Talk:Siege of Sidney Street

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The article is biased against the anarchists.

First of all were they actually anarchists?

Second,is it really a given who their leaders were, or if they had any at all? Typically, the press as well as the police always need there to be a "leader" for the sake of a story.

I doubt I would be the 1st one posting this if we were talking about a "gang of christians" and "the christians" the did this or that.

The article now correctly describes the burglars as Latvian revolutionaries. Several, if not all, were supporters of the Social Democrats, who at that time and in that place, were revolutionaries.

At the time of the Seige they were referred to as anarchists, I believe because of revolutionary literature discovered by police and because some frequented an anarchist club in the area. Marshall46 15:59, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Robert Bentley

Robert Bentley was my great great (maybe great great great) Uncle, and this whole story absolutely fascinates me —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.33.16.99 (talk) 15:28, 6 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Assessment

An excellent article, has everything for a B class except references! Needs footnotes, or specific reference links rather than external links, to get a B. Great work though, good images. SGGH ^speak! 16:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Conflict of Information

There appears to be a confict in the information towards the end of the 'Hounsditch Murders' Section. In the second last paragraph is says that Tucker died almost instantly but a little further down it claims he died later that day in hospital. It could do with being researched a bit, or maybe rewritten for clarity?Violentbob (talk) 08:43, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I think the hospital reference should read "Bentley" rather than "Tucker" - I'll check my copy of Rumbelow when I get home tonight. Nick Cooper (talk) 12:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)