Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Human rights/Archive 10

In regards to the article "Coolie"
Hi, I was advised by an editor to bring this to the Discrimination Page and Human Rights Page.... I have a serious concern about the article "coolie". This article was written with a tremendous amount of inaccurate information and perhaps there might be even an agenda involved and this article must be corrected because the information is false and and misleading to the public.

First of all the Category must be changed from Slavery to Indentured Worker. Second the etymology for coolie is hired laborer or wages. And kuli in turkish means hireling. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coolies I am from these islands and the original article so falsely misrepresents coolies. Many people of Indian and Chinese background took exception to this article because they knew that a lot of the subject matter in the article was false.

80% of the immigrants who came to the Chesapeake Bay colonies were white, European indentured laborers. Indentured laborers were: White Europeans, Chinese, Indians, and other Asian ethnic groups and they were not slaves. "Coolie" needs to be listed under a category called Indentured Worker or it should not be in a category at all. Coolie should simply not be listed under the category of Slavery because that is very false and is misleading to the public. How do I remove "coolie" from the category Slavery or get a new category created entitled Indentured Laborer? https://sites.google.com/site/rydenonushistory/home/directory-study-guides/southern-english-colonies

Also the etymology of coolie is "hired laborer" or an "unskilled Asian Laborer" or wage. There are several other etymology used in the present article that is not relevant and they must be removed. Can you please remove this. Asian Slave was used in this article and this is completely false. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=coolie http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/coolie

Coolies were given wages, land, and houses for their labor. Generally speaking people today are not even given this. I know this for a fact because I am from these island and the people there were indeed paid. This resulted in a lot of jealousy and anger from African slaves towards coolies and perhaps rightfully so. Indian coolies were paid about $45 dollars a day plus food and clothing.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/136194/coolie http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/indian-indentured-labour.htm http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/11/25/247166284/a-history-of-indentured-labor-gives-coolie-its-stinghttp: http://www.sahistory.org.za/politics-and-society/anti-indian-legislation-1800s-1959 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richey90211 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Human Rights At Wikimania 2014
Are you looking to recruit more contributors to your project? We are offering to design and print physical paper leaflets to be distributed at Wikimania 2014 for all projects that apply. For more information, click the link below. Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 14:51, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Freedom of Worship (painting)/archive1
Feel free to participate at Featured article candidates/Freedom of Worship (painting)/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:53, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Freedom from Want (painting)/archive1
Please comment at Featured article candidates/Freedom from Want (painting)/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:09, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/Freedom from Want (painting)/archive1
Please comment at Featured article candidates/Freedom from Want (painting)/archive1 which is a notable painting and the FAC has no comments after over 3 weeks.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:30, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Human Rights At Wikimania 2014 (updated versions)
Please note: This is an updated version of a previous post that I made. Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.

• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.

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• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost The deadline for submissions is 1st July 2014 For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to: Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 13:19, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Natural and legal rights RM
Opinions at Talk:Natural and legal rights would be appreciated. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 15:25, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Massacre of the Innocents from the Gospel of Matthew
Any information anyone here can give regarding this purported event is counted as historical or included by moderns in groupings of historical atrocities would be very welcome. John Carter (talk) 19:03, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Pictures of racist signs in sundown towns
Can anyone find pictures of racist signs that used to be in "sundown towns" like Vidor, Texas? They allegedly said things like "don't let the sun set on you here", "read this and run; if you can't read, run anyway", or "if you ain't white, don't get caught here at night". 173.51.123.97 (talk) 22:27, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Featured article candidacy
I have submitted the article Not My Life for a featured article candidacy here. The article deals with a documentary film about human trafficking. Any constructive comments you are willing to provide there would be greatly appreciated. Neelix (talk) 18:16, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Rename discussion of high profile topic
Please see Talk:Freedom Oiyarbepsy (talk) 04:52, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Notification of a TFA nomination
In the past, there have been requests that discussions about potentially controversial TFAs are brought to the attention of more than just those who have WP:TFAR on their watchlist. With that in mind: Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties has been nominated for an appearance as Today's Featured Article. If you have any views, please comment at Today's featured article/requests. Thank you. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:16, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Illegal immigration from Africa to Israel
Opinons from participants in this project regarding netural wording and presentation would be welcome at Talk:Illegal immigration from Africa to Israel. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 19:23, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Targeted killing article
Trying to improve the article with fuller context, including a photograph I obtained permission to use from the photographer of the El Mozote Massacre but one editor is blocking all my attempts. 107.131.117.141 (talk) 19:50, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:World Congress of Families#Neutrality
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:World Congress of Families. Thanks. Elizium23 (talk) 02:34, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Copyright
Good people I need your advice. I do not really know what I am doing here so please be patient. If I wish to use printed matter from these pages as an introduction to a book that I am writing how do I go about asking authority to do so — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.33.106.98 (talk) 10:44, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Children's rights project
There doesn't appear to be a WikiProject addressing children's rights directly. Can anyone point me to a discussion of the pros and cons of having a separate project for this topic? Hipersons (talk) 14:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * You could read both the project page and discussion archives of the WikiProject Council to learn about making WikiProjects, but I can help you make a decision here. The pros of setting up a WikiProject are having a private community space to talk and more importantly, having easier access to automated tools to help a community manage a large number of articles. If you personally know at least 5 really dedicated volunteers who are familiar with 50+ articles in a field collectively then that might be a reason to start a WikiProject. Cons of starting a WikiProject are that it immediately isolates a community from existing communities at similar WikiProjects, because when a WikiProject starts that means that discussions there will not happen elsewhere. For someone not familiar with WikiProject setup and tools it takes 10-15 hours to setup automated tools to get benefits people usually want.
 * All this said, Wikipedia is consistently one of the most consulted sources of information on most topics and is the most consulted source of information on many topics. I am here to share health content. If you want to see how WikiProjects work, consider taking on a single issue at the intersection of children's rights and health and bring your ideas to WikiProject Medicine, where you will find as active of a community as you can expect on Wikipedia. Based on what you see there, then think about what it would mean for you to start a new community.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  15:03, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Child Work and Child labour
Dear human rights experts: The old AfC draft linked above seems to be about the same topic as the mainspace article, just with a slightly different name. Is there any information or sources in the draft which could be used to improve the mainspace article? If so, the useful content could be merged, and the draft moved to mainspace as a redirect. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 22:03, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Expanding and reorganizing Social cleansing
Hello! I am a student at Rice University completing coursework for my Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities minor. I hope to majorly expand and reorganize the existing page on social cleansing.

I have found that the description of the issue is extremely limited, as the article is a stub rated start-class by 6 different WikiProjects. I would like to expand the introduction and definition to more comprehensively cover the issue as it has been explained by scholars and also provide a brief history on the development of the term and the phenomenon. I would additionally like to completely reorganize the article by continent instead of country, as I see a lot of similarities in social cleansing in the countries already discussed. I intend to provide scholarly sources from journals and reports from human rights commissions.

Though this article is rated mid-importance within WikiProject Human rights, it is very limited in information. I am greatly looking forward to expanding its scope. Since the talk page on this article has been minimal since 2009, I would really appreciate feedback and suggestions as I plan to edit this page. Rgalts (talk) 06:57, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Revisions to Child labour in Bangladesh article
I am planning on editing and restructuring the current Child labour in Bangladesh article. It belongs in the scope of WikiProject Human rights but has yet to receive a quality or importance rating. I hope that my edits will bring up both the quality and importance of this article. It is currently lacking in depth of content and scholarly sources. I plan to increase coverage of this topic by adding material through citing reputable resources such as published books and papers, articles from academic journals, and government statistics.

I plan on adding a "Definitions" section and a "Initiatives against Child Labor" section to provide a more comprehensive and holistic coverage of the topic. I also plan on restructuring the existing "Prevalence and Impact" section by splitting it into two sections: "Causes" and "Prevalence and Impact". The causes section will focus on main causes of child labor while the prevalence and impact section will focus on different industries using child labor in Bangladesh.

If anyone is interested in the exploitation of child labor in Bangladesh as a human rights issue, I would appreciate any and all feedback or comments on the best ways to improve this article. I would love references to even more scholarly sources pertaining to the topic. Thank you. Aaie21 (talk) 03:34, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Revising Human Trafficking in China Wiki Article
I am a student from Rice University in Houston, TX, and I am looking forward to extensively editing the page on Human trafficking in the People's Republic of China as part of a Wikipedia project for my Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities class. I would like to revise the current page and bring it to a “Good Rating” by adding new information, restructuring the article, and condensing current information. The page lacks adequate references and derives most of its information from a single source. The banner of the page lists multiple issues such as compromised neutrality, lack of links to other articles, and reliance upon a single source. I would like to condense the information on the current page and add new sections/topics that help to create a more cohesive and encyclopedic entry on human trafficking in China.

I would appreciate any input in deleting and restructuring information on the page, especially since this is an article that is listed as biased. I would like any advice on approaching the topic of editing this page and would be more than welcome to any feedback since this is my first time working with Wikipedia. Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns before I start my project and edit the page.

Dwang41 (talk) 03:44, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Addition of Sexual Violence in Finland to WikiProject Human Rights
I am a student at Rice University and I am currently planning on creating a new article on Sexual Violence in Finland. I think it is a subject that would fall within the WikiProject Human Rights, especially since similar articles such as Sexual Violence in South Africa and Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are both apart of this WikiProject. Sexual violence is also obviously an important subject that clearly violates human rights. I am interested in making this article as good as possible, and would gladly receive any suggestions and advice on the matter. Thanks! AAla-Seppälä (talk) 22:51, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Addition of a Migrant Education page
I am a student at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and as part of a school project, I am planning to add a Wikipedia page on migrant education. I believe this article fits under the Human Rights WikiProject because education is a human right and critical component to mitigating inequalities in society. I propose writing this article because the often-temporary nature of migrant labor has serious consequences on educational attainment and success. In this article I will discuss the current issues that migrant workers and their families face achieving educational success, the related government policies surrounding migrant education, and the current ideas of how to move forward and improve it. I will mainly focus on the United States, but will also add a section that touches on migrant education in different countries. In the section “current issues,” I will discuss the general problems migrants face in education (such as language barriers, poverty, etc.). After this section, I will talk about the history of migrant education in the US, focusing on the 20th century and leading up to the modern day. After briefly explaining the historical trends of migration within the United States, I will address the different problems and solutions that have been tried through the past decades. After laying out this history of migrant education within the United States, I will go into detail on current and related policies and regulations in other regions of the world. Finally, I would like to discuss the different opinions on how to improve the availability and success of migrant families’ educational experiences. I will approach this from two angles by first discussing ideas for policy changes and governmental action and then by discussing the involvement of NGOs and other non-profit organizations.

Sources: I plan to use scholarly articles from Journals such as the International Journal of Educational Development and the Journal of Latinos and Education. I will also draw on publications such as Scholars in the Field: The Challenges of Migrant Education, and Migrant education: thirty years of success, but challenges remain.

Any advice on how to improve this page would be much appreciated! Thanks!

CamilaKennedy (talk) 00:05, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Addition of a Homelessness among LGBT Youth in the United States article
Hello! My name is Magen, and as an educational project for an upper-level course at Rice University, I am planning to create a new article titled "Homelessness among LGBT Youth in the United States." I also plan to provide a very brief summary of this topic on the "Homelessness in the United States" page that links to this new article. The new article will draw upon scholarly research (e.g. The American Journal of Public Health, University of Brighton, The Journal of Law in Society, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, etc.) as well as task force project papers (e.g. from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute and the California Homeless Youth Project) to thoroughly detail the overrepresentation of LGBT individuals among homeless youth in the United States, proposed explanations for this imbalance, nonprofits, activists and federal policies/projects related this issue, as well as the plethora of research on how certain factors like substance abuse, access to shelters, violence, etc. affect homeless LGBT youth differently than their heterosexual counterparts. I believe it is very important to create this page as soon as possible because although it is a highly prevalent issue violating the human rights of LGBT individuals, I currently cannot find any information on Wikipedia related to this topic. Especially since this is my first contribution to Wikipedia, I would welcome any advice, ideas, expertise or suggestions. Thank you so much! I look forward to working on this project. Magenstat (talk) 01:25, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Discussion with all class participants

 * Hello and . Are you two in a class together? Thanks for looking at these concepts. Here is some general advice:
 * It is usually not best to plan what you are going to do with a Wikipedia article. Unlike probably every essay you have written for class, when doing pure research as for Wikipedia, you can only write about what you find in published sources. You might be surprised to find that published sources do not cover what you expect. My recommendation is to jump into the literature without many expectations and find some papers that you feel are well-written and interesting, even if you did not expect them. Plan to write based on your source, rather than planning to find a source based on what you think you will write.
 * Among sources, overarching reviews of other research are the most reliable sources of information.
 * Post something to Wikipedia ASAP instead of polishing your work and posting at the end. It is entirely fine to add interesting sentences one at a time. You cannot harm Wikipedia.
 * To minimize confusion and maximize clarity, put a citation after every sentence you post. All information on Wikipedia should be verifiable. Using so many citations is not required if sources are clear, but for new editors it is easy and doing this is never wrong.
 * Thanks for checking in.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  20:42, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for posting, guys. I have the same suggestions for you that I have for your peers. In literature of research, you are restrained in what you can write because you are restricted from persuading your readers of anything which you fail to find in the literature. When planning what you want to do on Wikipedia, share a source that you have already found and say, "This source is about XXX, and I plan to summarize its findings." If you have preconceived expectations, you may be tempted to use low-quality sources to prove yourself correct. Instead, just find the best sources you can regardless of their conclusions and report those. Good luck and thanks.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  14:23, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Please review Hitachi Magic Wand
As part of a Quality improvement project, I've recently put the article Hitachi Magic Wand up for Peer Review.

Participation would be appreciated, at Peer review/Hitachi Magic Wand/archive1. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:20, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Today's Featured Article candidate
I've nominated an article related to Women's rights for Today's Featured Article candidacy, please see discussion at Today's featured article/requests/Irreplaceable. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:29, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel
I've started a new article on the book by Janice Dickinson &mdash; No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel.
 * No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel

Feel free to help out with additional secondary sources, and/or chip in with collaborative discussion at Talk:No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel.

Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:39, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Article up for deletion
The Hands Up United article under the scope of this project is currently up for deletion. Discussion here: Articles for deletion/Hands Up United - Hmlarson (talk) 19:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Featured Article promoted in 2013, nominated for deletion
2012 tour of She Has a Name, Featured Article promoted in 2013, has been nominated for deletion.

Please see discussion at Articles for deletion/2012 tour of She Has a Name.

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:33, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Good Article promoted in 2013, nominated for deletion

 * 1) Critical response to She Has a Name
 * 2) Articles for deletion/Critical response to She Has a Name

WP:GA article Critical response to She Has a Name, promoted in 2013, nominated for deletion, discussion page is at: Articles for deletion/Critical response to She Has a Name. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:47, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Hustler Magazine case, Requested move
Please see Talk:Hustler_Magazine,_Inc._v._Falwell.

Thank you for your time,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 12:39, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Amnesty Partnership
Hello Wikiproject:Human Rights,

I'm talking to Amnesty International about a possible partnership where we train Amnesty supporters to become editors on human rights topics. This might be a good way to improve timeliness of human rights coverage, especially in minority languages. Does this project have opinions on Amnesty as a source of human rights research, or any other objections to such a partnership? Obviously we'll start small and not just throw a load of newbies into it without guidance.

Also, let me know if you're interested in helping out! EdSaperia (talk) 10:57, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello. I would help out. I could offer to give individuals online tours of Wikipedia, or collaborate with a group to do this with others.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  11:35, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I would certainly be willing to get involved in some fashion. Introductions to Wikipedia, or inserting provided information, such things. Vanamonde93 (talk) 13:43, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey awesome! I think the way this would work is based around when they release their reports - we get their volunteers to try and cite the report wherever it is relevant. While some of the reports are quite niche and might only be relevant to one article, some of these have a lot of detail and cover a wide range of topics, so could be relevant to many articles, especially their annual report, which is a general update on human rights worldwide. Does that make sense? EdSaperia (talk) 23:43, 20 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello everyone! Ed, thank you for flagging this here. I've just been discussing how we follow this up with Amnesty International. They are making good progress internally towards being able to share their archive under open licences which is excellent. What would be great is if anyone interested in supporting the project can help us come up with a wish list of articles for improvement. We're looking at doing some editor training related to this topic so do get in touch if you'd like to be involved. Stevie Benton (WMUK) (talk) 10:01, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Ed, I was extremely excited to see this note. I'm basically retired as an editor now, but the partnership you propose was long a dream of mine. I actually sent about a dozen e-mails to different Amnesty folks in the past trying to start something similar and could never get a response--I'm glad to hear you were able to get through.
 * I probably wrote about 100-150 articles on Amnesty prisoners of conscience during my time as an editor, and would be glad to help train others to do the same. (In the spirit of your proposal, I just put up a new one at U Sein Than to show you my usual format.)
 * Just let me know if there's any way I can help. Cheers, Khazar2 (talk) 16:31, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Wish list for improvement - Amnesty, human rights, and getting UN uploads for all language versions of the s:Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Wikisource so that we can use that document as an example among any languages of how interlanguage links work.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  18:20, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Stevie, in addition to Blue's suggestions, WikiProject Human rights/Popular pages could also give volunteers a sense of the project's high-demand articles. Many of those are historical, but some like Guantanamo Bay detention camp or Pussy Riot would seem right up the alley of Amnesty volunteers (assuming they get proper tutoring in neutrality, etc.). Restructuring a major article might not be the place to start new editors, but it'd be terrific if they wanted to take one of these on once they've got a little experience. The top articles on that list get hundreds of thousands of views a year and it'd be great to provide better information.
 * Amnesty volunteers would also be well-equipped to work on Human Rights in Country X articles (like Human rights in post-invasion Iraq), though these are also complex to write and don't get nearly as much traffic.
 * Volunteers looking for something simpler could just create stubs or add simple factual updates on individual cases (prisoners of conscience, human rights violators, etc.). These articles are usually out of date despite topping the search engines on their topic. It'd be a huge help! -- Khazar2 (talk) 03:07, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello everyone, thank you very much indeed for the comments above. These are most useful and will definitely help. I think my next step will be to speak with Amnesty again and see how we can move forward. I'm getting some off-wiki interest from other volunteers who are keen to help so let's see what we can make happen. Any suggestions on how we can get the ball rolling? Stevie Benton (WMUK) (talk) 14:52, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * As soon as possible in the conversation, ask them to donate one copyrighted media file which they own to Wikimedia Commons. This can be anything. If they can navigate their way through that discussion, then that means they have talked enough about Wikipedia to understand the concept of free content and the nature of the Internet. If they halt at this, then it will be the first of many barriers. Getting more content is not a priority, because if they can donate one file, editathons and the rest will go a lot more smoothly.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  15:49, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree with Blue that donating media files would be the #1 thing they could do (and the most logical place to start). It would be terrific to illustrate articles on people like Filep Karma that Amnesty has designated high priority cases, and the organization also often has pictures of protests, police attacks, their award winners, etc. on its website. I realize they don't own all of these images, but they surely at least own some, and in other cases, could speak to those who do. Putting these on the Commons would be a win for them (these stories are much more sympathetic with pictures) and a win for us.
 * If they're interested in helping with content-writing, we could match a few volunteers on Amnesty's end with experienced editors and each work through a relevant article together--either creating a new one or editing/updating an existing one. I'd be glad to do this, and Crisco 1492 said he might help, too. Once they've seen the basic policies in practice, Amnesty volunteers can decide where they want to go from there (editathons, a Wikipedian-in-residence, assigning different articles to different local groups to create or update?). They might also consider naming one of their people as a liaison who could have a wiki-presence and coordinate their volunteers, as well as field questions, requests, or complaints from the community. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:08, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Stevie, here's two concrete examples of the kind of low-level content Amnesty volunteers could really help with. Amnesty's sent out at least two actions on Iranian death row prisoner Reyhaneh Jabbari; our current article on her is ungrammatical and difficult to read (probably by an ESL author), and has few citations despite the recent press interest (CNN, BBC, etc.). Another Amnesty action was on the murder of Honduras campesino activist Margarita Murillo, which appears to have dozens or even hundreds of reliable sources about it (many in Spanish, but some in English), but on whom we still don't have an article. Amnesty volunteers could write basic articles like these without much effort, and it'd be a win for both Amnesty and Wikipedia to have this information out there. -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:12, 2 October 2014 (UTC)


 * As Khazar mentioned, I'd be happy to help with this worthy project (particularly if there are any Amnesty editors who want to work on Indonesia-related topics). There are important issues that are too often overlooked on Wikipedia, even more so since K retired. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:23, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

All-China Women's Federation
Hello WikiProject Human rights members. Shelby McPherson nominated the article All-China Women's Federation here, but she is inactive as you see here. Could anyone step in and make this article GA? Cheers! Brandon (MrWooHoo) • Talk to Brandon!  21:59, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Articles related to Human Rights and Labor Conditions in Dubai and UAE that need improvement
Please join me in contributing to articles related to human rights and labor conditions in the UAE and Dubai. OR drohowa (talk) 23:24, 24 October 2014 (UTC) Some potential articles:
 * Human rights in Dubai
 * Human rights in the United Arab Emirates
 * Labour force of the United Arab Emirates
 * Demographics of Dubai
 * Burj Khalifa

Magna Carta
This article from the Observer points out that it will be the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta next year (15 June 2015) and suggests there will be various TV and radio programmes (and books etc) to coincide with the significant date. I note this article regularly gets 150,000+ page views per month and this is likely to increase. Would it be worth trying to get a collaboration going to get it to at least GA or even FA standard before the anniversary?&mdash; Rod talk 18:51, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I would wish you good luck if you did. I agree with you that this is a very popular article and that its popularity is likely to increase a lot. This might be high-profile enough that Wikimedia UK would like to help. It would not hurt to ask them. On English Wikipedia, I cannot think of any particular place where you could easily coordinate collaborators for a project like this, but if you ask around you may find support. It sounds like a good idea to me and I expect the idea would appeal to many people who hear it. I regret that I am unable to offer much support other than encouragement. Thanks for sharing a good proposal.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  21:00, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

RfC United States same-sex marriage map
I opened up an RfC for the U.S. same-sex marriage map due to the complicated situation of Kansas: RfC: How should we color Kansas?. Prcc27 (talk) 04:40, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.

Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Editing and revising an article on Human trafficking in Finland
Hello WikiProjet: Human Rights! My name is Anniina and I am currently an undergraduate at Rice University. I am in a Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities class, and for an assignment for that class I am going to start revising and expanding the article on Human trafficking in Finland. I am planning on building a whole new structure of sections and subsections, redistributing the already existing information into these new sections as well as adding new information. I planning on having a section for the victims and the help the victims receive. I would like to include a more comprehensive section on the prevention of human trafficking in Finland; what kinds of organizations there are, how the public health sector contributes and what challenges there are for the preventing work that takes place. I will also find more sources and work on improving the citations of the existing article. In addition, I want to talk about the specific laws in Finland that deal with human trafficking. Does anyone have an opinion on whether I should link the section to the Finnish law article, even though the article is basically nonexistent? My goal is to improve the article on Human Trafficking in Finland as much as I possibly can, and therefore I would gladly welcome any tips, ideas or advice anyone might have. Thank you! AAla-Seppälä (talk) 22:04, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Adding information to Human rights in Nepal page
Hi everyone! My name is Saira and I am also an undergraduate student at Rice University. I am editing the Human rights in Nepal article for a school project; it is currently stub class, and I'd like to raise it to at least B-class. Right now the article only exists as an introduction (with a lot of uncited information) and a section on gender equality. I am planning to add sections on poverty, education, health, and torture human rights issues in an effort to increase balance and scope of the article, as well as a section on the history of the 1996-2006 conflict that has so affected the human rights situation in Nepal. I'm using sources from researchers such as Singh, Parker, Upreti, and more. If anyone has any suggestions for another important section to add, I'd love your thoughts.

Thanks! Saw329 (talk) 20:28, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia Primary School invitation
Hi everybody. On behalf of the teams behind the Wikipedia Primary School research project, I would like to announce that the articles Sexism, Nelson Mandela and Apartheid, of interest to this wikiproject, were selected a while ago to be reviewed by external experts. We'd now like to ask interested editors to join our efforts and improve the articles before March 15, 2015 (any timezone) as they see fit; a revision will be then sent to the designated experts for review (for details, please see each articles' talk page). Any notes and remarks written by the external experts will be made available on the articles' talk pages under a CC-BY-SA license as soon as possible, so that you can read them, discuss them and then decide if and how to use them. Please sign up here to let us know you're collaborating. Thanks a lot for your support! Elitre (WPS) (talk) 18:05, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Request input on gendercide
There's a lot of activity at violence against men, including a lot of references to gendercide. Input from users with knowledge of genocide research would be appreciated.

Peter Isotalo 17:38, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Should an article be part of WikiProject Human rights?
Hello. Over at 2015 University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon racism incident there is a disagreement about whether the article is should be included in this project or not. The section is here: Talk:2015 University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon racism incident Thanks. Grayfell (talk) 23:40, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Minority languages ​​in geographical Articles
Hi all! I just posted question on Minority language article talk page that you can see here: Talk:Minority language. I would be extremely grateful for your contribution through comments.--MirkoS18 (talk) 21:15, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Consciousness-Raising Repository - Call for Feedback and Participation
This is a call for those interested in developing a resource on Wikipedia for collecting and publicizing stories from people who experience marginalization in the Wikipedia community. This is part of the Ideal Lab's Inspire grants. The purpose of the Consciousness-Raising Repository is to serve as a database of knowledge about the forms marginalization can take and as an outlet for users experiencing marginalization. Right now, we're putting together a diverse group of Wikipedians to oversee the construction of the repository and recruitment and collection of stories.

If you're interested in participating, please go to the Get Involved section and endorse or add your name to the list of participants.

We're also looking for questions and feedback to help crystallize the proposal. If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to message me or ask them on the discussion page --Radfordj (talk) 23:54, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride!
 You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!


 * What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
 * When? June 2015
 * How can you help?
 * 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
 * 2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)
 * 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

User:Another Believer and User:OR drohowa

GA review
06:49, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR)
I've done some work (re)establishing an ECESR stub article and would like to invite editors with an interest in such topics to help expand upon it. --Kevjonesin (talk) 06:56, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Timeline of the African-American Civil Rights Movement listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Timeline of the African-American Civil Rights Movement to be moved to Timeline of African-American history. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 22:32, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Restavec listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Restavec to be moved to Restavek. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 22:48, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees to be moved to Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 07:45, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Gateway Protection Programme FAC
The Gateway Protection Programme article is currently a featured article candidate. The last time it was nominated, the review was archived due to a lack of comments, so I would be grateful if interested editors could take a read of the article and submit comments to the review. It's a topical issue at the moment, and you might even learn something about refugee resettlement to the UK (or the lack of it)! Cordless Larry (talk) 20:56, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Homan Square
Please, help with the breaking story. --NaBUru38 (talk)

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) 18:24, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Al-Awda
The usage and primary topic of is under discussion, see talk:The Return (guerrilla organization) -- 70.51.202.183 (talk) 05:21, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Bijeljina massacre
Could interested editors consider commenting on the above RfC regarding the use of witness testimony? Thanks, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 10:32, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I commented. More comments are welcome.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  13:05, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Balochistan
Hi all, could use some experienced eyes at Balochistan, Pakistan. I've added some content, but Human Rights editing isn't quite my bailiwick and I'm not familiar with what sources are decent, etc. or how the content should reasonably be presented in articles. My edit was basically just an expansion of this edit, but there seems to be some resistance to whether or not the alleged human rights issues belongs in the article at all, and if so, what level of that coverage would be appropriate. There was some edit warring today as well, where an IP kept removing similar content and another IP kept reinstating it. There is already a much detailed article, at Human rights violations in Balochistan and my interest is in presenting something neutral and brief, unless y'all think it should be expanded or trimmed. Again, I'm mostly a gnome, so I don't have much familiarity in this world. Anyhow, thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:48, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Addendum: There's still a general dispute about whether or not any content about the alleged human rights issues in Balochistan should be included at Balochistan, Pakistan and Balochistan. This has yielded an RfC at Talk:Balochistan,_Pakistan and Talk:Balochistan. Anyone familiar with the Balochistan issue or even history articles in general should consider weighing in, as this appears to be a case where one IP is going up against a bunch of like-minded editors, and I'm not sure all perspectives are being adequately considered here. Accusations have been made that the logged-in users might be Pakistani soldiers. Not sure, but community involvement would be appreciated. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:08, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Deletion and Salting of Mass killings in capitalist regimes

 * Discussion

This issue seems to me to be a very obvious violation of the Second Pillar. I am a little surprised that the prevailing Wikipedia culture isn't more politically acute and fair-minded. The matter is being appealed. Youknowwhatimsayin (talk) 17:14, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I made a comment in the talk page regarding that deleted article. You made pretty good proposals that should address the concerns of those who supported deletion. Skywalker Kush (talk) 19:53, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Outdated reports in Human rights in Israel
Hi, I open a discussion about the use of outdated reports in the article here. Rupert Loup (talk) 01:42, 28 September 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)

Centre for Equality and Inclusion - new article
I've created a new article on the organisation, Centre for Equality and Inclusion.

Centre for Equality and Inclusion is a non-governmental organisation based in India that works towards female empowerment and women's rights.

If you'd like to help with research or to improve the article's quality, source suggestions would be appreciated, at Talk:Centre for Equality and Inclusion.

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:50, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

FAC of Murder of Dwayne Jones
A Human Rights-themed article that I have been working on, Murder of Dwayne Jones, is currently nominated over at FAC. This is the third time that I have nominated it, and on previous occasions it has been failed due to a lack of interest, so if anyone here cared to take a look and offer feedback at the nomination page then that would be greatly appreciated. Best, Midnightblueowl (talk) 13:54, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Lebanon
Can someone clarify what the situation is regarding Women's suffrage in Lebanon? There is a discussion here: Talk:Women's_suffrage. 2A02:2F01:501F:FFFF:0:0:5679:C2F4 (talk) 19:53, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Help an article?
Hey, I'm going to post this on multiple WikiProjects so there will be some cut/paste - my apologies for that. I was recently going through the articles at Category:Proposed deletion and came across Effects of genocide on youth. The article was written by AMWilkinson, who created the article as an assignment for Wiki Ed/Drake University/Global Youth Studies (Fall 2015). It's currently up for PROD as WP:OR, but I do think that there's merit in covering this specific part of the topic. Now whether or not it could merit an article outside of the main topic is a good question.

A quick, offhand look at the page does show that it's written like a student paper, which is a frequent issue with student assignments but not one that can't be overcome. I need someone to help salvage the article, which will likely require some searching for sources. I tried doing some very quick and dirty searching but it wasn't exactly easy, since a lot comes up with a general search without limiting anything, even when I search an academic database like JSTOR. This will likely be a massive undertaking.

I can help out some, but it really won't be until after my school is done for the quarter, which won't be for another week at least, and this needs some urgent help. I could move it to the draftspace, but I'm afraid of it getting neglected. Anyone willing to help? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  11:54, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Bijeljina massacre RfC
Your input is requested at Talk:Bijeljina massacre Thanks, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 01:02, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

RedSquared task force
Hi all, I've come up with a bit of a project, and if it seems interesting, I'd love some partners to help me tackle it! I have compiled a starter list of Russian political prisoners. I would love if people with an interest would help me get these redlinks squared away. The name is cute, but the goal is important. This is a bit of a test case for me. If it's successful, I might try to organize a broader "virtual edit-a-thon" to start tackling some subset of the 1,300+ political prisoners in China and Tibet. Anyway, let me know if you want to help! ---Owlsmcgee (talk) 05:20, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Women's History Month worldwide online edit-a-thon
(To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list)

--Ipigott (talk) 08:11, 21 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)

RfC on Genocide-related flag icons
Since this is a listed project, there is an ongoing RfC to determine the validity of flags in Genocide-related articles. It's at Use of flag icons on genocide-related articles. Please comment there. Fyunck(click) (talk) 23:31, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagfuta Kausar blasphemy case
Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagfuta Kausar blasphemy case - Significant improvement is needed to this article, on a likely notable topic, which is currently written as an essay. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated AusLondonder (talk) 05:24, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Neutral notification of move discussion
There is a discussion underway to move the article Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (with a single comma) to. Please share your opinion on the matter at Talk:Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:04, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Merger proposal
It has been proposed that Japan foreign marriage be merged into Mail-order bride. Please comment at Talk:Japan foreign marriage.  ミーラー強斗武   (StG88ぬ会話) 07:54, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Requested move proposal, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Please comment on a requested move to change numerous article titles which contain Dr. King's name. Randy Kryn 11:20, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Feedback on proposal to revise "Debt Bondage" article
Hi, I am a student at Rice University and would like to make significant additions to the current "Debt Bondage" article. The link to my proposed revision with references can be found with the Google doc link. Please feel free to post on my user page or here if you have feedback. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/document/d/18xT2kXUKJYmPqeDNZYEekGy2CRR16wVUbUyC5CGRyGA/edit?usp=sharing Sa49 (talk) 05:33, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Abortion-rights movements
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Abortion-rights movements. Elizium23 (talk) 21:19, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
Greetings Members!

This is a one-time-only message to inform you about a technical proposal to revive your Popular Pages list in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:


 * Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report

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Further, there are over 260 proposals in all to review and vote for, across many aspects of wikis.

Thank you for your consideration. Please note that voting for proposals continues through December 12, 2016.

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Immigrant rights
I was surprised there was no article for Immigrant rights, so I redirected the page to Immigration for now. Am I overlooking a similarly-titled article? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 22:06, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Edit request on International Justice Mission
Hi, I'm Sterling, of International Justice Mission. I proposed an edit request to improve the International Justice Mission article by including information on our organizational structure and budget breakdown. I know I have a conflict of interest so I am searching for Wikipedians interested in human rights issues to review my proposal. Best, SE at Int&#39;l Justice Mission (talk) 17:00, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ SE at Int&#39;l Justice Mission (talk) 14:06, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

New request for International Justice Mission
Hi, I proposed a new edit request on the International Justice Mission Talk page. The request seeks to update the introduction following a series of updates to the article, and asks editors which details from the Criticism section should be merged into the rest of the article. I have a conflict of interest so I am bringing this suggestion to the Talk page for others to consider. Best, SE at Int&#39;l Justice Mission (talk) 14:08, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Child marriage and Teen marriage articles
Opinions are needed on Talk:Child marriage/Archive 1 and Talk:Teen marriage. The first discussion concerns changes made to the article's terminology, the use of images and whether or not to merge the article. And the second discussion concerns whether or not the lead image is appropriate for the article. Permalinks here and here. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 21:30, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

is this relevant?
Is this Articles_for_deletion/Delta_Meghwal_rape_case relevant to the project? --David Tornheim (talk) 03:56, 25 February 2017 (UTC)