Talk:M. G. Vassanji

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Middle Name and Birthplace[edit]

I added Mr Vassanji's complete middle name—Gulamhussein—and place of birth—Nairobi—to the article. Is there some reason why these changes have been reversed?? Are these data secret? Are they obscene?

No explanation was posted for this arbitrary limitation to the article and suppression of information.

208.87.248.162 (talk) 02:49, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

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Wording-wise, I thought the previous "Like most of the North American Ismaili community, Vassanji is of South Asian heritage, but grew up in East Africa" was somewhat confusing - it kind of inferred that most of the North American Islami community is of South Asian heritage but grew up in East Africa. If this is indeed true, by all means revert it to its original state, but I just thought it sounded clearer without. Pretzelcoatl 01:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 01:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 22:41, 29 April 2016 (UTC)