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This article is currently written using American English. Should it switch to using Indian English? 06:03, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
"An article on a topic that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation should use the (formal, not colloquial) English of that nation"(see MOS:TIES). The argument to keep American English rests on MOS:RETAIN, which explicitly does not apply when a topic
"has strong national ties". As such I do not see a cogent argument to keep using American English. Vanamonde ( Talk) 06:03, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
strong national tiespart of TIES. Generally, that would be reserved for subjects that are more intimately associated with the area. Mumbai is given as a prime example of that in guidance. If she had only remained in India in terms of impact or notoriety, then a stronger TIES argument could be made, but so much of her time/effort is spent outside India that such a case is weakened when you actually follow along with what she does. This is a more complicated subject that can't just be superficially labeled as only an Indian activist.
activist Vandana Shiva will be the most recognizable to North American audiences. . .[5] Then there's what she did in the Zambian government in the article.
strong national tiesdespite her work taking her international — DaxServer ( talk to me) 18:18, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
It seems to me that the criticism from proponents of corporate interests, GM etc is unfair and prejudiced, and lacking in scientific basis. 51.148.176.21 ( talk) 20:48, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
Nice Shill Gambit... 37.35.148.242 ( talk) 18:14, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/sri-lankan-prime-minister-mahinda-rajapaksa-resigns-7908244/
So far these are allegations against Shiva that is being examined here. 2601:640:C682:79C0:B181:9A97:AEAD:D9CA ( talk) 13:34, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
@ Drmies: I'm a bit puzzled by your justification for removing this - why do you consider European Scientist to be a "partisan primary source"? Looking at https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/about-us/ and https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/masthead/ I don't see any reason to indicate that it wouldn't be a reliable source. Folta's piece also looks reliable to me, unless I am missing something. Cheers SmartSE ( talk) 17:47, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
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This article is currently written using American English. Should it switch to using Indian English? 06:03, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
"An article on a topic that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation should use the (formal, not colloquial) English of that nation"(see MOS:TIES). The argument to keep American English rests on MOS:RETAIN, which explicitly does not apply when a topic
"has strong national ties". As such I do not see a cogent argument to keep using American English. Vanamonde ( Talk) 06:03, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
strong national tiespart of TIES. Generally, that would be reserved for subjects that are more intimately associated with the area. Mumbai is given as a prime example of that in guidance. If she had only remained in India in terms of impact or notoriety, then a stronger TIES argument could be made, but so much of her time/effort is spent outside India that such a case is weakened when you actually follow along with what she does. This is a more complicated subject that can't just be superficially labeled as only an Indian activist.
activist Vandana Shiva will be the most recognizable to North American audiences. . .[5] Then there's what she did in the Zambian government in the article.
strong national tiesdespite her work taking her international — DaxServer ( talk to me) 18:18, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
It seems to me that the criticism from proponents of corporate interests, GM etc is unfair and prejudiced, and lacking in scientific basis. 51.148.176.21 ( talk) 20:48, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
Nice Shill Gambit... 37.35.148.242 ( talk) 18:14, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/sri-lankan-prime-minister-mahinda-rajapaksa-resigns-7908244/
So far these are allegations against Shiva that is being examined here. 2601:640:C682:79C0:B181:9A97:AEAD:D9CA ( talk) 13:34, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
@ Drmies: I'm a bit puzzled by your justification for removing this - why do you consider European Scientist to be a "partisan primary source"? Looking at https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/about-us/ and https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/masthead/ I don't see any reason to indicate that it wouldn't be a reliable source. Folta's piece also looks reliable to me, unless I am missing something. Cheers SmartSE ( talk) 17:47, 30 March 2022 (UTC)