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I think you'd be the best writer to report on these aspects. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 07:36, 17 December 2008 (EST)
I think you'd be the best writer to report on these aspects. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 07:36, 17 December 2008 (EST)
:Thank you for your comments Ed. There is merit to what you say, although I should also say why the article is currently structured as is. I think it is fair to say that Iva is essentially synonymous with Tokyo Rose (interestingly, the FBI still refer to her as "Tokyo Rose") and the two stories are linked. I feel it makes for a better article to have the histories linked, than say an article for "Tokyo Rose" (which would really only be the opening 2 paragraphs) and then a link to Iva's page. (WP does that, I know, but it looks messy to me).
:Also, there is almost no information available online on any of the other Roses mentioned in the article. Any reference to them is usually as an aside to Iva. Possibly because they were never prosecuted and just vanished back into the melting pot of post-war Japan. I have managed to list the names of those I could find.
:I agree there could be an ancillary article on the overall effect of the broadcasts (that would take some research), but it could also probably fall under a larger "propaganda" article. We have a short article on Lord Haw-haw, but nothing on Axis Sally, Hanoi Hannah, etc. Hopefully somebody with a better knowledge of European or American history can help out there. Even with the origins of the name, there appears to very little. The first written mention is in YANK magazine, so it had become common slang by then.
:As for time, that is lacking at the moment, as I shall be away on holiday from Friday, but maybe it is something to consider during the new year. Personally though, (but that is editor bias speaking) I am loathe to see the Tokyo Rose article being broken up - for better or worse, they are technically "each other". --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]]<sup>[[User talk:JessicaT|''ohayougozaimasu'']]</sup> 08:33, 17 December 2008 (EST)