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* ] - A dispute related to the legal aspects of the right to bear arms. 16:28, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
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*] Title change to a neutral title which will drastically reduce edit warring. When the ] page when the name was changed to ] the edit warring was reduced dramatically. 11:16, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
<nowiki>Should the Squad be described in the article as "far left?" ~~~~</nowiki> ] (]) 22:14, 26 December 2024 (UTC)}}
*] There is a dispute about whether to include examples of use of flying checkpoints by Israel, the U.S., and Lebanese militias or to rely only on a general overview of checkpoints.03:33, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
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*] ] requires mention of significant controversies in the lead paragraphs; ] requires fair presentation of significant points of view. Does it violate ] when there is no mention of right-wing criticism of the movie in the article at all? Should the NPOV tag be removed when there is a significant debate about the neutrality and factual accuracy of the article on the talk page? 19:22, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
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Should the bottom of the infobox in this election and all elections that follow it, which use the mixed-member proportional system, show the Prime Minister and their party alone (similarly to other Westminster systems, such as ], ], and ]), or the Cabinet and its member parties (similarly to other systems that have coalition governments, such as ], ], and ])? ] (]) 13:37, 26 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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What should the infobox indicate as the location of the hostilities?


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*] Does the lead of this article sattisfy ]? 19:09, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
*'''Option 2''' - ]


Please enter Option 1 or Option 2, followed by a brief statement, in the Survey. Do not reply to other users in the Survey. Back-and-forth discussion may be conducted in the Discussion section. ]] 16:18, 19 December 2024 (UTC)}}
*] &ndash; The main dispute is whether to include in city articles if that city has either permanently or temporarily blocked ] dispensaries. 20:54, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
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This a request for comment on the above question and previous section. Is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy a Conservative group and should be described as such? And does the polices listed above overrule the more widely available references describing their relationships and them as Conservative vs Free-Market? ] (]) 02:35, 18 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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Should the Riverina chapter of the NSN be included in the infobox? ] (]) 16:11, 17 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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Should the article include the guard’s actions (grabbing the camera lens and touching Hersant’s shoulder) and the court’s findings regarding Sewell’s claims on racial motivation and self-defence?


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*] Dispute about use of quotes - whether too extensive or not, whether we should weed out "American sponsored" quotes and sources or not etc and what exactly constities NPOV 00:48, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
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Should this template (a modified version of the political party infobox) be used on US political party pages? (]) ] (]) 14:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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The current lead contains a simple mention of Trumpism. Should a brief description be added to this mention? A proposed wording for the added text, which is also up for debate here: {{tq|characterized by ], "]" nationalism, and economic ].}} — ] (]) 04:51, 16 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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The RfC is whether to retain or remove Syrian mercenaries from the belligerents section of the infobox. ] (]) 02:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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Is the Syrian civil war over? ] (]) 00:52, 9 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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I'm opening a new RfC in an attempt to permanently solve this dispute. Should the Estado Novo regime be considered fascist? -- ] (]) 23:44, 8 December 2024 (UTC)}}
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Debate is ongoing as to whether content should be included in this article. This RfC covers two questions:


*'''Question 1:''' Should this article mention the John Conyers report "What Went Wrong In Ohio"
*'''http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Barack_Obama#Rezko_house'''. Dispute about whether placing a real estate dealing with Tony Rezko in the footnotes is giving it enough weight. 19:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
*'''Question 2:''' If so, what wording should be used?
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Does this sentence violate NPOV and should it be removed from the lead and the body?


"Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state in Palestine with as much land, as many Jews, and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible" ] (]) 18:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC)}}
*'''http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation#Veganism'''. Dispute about the balance of the content of the Veganism article and the impartiality of its editors.
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Should Masha Amini be referred to as Kurdish-Iranian in the first sentence of the lead?


This has previously been discussed at ], ] and ]. '']''<sup>]</sup> 02:26, 29 November 2024 (UTC)}}
* ''']''': Should the article include a succession box for the Order of Precedence? 22:24, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
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* ''']''' - Two questions. Question #1: is this article a stub? User:TDC seems to think so in . Question #2: should the link to the comprehensive analytical article by ], which was added earlier today, have been removed? . As seen in the article's edit history, User:TDC was determined to "prove" that only one political commentator had commented on the Directive, but when it was shown that four commentators had published on the subject, s/he chose to remove the other links. Many thanks for input. 22:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
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Should allegations of child sex trafficking and statutory rape be covered in the lead? If yes, to what extent?
*] There is a controversy about whether massive wholesale deletion of sourced and apparently relevant content is appropriate on this article. The link is to the discussion page. 00:11, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

*] There is a controversy on how much information to provide about the Politics of J.K. Rowling and her influences. Outside comment invited. ] 20:22, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Prior discussions have occured at ], ] and ] '']''<sup>]</sup> 04:45, 28 November 2024 (UTC)}}
*]. There is a dispute about whether the lead of this article should indicate that house demolitions are a "controversial component of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." Outside comment would be welcome.17:06, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
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* '''Western Sahara and the SADR''' ] This is a dispute regarding the replacement of a flag with a map in order to prevent mix-up between ] and the ] (SADR) (). 08:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
*]. There are many disputed issues on this article that's been causing constant revert wars for the last few months. Please consult the talk page for details. 07:36, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
* ]: A dispute regarding if the current article is POV or NPOV, see the discussion page. This also connects to a bounty of 1000 USD for making the article featured as for the moment the article seems to have been taken over by one of the fighting factions in Sri Lanka. 07:14, 5 June 2007 (UTC)~
*] Barrett, MD, is a public figure and an opinion leader. He is one of the main critiques of alternative medicine. There is a long, ongoing disagreement over whether Barrett's board-certification status should be included in his article. 17:54, 25 May 2007 (UTC) 17:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
*]: A long-standing dispute over whether a paper by Jehanzeb Hasan, a research assistant at California State University, can be used as a source. Hasan's paper provides a rejoinder to criticism of Islamophobia (i.e. he is arguing that Islamophobia does exist). His paper is used as the basis for part of , which some editors have been removing for months because they say he is not a ''reliable'' source, because he is not a ''notable'' source. Other editors argue that he needs only to be a reliable source, not a notable one. Comments please to ]. 19:33, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Barack Obama''' ] There is a dispute concerning how much weight is due in the article to Barack Obama's relationship with ]. 02:35, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
*A debate is going back and forth about whether the lead section of ] should note that the film is "controversial". See discussion ] (with links to previous discussion). We seem to be going back and forth and outside input would be appreciated. 18:31, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Michelle Malkin''' Supporters of ] are deleting all references to her 9/11 (Flight 93) conspiracy theory claims. (see here> ). This must stop. 17:17, 25 May 2007 (UTC)<br><small>(See discussion at ].)</small>
*]. Should ] redirect to Nordic theory or should there be separate articles on ] and ]? 09:39, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
*] — In-article name & dab use 17:24, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Barack Obama''' ] should the article mention that Obama's father and stepfather are Muslims? 14:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Impeach George W. Bush?''' ] has been in the (nonexistent?) ] for a few weeks, and it's turned into a ]box. I'd hate to think that an ] should be started, because it's a good concept for an article, but it is almost impossible for it to adhere to ]. Help with ] please! 22:21, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Sabeel'''. Does the lead violate ] by overemphasizing accusations of antisemitism? Please see discussion . Outside comments needed.--16:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Michelle Malkin''' The ] 'article' is closer to being a fan page than an encyclopedic article. It has over a dozen links to the site itself as sourcing as well. Ownership problems to boot. You can help. 00:24, 10 May 2007 (UTC) (See discussion at ] 02:52, 10 May 2007 (UTC))
* '''List of sovereign states'''. ] Should this list be renamed, changed, or deleted?
*] - discussions regarding importance and scope of ] plus few other issues are deadlocked, leading to revert war and protections. Comments from outside neutral parties needed.18:02, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
* '''Deir Yassin Massacre'''. ] A 1998 survey of English language history books found that only 8 of 170 "raise serious doubts" that this massacre took place. A search of Google scholar finds that 50 use the term "Deir Yassin massacre" and none use "Battle of Deir Yassin". Google books finds the proportion is 106 to 2. Two editors nevertheless argue, based mainly on the opinion of one leading scholar, that the "battle" interpretation should get equal weight in the intro and in the article itself, while one argues the page name should be changed to "Battle of Deir Yassin". Please comment. 02:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
* '''Zionist political violence''' ] Should information on ] ] and ] groups that is already in the ] article be duplicated verbatim in the Zionist political violence article? 19:42, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
* '''Barney Frank''' ] The issue concerns how to discuss Congressman Barney Frank's relationship with Steven Gobie. Each side has summarized its position on the points in dispute. 00:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
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Talk:Squad (U.S. Congress)

Should the Squad be described in the article as "far left?" ~~~~ TFD (talk) 22:14, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:1996 New Zealand general election

Should the bottom of the infobox in this election and all elections that follow it, which use the mixed-member proportional system, show the Prime Minister and their party alone (similarly to other Westminster systems, such as the UK, Australia, and Canada), or the Cabinet and its member parties (similarly to other systems that have coalition governments, such as Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland)? Glide08 (talk) 13:37, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

What should the infobox indicate as the location of the hostilities?

Please enter Option 1 or Option 2, followed by a brief statement, in the Survey. Do not reply to other users in the Survey. Back-and-forth discussion may be conducted in the Discussion section. Grandmaster 16:18, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Mackinac Center for Public Policy

This a request for comment on the above question and previous section. Is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy a Conservative group and should be described as such? And does the polices listed above overrule the more widely available references describing their relationships and them as Conservative vs Free-Market? ContentEditman (talk) 02:35, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:National Socialist Network

Should the Riverina chapter of the NSN be included in the infobox? Evoren (talk) 16:11, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Thomas Sewell (neo-Nazi)

Should the article include the guard’s actions (grabbing the camera lens and touching Hersant’s shoulder) and the court’s findings regarding Sewell’s claims on racial motivation and self-defence?

Evoren (talk) 15:08, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Template talk:Infobox US political party

Should this template (a modified version of the political party infobox) be used on US political party pages? (previous attempt at seeking a consensus) RiverMan18 (talk) 14:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Donald Trump

The current lead contains a simple mention of Trumpism. Should a brief description be added to this mention? A proposed wording for the added text, which is also up for debate here: characterized by right-wing populism, "America First" nationalism, and economic protectionism.Goszei (talk) 04:51, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

The RfC is whether to retain or remove Syrian mercenaries from the belligerents section of the infobox. Cinderella157 (talk) 02:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Syrian civil war

Is the Syrian civil war over? 207.96.32.81 (talk) 00:52, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Estado Novo (Portugal)

I'm opening a new RfC in an attempt to permanently solve this dispute. Should the Estado Novo regime be considered fascist? -- 2804:29B8:5183:100C:7163:1F92:A81A:7841 (talk) 23:44, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:2004 United States election voting controversies

Debate is ongoing as to whether content should be included in this article. This RfC covers two questions:
  • Question 1: Should this article mention the John Conyers report "What Went Wrong In Ohio"
  • Question 2: If so, what wording should be used?

Toa Nidhiki05 18:22, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Zionism

Does this sentence violate NPOV and should it be removed from the lead and the body?

"Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state in Palestine with as much land, as many Jews, and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible" Bob drobbs (talk) 18:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini

Should Masha Amini be referred to as Kurdish-Iranian in the first sentence of the lead?

This has previously been discussed at Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#"Kurdish-Iranian" at Mahsa Amini, Talk:Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#Mahsa Amini was a Kurdish-Iranian and Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini#Kurdish-Iranian. TarnishedPath 02:26, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Matt Gaetz

Should allegations of child sex trafficking and statutory rape be covered in the lead? If yes, to what extent?

Prior discussions have occured at Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive364#Matt Gaetz, Talk:Matt Gaetz#Criminal allegations in the lede and Talk:Matt Gaetz#LEAD weight TarnishedPath 04:45, 28 November 2024 (UTC)


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