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ethnic genocide. I have moved the term definition here. If this definition is relevant, it should be merged into the discussion of biblioclasm. *
^ Term: Biblioclasm, which the
Oxford English Dictionary defines as the deliberate destruction of books, a cultural offence of the first magnitude. Some of the ancient calamities are destruction of the
Alexandria library in
Egypt. Well known historic event was the destruction of thousands of books made from the bark of trees and bearing the wisdom of
Mayan culture were put in fire and burnt in 1562 in
Mexico, because a
Spanish friar wanted to "cleanse" the natives of "devilish" thoughts. The late 20th century
China's
Red Guard wiped out artefacts and books in the takeover of
Tibet in the 1960s.
Pol Pot destroyed many books in auto
genocide of
Cambodia in the 1970s. On
August 25,
1992, the
Serbs extended "
ethnic cleansing" to the National and University Library of
Bosnia and Herzegovina in
Sarajevo, resulting in 1.5 million books and manuscripts being incinerated in one night.
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I am completely rewriting this article, if any one has any suggestions more than welcome RaveenS 12:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Please explain why the addition of an article on Tamilnet was called spam and removed. Watchdogb ( talk) 02:27, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed that this article may be vandalized or twisted by unregistered users. Would it be better of this article is given some level of protection? UMDP ( talk) 16:18, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
A tragedy like this should have some details about the ancient/historical items that were lost in the fire - are there any listings for some of the scrolls that were burnt? HammerFilmFan ( talk) 10:05, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved ( non-admin closure) Fuortu ( talk) 21:41, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
Burning of Jaffna library → Burning of Jaffna Public Library – The Wikipedia article of the ill-fated library is titled " Jaffna Public Library". Kailash29792 ( talk) 15:42, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
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ethnic genocide. I have moved the term definition here. If this definition is relevant, it should be merged into the discussion of biblioclasm. *
^ Term: Biblioclasm, which the
Oxford English Dictionary defines as the deliberate destruction of books, a cultural offence of the first magnitude. Some of the ancient calamities are destruction of the
Alexandria library in
Egypt. Well known historic event was the destruction of thousands of books made from the bark of trees and bearing the wisdom of
Mayan culture were put in fire and burnt in 1562 in
Mexico, because a
Spanish friar wanted to "cleanse" the natives of "devilish" thoughts. The late 20th century
China's
Red Guard wiped out artefacts and books in the takeover of
Tibet in the 1960s.
Pol Pot destroyed many books in auto
genocide of
Cambodia in the 1970s. On
August 25,
1992, the
Serbs extended "
ethnic cleansing" to the National and University Library of
Bosnia and Herzegovina in
Sarajevo, resulting in 1.5 million books and manuscripts being incinerated in one night.
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References
If some of the editors are interested in making this article better see some references
Have fun guys 23:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I am completely rewriting this article, if any one has any suggestions more than welcome RaveenS 12:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Please explain why the addition of an article on Tamilnet was called spam and removed. Watchdogb ( talk) 02:27, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed that this article may be vandalized or twisted by unregistered users. Would it be better of this article is given some level of protection? UMDP ( talk) 16:18, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
A tragedy like this should have some details about the ancient/historical items that were lost in the fire - are there any listings for some of the scrolls that were burnt? HammerFilmFan ( talk) 10:05, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved ( non-admin closure) Fuortu ( talk) 21:41, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
Burning of Jaffna library → Burning of Jaffna Public Library – The Wikipedia article of the ill-fated library is titled " Jaffna Public Library". Kailash29792 ( talk) 15:42, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
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