User talk:Rebroad/Archive 2016

Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand
Howdy. The Thai government declared Vajiralongkorn king retroactive to when his father died. That's what we go with. GoodDay (talk) 21:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Who is "we"? Wikipedia is supposed to be factual, and NPOV. Just because someone retroactively declares something does not change history. What if Hitler retroactively denied the holocaust? Would that mean we should delete any mention of it? No government nor person should be able to censor Wikipedia. The fact is that if you were to travel back in time to late November 2016 and ask who is the King of Thailand, the answer would not be what the article implies by saying he became King on the 13th Octomber 2016. --Rebroad (talk) 15:12, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Get a consensus at that article's talkpage, please & take notice of the note in the infobox. GoodDay (talk) 15:28, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

If you read through the sources given in that article, you'll see where they mention that the ascension is retroactive to October 13. It's the Thailand government's call, not yours. GoodDay (talk) 15:42, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi GoodDay. The Thailand government is of course allowed to state when their King became King, but they do not get to dictate re-write history as documented by Wikipedia. The wording saying he is King since 13 October 2016 is misleading unless it's made clear it was done retrospectively. My first edit made this clear. I will restore it back to this edit. Leaving out the retrospective element is misleading as it implies that in November he was King when he, from a chronological perspective, was not. --Rebroad (talk) 04:49, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Clarification is in the infobox. GoodDay (talk) 04:52, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Not prominent enough. This is a key piece of information that should not be lost in the small print. --Rebroad (talk) 04:53, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * We'll see what others think at that article's talkpage. GoodDay (talk) 05:01, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

The present intro contains redundant mentions of the retroactive thing and dates tho:

"'Maha Vajiralongkorn (Thai: มหาวชิราลงกรณ; rtgs: Mahawachiralongkon; IPA: [máhǎː wáʨʰíraːloŋkɔːn]; born 28 July 1952) is the King of Thailand, since 13 October 2016 (declared retroactively on 1 December 2016). As the tenth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty, he is also styled as Rama X. At the age of 64, Vajiralongkorn is the oldest Thai monarch to ascend to the throne."

"'He is the only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. In 1972, at the age of 20, he was made crown prince by his father."

" After his father's death on 13 October 2016, he was expected to succeed to the throne of Thailand but asked for time to mourn before taking the throne. He accepted the throne on the night of 1 December 2016 but will not be crowned formally until after the cremation of his father. The government retroactively declared his reign to have begun on 13 October 2016, upon his father's death."

--หมวดซาโต้ (talk) 07:32, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, you make a good point, the entire part you have underlined is redundant, and therefore we ought to remove it and the dispute is gone. --Rebroad (talk) 04:01, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Will you please stop adding December 1 and/or removing October 13 in that article's intro & take your concerns to that article's talkpage? GoodDay (talk) 04:06, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

I've removed 13 October 2016 & left no date, while the Rfc is in progress. I did this, as it appears you're determined to edit war to keep 13 October 2016 out of the intro. GoodDay (talk) 04:19, 25 December 2016 (UTC)