Template talk:Social democracy sidebar

Ideas?
The entire 'ideas' section reads like an election pamphlet. Concepts like "Democracy, Freedom, Human rights, Human dignity, Positive liberty, Social justice, Solidarity, Sustainability" are by no means unique to Soc Dems, and the links say very little about Soc Dem ideology. I propose they be deleted, the question is what should substitute it? --Soman 10:26, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * They were added here because they are also present in the Christian Democracy template, and it proved impossible to persuade a couple of editors to accept their removal. I maintain that any criteria applied to this template must be applied in equal measure to the Christian Democracy template. -- Nikodemos 10:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I think we meed strong criteria for the inclusion of ideas for all templates, because I belief that these ideas are very useful, if they have proper criteria. C mon 16:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I have no qualms with the current version (which should not be surprising, as I was the last editor of the template). Right now, the template is limited to: If anyone has any qualms with the current template, discuss them here. This is still a work in progress--(Ptah, the El Daoud 06:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC))
 * key precursors - i.e., Social Democracy could have never come about if not for: the Age of Enlightenment; the early work of "Utopian socialism" (as the "Utopians" provided inspiration to--and created a frame of reference for--both the revolutionary socialists and the early social democrats); the failed Revolutions of 1848 (which led many socialists to abandon revolutionary socialism) and Trade Unionism.
 * key Politics - i.e., there would not be "Social Democracy" were it not for: Representative democracy, Labour rights, Civil liberties, some form of the Welfare state; some form of a Mixed economy; Secularism; some form of Fair trade (key to modern Social Democratic politics); and a certain degree of Environmental protection (also key to modern Social Democratic politics).
 * key Organizations- The List of social democratic parties, the Socialist International, the Party of European Socialists, and the International Trade Union Confederation all certainly qualify for representation.
 * and, of course, there are the obligatory Key figures to debate over...

Update
I have created a "Precursors" section for the template, to create a brief frame of reference for those new to Social Democracy. This includes four topics: the Age of Enlightenment, Utopian socialism, the Revolutions of 1848 and Trade Unionism. I have renamed the "Policies" section "Politics," as policies are specific, and politics is general. I have added to this section Representative democracy, Civil liberties, Secularism and Environmental protection. --(Ptah, the El Daoud 05:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC))


 * I have added Orthodox Marxism to the Precursors section. See "Understanding Social Democracy" by Sherri Berman for a brief, and enlightening, explanation of how social democracy grew out of the Orthodox Marxist movement (by ultimately rejecting it).--(GordonBrownforPresident 23:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC))

Small or large

 * I personally prefer templates without "show" buttons and thus I would like to return to the previous version of the template. --Checco (talk) 19:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I reorganized the template following reorganizations of templates like Socialism sidebar, Anarchism sidebar and Communism sidebar. The reason for this is that smaller templates are preferable for two reasons
 * Having a large template can lead to strange lay outs on the screens, especially if articles have multiple large templates, it can become very messy
 * Large templates can be pretty strange on small articles, when half the page is white, because the template continues but the text does not

Making templates expandedable with the "show" button deals with these issues quite nicely.
 * - C mon (talk) 07:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear C mon, your opinion counts exactly as mine, so I don't understand why we can't return to the previous version of the template. I think it is fairly more practical to have templates without "show" buttons. They are more easily manageble. --Checco (talk) 09:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * After six days, I can only observe that there is no consensus on the edits of C mon, as he is the only one defending them in this talk page... --Checco (talk) 23:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Checco, in the case of this particular template, I did not create the shows, that was User:Morgan695 here and you are the only one contesting this. So I can't say that there is consensus for rolling back. C mon (talk) 07:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You're right (sorry), but, as we are talking about a handful of templates, I agree with you when you say that we need a more centralized discussion. I don't think it is ok to have some templates with the shows and some without. We need a single decision on all the navigational boxes on political parties. --Checco (talk) 08:03, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I created a centralized place for discussion about the show/hide-issue here. I invite every one to participate. C mon (talk) 18:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Tony Blair? Is he a social democrat ? Cme34 (talk) 07:44, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Clement Attlee
Please note that Clement Attlee is spelt thus, and not any other way. Thanks and best wishes, DBaK (talk) 23:38, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

C.A.R. Crosland
I am shocked to find that Tony Crosland has been removed from the list of people. He is surely the leading theorist of modern social democracy in Britain. It seems quite ridiculous to include Bulent Ecevit and Gerhard Schroeder, essentially merely opportunist politicians, but to leave out an influential intellectual such as Crosland. -- Alarics (talk) 21:51, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I added Lassalle, who is certainly the most important figure of Northern-European (or now NW European) social democracy. Following your comments, I removed Blair and Schröder, who are not of the stature of the others, i.e., they are not considered the leading politicians of their country, etc. Thanks! Best regards, Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 02:09, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Corbyn
JEREMY CORBYN IS NOT A SOCIAL DEMOCRAT. --2.100.250.44 (talk) 04:32, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
 * @2.100.250.44$[1]$ and @92.30.218.168:$[2]$ Cursory reasearch leads me to believe that there is a home for Jeremy Corbyn in Social democracy sidebar, and therefore at Social democracy as well:
 * “From his style to his policies Mr Corbyn would, in Norway, be an unremarkably mainstream, run-of-the-mill social-democrat. . . . Yet, here in the United Kingdom a politician who makes similar policy-proposals . . . is brandished as an extremist of the hard-left and a danger to society.”$undefined$
 * “Across Europe social democracy –and for all the charges of Marxist extremism thrown at Jeremy Corbyn, his ‘spend more money on the welfare state’ manifesto was resoundingly social democratic –has long been on the slide.”$undefined$
 * “Corbyn wants to nationalize key industries. He is a socialist, not a social democrat.”$undefined$ (emphasis added)
 * Because this issue approaches a biography of a living person, I’m not immediately reinserting Corbyn, but please provide information that contradicts my understanding. — LLarson   (said &amp; done) 13:57, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Is Corbyn actually notable enough? He's not a prime minister or an academic; he has not held a high political (government) office, or offered theoretical insights. It seems as if his inclusion is jumping on the bandwagon. I note that Ed Miliband is not listed, for instance. --Hazhk (talk) 14:02, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I’m not an expert in British domestic politics, but those sound like grounds to keep Corbyn off both templates. — LLarson   (said &amp; done) 01:26, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Heads up that we’re discussing whether Jeremy Corbyn belongs in Social democracy sidebar, and therefore at Social democracy as well. — LLarson   (said &amp; done) 13:39, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Removal of custom colors
I've removed the use of custom colors from this template, as I have also done with the navboxes for Nazism, Neo-Nazism, Anarchism, Libertarianism, Liberalism, Communism, and other ideologies. None of these color schemes serve any encyclopedic purpose, and are solely decoration for the sake of decoration. -- The Anome (talk) 11:24, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 9 June 2020
In People change Rosa Luxemburg --> Luxemburg - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 04:36, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:05, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 14 August 2020
Delete one of the Batlle y Ordóñez links. He is linked twice in this template. 72.208.178.248 (talk) 18:05, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 18:08, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 14 August 2020
Uh, the last two edit requests weren't done with this template:. 72.208.178.248 (talk) 20:14, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 20:32, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 14 January 2021
Add Paternalistic Conservatism to Variants section of this template.

Kanclerz K-Tech Kanclerz K-Tech (talk) 10:50, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Paternalistic conservatism appears to be a movement in opposition to social democracy, not a variant of it. That may be why it is listed in the Conservatism sidebar and not in this one.  – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:37, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Social Democracy sidebar has a typo
The SocDem sidebar has a typo in the "concepts" category. It lists tripartisme (with an e) which refers to a French political alliance in the 1940s but it should instead list tripartism (without an e) which is an economic model popular amongst social democratic parties. Elishop (talk) 21:37, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ * Pppery * it has begun... 14:59, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 28 May 2021
Add Kevin Rudd to the "people" category. MarioBayo (talk) 10:15, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: This isn't meant to be a comprehensive list, and it's already quite long as is. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 17:44, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 31 May 2022
Remove Chávez from the template.

Chávez is one of the central figures of the Socialism of the 21st century and has cited Marxism as one of his influences. He is already included in the Template:Socialism sidebar, which is more appropriate for him. Additionally, he denounced and was a candidate against the Democratic Action party, historically social democratic and part of the previous bipartisanship in the country, accusing them of being too right-wing. --NoonIcarus (talk) 23:34, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅.  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'r there 01:28, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 1 June 2022
Remove Morales from the template.

For the same reason as Chávez: Morales is one of the central figures of the Socialism of the 21st century and is already included in the Template:Socialism sidebar, which is more appropriate for him. --NoonIcarus (talk) 11:31, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅.  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'r there 19:41, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 2 June 2022
Add Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia, to the list of people associated with social democracy, into this template. Shokz123 (talk) 10:43, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ the article on that subject does not mention that phrase even once, and does not use this navigation template. Please discuss adding this navigation (and correspondingly adding that subject to it) at Talk:Anthony Albanese. Once added, reactivate the edit request above if appropriate. —  xaosflux  Talk 13:48, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 28 October 2022
Add Gough Whitlam to the 'People' section of this sidebar. His premiership had a considerable impact on how we in Australia view the ideology of 'social democracy', and a quick view of his achievements and reformist nature should provide credit to this. 129.127.113.246 (talk) 03:51, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, also added to the Social democracy navbar.  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'r there 04:39, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 18 December 2022
The link on the rose image is wrong, the article's sections were changed so it doesn't link to the section anymore. Betseg (talk) 06:14, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
 * .  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'r there 16:24, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 8 March 2023
I would like to put * Cárdenas just like the people in the people section 2601:901:4300:39D0:BC9A:C9DE:3345:CD60 (talk) 21:41, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. Good catch!  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'er there 13:49, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 9 March 2023
I would like to put * Cárdenas just like the people in the people section 2601:901:4300:39D0:B51D:A742:7229:E64F (talk) 16:51, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done Cárdenas is already listed in the People section. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:19, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 9 March 2023 (2)
I would like to put * Cárdenas just like the people in the people section in this template 2601:901:4300:39D0:B51D:A742:7229:E64F (talk) 23:13, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. It appears,, that IP wanted the surname only to appear (without the given name) in the navbar as well as in the sidebar. ( is a remote talkpage redirect to this talk page.) Best to you!  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'er there 04:56, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Edit request 2 April 2023
Description of suggested change:

Marx, Lenin, Allende, Engels and Luxemburg should not be in the people section. they are by no means social democrats, the use of the word back then meant something very different.

Diff: Thatjakelad (talk) 18:39, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. The phrase "social democracy" appears a dozen times in Rosa Luxemburg, for example. – Jonesey95 (talk) 11:54, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 10 May 2023
I want to add two politicians' names to sidebar who were leaders of social demoract parties. Kamal Jumblatt and Erdal İnönü. PassekCver (talk) 09:02, 10 May 2023 (UTC)


 * .  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'er there 12:57, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 6 February 2024
Add Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to list of social democrats Alejose28 (talk) 23:34, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 04:28, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 20 February 2024
I would like to add Keir Starmer, Leader of the UK Labour Party to the list of people associated with Social democracy. Pikachu3408 (talk) 17:07, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Inclusion of this person in the template has to be verified by sourced claims in that article that they are a social democrat, which are currently nonexistant. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:41, 21 February 2024 (UTC)