Talk:Battle of Nanking

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The image[edit]

There has been an slow ongoing edit war about this image for a while. I think for readers with familiarity in the historiography of Second Sino-Japanese War, the propaganda nature of this image should be apparent (as both the Chinese and the Japanese actively participated in producing photographies for their narrative). Personally I think it is fine to include this image, but the nature of the image should be indicated somewhere. One problem is that photos from the China Incident Photograph Album (where this photo was from) are not consistently propagandist, and I cannot find any sources explicitly calling out these images as propagandist, so I can see arguments for both sides. Any thoughts? Alex Shih (talk) 22:53, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve added a note stating it is from a Japanese source. The album contains many similar images whose accuracy is disputed by the Nanking massacre, so it’s likely to be propaganda.FormosaKMT (talk) 20:32, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I personally think that this photograph should be removed, because it isn't directly related to the text. All the other photographs depict events that are specifically mentioned in the article text. However, there is no mention in the article text about Chinese children playing with a toy tank. Out of all the photographs, this one seems like the odd photo out.Tessa Bennet (talk) 01:45, 25 February 2019 (UTC) ...[reply]


Edit request[edit]

Please update the hatnote

{{About|the 1937 battle|the 1853 battle|Battle of Nanjing (1853)|the 1864 battle|Third Battle of Nanking}}

to

{{About|the 1937 battle|other battles|Battles of Nanking}}

-- 70.51.45.46 (talk) 05:07, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Done DBigXray 05:46, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]