Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Politics, government, and law

The following discussions are requested to have community-wide attention:

Talk:Julian Assange

Should the following text be in the article?

On 26 June 2021, Stundin, an Icelandic newspaper, reported that a key witness in the United States’ case against Assange had admitted to giving false testimony used in the superseding U.S. indictment. The witness, Sigurdur Thordarson, told the paper he fabricated earlier testimony that Assange had instructed him to hack into the computers of members of Iceland's parliament, as well as other allegations. Thordarson said he had been working with the U.S. Department of Justice and FBI in return for a promise the agencies would not share with Icelandic authorities information that could lead to a prosecution of Thordarson. According to the interview, Thordarson continued his criminal activities while working with the FBI with the promise of immunity from prosecution.[462] The Washington Post reported that Thordarson's testimony served as background for what Assange allegedly told Manning. The paper noted that supporters including Edward Snowden have said the admission of fabricated testimony undermines the case against Assange. However, their report states that the interview does not touch on the core allegations against Assange.[463] Private Eye states that the claims from the witness feature extensively in the UK court judgement, and that the U.S. hacking charges rely heavily on the testimony that the witness now admits was fabricated.[464]Slatersteven (talk) 09:57, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:1998 United States Capitol shooting

Given the recent strong support in restoring the Howard Charles Liebengood article despite it being deleted after an earlier AfD discussion, should the recently-merged Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson (police officer) articles be restored as well? Love of Corey (talk) 04:45, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Panjshir conflict

With no prejudice for future renaming if a proper name begins to be invoked by RS, should this article be called ...

1. Conflict between the Taliban and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2021)
2. Panjshir conflict
3. Anti-Taliban insurgency
4. Some other option

Chetsford (talk) 02:55, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

Should the lead to this article state that the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft "has been criticized for its orientation and stances on policy issues"? Snooganssnoogans (talk) 21:43, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:2019 Indian general election

As per the discussion above, there is some debate about whether the results table should include results of the one seat where voting was delayed for three months. Should the results table include results from delayed elections? Number 57 16:26, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elections and Referendums

Background:

Currently, a candidate must receive more than 5% to appear in most US election infoboxes. This is a good standard and I do not agree with changing it.

Proposal:

If a candidate wins a county in a statewide election, they should appear in the infobox. Currently, winning a county doesn't necessarily guarantee that a candidate goes in the infobox. This results in the candidate's name appearing in the map caption but no other information like their % of the vote, # of votes, party, picture, and full name. For example, the 1976 United States Senate election in Virginia saw Martin Perper win a county but not appear in the infobox due to only receiving 4.5% of the vote. This makes the infobox a bit confusing to look at because there is no other mention of Perper besides the map caption

This would be an easy change to make because only a few elections have seen candidates win counties and not get more than 5% of the vote. MrOinkingPig (talk) 21:02, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Afghanistan

Should the "Afghanistan" article be about the Islamic Emirate (Taliban) government? Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 02:08, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:2022 South Korean presidential election

Should we remove the minor parties and independents section? The National Revolutionary Dividends Party has no elected representation at any level in South Korea and from what I can see from the opinion polls their candidate hasn't even appeared in any polls. As for the Progressive Party we don't even have a confirmed candidate for them and they also have no elected members in the National Assembly. The Progressive Party's predecessor (People's United Party (South Korea)) finished in 8th place in the last South Korean presidential election in 2017 with 0.08% of the vote. These parties don't seem to be notable in this election unless their candidates at least begin to appear in opinion polls. The citation for the National Revolutionary Dividends Party may also be a first party source although I'm not sure and as for the Progressive Party we don't even have a citation talking about them running in this election or any of their potential candidates. I'd argue its better we remove this section, for without any criteria the page could become overloaded with a host of extremely minor parties and independents that will likely have very little, if any, impact in the election. Helper201 (talk) 22:03, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Years

Concerning the Year in Wales, Year in Scotland (post-1707), Year in England (post-1707) & Year in Northern Ireland articles. Should we?

A) Show the head of state (monarch), under the 'Incumbents' section.
B) Don't show the head of state (monarch), under the 'Incumbents' section.
C) In the (Wales) year articles, should we be showing (or not showing) the prince (and princess) of Wales in the 'Incumbents' section? GoodDay (talk) 19:29, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Andrew Yang

Requests for comment/Politics, government, and law
Yang in August 2019
Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship
In office 2015–2017 Serving with Daymond John, Julie Hanna, Nina Vaca, Elizabeth Holmes and Helen Greiner
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished

Should the infobox on Andrew Yang include the Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, as seen to the right? (Note: this issue was discussed at Talk:Andrew_Yang/Archive_1#Adding_position_to_infobox without a firm consensus being formed.) – Muboshgu (talk) 15:49, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics

Are the governors of the states of Australia, each a head of state? I've opened this RFC, due to additions made by an editor concerning this topic, at Governor of Tasmania & Governor of New South Wales (for examples). GoodDay (talk) 22:35, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Georgia (country)

1) Should the last sentence of the lede contain basic information pertaining to Georgia's level of development, such as human development index, corruption, economic freedom and poverty?

2) Should the last sentence of the lede contain information about legalization of cannabis in the country? --LeontinaVarlamonva (talk) 16:08, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Nixon Jew count

Now that the article has been discussed at AfD, we really should address what most editors agreed was an issue with the article title. The current title (in terms of its exact syntax) is not supported by reliable sources. Titles suggested during the discussion included Richard Nixon's Discrimination against Jewish Bureau of Labor Statistics Staff and Nixon's Jew count. I'm partial to the second of those suggestions, but I think we should consider other available options too. St★lwart¹¹¹ 03:25, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Ideological bias on Wikipedia

Should Larry Sanger's views be included in the article? soibangla (talk) 23:55, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Al Jazeera Media Network

Should the lead state that there is no freedom of the press in Qatar (where the Al Jazeera Media Network is based)? Snooganssnoogans (talk) 14:15, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Talk:University of Mississippi

Should the university's nickname byname, "Ole Miss", be used in this article outside of direct quotes, official names, and discussion of the nickname itself? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 04:39, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography

Very straight forward & simple question. Should we
A) Keep the titles capitalized in the infoboxes or
B) Decapitalize in the infoboxes.

Examples-A: 46th President of the United States, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada
Examples-B 46th president of the United States, 23rd prime minister of Canada

NOTE: This is about the infoboxes 'only' & naturally, will affect hundreds of bios.
GoodDay (talk) 18:45, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Should the lead note that there is a blurred line between the assets of the Government of Dubai and those of the ruling Al Maktoum family? (Source: Michael Herb's Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE, pp. 110-111. Cornell University Press) Snooganssnoogans (talk) 04:41, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Talk:2021 Cuban protests

Should "United States embargo against Cuba" be listed as a cause of the protests in the infobox? TocororoWings (talk) 17:20, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Jan ?aryn

This is a five-part RfC, the culmination of a month's work by several editors. The question being asked for each of the sections is:

Should the following be added to the text?

• Yes
• Yes, but...
• No

You may vote in some or all of the sections, as you see fit. 15:45, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Talk:List of political parties in Italy

Hi. I would like to ask for your opinion about the reorganization of the defunct Italian parties. These parties are currently listed by dissolution date but divided into two lists (major and minor) and therefore into two chronological orders. I propose to list them by dissolution date in a single chronological order, eliminating the distinction between major and minor parties and adding the date of foundation and dissolution next to them in brackets. I propose eventually to divide them into institutional / political eras, as in the pages on the parties of other countries, for example: "Kingdom of Italy (1845–1946)", "First Republic (1946–1994)", "Second Republic (since 1994)". Please give an opinion!--Scia Della Cometa (talk) 14:05, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Holodomor in modern politics

There's been a difficultly amongst editors regarding the statement "Sixty-nine states have signed declarations in statements at the UNGA affirming that the Holodomor was as a 'national tragedy of the Ukrainian people'..." The issue is whether it is OK to count the number of countries from the UN General Assembly statements from 4 documents [1], [2], [3], [4], and [5]. No primary or secondary sources lists the count, however per WP:CALC routine calculations are allowed.

To be honest, I was the skeptical editor and didn't trust the 69 number for the longest time. It's an utter pain trying to calculate all the unique countries, so I wrote a Python script to do it[6]. I'm still not 100% sure if I'm correct. I've never seen a page try to do this, so I'm worried that it's OR.

There are a few options:

• A: Keep the text as 69 (or 70), explicitly listing the number
• B: Write "at least 69 (or 70)"
• C: Change it to "many countries" or something similar Stix1776 (talk) 08:09, 30 May 2021 (UTC)