Talk:Roberta Brown

I guess this is as good a time as any to bring this up. The inclusion of the line (Confederate States 1861-1865) in the Nationality section of various historical figures' infoboxes never fails to bug me. Remember, secession is and has always been unconstitutional, and there was not a single person in the world who granted the CSA diplomatic recognition while acting in any official capacity. True, that rebel organization did--irregularly--function in ways that bore some resemblance to the ways real national governments function, but that's true of all sorts of illegitimate regimes all through history. For instance, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi would tell you that he stopped being an Iraqi citizen in 2014, in favor of his new nationality of ISIL. We would certainly not legitimate such a claim. And what was the CSA if not the ISIL of its day? We must avoid any appearance of tacitly recognizing Confederate nationhood. (Obviously this does not apply to AH sections of these infoboxes.) Turtle Fan (talk) 06:54, June 8, 2016 (UTC)