Talk:International Police Organization

A page version before it was manipulated
I started this page in August 2023 and prepared it well. In September and October, other users added unsourced and promo materials. Rather than removing unsourced and promo materials, User:Scope_creep @Scope_creep moved the page to the draftspace. I believe once the page is well settled, the user should not have moved it to draftspace but rather just remove the unsourced material. We do not move the whole page to draftspace when some users mess it up but we rather undo their changes. The user who moved the page to draftspace informed me on my Talk page, and I responded 12 days ago, but he did not respond. Therefore, I re-started the page with a version before it was manipupated with the promo and unsourced material. Topjur01 (talk) 13:27, 20 October 2023 (UTC)


 * This page is well written, well sourced, and of a much better quality than many Wiki pages. No need to move it to draftspace. The page has been on the mainspace since August 2023. If it needs minor improvements, we can do them on mainspace. Topjur01 (talk) 13:30, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Comment on source quality from during the AfD
I'm reposting my assessment of the article's prior sourcing from the AfD for reference: Among the assembled sources, I see two ([30] Dnevnik, [31] RTV) that clearly provide independent, significant coverage of the organization, as opposed to either a) an interview with a representative b) descriptions of an event organized by them without description of the organization c) brief mention in passing regarding disaster relief coverage d) articles positively gushing about their disaster relief efforts that look more like PR than investigative journalism. The problem is that while the article as written follows the PR line that this is a storied scholarship and disaster relief organization, the Dnevnik and RTV pieces instead describes it as an organization that engages in false advertising regarding its relationship to the police, in addition to having ties to private security companies and far-right parties. RS like Balkan Insight and Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, which have been linked in this discussion, second this characterization, emphasizing the organization's ties to far-right parties when mentioning it in passing. signed,Rosguill talk Unless additional RS directly dispute the claims of far-right ties or provide a preponderance of independent coverage of their aid efforts to the exclusion of mentions of their less savory aspects, challenging these characterizations is a violation of WP:DUE. 14:55, 9 December 2023 (UTC)