Talk:2008 Armenian presidential election protests

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POV issues aside, shouldn't this article be named 2008 Armenian presidential election protests VartanM (talk) 20:28, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think this change should be made. And I think we should maintain a link from the current page to the new one.  Serouj (talk) 11:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

VartanM (talk) 22:04, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Removed some weasel wording and pov wording.
 * LTP was not placed under house arrest
 * Exaggerated numbers
 * Added fact tags where one is needed
 * 1. Number is much, much greater than 15,000. It was the largest demonstration yet.  (see pics) --> I was there, I should know.
 * 2. The demonstration at Liberty Square was violently suppressed by special forces using truncheons and electric shock equipment. There are videos showing this, so there's no disputing the government provocation and excessive force used.
 * 3. Ter-Petrossian was de facto under house arrest. Serouj (talk) 22:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

1 all numbers should be sourced with reliable, neutral, non-Armenian sources. 2 again reliable sources, preferably neutral, non-Armenian 3 we can say that he was being held in his house, but was not officially under house arrest. And then state the official reason. VartanM (talk) 22:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the pictures. VartanM (talk) 22:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

The two sources that need to be replaced are A1+ and Armenianliberty, both are anti-government. I'm looking for neutral ones to replace them. VartanM (talk) 22:26, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Armenianow should not be used as well for obvious reasons.--  Ευπάτωρ   Talk!! 22:50, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Are you kidding? Who are you to decide what news sources to be used?  You would like to use only government mouthpiece as a news source?  I have personally seen here how the government has distorted the news.  So far, based on my experiences, ArmeniaLiberty, A1+, and ArmeniaNow very accurately portray what is happening on the ground.  There has been an information blockade by the Armenian government for over a week now on their news sources.  Now they've made it into marshall law -- no Armenian mass media can write any news other than the official government line.  Serouj (talk) 23:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually no, i'm quite serious. You need to back up your pov original research. All three are non neutral sources. You should be able to substitute those sources with non-Armenian neutral ones. As for the media blockade, that's what usually happens during a state of emergency, they oughta start imposing curfews as well.--  Ευπάτωρ   Talk!! 23:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Umm... There's no problem in having Armenian sources.  Almost all media in Armenia are, naturally, Armenian.  It's like saying you need French and Swedish news sources to cover the article on the American Presidential elections.  Serouj (talk) 23:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * There's no media blockade in the U.S. when there's a state of emergency. Serouj (talk) 23:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You are not using just any Armenian sources. You are using anti-government sources. A1+ is vehemently anti-government. The other two are less so but still cannot by any means be considered neutral sources.--  Ευπάτωρ   Talk!! 23:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Look, for each of those A1+ articles, I personally witnessed the claims made (e.g. cordon around opera) and/or corroborated by at least one other source. The one on the provocateurs was also corroborated by RFE/RL and the NSS admitted to it in a press conference. Nevertheless, A1+ is not any more biased than any government source.  It is a logical fallacy to assume that government sources are reliable.  Serouj (talk) 23:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Suffice it to say that there is much news that has not been published yet. For example, the reason the first car was burned (during daylight at around 4pm) was that that car was driven FULL SPEED into the thick crowd by a policeman. At least 2 women were injured and an ambulance came to take them.  The policeman fled on foot... Car was destroyed by people.  This happened in broad daylight.  Serouj (talk) 00:08, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Personally withnessing and writing an article is called original research. Its simply not allowed in wikipedia, you might want to look at doing that in wikinews. VartanM (talk) 23:43, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I was referring to specific A1+ articles. Eupator thinks that they are unreliable...  Just giving my two cents based on my experiences the last few weeks.  Serouj (talk) 23:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * A1+ is the least reliable of them all. They are not only pro-opposition, but pro-LTP. VartanM (talk) 23:49, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You have no evidence to back this claim. Based on my experience, A1+ has so far been as reliable as ArmeniaLiberty, ArmeniaNow, and EurasiaNet.  They corroborate what is happening on the ground.  Government sources simply do not.  And the further away you move from Armenia (e.g. NY Times, BBC) the less accurate the news gets.  For example, NY Times stated in its article that central roads of Yerevan have been blocked by protestors for 11 days, which is simply false.  That only happened for one day (March 1, indeed, less than 24 hours).  Serouj (talk) 00:03, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, there is much news that has not been published yet. For example, the reason the first car was burned (during daylight at around 4pm) was that that car was driven FULL SPEED into the thick crowd by a policeman. At least 2 women were injured and an ambulance came to take them.  The policeman fled on foot... Car was destroyed by people.  This happened in broad daylight.  Serouj (talk) 00:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Again, Serouj I'm not asking to use government sources, although we might have to when sourcing official announcements. Otherwise, opposition sources are not reliable. You're using one of them to source LTP's arrest, which is a POV claim. The article should first say that officially LTP is not unde house arrest[source], but x claims otherwise[source]. VartanM (talk) 02:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Point taken Vartan. Note also that LTP's house arrest is referenced by RFE/RL in the intro. Will try to provide alternative / official positions where they differ from the oppositions or from third parties like RFE/RL, Reuters, AP.  Serouj (talk) 02:48, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Please note that we can cite differing perspectives and versions of things, from both the government and the opposition, and we don't have to settle on one version as the truth, with a certain "neutral" source backing it up. NPOV means that we try to represent what various sides say in a controversy. As a simplistic example, you could have: "On Day X, 50,000 protesters were present according to pro-opposition media source Y,[cite] while pro-government media source Z said that only 15,000 were present.[cite]" Everyking (talk) 03:28, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Please don't be alarmed about the citation tags I have been inserting, I will add the citations in a little while. VartanM (talk) 03:00, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

February 25th section is wholly under WP:Not a newspaper. It needs to be rewritten. VartanM (talk) 03:49, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Photo Gallery
I recommend cutting down on the photo gallery and perhaps adding a few of the images to the body of the article instead. Pocopocopocopoco (talk) 01:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Good idea. It's easier to prioritize photos now that events are settling down.  I still have some key photos I need to upload (of the actual rioting) and also of the peaceful condition the night before (Feb 29) the violent government intervention.  (Number of tents had grown to 132, and covered much of the area of the square...) Serouj (talk) 01:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

NPOV
Serouj,

Under the rules of Wikipedia (WP:NPOV), we cannot present any one's opinion as the truth, even if such opinion is authoritative. HRW's opinion is an opinion--even if it's the truth, we do not present it as fact in this Encyclopedia. It's against the rules. I have made some changes in the language to reflect the fact that such opinions belong to appropriate sources and not directly to Wikipedia.--TigranTheGreat (talk) 05:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Tigran, point taken, but let's not call ArmeniaNow, Armenia Liberty (RFE/RL), and Human Rights Watch "pro-opposition" media. That is just non-sense.  Each of those papers are politically neutral.  (The other one I would add to the list is Armenia: Vote 2008 by EurasiaNet. Serouj (talk) 08:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps reading the following pages will help acquaint yourself with the rules: WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP:V. In other words, pretend you are from planet Mars, you have not seen the events yourself, and you are trying to tell to your fellow Martians what is happening in Armenia. --TigranTheGreat (talk) 06:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * If editors were restricted to editing articles about things they had actually seen, then Wikipedia would not be much of an encyclopaedia! Meowy 15:19, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thats called Original research, to write about things you witness, we have wikinews. Otherwise, ignoring the COI, everything needs to be sourced. VartanM (talk) 16:40, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

New name?
Wouldn't "2008 Armenian political crisis" or "2008 Armenian political unrest" work better than the present title? There were more dimensions to these incidents other than the LTP protests. -- Aivazovsky (talk) 14:42, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I think that the defining point were the 10-day (permanent/indefinite) protest that was being held in front of the Opera House at Liberty Square. The violent government intervention and killings there on March 1st led to the even larger mass protest at the French Embassy, after which the government again attacked peaceful demonstrators (9:15pm) who reacted with sticks and stones, after which the government got what it wanted -- a state of emergency (note that the army was already in buses way before 10pm when Kocharian made the announcement of a state of emergency).  9:15 saw a lot of bloodshed and killing (one-sided).  When the police and army withdrew to Shahumyan Square, the government staged the "looting" of the grocery store (Lfik Samo's Yerevan City) -- this involved only 20-50 people -- while the peaceful protest continued near the French Embassy (by this time, though, the bulk of the population had gone home, as the army was directly firing into the crowd during the 9:15 pm clashes).
 * So in a nutshell, I would say the incidents really are the protests. Being peaceful in nature, I don't think "unrest" accurately characterizes the peaceful protesting that went on at Opera Square nor at Miasnikyan next to the French Embassy.  Serouj (talk) 16:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

riots and revolt would be better, and this article needs to be cleaned up. reads like a levon ter pterssian propoganda brochure, enough with alleged peacful demonstrators, who somehow brought anarchy. what is reliability of those pictures? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.68.31.146 (talk) 21:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Umm... I was there all 11 days.  Were you?  If so, share your pics.  The first 10 days and nights at Liberty Square were completely peaceful with tens of thousands of people each day, and hundreds camping in at night.  The violence began when the government entered the rally...  I don't think looting a single grocery store is considered a "riot", and acting in self-defense against provocations by police and military on an otherwise peaceful demonstration is considered a "revolt".  (Anyway, I'll stop feeding the troll now...)  Serouj (talk) 21:21, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh I am sooooh tempted to dip my paws into this entry, and the related one on the presidential election. Do a bit of "rioting and revolting" as that above unsigned editor would undoubtlessly characterise it (or, in other words, try to give a neutral account of the whole sorry state of affairs). Meowy 21:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

My suggestion for cleaning up this article
Move the pictures to wikipedia commons, have a link to commons in this article, keep 3-4 pictures in this article. Have a separate article called Timeline in the 2008 Armenian presidential election protests, keep a summary of the timeline in this article and a link to the timeline article. Pocopocopocopoco (talk) 05:39, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. VartanM (talk) 16:41, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

On Feb 20-March 1 protests being "unauthorized"
I've removed the following text from the intro: "...the protests, which were unauthorized by the government as required under Armenian law..."

The text was removed because it is incorrect. According to the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights (in its March 20 report, Section 5: State of Emergency): "Previously the municipal authorities only needed to be notified of the intent to hold rallies, demonstrations or manifestations. The amendments full conformity with article 11 paragraph 2 of the European Convention can be questioned." Serouj (talk) 14:23, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I had a feeling that was the case when I added the fact tag, but I didn't know the issue well enough to go as far as removing the text. Meowy 15:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Removal of "totally disputed" tag
I'm removing the "totally disputed" tag from the top of this page, because all major points of this article that needed citation have been referenced by neutral and/or reliable sources. Serouj (talk) 19:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Number of deaths
The number of death has risen to 10 as 2 more civilians died of injuries in the hospital, I updated this number in the article, with the given source. Baku87 (talk) 10:27, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Nagorno-Karabakh
The fighting wasnt just merely within the borders of NKR, but also outside which is known as Karabakh, thus Karabakh is the correct term to use. Just saying NKR is POV, I corrected this. Baku87 (talk) 10:38, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Videos
"special forces firing directly at protesters on night of March 1" Dear Seroj First and foremost it never shows any direct shooting. It shows some thugs running away, and then calmly getting in the car, all the while the special forces are suppose to be shooting at them with automatic weapons. And if you further look at the video you'll see that the weapons don't recoil. Which means they're not shooting. Which brings us to the editing. The original sound of the video is completely missing and is replaced by a sound effect(shooting). And the bullet traces are clearly edited also, we can see the same kind of cheep, wannabe effects in Gor Vardanian movies. I will welcome you to add the original un-eddited versions of this videos. Otherwise your misleading the readers. Narine08 (talk) 04:32, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * FYI this article is just horrible. It looks like someones blog, rather then like an encyclopedia article. Narine08 (talk) 04:42, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * WP:SOFIXIT Pocopocopocopoco (talk) 04:47, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * It's easier said then done :) besides, the owner of this article doesn't seem to like my changes. And it would take me months to fix it, I'm still struggling to learn how wikipedia works. Narine08 (talk) 04:52, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Nobody should own articles in wikipedia. If you're having trouble making the changes you believe would improve the article, try dispute resolution. Pocopocopocopoco (talk) 04:55, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Nah, thats even more complicated. Thanks for showing me the wiki rules though, got anymore of those? Narine08 (talk) 05:03, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * There's also ignore all rules. Confused yet? Pocopocopocopoco (talk) 05:25, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I think this should be enough Simplified_ruleset. By the way, what an unusual name. Narine08 (talk) 05:46, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Both of these videos are eyewitness videos. Unedited segments are contained within the video itself.  Editing has been done only to reduce the frame rate (i.e. slow-motion -- that's why the sound is distorted too -- you get high frequency sounds distorted to low-frequency ones).  With regard to page content, nearly all claims have been sourced to reliable sources; if you have an issue with a specific sentence, then why not bring it up for discussion?  Serouj (talk) 19:42, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Eupator "youtube videos that can be made by anyone or uploaded by anyone are no good in wikipedia, especially for a controversial article such as this"
 * That's right, YouTube videos CAN be made by anyone and uploaded by anyone. In this case, these videos document this particular event and OF COURSE it's relevant to this article which is about this event!  It doesn't matter how controversial an event is...  If these videos document that event, then they should rightfully be linked to!  Serouj (talk) 06:53, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia can only use neutral and reliable sources. A video on Youtube doesn't meet those criteria. But if you can build a consensus go ahead and include them. Try this: Requests for comment.--  Ευπάτωρ   Talk!! 13:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Are you claiming that the video is a fraud? That is ridiculous.  They're two videos by two different people documenting a part of the same event; both videos show bullets being fired (the first, a profile; the second bullets flying overhead).  Serouj (talk) 08:37, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes I am. Original research aside, do you have a neutral and reliable source that claims otherwise?--  Ευπάτωρ   Talk!! 14:41, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Here's the reliable source (Radio Free Europe) that claims from its *own* eyewitness correspondent:
 * The videos stay. Serouj (talk) 06:36, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Armenian Special Forces are from Star Trek?
I just watched the second youtube video and it made me laugh. The second clip (at around 2:49) shows green laser lights coming out of AK-47 rifles. WTF? This is clearly edited in some cheap video editing software. It is clear that the sound track was changed. It is clear that machine guns don't have green lasers installed on them. Also it is impossible to see a speeding bullet on a cheap amateur video (cell phone?) camera. Doesn't this *fake* video jeopardise the whole article's credibility? -Սահակ/Sahak (talk) 00:25, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * lol The entire "article" is one big fucking joke referenced almost entirely by highly partisan and unreliable sources. It reads like a Joseph Goebbels speech.--  Ευπάτωρ   Talk!! 00:33, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * With regard to the "green laser lights" from the rifles, they are actually tracer bullets. If you can see them with your eyes, then you can see it in a videocamera (a tracer bullet is meant to be seen by the human eye, and a videocamera is meant to record anything visible by the human eye -- that's why it works at 30 frames per second...).  You can confirm the "green laser light" at Eurasianet's site: http://www.eurasianet.org/armenia08/.  (Look at the third photograph in the slideshow.) Serouj (talk) 04:43, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Search for "tracer bullet night" on YouTube. Here's one: an AR-15. Here's another: an AK-47.Serouj (talk) 04:54, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The use of tracer bullets is also confirmed by RFE/RL and is referenced in the article inline (search for "tracer" in the article). If you have specific issues with anything in the article, feel free to bring them up point-by-point. Serouj (talk) 04:46, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

from politics of Armenia
Here below is a long paragraph, mainly unsourced, with was on the page about politics of Armenia--Dans (talk) 21:45, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

"Although the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitored the Presidential elections and concluded that they were 'mostly in line with international standards,' Armenian opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian protested the election results. Protesters supporting Ter-Petrosian began demonstrating in the capital city of Yerevan shortly after the results were announced. So far nine deaths have been reported as a result of conflicts between the police, the army, and the demonstrators in the streets of Yerevan. Human Rights Watch has accused the police of disproportionate violence. Additionally, the government has been accused of charging only opposition activists, and failing to follow-up accusations against the police

On Saturday, 1 March 2008, the outgoing president Robert Kocharian declared a state of emergency for the city and Levon Ter-Petrosian (who was in home arrest) recorded a message that was played over loudspeakers through the city of Yerevan the next day. In the message, Ter-Petrosian urged his supporters to return to their homes to avoid conflicts with the army and police and vowed to pursue the election results through legal channels. A constitutional court heard and rejected the case on 8 March 2008 because of the state of constitutional emergency.

The Centre for the Popular Movement (CPM) convened a sitting on 25 April. The Centre is going to challenge the outcome of the 19 February Presidential election at the European Court of Human Rights. An experts’ panel including Armenian and foreign lawyers will be set up to elaborate the lawsuit, the pre-election headquarters for Levon Ter-Petrossian reports.

According to the RA law on criminal legislation article 225.3 and article 300 first part the RA police started investigation on the following RA citizens to be sentenced: Sasun Mekhaki Mikaelyan (born in 07.11.1957, c. Hrazdan, Vanatur, 76ap) and Khachatur Alberti Sukiasyan (born in 15.09.1961, c Yerevan, Zavaryan str. 6) and according to the RA law on criminal legislation Nikol Vovayi Pashinyan (born in 01.06.1975, registered in c. Idjevan, Metaghagortsneri str. 3; but living in c. Yerevan, G. Nzhdeh str. 29, fl 15) is under investigation. Overall, there are 135 political prisoners in RA.

According to the police, they are accused in the following organizing mass disorder on 1 March 2008 in Opera square, Yerevan by the former RA president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and his confidants, breaking the law, for organizing public disorder and conducting it, for getting, keeping illegal weapons, for carrying out violation towards the police officers, on 1 March 2008 organizing mass disorder in the central part of the capital and the municipality building which was held by using weapons, murders, breaking and injuring properties, violation, firing and opposing the police officers.

In the message spread by the police, it is particularly mentioned those who have any information about the people under investigation should call the police central department 52-02-02, 53-02-02, or 56-02-02 or else, apply to their nearby police station.

On 22 April, Zharangutiu (Heritage) Party MPs have requested the RA Prosecutor General to review the preventive punishments of Smbat Aivazian, member of the Hanrapetutiu (Republic) Party’s Political Board, and Arshak Banuchian, deputy director of the Matendaran. Reminder: Smbat Aivazian was detained on 24 February and Arsah Banuchian after the 1 March events. The Party proceeds collection of signatures in the National Assembly required to change the restraint of the detained parliamentarians. “Zharangutiun” submitted a solicitation of restraint with the Procurator’s Office two days ago. 'Zharangutiun' MP Zaruhi Postanjian said that the solicitation was not rejected

On 23 April 2008, a day before the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, the Armenian journalist Gayane Arustamian held a protest action near the Matenadaran. She was accompanied by RA citizen Lala Aslikian. The protesters voiced complaint against genocides and murders. Over ten policemen watched the women’s action at the head of Ruben Melkonian. The protesters were holding a poster with an English inscription, 'How can you prevent genocide?' At first, the policemen didn’t interfere with them as they didn’t understand the English sentence. Soon they got indignant seeing the second poster with an Armenian inscription, 'What is the cost of the ten murdered people?' They finally flew into a rage after the protesters raised the third poster: '24 April 1915: Taliat, Jemal, Enver. 1 March 2008: Robert, Serzh, Artur. 'How dare you instil hatred? Don’t you feel ashamed of yourself, you are my daughter’s age,' said one of the policemen. The moment the protesters were answering journalists’ questions, the policemen grasped the posters and tore them off. 'You can tear off the posters but you cannot uproot my tongue,' said Gayane Arustamian. She left the site in triumph.

Since morning 24 April (the Armenian Genocide day), Azatutyan (Liberty) Square had been surrounded by policemen grouped on the sidewalks or walking to and fro. Police buses and cars rested right in the square center. The reason was the march to be conducted by opposition leaders from Azatutyan Square to Tsitsernakaberd at 3pm. In reply to the question why there were so many policemen in the square, one of the policemen answered humorously: 'You can peacefully walk in here. Nothing is going to happen.' Another policeman seriously advised: 'You’d better not show yourself at the neighborhoods around 3pm.' The doctors in police clinic were to be alert and ready to overwork.

On the Genocide commemoration day, thousands of people, accompanied by opposition leaders, made for Tsitsernakaberd from Northern Avenue. The police closed Baghramian Avenue allowing the marchers only to walk along the sidewalk. Chairman of People’s Party Stepan Demirchian, Chairman of Hanrapetutyun (Republic) Party Aram Sargisian, Leader of the Social Democratic Henchak Party Lyudmila Sarkissian, former spokesman of Levon Ter-Petrossian Levon Zurabian, and Davit Shahnazarian conducted the march. However hard the policemen tried to persuade people to walk along the sidewalk, they failed. In the end the police yielded and opened one side of the avenue. New groups of people joined the marchers on the way to Tsitsernakaberd. Roads have not been closed and there are no traffic problems recorded. Anyway, there are water-pumping and razor wire cars on Demirchian Street."

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Dubious references
Some of the references here are tagged "dubious"', and have been since 2008. Is there any reason either not to trust the source and remove the dubious tag, or otherwise to, unless other sources can be found, remove the information as unsourced. If the source has been dubious for 12 years, and still is, it should be remove. Shadowssettle(talk) 12:56, 6 May 2020 (UTC)