Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics/Archive 37

Feedback requested on translation of Operation Car Wash subarticle
A new translation project is underway to translate the article Desdobramentos da Operação Lava Jato into English. Your assistance in the translation or feedback at the Talk page would be most welcome. See Draft:Developments in Operation Car Wash. Mathglot (talk) 10:18, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Wow. That's a large article. &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 19:08, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

New bot to remove completed infobox requests
Hello! I have recently created a bot to remove completed infobox requests and am sending this message to WikiProject Politics since the project currently has a backlogged infobox request category. Details about the task can be found at Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 2, but in short it removes all infobox requests from articles with an infobox, once a week. To sign up, reply with and tell me if any special considerations are required for the Wikiproject. For example: if only a specific infobox should be detected, such as infobox journal for WikiProject Academic Journals; or if an irregularly named infobox such as starbox begin should be detected. Feel free to ask if you have any questions!

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Request for close at RfC on 'pro-Maduro' and similar
The discussion (here) has several arguments but has no comments in over a month; I am involved, is anyone willing to close it? Kingsif (talk) 16:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Infobox civil conflict
Hello project members, the Template:Infobox civil conflict has a field for the methods used by the protestors, but where should the methods of the government used for quelling the protests be listed? For example, internet/mobile network shutdowns which are becoming common on India? If the government unleashes the 'Gestapo' on the protesters, where should this go?

Pinging, ,. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 09:58, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing this up. I am not aware if there are special parameters for this. If they aren't we can still use the methods parameter to cover this. and in the value field mention (used by Government) X, Y, Z br (used by Protesters) A, B, C.
 * Second option to do this will be to create custom headings using optional parameters.
 * third and more long term solution may be to request a new parameter in the infobox and use it. -- D Big X ray ᗙ Happy Holidays!  10:27, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * From what I saw, other protest pages (e.g: 2019 Chilean protests) add that as part of the status of the protests. So, I have done the same in case of the Indian protests. Pali Upadhyay (talk) 10:56, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, both the above responses do cover it. This is also a good example - just link it to sections in the main body describing the methods - 2019 Hong Kong protests DTM (talk) 12:20, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I made a few additions over at the infobox of Citizenship Amendment Act protests which is also a civil conflict infobox. As per DBX and the first solution. DTM (talk) 12:40, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Richmond City Council (Richmond, California)
Can anyone here help fix up this article with me and show me the ropes?Ndołkah (talk) 09:40, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Death of a Nation
Regarding Death of a Nation (2018 film), there is a discussion about whether or not to call the film a political documentary in the lead section's opening sentence. The discussion can be seen here: Talk:Death of a Nation (2018 film). Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 17:37, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Saudi Arabia has no form of government
See Talk:Saudi Arabia. Could someone please insert one? Thanks! HLHJ (talk) 02:12, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Naming of governments/cabinets
There's a discussion at WP:TITLE on naming government/cabinet articles which may be of interest.--Obi2canibe (talk) 18:02, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

"Signing Out" the Deep state article for substantial overhaul
I am a political scientist with expertise in public policy, organization, administration, and bureaucracy who is participating in the Wiki Education's Scholars & Scientists Program. As part of the course, I will be working on substantially overhauling the Deep state page to situate the current popular cultural content within the scholarly literatures which have been published over the last 40 years (yes, that long!). I see no other place to sign this out, although I do see that it has been rated by the project as C-Mid. My work-in-progress may be found here: User:Icy13/Deep state Icy13  💬 ✏️ 19:57, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Articles for deletion/Priashevshchina
You are invited to join the discussion at Articles for deletion/Priashevshchina.  D Big X ray ᗙ  06:41, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Contemporary history
There are timeline articles for 2020, 2020 in politics and government and other issues, 2020s, and 2020 in different countries. I have made pages for 2020 in Mexico, 2020 in Guatemala, 2020 in Central America, 2020 in Senegal, 2020 in Nigeria and 2020 in West Africa. I am in the process of making pages for other regions in Africa; most of the countries in North Africa already have their own pages. That is not generally true for other regions (e.g there are no country pages for East Africa. I invite editors to add significant events to these pages. Michael E Nolan (talk) 18:15, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Suggestions for revising the main page for this WikiProject
Hi everyone. I am the Lead Coordinator for WikiProject History. I have a few suggestions I'd like to make here, for the main page for WikiProject Politics, based on some methods we have been trying over there.

For one thing, I would like to create a section on the main page here for "Working Groups" and for "Task Forces," and allow project members to indicate which ones they want to join. Doing so is one way to allow current and future project members to find out where they can have a role here. and also it encourages members to take on more of an active role here.

Just to explain the terms, "Working Groups" are groups that carry out the core functions of a WikiProject; i.e. this is basically four major areas, consisting of the groups below. these are historically referred to as "departments" at most WikiProjects. however we have changed this label to "working groups" as this is more accurate and reflective of their real role. basically since none of these units exist permanently, but may expand or contract, depending on whether editors are active there, "working groups" is much better as a term, to let editors know these terms and these groups are fluid in nature.

Working Groups:
 * Article Assessment
 * finds historical articles for the first time and rates them on quality and importance scales.
 * Collaboration on improving articles
 * improve articles that have been assessed by the assessment department by assigning large groups of editors to improve those articles. Help can be requested for an article you are working on or you have found abandoned. A list of open tasks can also be found in a section of the project page.
 * Review of articles
 * carries out peer reviews on historical articles and nominates articles for good and featured status. It also carries out A-Class reviews on articles within our scope.
 * Outreach
 * acts as a central location for various member outreach work, including project newsletters, recruitment and welcoming banners, and other related initiatives.

Moving along, the role of "Task Forces" has been expanded at our WikiProject. Generally, these are short-term groups for specific projects at most WikiProjects. we have expanded the meaning of this term. basically task forces are groups of editors who focus on any specific area related to the subject matter of the WikiProject itself. so there can be Task Forces for various parts of history by time period, or by topics, or by region, or anything else that editors may want.

So Task Forces are highly fluid; none are required to exist, and the number of active or potential task forces could be in the dozens, or it could be zero, or anything in between. It simply provides one way for editors to indicate active involvement.below are examples of some of the task forces that I have set up for project members. right now the membership of most of these are zero. But they are simply as a structural framework, enabling any new members to have a quick and easy way to get right into the project, and to indicate their active involvement.


 * Task Forces by time period:
 * Contemporary History
 * Ancient History
 * Medieval History
 * Renaissance
 * Early Modern History
 * Late Modern History
 * By topic
 * Political history
 * Industrial history
 * Cultural history
 * Economic history

etc etc. I hope the ideas above seem helpful. i will may be moving ahead in the near future, to set up sections for these on the main page for WikiProject Politics, obviously for groups that would match the subject matter for this WikiProject.

I welcome any input, comments, ideas or feedback from anyone here. I appreciate your help. thanks!! also, tagging for any comments that they may wish to share, as well. thanks!!! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:54, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * tagging some more users, in case they wish to comment. --Sm8900 (talk) 14:52, 11 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Laddy, don't you think you're taking on a wee bit too much, lately? GoodDay (talk) 18:00, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm glad to do my part. As for evaluation of articles, what are the guidelines? Michael E Nolan (talk) 18:06, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , I appreciate your note. actually, it's not as much as it looks. but I do appreciate it. also, I'm giving this idea time to just sit here on this talk page anyway. thanks!!


 * , thanks very much. actually re article assessment, I suggest you ask someone with lots of actual experience in that area. my own contributions and activities at Wikipedia have not included much work on article assessments. I do appreciate your reply here. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 18:50, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

RfC participation invitation
? : Please participate in the RfC about change proposal for infobox for caucus results. Xenagoras (talk) 21:25, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Proposal to Delete Paragraph Using Only a Primary Source
I’d request assistance with an independent review of a proposal at Talk:Alice S. Fisher regarding the use of a primary source in the description of a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. I have a COI as an employee of the law firm where the nominee now works. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JZ at LW (talk • contribs) 22:31, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

RfC: Iranian Revolution "supported by the United States"
Hi WP Politics. Editors are invited to participate at Talk:Iranian Revolution. Thanks, Levivich 07:51, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

"Body politic" article
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but the "Body politic" article seems poorly written (as of 20 February 2020). For example, in the section "History: medieval origins", the last sentence beginning with "The Church" is long and I don't understand where's the main verb. I'm not qualified to rewrite the page, but I wanted to bring this to your attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfclemay (talk • contribs) 15:01, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Moon Griffon for deletion
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Discussion about article "Race and intelligence"
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Race and intelligence, which is about an article that is within the scope of this WikiProject. Levivich [dubious – discuss] 19:59, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, thank you for leaving that invite to discuss that completely noncontroversial and not at all explosive topic here. Much appreciated lol &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 20:00, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Scottish Labour Party listed at Requested moves
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RfC on whether to mention Ronald Reagan's handling of the AIDS crisis/Apartheid in the lead section of his bio
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Ronald Reagan. Sdkb (talk) 18:21, 17 March 2020 (UTC)