Template talk:Infobox Icelandic political party

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Infoboxes, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Infoboxes on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.InfoboxesWikipedia:WikiProject InfoboxesTemplate:WikiProject InfoboxesInfoboxes articles

Iceland

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Iceland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Iceland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IcelandWikipedia:WikiProject IcelandTemplate:WikiProject IcelandIceland articles

Politics: Political parties

	Politics portal This template is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics articles
	This template is supported by Political parties task force.

Position

What is intended to go in the fields for 'position'? It's not exactly clear. Is support for prohibition left-wing (because it was supported by the Social Democrats) or right-wing (because it's socially conservative)? And since when did support for (say) civil liberties denote either right OR left? It's far too much of a minefield without reliable sources to explicit reference, but they are unlikely to be forthcoming. Whereas reliable sources will often attribute the term 'left-wing' or 'right-wing' to entire parties, it will be far more difficult to find a source saying 'right-wing on the economy, but centre-left social policy'. Bastin 22:15, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't know if many people read this page, you will probably have more luck posting your question at Template talk:Infobox political party, or even better, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Political parties. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 17:09, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I imaged when I redesigned the template that it would be used to denote the position on the left-right political spectrum. It can be omitted though if it's not suitable because the Ideology field goes into the specifics. Stefán Örvarr Sigmundsson (talk) 21:42, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]