Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Catalonia

Redirect
There's already a WikiProject Catalan-speaking countries which has been around a long time and is well-developed, so how about we redirect WikiProject Catalonia to there? Rwxrwxrwx (talk) 16:41, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

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Article related to Barcelona marked as articles for deletion
Information: Article related to Barcelona marked as articles for deletion here: Articles for deletion/Hotel Barcelona Princess. Subtropical -man  talk  (en-2)  18:31, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

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Another WikiProject
Why is there also WikiProject Catalan-speaking countries?--Johnsoniensis (talk) 18:44, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi. Well, there's not any precise explanation about the existence of both WikiProjects, they simply were born almost simultaneously (althrought the Catalan speaking countries was created earlier). However, this project remained frozen for years, until I realized that the other project appeared as abandoned, and I started to improve that forgotten page in order to restore some kind of order and activities in the articles around Catalonia.--Jacobí (talk) 21:44, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

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Changing the WikiProject
Hola tothom! I've pinged everyone who has made some sort of edit in the last 2-3 months for opinions.

Currently, I'm working on accessing and tagging all articles related to the Catalan-speaking countries (especially municipalities in Catalonia), and I'm facing some problems with this WikiProject. Currently, I'm tagging each Catalonia-related article with Catalonia=yes under the Template: WikiProject Catalan-speaking_countries but I would like to know whether you guys think this should be kept as totally separate (basically a WikiProject which is fully unrelated). Personally, I'm in favour of making this similar to WikiProject Andorra, so it continues to exist but under the bigger umbrella of WikiProject Catalan-speaking_countries. Gràcies en avancat! TheKaloo (talk) 22:32, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Expert review required for Draft:Picanyol
I came across this article while patrolling AFCs. The article purports to be about a widely loved Catalan cartoonist. I became somewhat suspicious because of the essay-like prose. Also any of the sources which could plausibly meet our standards are in a language which I do not speak. I feel it would benefit from some more expert review than I can give it. --Salimfadhley (talk) 20:21, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

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We need of new article
We need of new article of Barcelona–Pyrenees bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics, and linked it to 2030_Winter_Olympics. Information on the referendum may be included. Subtropical -man ( ✉  | en-2 ) 22:26, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

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Gaudi at GAR
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Article Societat Civil Catalana
A user has been repeteadly removing content from the article stating that it was bias. He also added other content at first without adding sources but it was from unrelated entities or entities stating the same exact things as SCC, in the end no new content or views. We have maintained a conversation but he insists in that the content he wants to remove is biased. The page is now locked and with the changes reverted prior to his edits until March 28. As I understand it, he is threatening to continue removing that content. Can't someone give some insight? He says that stating in the article that SCC says the same as Spanish nationalists regarding an alleged indoctrination in Catalonia school model is bias. For that sentence a reliable source is used to state that SCC denounces indoctrination into Catalan nationalism in Catalonia's school model and another reliable source which states that Spanish nationalism attacks the Catalan school model saying that it is being used to foster separatist sentiments. The user says that stating SCC agrees with Spanish nationalists in that regard is bias. 95.17.250.138 (talk) 15:38, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

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Catalonia nation discussion
There is a discussion at Talk:Catalonia whether the phrase should be used as the first sentence at Catalonia. Thanks  Dank Jae  11:12, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

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Inclusion of "from Catalonia"
Some of you may be aware of this by having footballers on your watchlists, some edit warring is going on when it comes to saying "from Catalonia" in lead paragraphs. User talk:Panenkazo should be of reading very carefully. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 21:40, 9 July 2024 (UTC)


 * At this moment there is a debate on my Talk page about the use of phrases in the definitions in the lead of footballers or people born in Catalonia such as: Lamine Yamal is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia. I also defend the inclusion of phrases such as: Lamine Yamal is a Catalan professional footballer from Spain. At no point am I debating the primary nationality or creating a doubt about what nationality he is. I am describing a fact that cannot be refuted or debated: Lamine is Catalan. Catalonia is officially recognized as a nation. In the footballers case, many of them have represented Catalonia. Panenkazo (talk) 22:20, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
 * In other cases, such as Pep Guardiola or Josep Carreras, they have publicly defined themselves as Catalans. There is no doubt they are from Catalonia. However. Identification or Self-identification as a Catalan is a separate issue. Panenkazo (talk) 22:31, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Some administrators have accepted my reasonings (3 admins). See:, , and . Rollbackers:  Panenkazo (talk) 23:37, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree with other people here that "Catalan" or "from Catalonia" should be accepted. As others have stated, I also use terms such as Scottish, Welsh, English, Kurds in the Catalan Wikipedia. Mercè Piqueras (talk) 18:33, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * WHY SCOTTISH PEOPLE YES AND CATALANS NO? See Gerard Butler or Sean Connery lead. Scotland have the same administrative status than Catalonia. Panenkazo (talk) 20:20, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Yamal no es español: es guineano y marroquí. Un papel no te convierte genéticamente en español. 31.4.137.141 (talk) 22:51, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * To IP above: Take your racism elsewhere. For one thing, if he didn't have Spanish citizenship, he would not be able to play for Spain. Crowsus (talk) 17:21, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Also it's more useful to reply in English, not everyone who knows English knows Spanish. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 17:29, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Not to hijack 's thread, but I think it would be helpful if this could become a centralised discussion with the aim to forming a consensus on, effectively, whether to broaden the scope of the general consensus from the 2018 RfC that was about Spanish region nationality inclusion at large. It has been understood that the general consensus from that RfC (I am sure someone can provide the link, I don't have it to hand right now) was that including Basque/Catalan as a nationality, alongside Spanish, is appropriate when the biography subject has indicated that they identify with that regional nationality. I think, to make editing smoother, and to perhaps better define this, a discussion should focus on two parts: 1. to what extent does a biography subject need to have shown that they identify as Catalan (e.g. is representing Catalonia in football sufficient?), and 2. what phrasings in the lead sentence are suitable? Thanks for any input. Kingsif (talk) 23:23, 9 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I think this is a very important topic, as the word Catalan has been being systematically erased and replaced with only Spanish in the Wikipedia in Spanish and in some cases also in the Wikipedia in English. It is absolutely incomprehensible to me why this is being done, and seems rather hypocritical, as no-one would blink to have someone described as Scottish, Welsh or English - no-one replaces those statements with "British". Much the same is true of Quebecois, etc. It has even gotten to the point where in the biography of writers in Catalan, it's impossible to say so, except in the Catalan Wikipedia, thus concealing a very important aspect of a person's biography. Catalonia is a region of Spain (and also historically a small part of southern France). Why in the world can the person's provenance not be mentioned? It is very important. Catalans have an identity, within Spain, sure, but they exist, and they should be allowed to say so, and not silenced by people who think only "citizenship" (nationality as it appears on your passport) should be allowed to exist. I have no idea why anyone would object to such a statement as, for instance, "Pep Guardiola [...] is a Catalan professional football manager and former player from Spain". This is mystifying. Catgirl (talk) 14:45, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Totally agree. Medol (talk) 14:52, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Generically, identifying "Catalan" as belonging to a "Spanish region" is also incorrect and inappropriate. Catalonia (Catalan-speaking territories) extends over 4 different European states: Spain, Andorra (where Catalan is the only official national language), France (Northern Catalonia, mostly covering the current "Département of the Pyrénées-Orientales"), and Italy/Sardinia (L'Alguer town). Many people from all those territories are identified and/or identify themselves primarily as "Catalans" independently of their concrete passport citizenship. The situation is akin to the Kurds case: Nobody would argue as generically reasonable to change all current Wikipedia entries about "Kurdish/Kurd" individuals to refer them by their "Turkey/Iran/Iraq/Syria/..." administrative citizenship (let alone given that their "citizenship state" is systematically suppressing their identity/cultural nation). Keeping the national/cultural/ethnic origin of an individual (in particular, in the case where the person is part of a national minority within the administrative state) is an important source of context and information in Wikipedia. Davdde (talk) 15:06, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I absolutely agree. Catgirl (talk) 15:20, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Me too. -- Brunnaiz (talk) 15:03, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Totally agree. 213.143.48.165 (talk) 20:43, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Catgirl (and perhaps others) - the issue is not about basic inclusion of saying people are from Catalonia, which was decided to be appropriate several years ago when there are sources to show they are identified as Catalan. When you see systemic erasure, revert it as vandalism. The question comes down to the sourcing. The principle seems to be that not everybody born in Catalonia will consider themselves Catalan - and likewise, a variety of people born outside of Catalonia can be considered Catalan. And so, to not inappropriately label someone, what level of sources indicating a Catalan identity is needed for inclusion. Kingsif (talk) 22:45, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, for starters, if a person advocates for Catalan independence, I think it is clear that person identifies as Catalan rather than Spanish. To give some examples, this principle seems to have been followed in Carles Puigdemont's article and Alba Vergés's, but not quite in Laura Borràs's or Josep Rull's, and specially not in Anna Erra's or Eulàlia Reguant. Maybe it has more to do with their overall political activity (these people served as Parliament of Catalonia deputees), but as far as I'm concerned none of these individuals actually participated in Spanish politics outside of Catalonia.
 * Then, of course, there are Catalans who have explicitly stated that they don't identify as Spaniards: Joel Joan (1), Andreu Ballbé Garcia (2), Joan Baptista Cendrós (3), Toni Albà (4), Benet Salellas (5), Joan Tardà (6), David Fernàndez i Ramos (7). -- Brunnaiz (talk) 15:18, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * The key difference between British nations and Catalonia is that Scotland, Wales, and England are nations. Nobody is arguing for an erasure of Catalan identity. Pretty much everyone in the concurrent discussion agrees that their Catalan identity should be included in the prose with appropriate referencing. JTtheOG (talk) 18:49, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree with the previous statements by @Catgirl and @Panenkazo. It is right to defend the "Catalan" inclusion as means of not erasing systematic cultural-linguistic inclusion, the same way we don't do it for other cultural groups that it has become obvious in the project that should not be left apart. However, regarding @Kingsif, it is clear that whenever there may be no sources for the claim of "Catalan" (somehow difficult, as Catalan-language press exists very actively and with high notability and impact), being that only geographical or as a cultural definition, the inclusion "from Catalonia" is a legit alternative addendum to the introduction. But I would say it's rather minorizing compared to the accepted standards of Scottish, Kurdish, etc.; therefore only in cases of clear lack of sources or sensitive articles. Xavier Dengra (talk) 10:00, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree with other people here that "Catalan" or "from Catalonia" should be accepted. 213.143.48.165 (talk) 20:42, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * To the IP address and some others: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football has different people voting for the opposite to what some users have said above. Yet the IP address makes the edits while this and possibly the other project discussion is ongoing. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 21:02, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Just realised this edit summary has been seen by me and therefore an SPI is in progress. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 21:13, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Perhaps postponing this topic of discussion until puppetmaster may become less active in the area is an idea? Kingsif (talk) 22:54, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * It's so sad that we are requested to stop a healthy and respectful discussion because of a disruptive vandalism in some articles. I think that both events are independent and, so far, this thread has not been interfered to the point of being dissuasive. Xavier Dengra (talk) 10:01, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I absolutely agree with Xavier. What is going on? We should continue this discussion and resolve the issue. The vandalism doesn't surprise me... It's absurd to eliminate the information "from Catalonia", which only adds useful information. Catgirl (talk) 09:29, 17 July 2024 (UTC)