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Should the "Douglas Tottle and Others" section contain the following? |
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<blockquote>According to Canadian historians, "Eventually Tottle’s book lost credibility in all but the fringe Stalinist circles, but in the late 1980s material from it appeared in the American “Village Voice”<ref name="conlon">[[Jeff Coplon]], [http://www.chss.montclair.edu/English/furr/vv.html "In Search of a Soviet Holocaust"], ''[[The Village Voice]]'', January 12, 1988.</ref> and various student newspapers in Canada" [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706211152/http://www.ukrainianstudies.uottawa.ca/pdf/P_Serbyn_Danyliw07.pdf]. According to [[Cathy Young]], "the West has its own inglorious history with regard to the famine, starting with the deliberate cover-up by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty. In the late 1980s, the famine gained new visibility thanks to [[Robert Conquest]]'s [[The Harvest of Sorrow]]: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine (1987) and the TV documentary Harvest of Despair, aired in the United States and Canada. A backlash from the left was quick to follow. Revisionist Sovietologist [[J. Arch Getty]] accused Conquest of parroting the propaganda of "exiled nationalists." And in January 1988, the [[Village Voice]] ran a lengthy essay by [[Jeff Coplon]] (now a contributing editor at New York magazine) titled "In Search of a Soviet Holocaust: A 55-Year-Old Famine Feeds the Right." Coplon sneered at "the prevailing vogue of anti-Stalinism" and dismissed as absurd the idea that the famine had been created by the Communist regime. Such talk, he asserted, was meant to justify U.S. imperialism and whitewash Ukrainian collaboration with the Nazis."<ref>{{cite web|author=Cathy Young |author-link=Cathy Young |url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/861rmjep.asp |title=Remember the Holodomor: The Soviet starvation of Ukraine, 75 years later |volume=14, No. 12 |publisher=The Weekly Standard |date=8 December 2008 |accessdate=1 November 2015}}</ref> In a letter to the editors, [[Robert Conquest]] dismissed the article by Coplon as "error and absurdity".<ref>{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Conquest|author-link=Robert Conquest|publisher=Village Voice|location=New York|date=February 2, 1988|title=Letters to the editors|url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/16317836/The-Ukrainian-Weekly-198808|deadurl=unfit|archiveurl=https://wayback.archive.org/web/20151118072744/https://www.scribd.com/doc/16317836/The-Ukrainian-Weekly-1988-08|archivedate=18 November 2016}} – Reprinted by the ''[[The Ukrainian Weekly]]'', February 21, 1988</ref></blockquote> |
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<blockquote>1) How should the "political positions" -- duplicated verbatim at [[Political positions of Jill Stein]] -- section of this, her biography, page be slimmed down for appropriate weight?</blockquote> |
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It is not a violation of neutrality (as Wukai claimed when he removed this content) to correct false and misleading claims that candidates make in support of their positions. Should Donald Trump's false claims about climate change be allowed to stand without correction? If not, why should Stein's? If Clinton can't be allowed to make false claims about healthcare costs, solar energy, charter schools etc., why should Stein be allowed to make misleading health claims about her energy plan? [[User:Snooganssnoogans|Snooganssnoogans]] ([[User talk:Snooganssnoogans|talk]]) 12:49, 28 August 2016 (UTC)}} |
It is not a violation of neutrality (as Wukai claimed when he removed this content) to correct false and misleading claims that candidates make in support of their positions. Should Donald Trump's false claims about climate change be allowed to stand without correction? If not, why should Stein's? If Clinton can't be allowed to make false claims about healthcare costs, solar energy, charter schools etc., why should Stein be allowed to make misleading health claims about her energy plan? [[User:Snooganssnoogans|Snooganssnoogans]] ([[User talk:Snooganssnoogans|talk]]) 12:49, 28 August 2016 (UTC)}} |
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Seddique Mateen is the father of the mass murderer in the June 2016 massacre |
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Clinton), but public commentary on the matter died out after a few days. |
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Should this incident be mentioned in the article? |
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I request that people not comment here on details of what the article should |
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details. [[User:Giraffedata|Bryan Henderson (giraffedata)]] ([[User talk:Giraffedata|talk]]) 00:21, 28 August 2016 (UTC)}} |
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Should either of the following sentences (in any form) be included on Jill Stein's biography page? |
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<blockquote>When asked if she considered it appropriate to call President Obama an "Uncle Tom" as her running mate did, Stein answered "I would never do that." When asked if she would make Baraka apologize for calling Obama an "Uncle Tom", Stein said that she would not.<ref name=WaPo>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/08/25/a-transcript-of-jill-steins-meeting-with-the-washington-post-editorial-board/?utm_term=.18bae5fa7b4a|title=A transcript of Jill Stein’s meeting with The Washington Post editorial board|last=Staff|first=Post Opinions|date=2016-08-25|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=2016-08-26}}</ref></blockquote> |
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<blockquote> When asked if she agreed with her running mate's reference to the “gangster states” of NATO, Stein answered that she would not use Baraka's language but that "he means the same thing I'm saying".<ref name=WaPo/></blockquote> |
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Should reliably sourced content that demonstrates the "Healther Hoax" is based on manipulated photos and videos be kept or deleted? Specifically, the following passage which has been repeatedly blanked (cites removed for ease of reading but viewable here [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conspiracy_theories_of_the_United_States_presidential_election,_2016&oldid=735952856]): |
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{{cquote|Several videos and photographs were manipulated, or taken out of context, by conspiracy theorists to support claims of Clinton's alleged health issues, including: |
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* A [[Getty Images]] photograph from February 2016 showing Clinton being helped by two men to ascend a flight of stairs. The rumor-examination website [[Snopes.com]] concluded that the August 2016 claim was a "mixture" of truth and falsehoods, noting that the photograph was "genuine" but "not recent," as it had been taken back in February. The Getty Images photograph also had a caption that stated that Clinton merely "slipped while [she] walked up stairs in South Carolina." |
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* A June 10, 2016, video posted to YouTube showing Clinton at a campaign stop in which it appears she turns her head back-and-forth vigorously for several seconds. In fact, the video was manipulated to loop a much shorter Clinton head turn to create the appearance of a [[spasm]]. |
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* An early August incident where a Clinton speech was disrupted by protesters and in which a man approached Clinton, who had paused, and reassured her that the situation was under control. Though some conspiracy bloggers alleged the man to be a [[neurologist]], it was later confirmed he was in fact Secret Service Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Todd Madison.}} [[User:LavaBaron|LavaBaron]] ([[User talk:LavaBaron|talk]]) 07:14, 24 August 2016 (UTC)}} |
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[[User:Coco977|Coco977]] ([[User talk:Coco977|talk]]) 15:45, 11 August 2016 (UTC)}} |
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::Writings by Baraka have appeared in ''Black Agenda Report'', ''[[Common Dreams]]'', ''Dissident Voice'', ''[[Pambazuka News]]'', and ''[[CounterPunch]]'', and other media outlets.<ref name="articles">{{cite web|title=Articles--Ajamu Baraka|url=http://www.ajamubaraka.com/articles|website=A Voice from the Margins|publisher=Baraka|accessdate=August 7, 2016}}</ref> '''''Politico Magazine'' reports that Baraka "has a long history of fringe statements and beliefs."<ref name="Hooks">{{Cite web|author=Christopher Hooks|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/what-if-the-green-party-stopped-being-kooky-and-started-getting-real-214149|title= What If the Green Party Stopped Being Kooky and Started Getting Real?|website=Politico Magazine|date=August 7, 2016}}</ref>''' |
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{{Reflist-talk}} [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality]]<sup>[[User talk:Neutrality|talk]]</sup> 01:55, 10 August 2016 (UTC)}} |
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[[User:Jonpatterns|Jonpatterns]] ([[User talk:Jonpatterns|talk]]) 16:34, 9 August 2016 (UTC)}} |
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The current lede to the Gamergate controversy article is frequently criticised as being rambling and overly long. I therefore propose that we replace it with the following in the interest of clarity. [[User:Artw|Artw]] ([[User talk:Artw|talk]]) 00:10, 8 August 2016 (UTC)}} |
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{{Talkquote|In addition, polling throughout the campaign has indicated that she is perceived as being “dishonest” by a significant proportion of the public.<ref>See: |
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* {{cite news | work = Washington Post | title = 1 in 5 Americans say Hillary Clinton is "dishonest" or a "liar." Here’s why that’s a big problem. | first = Chris | last = Cillizza | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/24/hillary-clintons-trust-problem-continues-to-dog-her/| date = February 24, 2016}} |
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* {{cite news | work = CNN | title = Poll: New speed bumps for Clinton| first = Jennifer | last = Agiesta | url = http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/02/politics/hillary-clinton-2016-poll-gop-field-close/index.html| date = June 2, 2015}} |
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* {{cite news | work = NY Daily News | title = Voters use words like ‘dishonest’ and ‘liar’ to describe Hillary Clinton in poll | first = Adam | last = Edelman | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/voters-label-clinton-dishonest-liar-poll-article-1.2541726| date = February 23, 2016}} |
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* {{cite news | work = Fox News | title = Fox News Poll: 60 percent say Clinton has been dishonest on Benghazi | first = Dana | last = Blanton | url = http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/14/fox-news-poll-60-percent-say-clinton-has-been-dishonest-on-benghazi.html| date = October 14, 2015}} |
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* {{cite news | work = CNN | title = Poll: Clinton's honesty and trustworthy problem extends to swing states | first = Dan | last = Merica | url = http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/17/politics/poll-2016-elections-hillary-clinton-trustworthy/index.html| date = June 17, 2015}} |
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* {{cite news | work = Politico | title = Poll: 'Dishonest,' 'socialist' top word lists for Clinton, Sanders |
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| first = Nick | last = Glass | url = http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/02/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-poll-219659| date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>}} |
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{{Talkquote|Trump's disdain for what he considers to be [[political correctness]] has been a staple theme of his campaign and has proved to be popular among his supporters,<ref>{{Cite news|title = Donald Trump says we're all too politically correct. But is that also a way to limit speech?|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/12/09/donald-trump-says-were-all-too-politically-correct-but-is-that-also-a-way-to-limit-speech/|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = December 9, 2015|access-date = February 13, 2016|issn = 0190-8286|language = en-US|first = Colby|last = Itkowitz}}</ref> '''although mainstream commentators and some prominent Republicans have viewed him as appealing explicitly to [[racism]].'''<ref>See: |
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* {{cite news | work = USA Today | title = Poll shows 'racist' comments about federal judge hurt Trump in Florida, Ohio | first = Ledyard | last = King | url = http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/06/21/racist-comments-federal-judge-hurt-donald-trump-florida-ohio/86172262/| date = June 21, 2016}} |
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* {{cite news | work = New York Times | title = Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge 'Racist,' but Still Backs Him | first1 = Jennifer | last1=Steinhauer | first2 = Jonathan | last2 = Martin | first3= David | last3= Herszenhorn | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/us/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump-gonzalo-curiel.html | date = June 7, 2016}} |
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* {{cite news | work = The Week | title = Donald Trump is running the most explicitly racist campaign since 1968 | first = Paul | last = Waldman | url = http://theweek.com/articles/590711/donald-trump-running-most-explicitly-racist-campaign-since-1968 | date = November 25, 2015}} |
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* {{cite news | work = Fortune | title = Is Donald Trump Racist? Here's What the Record Shows| first = Michael | last = D'Antonio | url = http://fortune.com/2016/06/07/donald-trump-racism-quotes/ | date = June 7, 2016}} |
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* {{cite news | work = Politico | title = Ryan to Trump: 'Anti-Semitic images' have no place in campaign | first = Nick | last = Gass | url = http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/paul-ryan-trump-tweet-225099 | date = July 5, 2016}} |
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* {{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/10/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-racism/|title=Mitt Romney says Donald Trump will change America with 'trickle-down racism'|last=Schleifer|first=Theodore|date=June 11, 2016|work=CNN|accessdate=19 July 2016}} |
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* {{cite news | publisher = NBC News | title = Donald Trump's 'Star of David' Tweet About Hillary Clinton Posted Weeks Earlier on Racist Feed | first1 = Elisha | last1= Fieldstadt |first2= Ali | last2= Vitali | date = July 4, 2016| url = http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-s-star-david-tweet-about-hillary-clinton-posted-n603161 | quote = This is not the first time Trump has been forced to disavow or distance himself from anti-Semitic or white supremacist connections... Leaders of his own party were publicly appalled. Trump eventually tweeted an official disavowal and blamed a faulty earpiece for his initial response. But anti-Semitic and white nationalist rhetoric has continued to dog the candidate. Trump has been accused of knowingly whipping up racist sentiment among his supporters. He denies it but declines to explain how anti-Semitic memes keeping making their way into his own tweets.}}</ref>}} |
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The following discussions are requested to have community-wide attention:
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Should this template remain as #3333FF or should it be changed to #34AAE0? Note: the latter shade is officially used in the Democratic Party's logo.--Neve–selbert 01:30, 5 September 2016 (UTC) |
Should the "Douglas Tottle and Others" section contain the following?
Kingsindian ♝ ♚ 03:11, 31 August 2016 (UTC) |
Now that a "political positions of" page has been created -- in accordance with Wikipedia practices for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Gary Johnson -- 2 questions arise:
SashiRolls (talk) 16:10, 30 August 2016 (UTC) |
Talk:Jarabulus offensive (2016)
In the Jarabulus offensive (2016) article, should the "belligerent" factions in the top left of the infobox be listed according to coherent organizational structure, or submitted under the promotional label "Free Syrian Army"? And should the Sultan Murad Division be included or excluded from the list of "belligerents"? -- 2A1ZA (talk) 17:54, 29 August 2016 (UTC) |
As is the case when candidates make factually inaccurate claims, Wikipedia allows content from reliable sources to correct those claims. The Political positions of Donald Trump[2] and Political positions of Hillary Clinton[3] are full of this kind of content (just ctrl+F "PolitiFact", "Factcheck.org", "false" and so on). There is therefore no reason to remove the the content in bold which has caught attention by RS and been corrected:
It is not a violation of neutrality (as Wukai claimed when he removed this content) to correct false and misleading claims that candidates make in support of their positions. Should Donald Trump's false claims about climate change be allowed to stand without correction? If not, why should Stein's? If Clinton can't be allowed to make false claims about healthcare costs, solar energy, charter schools etc., why should Stein be allowed to make misleading health claims about her energy plan? Snooganssnoogans (talk) 12:49, 28 August 2016 (UTC) |
Should the lead section, which currently says:
be changed to read (changes in bold):
The proposed sources are:
Prior talk page discussion here. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 17:36, 25 August 2016 (UTC) |
Talk:Antisemitism in 21st-century France
There is disagreement about whether the article should include lists of individual recent antisemitic incidents. I have argued that these are not noteworthy according to wikipedia standards because Wikipedia is not a newspaper WP:NOTNP and this seems like a list of recent and not particularly noteworthy or historically significant anti-semitic incidents. Also see WP:RECENT. I think the content in question will not pass the ten-year test. Other editors disagree with me but we seem to be consistently talking past each other, and it would be good to have some additional eyes on this. See above discussion on Talk:Antisemitism in 21st-century France#Don't just list incidents and a previous similar RfC at Talk:Antisemitism_in_the_United_States#RFC_-_Antisemitic_incidents. The specific text in question is:
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Thank you. -Dan Eisenberg (talk) 05:32, 25 August 2016 (UTC) |
Talk:Conspiracy theories of the United States presidential election, 2016
Should reliably sourced content that demonstrates the "Healther Hoax" is based on manipulated photos and videos be kept or deleted? Specifically, the following passage which has been repeatedly blanked (cites removed for ease of reading but viewable here [4]):
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Should this article mention the fact that WikiLeaks offered $20,000 in reward money for providing information regarding the perpetrator of this crime? FallingGravity 06:28, 24 August 2016 (UTC) |
There is a dispute over the languages used by Han Chinese. I want the community to decide. We have 2 options here.
Please indicate which one you prefer. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 16:49, 19 August 2016 (UTC) |
One view is that this article is about the topic, not the word, and so we can use sources to identify matters as slut-shaming even if the sources do not call the matter slut-shaming; it is for us to decide whether something is on topic or not, and whether we are introducing bias or undue WP:weight. The other view is this is not a WP:Not a dictionary matter; this is a matter concerning whether or not it is acceptable (and not a WP:Synthesis violation) to take sources that do not make it explicitly clear, in words, that the topic is about slut-shaming and then using those sources to make claims about slut-shaming. For those viewing this from the RfC page or their talk page, the full discussion is above, at Talk:Slut-shaming#Scope. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 23:14, 18 August 2016 (UTC) |
Talk:List of European countries by average wage
This overlaps with List of sovereign states in Europe by minimum wage. Should these two articles be merged?-Serialjoepsycho- (talk) 21:45, 18 August 2016 (UTC) |
Should Eron Gjoni's side of the story be reported?
I tried to add Eron Gjoni's side of the story in edit 734887712, but it was quickly reverted by frequents editors of this article citing "need for concensus," which seems to be abuse of the concept of concensus. Concensus is noted to be needed for bold edits. I'm adding Gjoni's side of the story in a tiny manner. There is no controversy in that. Not noting his side of the story would infringe upon WP:BLP. Mr. Magoo (talk) 11:22, 17 August 2016 (UTC) |
Talk:Paul Singer (businessman)
Requesting input per this lead removal on August 15 with this rationale, which met with reversions from User:Nomoskedasticity, and a reversion from User:SegataSanshiro1, both citing prior consensus. They are referring to a two-year discussion about the use of “vulture” as a descriptor in the lead of a biography. For the purpose of this discussion, I have a two-part question:
1) Is “vulture” a derogatory slur? 2) If so, does it belong in the lead of a biography (or corporate lead for that matter)? In the hopes of keeping discussion pointed, I might strongly urge contributors from the prior RfCs to read the extended reasoning for my removal before adding their thoughts. Likewise, I'm sure scanning the old RfCs for new contributors would be a boon. Yvarta (talk) 21:31, 16 August 2016 (UTC) |
I firmly believe that the lede of the "Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory" section is a case of WP:SYNTHESIS. User:Jobrot disagrees and has repeatedly reverted my WP:NPOV warning without cause. The lede currently states:
If we pare the statement down to its essentials, it states that:
The claim being advanced is: 1. It is a conspiracy theory. 2. This "fact" is commonly known and the cultural and political mainstream (all major political and cultural divisions) believes this without a shadow of a doubt. 3. Only a small fringe continues to use the term in a "non-ironic" way. The sources cited as evidence are: 1. An article by Jerome Jamin, a left-wing academic researching right-wing movements. 2. An article by Bill Berkowitz for the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing organization which maintains large lists of what it believes to be right-wing and religious movements and hate-groups. The article is entitled Reframing the Enemy. 3. American paleo-conservative William S. Lind. Now, it is no surprise that left-wingers like Jamin and Berkowitz/SPLC believe that "Cultural Marxism" is a conspiracy theory. But Lind does not believe that. Neither do the right-wingers mentioned by Berkowitz in his article. The conclusion is that only some left-wingers consider "Cultural Marxism" to be a conspiracy theory. And instead of stating things as they are, the section currently uses WP:SYNTHESIS and weasel words like commonly refers to (without mention the subjects who do the referring) to convert an opinion held in some parts of the left to a strong, universal claim. I formally request comments on the structure of the lede. Last Contrarian (talk) 12:44, 16 August 2016 (UTC) |
Should the article mention the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, which was committed with a SIG MCX? 01:00, 15 August 2016 (UTC) |
We are more than half-way through the current 30-day full protection of this article, and I worry there's a slight risk edit warring could resume at the end of that period. In the interest of keeping this RfC as narrow as possible, let's ask this question: which side of this diff—[5]—is preferable? For clarity, we can call the options "list more countries as supporting China's position" and "list fewer countries as supporting China's position". The question is not the best possible approach to the issue, but which is a better starting point once page protection ends. Chris Hallquist (talk) 14:53, 13 August 2016 (UTC) |
Talk:Republic of China general election, 2016
Should we change the titles of those election articles from "Republic of China xxx elections" to "Taiwanese xxx elections"?
The scope of this discussion includes all elections and referendums held in Taiwan from 1949 to present. Coco977 (talk) 15:45, 11 August 2016 (UTC) |