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

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

Should the first sentence of the lede read that the subject "... is an American right-wing activist and social media influencer, who is known for covering and video-recording demonstrators".

Note: at the time of the writing of this RfC, the first sentence of the lede reads that the subject "... is an American right-wing author and social media influencer, who is known for covering and video-recording demonstrators". Refer to Special:Diff/1222027778 for a record. TarnishedPath^talk 13:29, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Talk:International Churches of Christ

Is it appropriate to have a section about ongoing court cases involving living people who are not public figures before a conclusion is reached? XZealous (talk) 07:28, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Talk:New York City

Should unsubstantiated superlatives in the lead, such as:

New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture and tech, entertainment and media, academics and scientific output, and the arts and fashion.
...and is sometimes described as the world's most important city and the capital of the world.
..the most economically powerful city in the world.

be removed from the article? CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 09:38, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

What is the reliability of Legal Insurrection for courtroom reporting of legal trials?

Option 1: Generally reliable
Option 2: Additional considerations
Option 3: Generally unreliable
Option 4: Deprecate

Mokadoshi (talk) 04:08, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:List of states with limited recognition

Should we remove Armenia, China, Cyprus, Israel, Palestine, and North Korea from this article? WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:24, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Israel and apartheid

Should the lead include or remove the wikilink to Weaponization of antisemitism in the line "Israel and some of its Western allies have rejected the accusation, with Israel often labeling the charge antisemitic."? Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 13:55, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:True North Centre for Public Policy

Should True North be described as "far-right" as it is described in multiple sources? Fred Zepelin (talk) 00:27, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Havana syndrome

There is ongoing discussion about how to best present the content of the Insider investigative report on a Russian connection to Havana Syndrome. Two versions have been proposed, and we seek wider community input on which should be included in the article. The discussion has raised concerns about the due weight of content relating to allegations of secret weapons use by Russian military intelligence's GRU Unit 29155.

Version 2.1:

On March 31, 2024, The Insider, in collaboration with 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel, published an investigative report reigniting speculation that hostile Russian action was responsible for the syndrome.^[1]^[2] The Kremlin Press Secretary dismissed the report as "nothing more than baseless, unfounded accusations by the media." In response to the report, the White House Press Secretary said that a "foreign adversary is very unlikely." Following the report, several U.S. Senators, including Susan Collins, Jeanne Shaheen, and Mark Warner, sent a letter to the President calling for further investigation into the cause of the anomalous health incidents.

Version 3.1:

On March 31 2024, The Insider, in collaboration with 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel, published an investigative report claiming that the syndrome was caused by actions of Russian military intelligence.^[1]^[2]^[3] The report states that members of the GRU Unit 29155, known for undertaking foreign operations^[2], received awards and promotions for work related to the development and deployment of "non-lethal acoustic weapons", and that telephone and travel data pinpointing the locations of these agents correlated with the timings and locations of Havana Syndrome incidents worldwide.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The Kremlin Press Secretary dismissed the report as "nothing more than baseless, unfounded accusations by the media."^[1] In response to the report, the White House Press Secretary said that a "foreign adversary is very unlikely."^[7]

Following the report, in a letter addressed to the President several U.S. Senators called for further investigations into the causes of the anomalous health incidents.^[8]

Please provide your opinions and rationale for supporting either version 2.1 or 3.1 and please ensure your responses are based on Wikipedia's content policies and guidelines. (FailedMusician (talk) 02:29, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Hunter Biden

The fourth paragraph of the lede currently contains the following sentence:

"In March 2022, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported that some of the emails found on the computer were authentic."
Should it be removed? TarnishedPath^talk 11:41, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Lists

Should a "list of leaders"-type article like list of president of xxx, list of vice president of yyy, list of prime ministers of zzz, or similar officials also includes those who are designated as "-elect"? Ckfasdf (talk) 01:28, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Free Democratic Party (Germany)

Which political position should be indicated in the Free Democratic Party's infobox?

Scia Della Cometa (talk) 08:37, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Arab citizens of Israel

Is the current title NPOV? (Edit, change to POV from NPOV since all the answers are the other way about) If not, what would be an appropriate title? Selfstudier (talk) 17:52, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Israel

I think it's time for us to have this discussion.

I propose that the apartheid allegation be explicitly mentioned in the lead. This is an incredibly well-sourced allegation, and I think the current lead which vaguely talks about "crimes of humanity" and "war crimes" is avoiding the core of the issue — precisely which crime is Israel being accused of? Apartheid is the principal one.

Specifically, I propose that the current version "Israel's practices in its occupation of the Palestinian territories have drawn sustained international criticism along with accusations that it has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people from human rights organizations and United Nations officials." be replaced with "Israel's practices in its occupation of the Palestinian territories have drawn sustained international criticism. It has been accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the crime of apartheid, against the Palestinian people from human rights organizations and United Nations officials." JDiala (talk) 00:17, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel

I would like to restart a previous RfC on calling the operation a Hamas victory in the infobox. In the interim, multiple other sources ([1], [2]) have supported this position. No consensus was reached in the past RfC however I think the decision then was erroneous. Most of the opponents had no compelling arguments except essentially appeals to emotion that the attacks were "terrorist" and that it would somehow be immoral to call "terrorists" winners. That RfC was further tainted by an e-mail canvassing situation. I believe that the closer erred in his judgement of no consensus.

The operation should be called a Hamas victory.
The operation should be called an Israeli victory.
No change
Other

JDiala (talk) 10:35, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Governor General of Canada

Should it be mentioned in the lead, that the governor general is described as Canada's de facto head of state? GoodDay (talk) 20:15, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:International Churches of Christ

Wikipedia articles about religious organizations often contain a “beliefs” section that describes the beliefs and practices of the organization and its members. Is About Self sourcing on the organization’s beliefs or practices acceptable as Reliable Sourcing when the information is derived directly from the religious organization or published by an employee or member of the organization irrespective of whether secondary sourcing is available? This RfC assumes that all other Wikipedia editing policies are observed. Meta Voyager (talk) 17:26, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:2024 Iranian strikes in Israel

What should the result section of the infobox say? Leaving out some possible options here, other suggestions are also welcome.

Iranian operational failure. This appears to be the widely reported conclusion. 99% of the aerial objects have been reportedly intercepted, without any Israeli casualties and only minor damage sustained at one airbase.
Iranian partial operational failure. Another similar result, with partial for minor impact.
Successful Israeli defense. An alternative
Israeli Victory. Another alternative
Iranian Victory. Since Iran claimed victory

Discuss. Ecrusized (talk) 17:28, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:List of nicknames of presidents of the United States

Should the nickname "Genocide Joe" be included on a list of nicknames used for Presidents of the United States? 14:25, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Brothers of Italy

On replacing neo-fascism with post-fascism in the ideology section of the info box (both are in the lede). Please read RfC2 and the below post, which is effectively option 4. SUPPORT/OPPOSE for option 4 but wider discussion is welcome and needed.

Alexanderkowal (talk) 11:20, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

What is the reliability of the Anti-Defamation League's database of hate symbols?

Option 1: Generally reliable
Option 2: Additional considerations
Option 3: Generally unreliable
Option 4: Deprecate

Loki (talk) 00:08, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

What is the reliability of the Anti-Defamation League regarding antisemitism?

Option 1: Generally reliable
Option 2: Additional considerations
Option 3: Generally unreliable
Option 4: Deprecate

Loki (talk) 00:07, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

What is the reliability of the Anti-Defamation League regarding the Israel/Palestine conflict?

Option 1: Generally reliable
Option 2: Additional considerations
Option 3: Generally unreliable
Option 4: Deprecate

Loki (talk) 00:06, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Julian Assange

Should we refer to Julian Assange as a journalist?

Wikinetman (talk) 03:04, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

^ ^a ^b ^c https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-dismisses-report-russia-behind-havana-syndrome-2024-04-01/
^ ^a ^b ^c "Havana syndrome: Report links mystery illness to Russian intelligence unit". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
^ Cite error: The named reference guardian-report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Dobrokhotov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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^ Cite error: The named reference SpiegelMarch2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference us-not-moved was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Chasan, Aliza (2024-04-17). "Senators call for renewed Havana Syndrome assessment after 60 Minutes report - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.

[kremlin-dismisses-1] ttps://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-dismisses-report-russia-behind-havana-syndrome-2024-04-01/

[:4-2] "Havana syndrome: Report links mystery illness to Russian intelligence unit". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-04-02.

[guardian-report-3] Cite error: The named reference guardian-report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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[letter-request-senators-8] Chasan, Aliza (2024-04-17). "Senators call for renewed Havana Syndrome assessment after 60 Minutes report - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.

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