unwilling to support Britain in India. Hayashi and Lord Lansdowne began their discussions in July 1901, and disputes over Korea and India delayed them until November. At this point, Hirobumi Itō requested a delay in negotiations in order to attempt a reconciliation with Russia. He was mostly unsuccessful, and Britain expressed concerns over duplicity on Japan's part...

The High Contracting parties, having mutually recognised the independence of China and Korea, declare themselves to be entirely uninfluenced by aggressive tendencies in either country, having in view, however, their special interests, of which those of Great Britain relate principally to China, whilst Japan, in addition to the interests which she possesses in China, is interested in a peculiar degree, politically as well as commercially and industrially in Korea, the High Contracting parties recognise that it will be admissible for either of them to take such measures as may be indispensable in order to safeguard those interests if threatened either by the aggressive action of any other Power, or by disturbances arising in China or Korea, and necessitating the intervention of either of the High Contracting parties for the protection of the lives and properties of its subjects.

The treaty laid out an acknowledgement of Japanese interests in Korea without obligating Britain to help should a Russo-Japanese conflict arise on this account. Japan was not obligated to defend British interests in India.

My comment -- Britain softened its stance against Japan in 1905, but even then, they did not actively support Japan -- and the Treaty with Japan was all over by 1919.

Suggesting Britain backed the invasion and supplied the weaponry to occupy and control is a weak, unsubstantiated claim --

See the links here -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Japanese_Alliance#Demise_of_the_treaty — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.83.217.56 (talk) 07:08, 11 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Plural title

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Hi, the title is currently "Righteous army", but I think it should be plural.

Reasoning: While under WP:PLURAL, most article titles are generally singular, I think the various righteous armies are clearly a class of things. It's also immediately clearer that the scope covers multiple armies instead of just one toobigtokale (talk) 11:45, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 1 September 2023

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Righteous armyRighteous armies – Per WP:PLURAL, I think the various righteous armies are a class of things. It's also immediately clearer that the scope covers multiple armies instead of just one. I myself was confused about which army this would be about until I read the lead. toobigtokale (talk) 11:47, 1 September 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. The Night Watch (talk) 13:57, 8 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Comment: @Paine Ellsworth Earlier today, I disambiguated this article for the sake of clarity, but seem to have accidentally stepped on some toes. I apologize for that. My impression was that this RfC discussion was about whether to change this article name from the singular to the plural. Disambiguating it from other uses of those terms, I thought, was irrelevant to that.
This article's hatnote led me to find three more notable uses of the term "righteous army" during the Boshin War, Russo-Japanese War, and in the hostilities prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War. There are semantic differences between the Chinese characters used for the Korean righteous armies (義兵) and the eponymously translated Japanese/Japanese-affiliated militias (義軍) that are very challenging to differentiate in English. Because of that, the name of this article ought to be revised with a disambiguator whatever the outcome of this RfC discussion's question. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:09, 14 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
Sorry that had to be done, editor CurryTime7-24. There is some controversy when an article is renamed to any title while a formal move request is still open. Your new page has been dabified at Righteous army (disambiguation), so nothing is lost. In cases like this, undiscussed page moves should be minimized, and since "Righteous army" is now the base name for this article's subject, this article is considered to be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for its subject. To move this page to a qualified Righteous army (Korea) will require a fresh move request at some point after this one has been closed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'er there 21:32, 14 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
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Note: WikiProject Military history has been notified of this discussion. UtherSRG (talk) 16:00, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
  • Support. From a quick perusal of the article, it seems that the righteous armies were loose, grassroots forces that organized at various times on an ad-hoc basis; consequently, I think the plural title best conveys these nuances (whereas a singular title might give the impression of a specific individual army, or an organized force with consistent activities). I also agree with the nominator's argument that the righteous armies are "a group or class of specific things" as outlined by WP:PLURAL. ModernDayTrilobite (talkcontribs) 16:31, 20 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
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