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1. It's not particularly missional. What is being implied is not true. See Category:Nonviolent revolutions Bongolian (talk) 04:25, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

   the first link on you category being Gandhi, I wonder if you knew that he ordered trains to be derailed? Not exactly peaceful ;) Moimeme 81 (talk) 14:42, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

2. I agree. Christopher (talk) 10:14, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
3. Either demonstrably false, unfalsifiable (due to the various possible classifications of historical events under "revolution" and "peaceful") or tautological (if "revolution" is defined as a violent conflict).--ZooGuard (talk) 11:54, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
4. Off with its head! Reverend Black Percy (talk) 13:31, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

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1. people refer to nonviolent revolutions usually thinking about the orange revolution in Ukraine but, civil disobedience was very common and definitely not what could be called peaceful. Some also bring to the table protest for women suffrage in the United States as being nonviolent, how many death do you need before it's violent. Some hippie/flower power website even put the Russian Revolution of 1917, they ended executing the Imperial family, not exactly peaceful or nonviolent... Moimeme 81 (talk) 06:27, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

we could add "successful" in there if you want but, that doesn't change the fact that if a revolution is peaceful It's not a revolution, it's reformism. Moimeme 81 (talk) 08:32, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

If revolutions are violent by definition, then the page is a tautology and about as useful and witty as a "list of peaceful wars".--ZooGuard (talk) 11:58, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Same as a page on the amount of studies for the amount of double blind studies proving the effectiveness of homeopathy (there's none). But, yes I would give you that peaceful war is stupid why would you do that if it's impossible just why would you call reformism, revolution. The fact is, it's factually accurate whether you like it or not.Moimeme 81 (talk) 14:38, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

I suggest looking at circular reasoning. Though looking at the current content of that page, it may just result in greater confusion.--ZooGuard (talk) 15:03, 5 March 2017 (UTC)