User talk:Contrarrevolucionario

Socialist republic

Hi, Fidel Castro has a long talk page so I am not sure to what part you are referring. However, most English-speaking academics when dealing with governments refer to a "communist state", i.e. a state in which a Communist Party has fully enshrined legal control. I believe that is most appropriate here as well, despite self-descriptions (example: Democratic People's Republic of Korea). Has there been any attempt to vote on this? Thank you. Contrarrevolucionario 03:18, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I understand your points, but it was established over on the Cuba page - see this from the talk page [1]. In certain circumstances the "communist state" tag is fine, but in the context of Castro establishing a state it's technically correct to use the other term. --Zleitzen 03:25, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's important to have the "socialist republic" term in that introduction paragraph but elswhere you have free range as far as I'm concerned. I generally don't like to get involved in his article - it's just for across-the-board consistency with Cuban articles I request that we keep to the formal terms in certain areas. One of the unique problems with that article is because of Castro's longevity, we end up with a lot of duplicated material appearing in other Cuban articles. So there needs to be a degree of consistency. Anyway, all I ask is that we keep the Socialist republic in that first paragraph. Good luck!--Zleitzen 03:59, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]