Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Politics, government, and law

Question: Should consensus 22 (not calling Trump a "liar" in Wikipedia's voice) be cancelled?

Cortador (talk) 19:53, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

• Option 1: The U.S. is the biggest total donorofdevelopment aid worldwide,^[1] with a demonstrable positive impact. It has been argued that US foreign policy is directed by commercial interest, with some stipulating that the use of multinational corporations and state captureindeveloping countries amounts to neocolonialism.
• Option 2: The U.S. is the biggest total donor of development aid worldwide, with a demonstrable positive impact. It has been argued that US foreign policy is directed by commercial interest, with some stipulating that the US' exploitation of and intervention in developing countries amounts to imperialism.
• Option 3: Other (general)
• Option 4: This should not be mentioned in the body.
• Option 5: Other, with one sentence on aid, one on alleged exploitation
• Option 6: Just the first sentence of option 1
• Option 7: The U.S. is the biggest total donorofdevelopment aid worldwide, with USAID having missions in over 100 countries. Some academics contest that the US' policy towards developing countries amounts to economic imperialism, and some African academics use the term neocolonialism.

Refs:^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]} Alexanderkowal (talk) 08:55, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

1. The Palestinians were ethnically cleansed, by paramilitaries and the IDF, an explusion known as the Nakba.
2. The Palestinians were expelled or made to flee, by paramilitaries and the IDF, an explusion known as the Nakba.
3. The Nakba should be described. But neither of the sentences above should be used.
4. The Nakba shouldn't be mentioned.

Which version should be included in the lead? KlayCax (talk) 02:01, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

• Sources for simply far-right^{[14] [15] [16]} or say the links ceased to exist^{[17] [18][19][20]}
• Sources which still call them tied to Golden Dawn [1], neofascist [2], sources which state that the shift was directly linked to the ban of Golden Dawn [3] [4] [5] [6] (older sources specifically calling them neo-fascist [7] [8] [9])

Braganza (talk) 05:18, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

1. Yes, it should be referred to as genocide in Wikivoice.
2. No, it should not be referred to as genocide in Wikivoice.

Should it be stated? KlayCax (talk) 18:31, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

• Option 1: Generally reliable
• Option 2: Additional considerations
• Option 3: Generally unreliable
• Option 4: Deprecate

Loki (talk) 01:47, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

The election notably comes after Trump's prior attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and the January 6 United States Capitol attack.^[21][22][23]

BootsED (talk) 23:28, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Throughout the extended Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the State of Israel has been accused of committing a genocide against Palestinians. Events such as the Nakba, the Sabra and Shatila massacre, the blockade of the Gaza Strip, the 2014 Gaza War, and the 2023 Israel–Hamas war have been used as examples of evidence for a genocide committed by Israel.^[24] Statements made by Israeli officials have also been described by genocide scholars as dehumanizing the population of Gaza and used as evidence for "genocidal intent."^[25]

-- Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 20:23, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

In light of this, I think a 'Key positions' parameter would be a good addition which has, say maximum five entries which editors agree on, including regarding their order, and they would be based on citations from recent academia. The policy on this could distinguish between social, economic, national, and international positions to ensure a wide coverage. A national one could be say Unionism for a UK party, and an international one could be Euroscepticism for a European party.

The name 'Key positions' is problematic as there are political jobs also called positions, however I can't think of a better term. Maybe 'Political positions'? Alexanderkowal (talk) 18:59, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Please note that as a prominent controversy is related to the Israel-Hamas war, it is subject to WP:ARBECR. Accordingly, accounts with fewer than 500 edits and 30 days' tenure may not participate. Any comment violating ARBECR may be removed by any editor, and edit warring will not be tolerated. Please keep the discussion respectful: comment on the matter in question, not on other editors. Thank you. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 13:38, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

• Are the cartoons A.) criticizing the specific practice of censoring unwanted speech by abusing copyright, B.) criticizing the general practice of enforcing economic monopolies by copyright, or C.) ambiguous? If B or C, does that mean they should be removed or moved to Criticism of copyrightorCopyright abolition?
• Should neutrality be achieved by removing the cartoons, or by adding one or two pro-copyright images? Do such images exist and can we find them now?

-- Beland (talk) 01:45, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

• Option #1: No.
• Option #2: Yes.
• Option #3: Aid in general should be mentioned. Not the port itself.

Does it merit inclusion? KlayCax (talk) 20:24, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Reports of widespread rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas-led militants emerged. Will Thorpe (talk) 12:22, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

 

Please enter your answer to the question in the Survey section with a brief statement. Please do not respond to the statements of other editors in the Survey section. Back-and-forth discussion is permitted in the Discussion section (that's what it's for).

Note to closer and other participants: this RFC was started because the previous similar RFC (started on 16 March 2024) was closed on 17 May 2024 without a clear consensus regarding options A and B, but the uninvolved closer Compassionate727 stated that "Finally, there seems to be a consensus that if added, Belarus should be added with a note that its support began in 2022, although there is no reason that shouldn't be confirmed in the next RfC, which I assume will be forthcoming shortly". -- Pofka (talk) 20:27, 19 May 2024 (UTC)