Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Human rights

Anybody out there?

This talk page has been pretty dead for the last two years, except for the occasional RfC request or student dropping by. I was curious, so I thought I'd ask directly--does this project still have any active members besides me? If nobody's around, I wonder if it's time to quietly turn off the lights on this initiative; I plan to still keep working on human rights articles same as ever, but it seems a bit of a waste to have the bots, the templates, the noticeboard, etc. if no one's using them.

So if you're out there, people, lemme hear your voices! -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:53, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

I'm there but I hardly contribute… benzband (talk) 18:32, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

• I am here. I contribute to human rights topics often. I watch this page. I do not actively contribute to developing this WikiProject, except in the sense that I develop WikiProjects generally. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:40, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
• I contribute to human rights related articles and watch the talk page, but that's about the extent of my involvement.--Wikimedes (talk) 06:16, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
• Greetings! I am new to this talk page but dedicated to human rights -- especially those beyond individual rights (if that interests or even just intrigues anyone, do let me know -- thanks!).Gregory Paul P. Meyjes 15:51, 25 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meyjes (talk • contribs)

Oh, good. As long as folks are still using the page I see no reason to retire it. -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:06, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

not using, but watching, interested in Human rights even on Wikipedia, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:14, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

War rape

I was wondering if anyone would like to work on this article? In about a month, when the semester ends, I can work on this (and I have plenty of resources) but would like some help in osorting it out for WP.Lihaas (talk) 19:53, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

I'm currently trying to get some UN-related stuff to GA, but I could at least glance over it and make suggestions once you've revised. Feel free to ping me whenever you'd like me to take a look, and thanks for taking on such an important topic-- Khazar2 (talk) 20:18, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Same‐sex marriage in Utah RfC

There is an RfC here on whether to include purple as a new map‐color for Utah — Info por favor (talk) 00:14, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

GAR notification

Freedom from Want (painting), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:40, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)/archive2‎

Please comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)/archive2‎.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:42, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to help craft a proposal

Surveillance awareness day is a proposal for the English Wikipedia to take special steps to promote awareness of global surveillance on February 11, 2014. That date is chosen to coincide with similar actions being taken by organizations such as Mozilla, Reddit, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Feedback from members of this Wikiproject would be greatly appreciated. Please come join us as we brainstorm, polish, and present this proposal to the Wikipedia Community. --HectorMoffet (talk) 11:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Enlisting your help at WikiProject Mass surveillance / Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mass surveillance, we've been discussing trying to push the 4th Amendment from GA to FA. There's a peer review request on it, but no reviewing so far.

Would people from WikiProject Human Rights be interested in helping assess and improve articles we have in commmon with Wikipedia:WikiProject Mass surveillance. Additionally, we want to pus Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution to FA. With all that's going on right now, Wikipedia should have an article on the Fourth Amendment we can be proud of. ---HectorMoffet (talk) 11:46, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Archived some threads

I've archived some inactive threads to subsections which were notifications about discussions that have since been closed. — Cirt (talk) 06:02, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Not in Front of the Children

• Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth

I've recently gone ahead and created an article about the book, Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth.

Help with suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated at the article's talk page, at Talk:Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 01:26, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Category:People who had their work censored

I've created this category; please help populate. The discussion that led to this was as Talk:Censorship#Category_for_individuals_who_had_their_work_censored.3F. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:25, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Genocide definitions, Definitions of pogrom and Definitions of fascism for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Genocide definitions, Definitions of pogrom and Definitions of fascism are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genocide definitions until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Oncenawhile (talk) 09:53, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Popular pages tool update

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Web tools, to replace the ones at tools:~alexz/pop, will become available over the next few weeks at toollabs:popularpages. All of the historical data (back to July 2009 for some projects) has been copied over. The tool to view historical data is currently partially available (assessment data and a few projects may not be available at the moment). The tool to add new projects to the bot's list is also available now (editing the configuration of current projects coming soon). Unlike the previous tool, all changes will be effective immediately. OAuth is used to authenticate users, allowing only regular users to make changes to prevent abuse. A visible history of configuration additions and changes is coming soon. Once tools become fully available, their toolserver versions will redirect to Labs.

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RfC: Pogrom list inclusion criteria

An RfC has been opened at Talk:Pogrom, regarding the appropriate WP:LSC for the events listed. Comments are requested with thanks. Oncenawhile (talk) 11:45, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Healthy Equity Rework

Hi All,

Wanted to give a bit of an update on my proposed edits to the Health equity page. As I previously noted on the article's talk page, this page has a lot of room for improvement; the article focuses on the issue of health equity, only with regard to the United States. Given that health equity is a global issue, and Wikipedia is meant to be a comprehensive source of information with a worldwide view of any given subject, there is a lot of important content that is currently absent. I plan to rework the page, maintaining some of the current information and supplementing it with significantly more international content. Given that health inequities are often found across specific divisions in the population, I wish to approach the article and organize the content from this perspective. I will discuss the topics of gender, sexuality, location, socioeconomic status, and education, and how they relate to health equity worldwide (information for which I have a number of reputable sources). In the case of education for example, I will discuss the correlation of education with improvements in healthcare. In developing nations like Tajikistan, for example, a lack of higher education was correlated with lower contact with healthcare professionals, when it came to maternal health care. In this sense, education serves as an important determinant in population health. With regard to the information on the US, I will have to cut down some of the content from this article, and I am considering adding it to a new article specifically detailing Healthy Equity in the US. Thoughts on this addition would be appreciated.

Jpoles1 (talk) 04:55, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

New Article: Structural Violence in Haiti

Hello! I am a student at Rice University and am currently a member of a class on Poverty, Gender, and Human Capabilities. One of our assignments is to produce a Wikipedia contribution. I am currently working on a contribution regarding structural violence in Haiti and I just want to share a bit more on my planned contribution and to receive any comments and advice that you might have.

I will be creating a new entry on structural violence in Haiti and would just like to share a bit on the outline that I have. For my article, I will begin with a definition of “Structural Violence” and its relevance in Haiti. I will then elaborate on how different axes of oppression, specifically gender, race (ethnicity), and socioeconomic status, negatively influence the level of structural marginalization. I will then move on to cover some of the major impacts of Structural Violence. Currently, I have identified four major impacts: Poverty, Education, Access to Healthcare, and Health Outcomes. Immediately following impacts, I will cover the factors that have resulted in Structural Violence in Haiti. Following a description of the causes, I will then discuss some of the measures that are currently being taken to address Structural Violence.

I believe that my entry will be a useful contribution to the Wikipedia community because it sheds light on the reality that multi-level structural barriers exist within societies that prevent the underprivileged from receiving the same amenities that the more privileged do. Instead of simply attributing a lack of basic human rights/needs to poverty or poor infrastructure, my article will demonstrate that disparity is a result of a multitude of factors ingrained within society—including culture, political entities, racism, and sexism, all of which converge to form a barrier to a select few.

To craft my article, I plan on drawing upon a multitude of works, mostly from the fields of Anthropology, Sociology, and Medical Anthropology. Someone in particular who has done much work on structural violence in Haiti is Dr. Paul Farmer. I will be heavily referencing his works, but wonder if you might have any other advice on sources to pursue, particularly those that reference Human Rights violations in Haiti? I want to be cautious of over referencing Dr. Farmer’s works, as well as relying on sources where structural violence is not the primary focus. Do you know of any sources or works that I should consider pursuing? Because my Wikipedia contribution will specifically address inequity in Haiti, I thought that it would be fitting to reach out the Human Rights project page. I would appreciate any feedback in regards to Human Rights violations in Haiti? Or, if there is any information about policies in place to prohibit human rights violations in Haiti?

Thanks in advance for any insight that you might give!

Sarah.heberlig (talk) 06:10, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Free Expression Policy Project

I've created an article on the organization Free Expression Policy Project.

Suggestions for additional secondary sources would be most appreciated, at Talk:Free Expression Policy Project.

Cheers,

— Cirt (talk) 04:26, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

New contributor looking for advice on creating a new article

Hello all, I am required to contribute to Wiki for my class Gender and Economics in the Third World and have been designated to work on El Salvador. I am working on an article to be called Reproductive rights in El Salvador. I am looking at covering topics including things like history, abortion, sexual violence/crime, legal and/or religious issues, education, activism, prenatal care and other issues surrounding pregnancy. Other than the Wiki article creation links and basic available information; Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to structure an article? What about content? Is there something within this topic I should focus on more than another? For example, if you were reading an article, called Reproductive rights in El Salvador, what would you like and/or expect to see? What advice can you offer to a first time contributor? Thank you all for your time.TINGLED1 (talk) 23:09, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Based on what I have seen, I was thinking of something like this: Contents 1 History – A short overview of El Salvador and significant events that changed reproductive laws, rights, and policies 2 Human rights – El Salvador’s stance on world policies and a look at their own laws – like their stance on the Programme of Action of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, etc. 3 Women's rights – El Salvador’s stance on world policies for women and a look at their own laws – like prenatal care, family planning education, birth control access 4 Men's rights – El Salvador’s stance on world policies for men and a look at their own laws – things like family planning education, access to condoms and spermicides, sperm donation 5 Youth rights and access – Education – Sexual education policies – What information, if any, do children receive and at what age? Contraceptive policies and availability 6 Gender equality and violence against women – What forms of gender-based violence are happening? – Rape 7 STD’s/STI’s/HIV/AIDS – Practices, polices, education, prevention 8 Issues

       8.1 Family rights, laws, and polices
       8.2 Abortion rights, laws, and policies
       8.3 Religious beliefs and issues

9 See also The Center for Reproductive Rights, Human sexuality, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, Roe v. Wade, Reproductive rights 10 References - I don't want to spam up this page by listing them all here but I do have a lot of them. 11 External links - Again, I have plenty but don't want to spam this up by listing them all here.

TINGLED1 (talk) 06:11, 4 March 2014 (UTC)