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My list of missing topics about politics, political groups and politicians are updated - Skysmith ( talk) 15:35, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
There is currently an RfC about the outcome of the presidential election here. Participation would be appreciated. Thanks. SW3 5DL ( talk) 17:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
Hey folks, I want to float the idea of launching a task force dedicated to the political careers and exploits of members of the Kennedy family. Anyone interested? - Indy beetle ( talk) 20:57, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
I started the recent RfD discussion, which is relisted: Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 January 16#Redirects implying Bush's direct involvement on 9/11. I invite you to improve consensus. -- George Ho ( talk) 10:34, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello, |
It would be really helpful to get more opinions here. I'm sorry if this post seems unrelated for this project, but Orwell's 1984 is listed as being in the scope of this project, and we could really use some opinions (that are based on WP policies and guidelines). Thanks! —PermStrump (talk) 04:07, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi all, I've recently suggested some changes to be made to the election infobox, to better display two-round elections such as those in France. I thought members of this project would be interested in commenting over there. Quantum Burrito ( talk) 23:24, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
I started discussion on the following redirects targeting Politics of the Republic of China: politics of Taiwan, Politics of taiwan, and Politics in Taiwan. I invite you to the RFD discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 00:51, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
There is a proposal to redirect the recently created Far-left politics in the United Kingdom. Contributions appreciated [Talk:Far-left politics in the United Kingdom here] ---- Snowded TALK 06:07, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
... at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Americans Against Insecure Billionaires with Tiny Hands (2nd nomination). --- Another Believer ( Talk) 19:16, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
If anyone has knowledge on the status of the Czech Republic and Slovakia with regards to the OSCE, please input at Talk:Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe#RfC about the map in the Participating states section. CMD ( talk) 05:05, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
The redirect, Communist era, is currently under discussion, recently relisted. I invite you to the RFD talk. -- George Ho ( talk) 20:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
How should we present these offices in their respective bio article infoboxes? I'd recommend we go with President of West Germany, President of East Germany & President of Germany per WP:COMMONNAME. -- GoodDay ( talk) 02:25, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
In fact, we should be using "of West Germany", "of East Germany" & "of Germany" for all German gov't offices pre/post-1990. GoodDay ( talk) 14:31, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
The office is called President of Germany in the English language; that is both its WP:COMMONNAME and the title of Wikipedia's article on the office. Therefore it should be just "President of Germany" unless further clarification is necessary. For post-reunification presidents no such clarification is needed and we should simply use "President of Germany." For Presidents during the Cold War, we should also use "President of Germany" because that's how the office was widely known in English sources, but add West Germany as a parenthesis, like this: "President of Germany (West Germany)". We should not use "President of East Germany" because no such office existed and because it was never the common English name; the communist world had its own distinct system and titles, and English sources tended to use those titles. In GDR, as in other communist states, the political system also changed a number of times. From 1960 to 1989 the head of state was the Chairman of the State Council. The last head of state was head of state in her capacity as President of the People's Chamber (i.e. speaker of the parliament). She was never "President" in the American sense. We should continue using those titles, as we have always done. There is also no need to confuse the issue of the complex communist titles of the former country GDR, which became defunct in 1990, with the titles used in the very different liberal democratic state that was informally often called West Germany before 1990 and that continues to exist today, now universally called just Germany in English, with an unchanged political system. -- Tataral ( talk) 02:17, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Weizsäcker's title in the infobox should be should be shown as:
-- Tataral ( talk) 02:26, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
The redirect, Democrat Party (United States), is relisted. I invite you to comment. -- George Ho ( talk) 01:48, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi all
There is a requested move discussion open at Talk:Voting system#Requested move 11 February 2017, which is of interest to this WikiProject. Thanks — Homunq ( ࿓) 14:33, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion on Talk:Donald Trump concerning the size of the article and the possibility of splitting it up. Interested editors are encouraged to join the discussion. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 17:11, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
I started Draft:March 4 Trump, if any project members want to help expand this draft as things develop. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 00:20, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
The RM at Talk:National Emblem of the People's Republic of China is still ongoing. I invite you to comment. -- George Ho ( talk) 00:36, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
I started another RfC discussion, Talk:Cold War II#RfC: "Novel risks and measures for preventing escalation" section. I invite you to comment. -- George Ho ( talk) 04:13, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I have started a discussion ( here) about the conditions of admission for the template of italian parties and particularly I have also proposed to insert the number of regional councillors in the infobox of italian parties. This proposal has been rejected by 2 users, but their reasons, in my view, are not so valid. If anyone is interested can join the discussion -- Wololoo ( talk) 20:30, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 20 | Archive 21 | Archive 22 | Archive 23 | Archive 24 | Archive 25 | → | Archive 30 |
My list of missing topics about politics, political groups and politicians are updated - Skysmith ( talk) 15:35, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
There is currently an RfC about the outcome of the presidential election here. Participation would be appreciated. Thanks. SW3 5DL ( talk) 17:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
Hey folks, I want to float the idea of launching a task force dedicated to the political careers and exploits of members of the Kennedy family. Anyone interested? - Indy beetle ( talk) 20:57, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
I started the recent RfD discussion, which is relisted: Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 January 16#Redirects implying Bush's direct involvement on 9/11. I invite you to improve consensus. -- George Ho ( talk) 10:34, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello, |
It would be really helpful to get more opinions here. I'm sorry if this post seems unrelated for this project, but Orwell's 1984 is listed as being in the scope of this project, and we could really use some opinions (that are based on WP policies and guidelines). Thanks! —PermStrump (talk) 04:07, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi all, I've recently suggested some changes to be made to the election infobox, to better display two-round elections such as those in France. I thought members of this project would be interested in commenting over there. Quantum Burrito ( talk) 23:24, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
I started discussion on the following redirects targeting Politics of the Republic of China: politics of Taiwan, Politics of taiwan, and Politics in Taiwan. I invite you to the RFD discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 00:51, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
There is a proposal to redirect the recently created Far-left politics in the United Kingdom. Contributions appreciated [Talk:Far-left politics in the United Kingdom here] ---- Snowded TALK 06:07, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
... at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Americans Against Insecure Billionaires with Tiny Hands (2nd nomination). --- Another Believer ( Talk) 19:16, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
If anyone has knowledge on the status of the Czech Republic and Slovakia with regards to the OSCE, please input at Talk:Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe#RfC about the map in the Participating states section. CMD ( talk) 05:05, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
The redirect, Communist era, is currently under discussion, recently relisted. I invite you to the RFD talk. -- George Ho ( talk) 20:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
How should we present these offices in their respective bio article infoboxes? I'd recommend we go with President of West Germany, President of East Germany & President of Germany per WP:COMMONNAME. -- GoodDay ( talk) 02:25, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
In fact, we should be using "of West Germany", "of East Germany" & "of Germany" for all German gov't offices pre/post-1990. GoodDay ( talk) 14:31, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
The office is called President of Germany in the English language; that is both its WP:COMMONNAME and the title of Wikipedia's article on the office. Therefore it should be just "President of Germany" unless further clarification is necessary. For post-reunification presidents no such clarification is needed and we should simply use "President of Germany." For Presidents during the Cold War, we should also use "President of Germany" because that's how the office was widely known in English sources, but add West Germany as a parenthesis, like this: "President of Germany (West Germany)". We should not use "President of East Germany" because no such office existed and because it was never the common English name; the communist world had its own distinct system and titles, and English sources tended to use those titles. In GDR, as in other communist states, the political system also changed a number of times. From 1960 to 1989 the head of state was the Chairman of the State Council. The last head of state was head of state in her capacity as President of the People's Chamber (i.e. speaker of the parliament). She was never "President" in the American sense. We should continue using those titles, as we have always done. There is also no need to confuse the issue of the complex communist titles of the former country GDR, which became defunct in 1990, with the titles used in the very different liberal democratic state that was informally often called West Germany before 1990 and that continues to exist today, now universally called just Germany in English, with an unchanged political system. -- Tataral ( talk) 02:17, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Weizsäcker's title in the infobox should be should be shown as:
-- Tataral ( talk) 02:26, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
The redirect, Democrat Party (United States), is relisted. I invite you to comment. -- George Ho ( talk) 01:48, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi all
There is a requested move discussion open at Talk:Voting system#Requested move 11 February 2017, which is of interest to this WikiProject. Thanks — Homunq ( ࿓) 14:33, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion on Talk:Donald Trump concerning the size of the article and the possibility of splitting it up. Interested editors are encouraged to join the discussion. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 17:11, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
I started Draft:March 4 Trump, if any project members want to help expand this draft as things develop. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 00:20, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
The RM at Talk:National Emblem of the People's Republic of China is still ongoing. I invite you to comment. -- George Ho ( talk) 00:36, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
I started another RfC discussion, Talk:Cold War II#RfC: "Novel risks and measures for preventing escalation" section. I invite you to comment. -- George Ho ( talk) 04:13, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I have started a discussion ( here) about the conditions of admission for the template of italian parties and particularly I have also proposed to insert the number of regional councillors in the infobox of italian parties. This proposal has been rejected by 2 users, but their reasons, in my view, are not so valid. If anyone is interested can join the discussion -- Wololoo ( talk) 20:30, 5 March 2017 (UTC)