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I wonder if this page violates the NPOV. In particular the paragraph beginning "The Duk-Duk can be seen as a piece of imposture, by which the older natives play upon the superstitions of the younger..." If nobody has any objections, I'll make some changes, but since a lot of the little I know about the dukduk I can't find in references anywhere, this might mean simply taking a lot of this out.--Sheena V 05:29, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It most certainly does violate NPOV, agreed. I'm amazed I didn't pick up on that "imposture" para earlier. The problematic text comes from the Catholic Encyclopaedia (1911 or so), which should not be treated as a reliable or neutral source on anything to do with Melanesian culture, in my opinion. Please cut as you see fit. -- Wantok 06:18, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I kind of wonder if there hasn't been some vandalism regarding the videotapes of Hobo Wars. I mean, I don't know much about Duk-Duk, but some of the stuff in this article seems too funny/trying to be funny to be credible without citing a source. messor (talk) 02:24, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. 86.46.203.253 (talk) 23:26, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK; someone has been having some fun vandalising this article. Is there any way to revert it back to a serious article? Kidding aside, duk-duk is important to some people, and I think it is offensive to leave the article as it is now.Ndriley97 (talk) 22:46, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the anonymous edit, but really? you're just going to leave this up? just about every source is non existant or is citing an offline source that clearly none of this information appears in. This is clearly a retarded joke and god damn someone should just delete the article if you honestly expect this place to be serious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.229.87.52 (talk) 03:43, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reminder. I've done some initial cleanup to remove vandalism and edit the Catholic Encyc text for dated language/attitudes and NPOV. Still needs plenty of improvement - this is little more than a stub at present. Wantok (toktok) 03:30, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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