Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics/Archive 10

John Archer (American Politician)
I am hoping someone could write a page for him. I have placed it on the Requested Page list but I have been told that those do not get checked often. I don't have any experience writing these pages and I would like for the job to be done well. I would appreciate any help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShaunRHudson (talk • contribs) 19:14, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Creeping fascism
Is Creeping fascism a real coherent concept, or just a general pejorative? Fences &amp;  Windows  23:52, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like it's largely based on one specific rhetorical example of "creeping fascism", from one person's polemic on youtube. And it's recentism to boot. Special:WhatLinksHere/Creeping fascism hints at some other governments which have had the label applied to them, but it's still just a perjorative label. bobrayner (talk) 12:28, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I've redirected to fascism. If anybody is able to build encyclopædic content on this subject rather than a collection of passing mentions, feel free... bobrayner (talk) 04:22, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
 * This topic is in reference to something which is procedural in nature, and is not in reference to it's presumable outcome which it's redirection to Fascism presupposes. The previous redirect was not in compliance with, nor did it reference any WP:CCPOL, WP:GUIDELINE, and/or WP:GUIDELINES; as such, any further revisions back to a redirection may be construed as WP:DE or trolling. Please do not use editing or this discussion as your platform to dispute and/or state your personal aversion to the subject matter or substance of the topic with your own pejoratives (i.e. "polemic on youtube", "recentisms", "pejorative label", "passing mentions") as this has no relevance in regard to the topic's validity, invalidity, or dispute over what is encyclopedic content or not by stated Wikipedia standards. Secobi (talk) 02:35, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Since nobody has actually demonstrated any notability or tried to fix the neutrality problem, I've sent "Creeping fascism" to AfD. Comments from project members would be welcomed. bobrayner (talk) 13:09, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Are these articles the same?
Hi guys, aren't To each according to his contribution and From each according to his ability, to each according to his need basically the same, and shouldn't they be merged? GiantSnowman 19:12, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Good catch. I think it's probably best if the latter is merged into the former (for both content and title reasons). Keep a redirect, of course... bobrayner (talk) 00:12, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Just as I thought. Would you like to do the honours or shall I? GiantSnowman 00:23, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I would have throughout the former should be merged into the latter. To each according to his contribution sounds like WikiSpeak, while From each according to his ability, to each according to his need is the actual slogan. -- Klein zach  04:01, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Abraham Lincoln proposal
Hello editors interested in Abraham Lincoln. I just created a proposal for a new WikiProject with a focus on Lincoln, similar to the WikiProject that exists for Barack Obama. Please feel free to comment on my proposal at WikiProject Council/Proposals/Abraham Lincoln‎. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:37, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Political radicalism used as recruitment for a violent militia?
There is a very long section titled "The Book" on the talk page at Political radicalism (high importance on WikiProject Politics). It appears to have nothing to do with the article, but is instead some sort of a template for surviving Armageddon (in the figurative sense) by forming a violent and reclusive group. Not sure what Wikipedia guidelines say about such a thing. Should it be deleted?--Wikimedes (talk) 09:27, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I see that the same IP added similar content to several other pages, all of which has been reverted, so I removed it from Talk:Political radicalism as well.--Wikimedes (talk) 09:48, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Politics will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in political history. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 20:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Reagan Day commemoration
WikiProject Conservatism cordially invites you to celebrate Ronald Reagan Day. On February 6 The Conservatism Portal will commemorate Ronald Reagan Day with a format specially designed for the holiday. The Conservatism Portal has recently been promoted to Featured Portal. – Lionel (talk) 03:21, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Occupy Wall Street reassessed to C class
Please comment on the talk page, or make a comment here.--Amadscientist (talk) 12:02, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Elected versus appointed
I would like to suggest a topic: the political science implications among offices filled by direct election, indirect election, and appointment. The articles on appointment and direct election don't really cover this distinction. The distinction is significant, and can exist at the local/municipal, state/province, and federal/national level. It is in part related to indirect election but there is more to it than that. The topic belongs in the outline of political science and elections by country, and perhaps in criticisms of electoralism and technocracy as well. In the U.S., the subject could be included in the article on the comparison of U.S. state governments and could be part of the motivation for special-purpose districts.

I googled for evidence that this subject might be partly covered in some article, but had trouble finding anything. 67.101.7.230 (talk) 20:30, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Roe v. Wade at Featured Article Review
nominated Roe v. Wade 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. NW ( Talk ) 16:28, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Added workfare to the project
It seemed appropriate, given that welfare is already included. I've quickly added a new section to the former about the state of workfare in the UK - any corrections or contributions much appreciated. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 20:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Proposing Bloomberg Government Article
Hi, I wanted to propose a new article for Bloomberg Government, the subscription based government resource service. It has been covered by major media sources and meets the requirements of the Wikipedia Notability guidelines. I have create a draft of the article in my sandbox User:RivBitz/Bloomberg_Government_Sandbox. Of note, I work on behalf of Bloomberg L.P. and realize that creates a conflict of interest, which I have acknowledged in the Conflict of Interest Noticeboard here. In order to ensure that all the conflict of interest guidelines are met, I would appreciate it if someone else would take a look at it, and if deemed appropriate, please create the proposed article. Thank you for your help.--RivBitz (talk) 21:47, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

A request for help
Hi. I'm hoping you can assist me - I'm working over at the Simple English Wikipedia to improve their content and entries on Politics in the Isle of Man. I've just updated the list of ministers and so on, following last September's election (not been lazy, this is the first foot I've set in their politics), and realised we only have a couple of entries out of the whole House of Keys - none on the Council of Ministers, or the President of Tynwald, Clare Christian. I was wondering whether any of your politics editors here would be able to spare one or two hours to make one entry on anyone listed at simple:Template:Politics of the Isle of Man, so that we may start to bring our data in line with what other wikis would normally hold. Your help would be very welcome. Regards, BarkingFish  00:34, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

vote_type added to Infobox election
For uses of Infobox election where it is not a "Popular" vote, I have added the vote_type parameter, but other than the Australian leadership spills I can't easily locate other non-popular vote elections. Please consider adjusting other uses of this template you know of. Mark Hurd (talk) 01:48, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Haymarket affair Good Article reassessment
Haymarket affair, which is listed as part of this WikiProject, has been nominated for a community reassessment to determine if it meets the good article criteria and so can be listed as a good article. Please add comments to the article reassessment page. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 19:52, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Nationality
An anon has removed slabs of Nationality claiming they were wrong, but none of the expunged text was referenced so I can't ascertain if if the anon is wrong or not. Could editors more familiar with the subject please examine the edits, restore as necessary and cite to support? Thanks. Josh Parris 06:36, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Editing the International Monetary Fund Page
After reading through the current International Monetary Fund, I feel that the page portrays the IMF too narrowly and omits many of the main controversies. Not all of the perspectives on the IMF are included or even touched upon. I plan to expand on a few new sections while also adding more information to existing sections. I am adding a section Leadership which will include a brief history of the past Managing Directors and some of the criticisms they’ve received as well as proposed about the politics of assigning voting power and electing the Managing Director. Let me know your thoughts! QuincyC (talk) 05:22, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Sounds good, be bold, go for it. I'm sure if there are objections, someone will bring them up. LK (talk) 09:15, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Images
I generated list of articles about officeholders, without image in infobox on enwiki, but with image on plwiki - maybe somebody will be interested. This list will be regenerated so it may be a good idea to add this page to watchlist Bulwersator (talk) 10:37, 11 March 2012 (UTC)