Talk:2016 in the Philippines

Elections
So, it is not considered adding election related entries (campaign, candidates or sort of) on this page due to WP:ROUTINE. Is it right to post election related violence here as a exception? - Supergabbyshoe (talk2me) 09:03, February 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * I think it would depend on the situation, a case by case basis. If its something grave such as the Maguindanao massacre, why not?But if its one of usual "assasinations" (which is unfortunately a norm in some localities), in most cases no.Hariboneagle927 (talk) 13:11, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Law and other investigation developments
I think it is problematic that every developments of nationally-important investigations are posted here. It causes clutter burying the one-timers events which are equally important. For example a devastating earthquake entry being sandwiched by developments on a corruption probe. I propose that a series of page called "X in Philippine law" be created. I am not aware if there is a counterpart for such type of article for other countries even for the United States but to solve the issue of clutter why not take this approach.

I suggest using a similar format to this one:


 * Investigations
 * PDAF scam
 * January
 * January 1
 * February
 * February 6
 * Jejomar Binay corruption probe
 * January
 * January 1
 * February
 * February 6
 * Grace Poe disqualification case
 * January
 * January 1
 * February
 * February 6
 * National legislation
 * January
 * January 14 - President Aquino vetoes House Bill No. 5842, which intends to increase the pension of the members of Social Security System.
 * June
 * June 1 - Freedom of Information bill is passed

Instead of the events being lumped up together, these will be divided according to investigations/probe then to months. Plus a Section called "National legislation" will be for laws enacted, vetoed bills by the president. If there is a better names for the proposed article or its sections please make suggestions.

An alternate would be to create a timeline article for each probe: eg. Timeline of the PDAF scam investigation, Timeline of Grace Poe's disqualification cases, etc. And place them under a section called "Investigations" and national legislation and vetoes remain in the main events page.Hariboneagle927 (talk) 13:11, 12 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Really agree on your suggestion to have a separate article on the Philippine law since political and national events are truly controversial these days, including the Pork Barrel scam. Supergabbyshoe (talk2me) 10:38, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Terrorist incidents
I'm reviewing the automatic inclusion of terrorist incidents such as beheading, hostage crisis, etc. I believe such incidents should be placed in separate articles such as the Timeline of Abu Sayyaf attacks. I believe we shouldn't be including isolated encounters between the military and militant groups (especially if the encounter is not part of a specific formal operation or oplan), and only major developments should be included in this regard. For example if the military captures a key militant base. Also minor attacks such as bombing of electricity towers or burning of tractors doesn't merit a place here. I propose we should only include incidents that are truly noteworthy such as when a national day of mourning was declared in response of an attack, or any other concrete criteria.Hariboneagle927 (talk) 08:48, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Edit warring?
Hi. Can the two editors and  discuss the edits instead of reverting each other here wholesale? I see some useful additions made here, such as the SC order postponing the Marcos burial, Arroyo's acquittal by Ombudsman and the campaign against Abu Sayyaf which left 15 soldiers killed. WP:AGF anyone?--RioHondo (talk) 09:59, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't mind a consensus or two, but the problem here is any such calls for discussion over WP:ROUTINE or non-notable edits fall on deaf ears, and to top it all off, Vince aka Yaysmay15 decided to start a sock farm and relentlessly push his disruptive edits even if RBI or any such sanctions have been carried out. Blake Gripling (talk) 10:04, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Im sure the above aren't routine. But if its sockpuppetry, okay Im not gonna intervene.--RioHondo (talk) 10:12, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
 * If that's the case, just leave the legit edits as it is (perhaps with some tweaking or amendments) and purge all edits which may be deemed to be problematic or just plain nuts. Blake Gripling (talk) 10:54, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

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