Talk:Chukka boot

This article was nominated for deletion on 22 April 2008. The result of the discussion was keep.

The Origin is Arabic

The word comes from Arabic, origin شُقّة chukka (or الشقة al chukka where al = the) means long distance walking (mainly in the desert). mentioned in Holy Quran. And for reference to Polo, Britannica says: "Polo was introduced into India by the Muslim conquerors in the 13th century." who by the way introduced Islam and Quran to India too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.37.14.84 (talk) 08:07, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merging Veldskoen into Chukka Boots

Proposing the merger of Veldskoen into Chukka Boots as both articles are reasonably small, especially the former and as Chukkas were a re-naming of Veldskoene then it would make sense for them to be in the same article with this made clear. I would also propose Veldskoen having it own section as "Desert Boots" has to distinguish them from other Chukka Boots with their regional and historical differences. The Veldskoen article is also outside of the regular Wikipedia Fashion Project without its own section on footwear so I assume it sees few page visits and rather than having two pages of what are essentially the same shoe being listed a merger would make the most sense in my opinion. -- Nick CB 01:29 BST 17/05/2015

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 11:51, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Eighth Army

That bit about being assigned to the Eighth Army and going to Burma makes little sense. The Eighth Army operated in north Africa and Italy during the Second World War. 83.20.190.66 (talk) 18:33, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]