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Latest comment: 12 years ago4 comments4 people in discussion
I've been noticing lately a linguistic change in process – nobody wants to say autonomous anymore, it's always qualified as semi-autonomous. Now, to me autonomy means exactly the state of being self-governing but not independent – Southern Sudan post-Naivasha could be a textbook case. Semi-autonomous, to my mind, must mean a particularly limited autonomy, and that's not the impression I get from reading the Naivasha Accord. QuartierLatin196815:54, 8 August 2005 (UTC)Reply
Autonomy seems to back you up on this. I'm not sure what "semi-autonomous" means either, now that I think about it, but it seems to be the commonly used weasel word even for news articles. - BanyanTree16:25, 8 August 2005 (UTC)Reply
My question to the editor:
Why paragraph about the involvement of the SPLA on the Child Soldier practice is immediately deleted? I have added information with correct references and still it was deleted with stating any reason for deletion
Political views
Latest comment: 12 years ago9 comments4 people in discussion
I have removed this section since it was about one-third the word count of the article and dealt entirely with his views on homosexuality. Does anyone honestly believe one-third of the political discourse in South Sudan revolves around homosexuality? It is against NPOV to include such a selective rendering of his political views. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.3.203 (talk) 09:41, 19 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I have no opinion on this, but I would clarify that it doesn't have to represent a third of political discourse in South Sudan, since this article isn't Politics of South Sudan. This article is about Salva Kiir Mayardit, and should be proportioned relative to that person. If criticism of homosexuality has been a notable element of his career, regardless of whether or not South Sudan cares in the slightest, it should be included in his biography. TechnoSymbiosis (talk) 03:46, 20 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
So you removed all of it? How homophobic. Too much of Hitler's article is dedicated to his views on Jews, so you may want to remove all of that as well. 108.71.14.120 (talk) 03:29, 22 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
All of his views on homosexuality were removed. Why? Why are a country's president's views on homosexuality so irrelevant that they were entirely deleted? 108.71.14.120 (talk) 23:28, 21 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
It's called undue weight. There are hundreds of sources talking about him, and the article is only five paragraphs long. Until we include the most important points and cite the most important sources, it is unbalanced and misleading to present that one issue as a defining aspect of his biography. This is especially true since the only source listed was a blog for gay African rights, which is not a mainstream reliable source. Additionally, our articles on politicians tend to address biographical facts, accomplishments, and efforts, not personal beliefs they've revealed in an interview. If you would like to write a longer biography that addresses his career, then a summary about his personal beliefs might be included, as long as they've been addressed in major sources. As the article is very short, it's unacceptable to give such major coverage to such a fringe issue. (On a side note, the quotes in the paragraph were not included in the source provided, so that would have to be addressed too.) —Designate (talk) 00:03, 22 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
In short: His views on homosexuality are a small part of his political views, and his political views combined are a small part of his biography. The article needs to be much longer and more thorough before such small things can be presented in the proper context. —Designate (talk) 00:05, 22 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
