Talk:United States involvement in regime change/Archive 6

Venezuela
Information provided from reliable sources is being removed. A user is moving the goalposts of the article saying "explain how verbal support is regime change". Well, the sources have clearly explained it (recognition of Guaidó and sanctions) and the user's argument is based on the their original interpretation that only words were exchanged. Wikipedia users are not here to "explain" anything to readers, we use reliable secondary sources for that. So, can you explain why you are removing reliably sourced information and promoting your own original research?--WMrapids (talk) 19:40, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * WMrapids, you're insisting in reinstating a section that has been repeatedly disputed in the past. You might want to take a look at the archives and offer a new argument for this first. Regards, --NoonIcarus (talk) 20:23, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you seemingly bludgeoning users you disagree with until they walked away. Not happening here, especially since we have the source. WMrapids (talk) 22:43, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright, took a look. Two discussions were about the 2002 Venezuelan coup attempt and one was about the sanctions. The latter you removed citing your typical WP:COATRACK argument, WP:RECENTISM and the apparent partisanship of CEPR. However, none of these are related to the recent edits that were placed.
 * You simply dismissing the recent edits and saying that this was already discussed in the past is misleading. This is no longer recent and there are scholarly authors who discuss the attempted regime change in books, directly mentioning the sanctions. So please, can you provide a valid explanation for removal as well? WMrapids (talk) 22:51, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Stop the personal attacks. You have already started casting aspersions again in related RfCs, and this is not the first time that I have warned you.
 * As I stated in the related Latin America article, the main problem is that mere support (which isn't is being conflated with actual involvement. As your changes themselves concede, the plan for an interim presidency came from López and Guaidó themselves, not the US.  will probably be able to expand on this too. Concluding otherwise is a personal interpretation and WP:SYNTH.
 * The section has been disputed both in the past and in the present by several editors, so I kindly ask you to stop. --NoonIcarus (talk) 13:29, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
 * It says United States involvement, not leadership. That is apparent in other entries in this article as well.
 * Your argument seems to be WP:VAGUEWAVE since you just casually mention WP:SYNTH without providing an explanation. This information is coming from dozens of sources that describe the actions as regime change.
 * You (and others) constantly say "everyone else" disagrees, yet provide no valid argument to remove this information.
 * Is there a dispute resolution process we can take besides the same four users making the same stale arguments? I don't want to open an RfC, but the constant reverting is ridiculous. WMrapids (talk) 15:17, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I support inclusion for the same reasons as @WMrapids. Providing support, whether that support be political, diplomatic or material, is definitely involvement. Reliable sources have sufficiently documented American actions in Venezuela as supportive of regime change. Skornezy (talk) 00:05, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * You can take a look at Talk:United States involvement in regime change in Latin_America where the main discussion is occurring now. WMrapids (talk) 18:58, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * be careful with WP:CANVASSing. Please try to stay as transparent as possible with the user that you notify to participate.--ReyHahn (talk) 19:22, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Please strike this. This is obviously showing a user who was previously engaged where the discussion was now taking place. WMrapids (talk) 19:27, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I understand. Please take it as a friendly advice not as a warning. We all want a fair RfC.--ReyHahn (talk) 19:35, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I oppose inclusion in either article, but if the RfC at the other article is for include, then and only then we should include a much more concise version here. I oppose partly because I don't think the sourcing is enough to say "involvement" and because if it is "involvement" there hasn't actually been a change of regime. BobFromBrockley (talk) 17:55, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

I don't think the fact that US actions in Venezuela have been unsuccessful should exclude them from this article. Cuba and South Vietnam appear here, for example. Restricting this article to successful regime change action by the US would necessitate the creation of a separate article on unsuccessful regime change actions. This is separate from the issue of whether US actions fit into the description "Involvement in regime change". My view on that question is that the only plausible explanation for the multifarious actions taken by the US against Venezuela (personal and economic sanctions, "using all economic levers to force a solution", embrace of Juan Guaido, treatment of Alex Saab, theft of Citgo, transmitting propaganda into Venezuela by Voice of America ...) is that it was aiming to change the government. The US said this itself. Burrobert (talk) 05:19, 7 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Bear in mind that the main problem is not that it was "unsuccessful", yourself pointing out that there are such examples in the article already. It is because these actions pale in comparison to the funding or actual logistical support in armed conflicts, such as it happened in Cuba and South Vietnam.
 * As of the rest of the examples that you mention, as long as there aren't reliable sources saying they constitute regime change, they are a personal opinion that don't belong to the article. --NoonIcarus (talk) 15:39, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Despite it being clear that this inclusion has been hotly contested and the current discussion pointing out to the length of the article, you're insisting in adding this section. Please stop. --NoonIcarus (talk) 20:38, 20 January 2024 (UTC)


 * It is appropriate for inclusion and most users are suggesting trimming sections, not outright removal of material. Make suggestions for trimming, but you need to stop editing against consensus; you were already sanctioned for these exact actions of removing Venezuela before. This is your final warning. WMrapids (talk) 00:27, 21 January 2024 (UTC)


 * The most recent discussions have been about the article's scope, not whether if Venezuela should be included or not, so you should be the one that seeks consensus for the change. I have already fixed this and started the discussion below.


 * You seem to be the one dismissing not only the discussion from this discussion, but also the ones in all of the archives, but I shouldn't be surprised considering that it is already an habit of yours to rekindle old or settled discussions in articles. Consider yourself warned as well. --NoonIcarus (talk) 02:01, 21 January 2024 (UTC)