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Footnotes need to be properly formatted

Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

For example, the footnote "Smith 56–57" should use the shortened footnote template and be formatted as {{sfn|Smith|YYYY|56–57}} so it links to the cited source. Footnotes like #63 "Aung", are particularly unhelpful. Yue🌙 19:41, 5 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Apparent Hypocrisy

Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

"He was a life-long anti-imperialist and studied socialism as a student", and yet "During the Japanese occupation of Burma, he served as the minister of war in the Japan-backed State of Burma". Like many Axis collaborators motivated by nationalism, it seems that Aung San was highly selective in WHOSE imperial rule he opposed. ~2026-71234-8 (talk) 11:58, 13 February 2026 (UTC)Reply