Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Freedom of speech/Archive 2

Created new article on the Free Speech Flag
I've created a new article on the Free Speech Flag.

If anyone's got ideas for possible additional sources, comments are welcome, at Talk:Free Speech Flag.

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:38, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Free Speech Flag for Featured Picture
I've nominated the Free Speech Flag for Featured Picture.

Discussion is at Featured picture candidates/Free Speech Flag.

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:23, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Expert attention
This is a notice about Category:Freedom of speech articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock (talk) 18:07, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, added to Portal:Freedom of speech/Things you can do. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:18, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Help needed with Internet censorship and surveillance by country article
Some of the main sources summarized in the Internet censorship and surveillance by country article are no longer being updated. A discussion on the article's talk page has been started to develop a plan for how to deal with this on into the future. I would encourage anyone with an interest to join the discussion. --Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 14:54, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

The true test
Please see [http://capitalismmagazine.com/2015/04/whats-the-true-test-of-ones-commitment-to-free-speech-and-association/ "What’s The True Test of One’s Commitment to Free Speech and Association?" by Walter Williams]. JRSpriggs (talk) 04:35, 23 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Also please see this video "Goodbye to the First Amendment" by Pat Condell. JRSpriggs (talk) 00:33, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Not in Front of the Children - at Peer Review
I've requested Peer Review for Not in Front of the Children.

Feedback would be appreciated, at Peer review/Not in Front of the Children/archive1.

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:04, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

GLAM OBC: Press and Media Freedom in Central, East and South East Europe
I'd like to tell you about the start of the GLAM/OBC project: from October to March I will be hosted as Wikipedian-in-residence by Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso (Rovereto, Italy) and I will devote myself to the improvement of the articles abour press and media freedom in Central, East and South East Europe - as well as to the build-up of OBC's own capacities to contribute autonomously to Wikipedia in the future. I'd thus be happy to work together with the WikiProject Freedom of speech, and with anyone who would like to collaborate on the same themes.

To start with, I have a question for you. I've seen that most European countries have an article "Censorship in X", while only a couple of them (Denmark, basically) also have a separate article "Freedom of the press in X". In most cases, though, the issue covered have more to do with freedom of the press than with censorship alone. I was going to create new articles about the countries at stake (as I've done with Serbia), but before starting I'd like to hear from you about this.--Davide Denti (OBC) (talk) 15:24, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * That sounds like an excellent idea,, thank you for stopping by this WikiProject!!! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:28, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks ; to start with, I've developed Censorship in Serbia and I am currently working on Media in Serbia. Whoever wishes to help along, just let me know.--Davide Denti (OBC) (talk) 16:39, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much, those look great so far ! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:42, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

I've also created the Template:Serbian Newspapers; can someone help me ask for its inclusion in all the relevant linked pages?--Davide Denti (OBC) (talk) 10:39, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * When in doubt, you can post a neutrally-worded suggestion to the relevant article talk pages and WikiProject talk pages. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:53, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Media Freedom in Europe: development proposal
In the framework of the GLAM OBC project, I am currently developing a series of articles on "Media in ", to be followed by a series on "Media freedom in " (including issues such as censorship, protection of journalists, etc). Both series concern in particular the countries of East and South-east Europe (Balkans, Turkey, Caucasus, post-Soviet space). I am now drafting the project for the following years, and I was considering planning to develop a series of more specific articles on four specific issues: (1) media concentration; (2) transparency of media ownership; (3) access to public information; (4) censorship and self-censorship. This would be, again, for the 20/25 countries of East and South-east Europe, as well as one thematic article for coordination. I'd be glad to receive your feedback on this idea, and also to get help in order to cover the West&South Europe space too.--Davide Denti (OBC) (talk) 12:01, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

ECPMF article proposal
Dears, I'm thinking about creating a Wikipedia article concerning the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). Before drafting the page, though, I would like to have your opinion on whether the subject already meets the notability criteria. Thank you, --Davide Denti (OBC) (talk) 15:28, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
 * That would often come up while the article is being built. Notability is not always established a priori. int21h (talk · contribs · email) 01:23, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I know, but I was looking for an advice on the subject itself before drafting the article.--Davide Denti (OBC) (talk) 10:05, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll try to have a look to see if there's secondary source coverage. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:03, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, meanwhile I've created the ECPMF article.--Davide Denti (OBC) (talk) 19:11, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Please help populate Category:Censored media
Please help populate this new category. Thanks! PS. If you'd like to discuss this category, I suggest doing so at Talk:Censorship. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:22, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Icon still appropriate?
The current icon of this WikiProject refers to a controversy that happened many years ago, and isn't very recognizable. Does anybody have suggestions for a better one? --Laber□T 19:37, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The article explains the flag quite nicely. File:Sample 09-F9 protest art, Free Speech Flag by John Marcotte.svg is a Featured Picture. It is indeed a strong symbol for freedom of speech. We should keep the symbol as is for this WikiProject. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:39, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Candidates section
I noticed that this WikiProject has a section marked "Candidates". Is this for potential nominees that should fall within the Freedom of Speech WikiProject, or is this for something else? I was under the impression that adding the tag WikiProject Freedom of speech met this need via Assess. Is this not the case? I'm still learning the ropes of Wikipedia, so feel free to correct me if I am mistaken! Thanks. Sawta (talk) 19:07, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Popular pages report
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Wiki4MediaFreedom
Hi. if you have time, please take a look on meta at this page m:Wiki4MediaFreedom contest. It's an event organized by Rossella Vignola (OBC), there is a list of articles to improve also on English wikipedia.--Alexmar983 (talk) 20:20, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
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A new newsletter directory is out!
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United States Free Speech Exceptions
I have opened a request for comment as to the question of whether the United States has free speech exceptions, or whether such a phrase is contradictory due to the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment. I would appreciate any feedback you have on this. Thanks Masebrock (talk) 22:34, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

An article that could assessment and help from WikiProject: Freedom of speech
Hi, I am a free speech activist and semi—active user of Wikipedia looking for help from the great contributors of WikiProject Freedom of Speech for an assesssment (as well as assistance in improving and contributing) to the Gab article. This video By Gab’s founder called Free Speech Radio ( Click here for video ) will explain the problems the page is facing, so perhaps knowledgeable users from this project may assist in helping this article be more unbiased and neutral. The article is being smeared with far left sources and other false claims. If you are not familiar with Gab, it is a social networking site very similar to twitter but with less-restrictive speech policies that helps users around the world speak freely, Regardless of the users personal Views or location, whether they are in the United shoes or in More oppressive states. It dubs itself the free speech social network, hence why I figured to give this wiki project a chance to see what they think. I’ve Just tagged the gab article to Wikiproject freedom of speech as it is a social networking website Based around freedom of speech principles in its core policies. Thank you. Megat503 (talk) 07:27, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Could you add this exception to the freedom of speech article
Dear Wikepedians

I saw this news clip:

« Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Thursday 25 October 2018

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammed is not covered by freedom of expression.

Defaming the Prophet “goes beyond the permissible limits of an objective debate" and "could stir up prejudice and put at risk religious peace,” the ruling stated »

If this is now part of the ECHR, could you add it in the article, thanks again WaleedAhmadAddas (talk) 14:06, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

"Wikipedia:Freedom of speech" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Wikipedia:Freedom of speech. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 December 15 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Interstellarity (talk) 18:23, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

GA reassessment for Hugo Black
Hugo Black, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:40, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

FAR notice
I have nominated Report of 1800 for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:53, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

RfC at Category:Criticism of political correctness
There is a request for comment at Category:Criticism of political correctness. Please see the discussion if you are interested. --Animalparty! (talk) 02:02, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I thought that this conversation about the big internet company Cloudflare might be of interest to this group: Talk:Cloudflare/Archives/2021. It was an RfC but it now just a discussion on the best language to introduce the Controversy section, which touches on some high profile subjects related to freedom of speech. Thanks very much. Ryanknight24 (talk) 18:36, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Join us! Become part of the Wikimedia Human Rights Interest Group. :)
Valued members of the WikiProject Freedom of speech!

Recognising the great work you all have been doing in regards to Wikipedia's coverage of Freedom of speech, we are reaching out on behalf of the newly formed Human Rights Team(HRT) at the Foundation. We are currently in the process of forming a Human Rights Interest Group (HRIG) that aims to listen to and address the various human rights concerns and challenges pertaining to the Movement, its members and the readers around the world interested in the content you produce. The HRIG is a cross-wiki, cross-cultural and cross-language initiative aiming to share knowledge regarding human rights ideas, movements and actors (both historical and current) from around the globe. With this in mind, we are reaching out to you to start a dialogue, present our ideas, hear your feedback and perhaps find some motivated Wikimedians to turn this is a successful initiative. Should this be of interest to you, please feel free to reply here or reach out to us at talktohumanrights@undefinedwikimedia.org. We very much much look forward to hearing from you. :) -–KUrban (WMF) (talk) 12:35, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Accurate News and Information Act
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User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

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This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Article issues

 * There are comments at Talk:Richard Pryor some editors may be interested in. --  Otr500 (talk) 10:57, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
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Good article reassessment for Twitter
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Good article reassessment for Tax protester constitutional arguments
Tax protester constitutional arguments has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:49, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for McCarthyism
McCarthyism has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:08, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Justine (de Sade novel)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Justine (de Sade novel) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 11:33, 21 June 2024 (UTC)