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Adding of huge list of current MPs and personalities in cabinet

I wish to express my concern of the edits recently made by @Garfield 3185:, my opinion is that per Wikipedia's policy of WP:NOTNEWS, the tables of existing appointments are not necessarily enduringly notable. While the leaders of the party would be notable - I disagree on the inclusion of entire list of current and former MPs. At this stage, the tables alone take up almost half the page and is against WP:INDISCRIMINATE's policy on lists. Would we need to keep piling on to the list of former MPs as they retire? Seloloving (talk) 11:08, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Up to you then. I got nothing to say anymore. Garfield 3185 (talk) 11:34, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you have a reason that this current batch of MPs are indeed notable for the page, please provide one, otherwise, they are not necessary for the page. I have tried my best to work with you, but you are refusing to engage in a constructive manner and simply accusing me of having a grudge against you whenever I bring up a point.

Why not work with me for once and provide your reasoning on why the list should be retained, rather than simply moving on to your next interest? How are these present batch of MPs notable, say, ten years from now, to the history of Singaporean politics? If so, do they deserve their own page? Seloloving (talk) 11:43, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

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The result of this discussion was Merge. Seloloving (talk) 03:20, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Leadership transition in the People's Action Party page was created in 2012 and largely forgotten about over the intervening years since. The original editor has now been blocked for sockpuppetery, but the contents written are still relevant and written by the original account. I propose a merge into the PAP's main page; more information can also be expanded upon for the transition from GCT to LHL and the failed succession plan to HSK. Seloloving (talk) 05:51, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge as the leadership transition article is too short (and has insufficient notability) to be its own independent article, but I believe such information still warrants a mention in the main PAP article.R22-3877 (talk) 13:55, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom. – robertsky (talk) 19:18, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Not sure why there's even a separate article in the first place — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.56.91.222 (talk) 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Merge per nom. Though some of the statistics (example Election results) can be split out from the article to make it less table heavy. @Seloloving: I believe you can do the merge whenever you are ready. --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 04:26, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I will do it when I have the time. The LKY-GCT transition is more complex than originally thought, according to Men in White, and I plan to pursue that together with the LKY article revamp, unless someone beats me to it. Seloloving (talk) 06:07, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Democracy

It is an authoritarian party and from the state there is a tendency towards indoctrination. To say that it is only because of the economy, that people vote for them is nonsense. Marcos96a (talk) 17:08, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It seems totally inappropriate to barely even hint at what political scientists recognise to be Singapore’s significant lack of democracy in many areas. There should certainly be a reference in the introductory paragraph to Singapore’s quasi-authoritarian system of government. Anybody reading the intro would assume the PAP is analogous to a typical democratic political party, which is an absurd suggestion given Singapore’s system o government. 150.203.2.220 (talk) 12:04, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]