Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Politics, government, and law
The following discussions are requested to have community-wide attention:
Talk:Russian invasion of Ukraine
| The last RfCs on the topic were over two years ago:[1] [2] [3]
Question: Should countries be added as supporters of Ukraine to the infobox? Option A: No. Option B: Yes, add United States, United Kingdom, EU and NATO. Option C: Yes, add United States, United Kingdom and individual countries as merited. Option D: Something else. (please explain in the comments) TurboSuperA+ (talk) 13:52, 17 January 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
Which of the following best describes the reliability of Jacobin (magazine)?
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How should Ritter's sexual offences be described in the lead section?
Where in the lead should this sentence be placed?
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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elections and Referendums
| Should infoboxes on parliamentary elections which will be held in the future continue to contain information on current political party makeup? Or should the infoboxes be removed/heavily trimmed down until the election has occurred? Chessrat (talk, contributions) 03:02, 16 January 2025 (UTC) |
| Should the Executive Council of New Hampshire be included in the infobox in some manner? 207.96.32.81 (talk) 05:45, 12 January 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:2025 Canadian federal election
| Should the People's Party of Canada be included in the tables of the political parties standings section & the transposed 2021 results sub-section? GoodDay (talk) 21:44, 11 January 2025 (UTC) |
The current single sentence on Gaza in the lede is as follows: During the Israel–Hamas war, Biden condemned the actions of Hamas as terrorism and sent military aid to Israel, as well as humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The sentence is regularly modified, including the word "limited" which keeps being added/removed in front of "humanitarian aid". I started a discussion on this topic a while ago; it didn't get a lot of input and didn't lead to a consensus. I thought this RfC could generate a larger discussion and settle a few related questions at once:
Feel free to expand the discussion to other questions. My hope is that we can workshop a sentence that has a consensus behind it. Thanks! WikiFouf (talk) 13:58, 11 January 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Republican Party (United States)
| Should "far-right" be included as a faction ideology in the sidebar? Warrenᚋᚐᚊᚔ 11:52, 11 January 2025 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
| What is the reliability of The Heritage Foundation and should it be blacklisted? Bluethricecreamman (talk) 15:28, 9 January 2025 (UTC) |
| I'm opening a new RfC in an attempt to permanently solve this dispute. Should the Estado Novo regime be considered fascist? -- 2804:29B8:5183:100C:7163:1F92:A81A:7841 (talk) 00:06, 8 January 2025 (UTC) |
Talk:Huddersfield sex abuse ring
| I suggest that we change the lead from The Huddersfield child sex abuse ring was a group of British Asians who were convicted of sexual offences against girls in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
to The Huddersfield child sex abuse ring was a group of British Asian men's mostly from Pakistani heritage, who were convicted of sexual offences against girls in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
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Should the Yom Kippur War be characterized in any of the following ways in the infobox WP:RESULT:
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| Should the first sentence in the lead be rewritten: (red to be removed; green to add) "Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was |
Should the word “unaccredited” appear in the first sentence of the lead?
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Talk:Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
| Should we principally refer to Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 as a "crash" or an "accident"? guninvalid (talk) 23:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC) |
| Should this article include a top level section about violations of human rights by the state of Israel? DMH223344 (talk) 17:36, 31 December 2024 (UTC) |
How should Wikipedia's voice describe the current for-profit/non-profit status of Grand Canyon University?
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| The opening to the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi article read:
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi[a] (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician, dictator,[1] and retired military officer who has been serving as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014.[2] (The word dictator been been removed for now while the RfC discussion takes place) Should Sisi be referred to as a dictator? Some of these options are not mutually exclusive, so more than one can be selected:
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Talk:1996 New Zealand general election
| Should the bottom of the infobox in this election and all elections that follow it, which use the mixed-member proportional system, show the Prime Minister and their party alone (similarly to other Westminster systems, such as the UK, Australia, and Canada), or the Cabinet and its member parties (similarly to other systems that have coalition governments, such as Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland)? Glide08 (talk) 13:37, 26 December 2024 (UTC) |
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Sources that categorize Sisi as a dictator:
- "Egypt's rushed election shows Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is nervous". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
Last month Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's military dictator...
- Dunne, Michele (2019-04-08). "Why Is Trump Helping Egypt's Dictator Entrench His Power?". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- "President Trump, Condemn This Sham Egyptian Election | The Washington Institute". www.washingtoninstitute.org. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
...issued a statement praising the Egyptian dictator's magnificent work for the country
- "A Blank Check for Egypt's Dictator". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- Toosi, Nahal (2021-07-12). "In D.C. visit, Egypt spy boss claims U.S. agreed — in writing — to jail American activist". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
...Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the Egyptian dictator who has imprisoned tens of thousands of dissidents.
Lawler, Dave (2019-04-23). "Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi could rule until 2030 after winning referendum". Axios. Retrieved 2024-12-27.He has now cemented his status as Egypt's dictator without losing his position as a U.S. ally.
- Greenwald, Glenn (2015-03-31). "Obama Personally Tells the Egyptian Dictator That U.S. Will Again Send Weapons (and Cash) to His Regime". The Intercept. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- Williams, Jennifer (2017-04-03). "Egypt's president is a bloodthirsty dictator. Trump thinks he's done a "fantastic job."". Vox. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- "Egypt President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi: Ruler with an iron grip". BBC News. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- "Egypt is again under military rule, but Sisi lacks Nasser's appeal". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- Grewal, Sharan (2023-07-25), "Egypt: A Coup against Democracy", Soldiers of Democracy?, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 136–176, doi:10.1093/oso/9780192873910.003.0007, ISBN 0-19-287391-1, retrieved 2024-11-25
- "EU Deal with Egypt Rewards Authoritarianism, Betrays 'EU Values' | Human Rights Watch". 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- "Egypt's rushed election shows Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is nervous". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "EU Deal with Egypt Rewards Authoritarianism, Betrays 'EU Values' | Human Rights Watch". 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-12-14.