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

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

Talk:Indian National Congress

Should centre-left be included in the infobox? Please see the above discussion for relevant sources. Helper201 (talk) 03:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Keir Starmer

Can this content be restored to the page?

When asked by J. K. Rowling in July 2024 whether transgender women with a gender recognition certificate have the right to use women-only spaces, Starmer replied, "No. They don't have that right. They shouldn't". Helper201 (talk) 02:59, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Talk:2023 Nashville school shooting

Should the Nashville school shooter's manifesto release be included in the article?

2601:19E:427E:5BB0:8BAB:B116:675B:AB5F (talk) 01:44, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Talk:2024 United States presidential election

Hello,

Regarding Trump's main photo of "2024 United States presidential election", there were several discussions previously. - example link: Talk:2024_United_States_presidential_election/Archive_7 I'd like to confirm which photos can be used. I've included the top-voted options based on my understanding, but I think limiting it to three additional choices will give us the most efficient results. If a new, better image emerges, we can compare it after this RFC process

• For this RFC process, I propose that we only allow users to vote for one best photo for the Infobox Trump's main photo. This will simplify calculations, as it's easier to determine the winner based on a single vote per user.

• Official

>Every U.S. elections always using official portrait but not in presidential primaries, for example, in 1992 and 1996, Bill Clinton's official portrait was used for 2 times although two times were sequence 4 years ago. weakness of this photo: considering that the age is a concern among some voters, the images of relatively recent can minimise that concern. Trump's 2017 portrait doesn't show a drastically different Trump/no change in appearance.

• Option1

>the long-standing "smug" image; This can be seen as an unkind and arrogant, but on the other hand, it can be seen as a confident looking

• Option2

>it is smiling freindly photo with his face,like Kamala but Trump's expression in the his body is tilted to the left instead of facing the camera.

• Option3

>it is smiling freindly photo and suitable camerawork - example: at eye level, face and body facing camera and he is also smiling like Kamala but there's just an impression that makes him look uneasy. (Above description: I've compiled a summary of some users feedback.) Goodtiming8871 (talk) 23:47, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Heterodox Academy

The following discussion took place nearly three years ago, just after I stopped monitoring the page. I would like to re-open the discussion and extend it to other sources that users have attempted to add. Free speech scholar (talk) 21:14, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:United States and state-sponsored terrorism

Does the following sentence in United States and state-sponsored terrorism#Syria constitute

disallowed original research in the sense that it is an editorial synthesis of published material that implies a new conclusion?

Another study conducted by private company Conflict Armament Research at the behest of the European Union and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit found that external support for anti-Assad Syrian rebels "significantly augmented the quantity and quality of weapons available to ISIL forces", including, in the most rapid case diversion they documented, "anti-tank weapons purchased by the United States that ended up in possession of the Islamic State within two months of leaving the factory"

Kof2102966 (talk) 17:23, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Mahatma Gandhi

When describing Mahatma Gandhi's last hunger strike (or "fast-unto-death") undertaken on 12 January 1948, should we say that in addition to stemming the religious violence (or restoring the peace):

1. "the fast also sought to pressure the Indian government to pay out¹ cash assets owed to Pakistan?" (Note: 1: pay out = pay a large sum of money from funds under one's control.)
   1. (both in the lead and the relevant section)
   2. (in the relevant section, but not in the lead)
2. "the fast also sought to indirectly (or implicitly) pressure the Indian government to pay out cash assets owed to Pakistan?
   1. (both in the lead and in the relevant section)
   2. ( in the relevant section, but not in the lead)
3. "the fast also caused (or led) the Indian government to pay out cash assets owed to Pakistan."
   1. (both in the lead and in the relevant section)
   2. (in the relevant section, but not in the lead)
4. Make no mention of cash assets in this context anywhere in the article.
5. "In the months following, Gandhi went on hunger strike several times to stop the religious violence. The last, begun in Delhi on 12 January 1948 when he was 78, also aimed to restore to Pakistan its share of cash assets of undivided British India. The fast was an important factor in the Indian government's decision to pay out the assets during a time when India and Pakistan were engaged in a war over the disputed territory of Kashmir."
   1. (both in the lead and in the relevant section)
   2. (in the relevant section, but not in the lead)

Please choose one of: 1(1), 1(2), 2(1), 2(2), 3(1), 3 (2), 4, 5(1) or 5(2). Fowler&fowler«Talk» 13:13, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:William Howard Taft

Which of the following images should serve as the infobox picture for William Howard Taft? Teknologi Positif (talk) 10:20, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Philippe Pétain

Which of the following images should serve as the infobox picture for Philippe Pétain? Emiya1980 (talk) 01:33, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Committee for a Workers' International (2019)

In the past month someone copypasted the entire history section from Committee for a Workers' International (1974) into this article.[1]. As a result much of the content of both articles is the same, except for the list of pre-2019 sections. Should the articles be merged or should they remain separate and should the pre-2019 history be removed give. the duplication?

Also multiple accounts that either claim membership in the CWI or appear to be members of the organization have been editing this article, removing links to the 1974 article, and obscuring the fact originally asserted by the current group that a minority faction "refounded" the organisation in 2019 and tnat it and another organisation, which was originally referred to as CWI Majority but has since changed its name to International Socialist Alternative, both claim to be continuations of the original group. References to this have been removed from the lede and infobox.

So should the two CWI articles be merged or remain separate and how should the competing claims to continuity be dealt with? Wellington Bay (talk) 11:31, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Herrenvolk democracy

Question Should the Israeli flag be displayed in the article? Please refer to the various discussions and comments above. When commenting please remember that this is WP:NOTAVOTE and to cite applicable policy and guidelines where possible. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:21, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Russian invasion of Ukraine

Should the lead mention Russia's pre-invasion demand for a ban on future expansion of NATO to Ukraine? A proposed wording: "In late 2021, Russia massed troops near Ukraine's borders and issued demands including a ban on future expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to Ukraine." — Goszei (talk) 00:03, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Woodrow Wilson

Which photograph should serve as the lede image for Woodrow Wilson? Emiya1980 (talk) 02:35, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies

There are two questions:

1. Should 2024 UK Parliamentary constituency articles contain notional results in table format in the election results section?
2. How should results of the 2024 parliamentary constituencies be listed for boundary changes of seats and for brand new seats?

LawNerd123 (talk) 20:22, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:2024 United States presidential election

There are two questions:

1. When should we add a state’s projected electoral votes to the infobox on Election Night?
   1. When a majority of major media networks make a projection.
   2. When all major media networks unanimously make a projection.
   3. When one major media makes a projection.
   4. Other?
2. Which major media source(s) should we use for the projected electoral vote tally?

Prcc27 (talk) 06:19, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Martin Van Buren

Which of the following images should serve as the infobox picture for Martin van Buren? Emiya1980 (talk) 01:47, 10 August 2024 (UTC)