Talk:31st G8 summit

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There is mention of there being "possibly" 2000 US Marines at the event. I was there. There weren't. I've no doubt that there were Marines there but not 2000.

Why is Bush's bike accident considered worthy of inclusion into an encyclopedia entry?

Perhaps we should mention how the London bombing may divert attention from African aid to terrorism?

The article is good

SqueakBox

21:19, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

You can't consider a G8 summit outside of the context of the protests it sparks.

I agree. Make sure the coverage on the protests is balanced, but it definitely needs to be there. --Taramul July 9, 2005 17:35 (UTC)

I added a reference (link) for the paragraph which starts with the "700 people arrested" claim. NB: I discovered the wikipedia text is very close to linked article's text. I don't know if this is a cause for concern. Lambda kid (talk) 16:24, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Call me stupid (actually no, please don't), but where's the proof for this?

the US position of refusing to recognize the existence of global warming

I've heard about it before, but I want actual proof. --Thorns Among Our Leaves 7 July 2005 17:00 (UTC)

Until someone cites a source, that is probably a bit extreme. But the US position still doesn't seem to see it as a major issue, since Bush still doesn't appear to want to tackle it. There was apparently some disagreement on it between Bush and Blair this morning. Sonic Mew July 7, 2005 19:59 (UTC)

I don't see what we could do about global warming. The Earth has been warmer and colder in the past, and I really doubt that there is anything mankind can do to change it. Let's not forget that there was a large

glaciation. ~BRO-co03

July 8, 2005 00:30 (UTC)

Not the place for this discussion. But see eg Ruddiman in

global warming - arguing that we would be in an ice age again if it hadn't been for the invention of agriculture. Rd232

8 July 2005 06:28 (UTC)

It is true that earth keeps warming up and growing colder periodically, however I doubt the rate at which we're currently warming up can be considered normal, and even IF the major reason for the warming are natural cycles, we still should do our best to not push that process, don't you think? --Taramul July 9, 2005 15:34 (UTC)

I just don't think mankind can do much to change it. I believe if we try to do so it would cost too much and do too little. ~BRO-co03 July 9, 2005 18:20 (UTC)

Blair just gave a speech announcing they'd reach a deal on helping Africa. Can someone add the jist of it into the article? He basically said that he'd had to compromise some stuff but got the bulk of what's needed. America's supposedly "shown interest" in combating global warming by switching to modern technologies at some point in the future or something, so in other words absolutely nothing was achieved on the global warming front. --80.4.224.5 8 July 2005 11:45 (UTC)

Should this be called the 31st G8 summit? The group certainly haven't met as the 'G8' 31 times, so the name is slightly misleading.

I've been pondering this for a while. The other option is to name them by year, so

1998 G8 summit. Anyone have a preference? There's also the issue that the article covers the ministerial meetings and other activities before the actual summit. Maybe G8 in 2005 would be more accurate? - BanyanTree

8 July 2005 19:11 (UTC)

The year in which the summit commenced should be part of the title. The summit deals with contemporary issues, thus is is logical to include the year in the title, so the meeting can be put into the correct context at a glance. It is less important to know that it was the 31st of its kind than that it happened in 2005 and dealed with issues of this time. I suggest to rename it

2005 G8 summit. That also deals with the fact that it wasn't called the G8 during all its summits. --Taramul

July 9, 2005 15:32 (UTC)

Note - I created a redirect to this article, that should fix the issue for the moment. --Taramul July 9, 2005 17:54 (UTC)

is there somehting missing? was the african debt forgiven or not?

What is "democracy" in Africa? We're going to give them ballot cards instead of food? Can they make the ballot cards edible? --brian0918™ 04:03, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Of course! All ballots are edible, you should know that. Check out the Edible Ballot Society

The first paragraph says " The summit was overshadowed, however, by bomb attacks in London on the first day of the conference." But the London bombings were on July 7, the SECOND day. Doidimais Brasil 03:10, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

it was the first full day - they met on the evening of the 6th for a dinner. Rd232 17:00, 14 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I am not at all convinced this is Edinburgh. The police are not wearing Lothian and Borders uniform, the police van on the right say the name of the force at the top and does not look like L+B, and the man on the front right is holding a mic of TFM...

I'm pretty sure it is Edinburgh; I recognize the location on Princes Street, and if you look at the full size picture, you can just about make out "Edinburgh" on the purple banner on the streetlamp. The police are from the Greater Manchester force, but there were forces from all over the North of England involved in policing the summit, so that's consistent with it being a picture from Edinburgh. The TFM microphone is a bit surprising, but they did broadcast the Live 8 concert, and publicly supported "Make Poverty History," so it's not at all impossible they had a reporter in Edinburgh [1]. VoluntarySlave 05:55, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. It was the English hardhats that the police were wearing that got me thinking.

Here is a movie about the summit by the camcorder guerilla's: http://www.camcorderguerillas.net/g8_dowload.htm --Codegrinder 13:47, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]