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The references in this article have become something of a mess. I have gone through the list of books etc and fixed nurmerous errors and enhanced some.
I am keen to tackle sorting out the actual article references which are a mix of Harvard and adhoc references. If noone objects, I'm going to jump in and do that.
I have found that using direct references in the text, and not Harvard, seems to last better here as more editors understand it. BoonDock (talk) 20:02, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I know I’m a little late on responding here but for what it’s worth I say 100% you should/that would be a very much needed and positive contribution. OgamD218 (talk) 07:48, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The article seems curiously lopsided. For instance, the 'Imperial involvement' section seems far longer than is merited. The section on Canada alone - which let's face it was of pretty marginal importance by any standards - is as long on that on Concentration Camps, which seems bizarre to say the least. I suppose that this sort of thing often occurs in Wikipedia articles: someone with specific interests comes along and thinks a particular aspect of an article deserves more attention. Then, unless there is an overall editor, that greatly inflated contribution will stay there however insignificant it is compared to other important aspects. So would someone like to do some serious and drastic editing? BobBadg (talk) 18:10, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For some curious reason, Canada's involvement is always hugely well documented and even exaggerated in articles such as this, so I assume it's the same single editor doing it.
The article is biased in general though and badly needs attention. Casualties are hugely lopsided because British wounded are included but Boer are not, etc. if those figures aren't known that's one thing, but as it stands it's very misleading. 2A00:23C5:CE1C:DB01:F7AD:9BF0:3E1B:9971 (talk) 01:30, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The name Boer War is archaic. It has been known as the South African War (1899-1902) for quite some time, because more diverse groups were involved in the conflict. This really should be corrected 41.150.250.78 (talk) 17:51, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
level-5 vital article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
