Talk:History of espionage

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Excessive use of foreign words

This article is almost not in English. It makes excessive use of foreign words (mstovaris, shinobi, Pochtecas, quimitchin, etc.) which add nothing to understandability, and make reading laborious. It should be written simply in English to remove the drudgery. 2A01:CB1C:8040:4C00:C0ED:D143:292:53E1 (talk) 09:37, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The words you are referencing are the words used to describe the practice of spycraft associated to certain regions and to the specific historical periods they are referencing. Removing them would be to the detriment of the articles completeness. For example the word "shinobi,"is the actual historical term for a ninja. We could use the word ninja, but no one used that term at the time. Ninja is, in fact, a modern colloquialism. While there may be room to add more context explaining foreign words, I think there removal would show a racist historical bias. Spicygarbage (talk) 04:53, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eurocentric perspective

It seems like the early history section is the only portion that mentions any non european espionage, for example there is a single sentence on ninjas/shinobi. It feels like a missed mark considering their modern cultural impact. Spicygarbage (talk) 03:42, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]