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The word ransom was linked in several articles about kidnapping and extortion. I will remove these as links, since I can't think of any article we'd have except the definition, and this isn't a dictionary. Lou I 20:58, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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Is this comment really relevant? Wikipedia is not a political soapbox. Have removed this section. Please comment if you think it should be reinstated, giving reasons. -- I 18:54, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Isn't there some interesting history to add to this topic? E.g., at one point ransom was the alternative to accepting a lawful death/exile sentence against a member of your household? Cesiumfrog ( talk) 23:11, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
This image of a quote seems to need explanation. Other than containing the word, how does this quote and the related situation relate to the concept of a ransom? As it is now, the image does not illustrate the concepts of the article and should be removed. Piboy51 ( talk) 14:50, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I thought it would be nice to swap the two meanings [the following is quoted from Merriam Webster online with a slight modification by me]: 1) money paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity; 2) the act of ransoming; because (1) is the more basic meaning of the word. (See English dictionaries.) Currently, the article starts with (2) and meaning (1) is treated as if it were secondary ("or it may refer to the sum of money involved"). Ryofurue ( talk) 03:30, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
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The word ransom was linked in several articles about kidnapping and extortion. I will remove these as links, since I can't think of any article we'd have except the definition, and this isn't a dictionary. Lou I 20:58, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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Wiktionary. The article has content that is useful at Wiktionary. Therefore the article can be found at either here or here ( logs 1 logs 2.) Note: This means that the article has been copied to the Wiktionary Transwiki namespace for evaluation and formatting. It does not mean that the article is in the Wiktionary main namespace, or that it has been removed from Wikipedia's. Furthermore, the Wiktionarians might delete the article from Wiktionary if they do not find it to be appropriate for the Wiktionary. Removing this tag will usually trigger CopyToWiktionaryBot to re-transwiki the entry. This article should have been removed from Category:Copy to Wiktionary and should not be re-added there. |
-- CopyToWiktionaryBot 02:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Is this comment really relevant? Wikipedia is not a political soapbox. Have removed this section. Please comment if you think it should be reinstated, giving reasons. -- I 18:54, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Isn't there some interesting history to add to this topic? E.g., at one point ransom was the alternative to accepting a lawful death/exile sentence against a member of your household? Cesiumfrog ( talk) 23:11, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
This image of a quote seems to need explanation. Other than containing the word, how does this quote and the related situation relate to the concept of a ransom? As it is now, the image does not illustrate the concepts of the article and should be removed. Piboy51 ( talk) 14:50, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I thought it would be nice to swap the two meanings [the following is quoted from Merriam Webster online with a slight modification by me]: 1) money paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity; 2) the act of ransoming; because (1) is the more basic meaning of the word. (See English dictionaries.) Currently, the article starts with (2) and meaning (1) is treated as if it were secondary ("or it may refer to the sum of money involved"). Ryofurue ( talk) 03:30, 26 January 2015 (UTC)