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Contributions to Domestic violence in India article

Hi everyone, ny name is Reilly Solis and I'm a student at Rice University planning to revise and add sections to the article Domestic violence in India as part of a Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities class assignment. As gender violence has become one of the world’s most common human rights abuses – and as India has become one of the most visible countries in the world for such abuses – I believe that improving upon the existing Domestic Violence in India Wikipedia page is both justified and necessary. An important aspect of my revision to the existing article, just to predicate my revisions, will be focusing on differences in domestic violence across regions (for example, Kerala is a much more progressive state with significantly lower rates of domestic violence than most northern states such as Uttar Pradesh), religions, culture, caste, education attainment level and socioeconomic status. My revisions to this article would focus on and somewhat combine the subcategories of violence (physical and emotional) against women and sexual harassment, as these are important aspects of domestic violence that certainly deserve more attention than the existing article on such an issue. Additionally, issues of domestic violence itself (including differences across several regional, cultural, social, and economic backgrounds) warrant greater attention as an important facet of sexism and gender discrimination in a country with 17% of the world’s population. I plan to first and foremost provide a more comprehensive picture of the history of domestic violence in India in the context of more general gender discrimination, as well as resulting effects on women’s agency and health throughout the country. I would also, as mentioned earlier, place high importance on addressing differences throughout the country in types and rates of domestic violence, which existing articles on the issue fail to do. After all, India is an incredibly diverse nation with important differences between regions, cultures, religions, and socioeconomic statuses. Another way I’d improve upon the Domestic Violence in India article to bring it to an improved status would be to provide a much more comprehensive overview of efforts to realistically combat domestic violence in India from an unbiased point of view. These efforts include social movements, legislation and actions from NGOs. I believe their inclusion would definitely add much more substance to the article. An important part of this – as well as of all parts of my revisions and contributions – is the fact that my work must be unbiased. This is certainly a controversial subject even among women in India, as according to a recent report by Unicef found that about 50% of Indian women believe that wife beating is justified. It was also found that girls between the ages of 15-19 generally held the same views as women in the 45-49 age group, a particularly disturbing statistic that demonstrates the need for change in a country where the prevalence of domestic violence seems to be perpetual and its continuance indefinite. To reiterate, though, my work must be unbiased. I will approach the article in an objective, comprehensive manner that, coupled obviously with substantive information on the various aspects of and differences in domestic violence throughout India, will hopefully raise the article up from but a Start-Class Wikipedia article to at least a C- or B-Class, Good, or Featured one. The sources I plan to use for these revisions and contributions will all be scholarly works, many of which I have already read through as assignments for my Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities class. They will come from a variety of organizations, including governmental, academic, and non-governmental institutions (such as think-tanks, etc.). I plan to draw from a range of sources in order to keep my contributions unbiased and objective in my endeavor to further explore this topic and to provide a comprehensive background of it. One of the most effective ways to confront an issue such as domestic violence (in this case, in India) is to simply provide information the public with comprehensive, sufficiently detailed information on the issue. This, simply put, is what I hope to do.

Reillysolis (talk) 19:49, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Contributions to Female Genital Mutilation

Hello everyone, my name is Natasha and I am a student at Rice University hoping to add some parts to the already existing page on Female Genital Mutilation. I noticed as I was looking through the page that there is a section on FGM in Africa, but I don't think it's fair to categorize all of Africa into one small section in this page, especially since the prevalence of FGM is so different across different countries within Africa. Thus, I plan to make some additions to the page by focusing on why FGM is more prevalent in certain parts of Africa over other parts. I still am not sure which parts I will focus in on, but I am definitely open to whatever suggestions any of you may have for this idea, or even if any have advice on how to make this most effective. At first I though to make a separate page and break down FGM more specifically in parts of Africa, but I am afraid that doing so will simply cause me to be redundant in terms of the information on FGM and its implications. If you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know. Thank you!

Natashacruz12 (talk) 22:40, 6 March 2013 (UTC)


Contributions also to Female Genital Mutilation

Hi everyone, I'm Shannon McNamara, and like Natasha I am also a student at Rice University and I plan on adding to the existing FGM page as well. I am going to be adding contributions about the different places that FGM occurs. It is a common misconception that FGM only happens in Africa, but I am going to add sections about places in the Middle East, Asia, even the United States, etc, where FGM happens. I also am going to expand on the different varieties and statistics of FGM that happen in each different country. If you have any suggestions or recommendations for me on how I could expand my topic, or perhaps include another factor of FGM, please reach out to me and let me know! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shannon7mcnamara (talk • contribs) 23:30, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Human Trafficking in Greece

Hello. I previously made significant changes in updating the human trafficking in Greece page as part of an assignment for a class at Rice University. For another project for a class this semester, I am going to be updating it even further. Last time I made significant additions in regards to sex trafficking in Greece; now I would like to add more information relating to forced labor, debt bondage, and domestic servitude, and focus on men in addition to women and children. Also, I would like to make sure that the updates I made last time are a bit more neutral by distancing them from U.S. based anti-prostitution rhetoric when necessary and including other opinions, and citing all of them in one way or another. If anyone has any comments or any ideas, or can point me towards more reliable sources regarding these issues, it would be much appreciated! Thank you! Rachel.m.mitchell (talk) 05:46, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Featured article candidate

The article about She Has a Name, a play about human trafficking, is a current featured article candidate. If you would be willing to review the article, your comments at the discussion would be greatly appreciated. Neelix (talk) 12:53, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

I Am A Man

where did the saying "I am a Man" come from? This was used during the MLK marches in Memphis. John — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.64.175.122 (talk) 23:27, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

You may be interested in Wikipedia's article on I Am a Man! :) benzband (talk) 00:13, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Health in senegal

I propose to modify the existing Wikipedia article on “Health in Senegal.” My aim is to provide users across the world, and particularly those in the Western world, a more developed perspective on health issues in Senegal as they pertain to public healthcare, health crises, and particularly women and children’s health. I also plan to provide concrete examples of current healthcare issues in Senegal that are being combated. The wellbeing of Senegalese people has far-reaching implication for success in their many realms of life, including education, careers, family, and broader human capabilities. Providing the proper healthcare resources, particularly to women and children, and across socio-economic classes, can level healthcare coverage and open up capabilities to those who are especially deprived. This article, once revised, will give the public, and the Western world, a better understanding of the current health situation in Senegal, how it has evolved, what is currently being done, and why focusing in health in Senegal is so crucial to the millions of Senegalese people and people throughout the world. I ask for your feedback and suggestions as I pursue this article. I will be drawing on theoretical work pertaining to human development, such as Poor Economics and Creating Capabilities but I ask for suggestions on academic articles that may be useful. Thank you. Heidimkahle (talk) 22:08, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Human Trafficking article

I am a student from Rice University and I am working on the human trafficking article for my course on Poverty, Gender, & Development. I plan on reorganizing the human trafficking article, editing its contents, and adding new sections. For example, I would like to add other methodologies of measuring human trafficking globally and show the different statistics, describe a more realistic global portrait of what traffickers and victims may do or look like, discuss the economic impacts of human trafficking on a global scale, and mainly, as pertaining to globalization, to discuss globalization and other structural factors that drive and perpetuate human trafficking. Some sources that I plan on drawing from include Janie Chuang's article in the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies on human trafficking in the global economy, Mark Latonero's research on the role of social networking sites and online classifieds in facilitating human trafficking, Feminist Economics journal's articles on cross-country empirical analysis of human trafficking and its origins, and other scholarly articles that critique the current research on sex trafficking. I would love feedback on my proposed contributions and any suggestions of scholarly articles and other reputable sources that relate human trafficking to globalization so that I can incorporate them into my contribution. (March 6)

Hi all, I actually need help proofing and editing. I added some new sections to the article and rearranged different sections around so that the layout makes more sense. But those re-arranged sections have not been adequately edited/merged well, and I need a lot of help since it's quite a long article. Can someone help me? Thanks. — Kayceeho (talk) 20:32, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

First Amendment (US)

Hey all, I'm looking at trying to get First Amendment to the United States Constitution up to Good Article status over the next month or so. If anybody's interested in pitching in, I'll see you at that article's talk page. Thanks in advance! -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:40, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

1965 Yerevan demonstration.jpg

file:1965 Yerevan demonstration.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 02:21, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

legal awareness

You are well come to contribute and improve article legal awareness.

Mahitgar (talk) 10:22, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Deletion discussion - List of Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of possessing Casio watches

You may be interested in this deletion discussion for the List of Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of possessing Casio watches. Diego (talk) 13:12, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

2012 tour of She Has a Name

2012 tour of She Has a Name is currently up for a Good Article Nomination and the reviewer has requested an independent copyedit. If anyone who has not had previous involvement with the article would be willing to perform such a copyedit, it would be greatly appreciated. Neelix (talk) 19:06, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Freedom for the Thought That We Hate - FA nomination

Freedom for the Thought That We Hate is currently a candidate for consideration of Featured Article quality status. The discussion page is at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Freedom for the Thought That We Hate/archive1.

Thank you for your time, — Cirt (talk) 04:39, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

New article: Urofsky v. Gilmore

I've created the new article, Urofsky v. Gilmore. Suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated, at the article's talk page, Talk:Urofsky v. Gilmore. — Cirt (talk) 05:32, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Waterboard3-small.jpg

file:Waterboard3-small.jpg is listed at NFCR -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 08:22, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Student Rights

The student rights page is coming along but we have little information from outside of the US. We are looking for people to take on the US K-12 section and also the sections for other countries. We know it is hard to write about rights given that they are often pretty vague, are scattered throughout court precedents and acts and may not apply in every state within a nation. We have ben dealing with this by listing acts and court precedents from any state within a nation since they can be used to argue for rights in other states/provinces/regions. If you have an interest in researching student rights in a specific country or US k-12, please join our talk page, we would love to hear from you.Tovegrant (talk) 20:39, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

RfC: Should the section title for Academic freedom controversy be changed?

There is an RfC here Talk:Hans-Hermann_Hoppe#RfC:_Should_the_section_title_for_Academic_freedom_controversy_be_changed.3F concerning the article on Hans-Hermann Hoppe. There is extensive background discussion elsewhere on the talk page there. SPECIFICO talk 02:24, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Note: I have revised the section heading here to reflect what the RfC title is and modified the link to create a Wikilink. – S. Rich (talk) 14:34, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Cooperative WikiProject

WikiProject Globalization, with assistance from Outlines WikiProject, has drafted an Outline of globalization. We welcome your input, additions, and comments. Meclee (talk) 16:54, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Created new article: Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties

I've gone ahead and created a new article for the book, Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties.

Collaboration and particularly suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated at the article's talk page, Talk:Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties. — Cirt (talk) 06:37, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

What articles are the best places for these sources?

I found these two articles that are potential sources. Where are the best places for them?

Thank you, WhisperToMe (talk) 03:51, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Right to privacy seems like a good bet. "Nothing to hide" deserves, if not its own article, at least a section on this page. (OK, possibly a subsection under "Arguments against a right to privacy".) Mass surveillance might be appropriate, but unfortunately the article (as it is now) is desperately lopsided and focused on specific national projects. groupuscule (talk) 04:51, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Since there were books written about it, I started Nothing to hide argument. But the only arguments in depth so far are Snolove's. I'll see if I can find more. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:46, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

If anyone can find works or people who support "nothing to hide" (so all viewpoints are represented) I'll really appreciate it WhisperToMe (talk) 08:58, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

I'll keep my eyes open. If the only author writing about the subject in depth if Solove, however, maybe it's better to just start an article about him with a "Nothing to hide" section? -- Khazar2 (talk) 11:29, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
I found others who have written about it too, but I'm not sure what their positions are yet on the issue. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:24, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

I found an academic study on privacy which discusses the issue. Based on current events I think the Nothing to hide argument article will be one of the most important on Wikipedia, and perhaps one of the most significant in human history. While arguments on privacy and the "nothing to hide" argument have occurred in academia, by putting it on Wikipedia it will be exposed to the common man, the people, and the world will be able to get a comprehensive, nuanced look at the issue. It sounds like that "fully employed, middle to middle-upper income earners" (stated in Best, Kirsty, p. 12) articulated this belief nine years ago. This article may challenge them to examine that belief. WhisperToMe (talk) 19:46, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Re: Authors with nothing to hide:
"Morals reformed—health preserved—industry invigorated—instruction diffused—public burthens lightened—Economy seated, as it were, upon a rock—the gordian knot of the poor-law not cut, but untied—all by a simple idea in Architecture!"
  • Bentham implicitly supports "nothing to hide" in recommending the panopticon as a universal blueprint for institutions. The phrase "nothing to hide" itself seems widely associated with the critical argument. (I see that Robert Owen was a student of Bentham's and I'm guessing that with a little digging one could trace Bentham's panopticon into the world of utopian socialism.)
  • Did a search for "radical transparency" (which makes "nothing to hide" sound a little better) and came up with some articles that might be relevant:"Why Radical Transparency Is Good for Business" & "World Cyberwar And the Inevitability of Radical Transparency".
  • There are certainly more scholarly versions of the latter argument that connect privacy rights to capitalism and private wealth accumulation.
  • There is a related feminist critique of the "right to privacy" based on the idea that the "private sphere" is construed as a realm where patriarchal relationships and "domestic" violence can take place unchecked by public scrutiny. Catharine MacKinnon is a classic proponent of this argument. But also see: "Feminism, Democracy and the Right to Privacy" by Annabelle Lever. This is a complicated third position that would be skeptical both of the state and of claims to immunity against state intervention. (In this discourse, "privacy v. security" might also connote the right to "human security" of women and others experiencing violence which is socially sanctioned as "private".)
  • Relevant (though perhaps just as background because it's a blog post): "'Nothing To Hide' Indeed: Of 'Debunking' and Willful Distortions" -- Ann Bartow replies to Daniel Solove. (As Bartow points out, her original response to Solove does not really 'make' or even implicitly endorse the "nothing to hide argument"; it's a critique of Solove's "taxonomy" of privacy. Solove's position, I guess, is that Bartow's "dead bodies" language relates to the "nothing to hide argument" because of the emphasis on severe privacy violations. Bartow's point had more to do with Solove ignoring certain important privacy issues, particularly surrounding female reproductive rights.)
  • This slideshow about Solove's book seems to hit on a lot of relevant topics ("pro", "con", and otherwise).
Hope these leads help. Some topics might belong more at Right to privacy than at Nothing to hide argument—but regardless of how things are laid out, they do constitute an important critique of the framework behind Solove's analysis. Thank you for working on this topic; I agree it's really important! groupuscule (talk) 20:07, 25 June 2013 (UTC) Submitted this morning but unwittingly ran into an edit conflict; just recovered from browser cache. Lucky!
Thank you so much for finding this stuff! WhisperToMe (talk) 20:21, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
You're very welcome, and will keep eyes open for texts that more explicitly discuss "nothing to hide" (itself a pretty good search term). Critical fact: surveillance regimes in the U.S. (and the U.K. and probably many others places) have been and are deeply racist. Nonwhite people have long felt the brunt of programs like COINTELPRO, Ghetto Informant Program, NYPD surveillance, stop-and-frisk, and many other ridiculous physical invasions of privacy. See, e.g., "Muslims – Enemies of the State: The New Counter-Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO)" (But when the internet is under surveillance... then all of a sudden white men are pissed off.) The relevant point here is that "I have nothing to hide" comes from a position of abundant privileges: typically, the people with "nothing to hide" are financially secure white men (and sometimes women) whose wealth and status the state historically protects. You will rarely hear Black Americans, Muslim Americans, homeless Americans, and others whose criminality is constantly presumed, say they approve surveillance because they have "nothing to hide"—even though it is precisely members of these groups who must worry more about having "nothing to hide" because they are subject to greater surveillance and intrusion. Compare and contrast the marijuana stashes of an 18yo white college student and a black 18yo who graduated from high school but can't find a job. Which of these two is more likely to make the "nothing to hide" argument? groupuscule (talk) 21:01, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I believe that all social classes and groups should listen to each other. There is the "They got the XYZ and I did nothing" analogy, and also authorities can go after the "undesirable" groups first to cater to the public's desire for security. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:18, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
I found Radical transparency already has its article. If there is some source that links that term and nothing to hide together it can help WhisperToMe (talk) 21:32, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
I found info from danah boyd and Bruce Schneier who are anti-"nothing to hide" - It helped add stuff to the article. I would still like either a person who is pro-"nothing to hide" and/or an explicit connection to radical transparency WhisperToMe (talk) 05:01, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
There was a journalist from The Independent who argued that "nothing to hide" was irrelevant to the British CCTV system, so I threw that one in too. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:19, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

RFC needs outside comment.

See Talk:Sousveillance for an RFC which needs outside comment. Any additional comments would be useful to prevent an edit war and help provide resolution. Thanks. --Jayron32 23:46, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Scope definition--input requested

Another user raised an interesting question today on my talk page about the scope of the project--does include politicians who have worked on human rights issues, or who have been criticized by human rights groups? At first I thought the project should--the three in question were Castro, Qaddafi, and Mao--but most heads of state are discussed by human rights groups at some point or another, and I'm having trouble figuring out how to draw the line. I'm concerned that adding figures ranging from Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad to Barack Obama and Tony Blair would begin to dilute the scope of the project. Thinking just of Southeast Asia, for example, the king of Thailand as well as its prime ministers are occasionally discussed in a human rights context following crackdowns on Muslims and lese majeste laws; the PM of Cambodia is widely seen as stifling opposition; and Indonesia and Vietnam have had various issues with human rights groups since independence. Yet I'm hesitant to add all of these rulers.

I realize this is a meta-issue of concern for only a small number of Wikipedians, so I don't mean to spend much energy clearing it up. But I thought we might see if enough interested parties are around to comment.

The scope is currently defined as "all notable people and subjects that concern Human Rights", which unfortunately begs the question. What would you all think of getting a little more specific? I propose the following text:

The project's scope includes all subjects predominantly pertaining to human rights, including the following:

Articles on countries, governments, political parties, and politicians are generally excluded unless they meet one of the above categories. Examples of the latter would include Jimmy Carter, a former US president later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his human rights advocacy, and Charles Taylor, a Liberian president later convicted of war crimes by an international court.

Thoughts welcome. -- Khazar2 (talk) 20:23, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

I've rewritten the scope/mission section of the project page per the above. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 23:59, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
I was a bit surprised to see your removal of Mao Zedong from Wikiproject Human Rights, but after reading your reasoning here I agree. Almost every leader has been accused of violating human rights, and almost every leader actually does violate human rights in some substantial manner at some time during their period in power. Putting the Wikiproject Human Rights banner on the talk page of every violator of human rights would be nearly as broad as putting the Wikiproject Death banner on the talk page of every leader who has died.
So I see that although Hitler and Stalin are not part of this project, Holocaust and Gulag are (and again I agree). Are Aerial bombing of cities, Show trial, Anti-rightist Movement, Great Leap Forward, and Cultural Revolution within this project's scope? (Sorry for the preponderance of examples from Maoist China, but this is one of my main areas of interest.)--Wikimedes (talk) 22:22, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
I think Show trial's a slam dunk, aerial bombing of cities makes sense as something often discussed in a war crimes context, and the last three probably make sense for the persecution elements involved, like the laogai punishments in the Anti-rightists movement. So I'd say feel free to tag any and all of these. I'll definitely tag show trial. -- Khazar2 (talk) 23:03, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
I see you got most of them, thanks. I tagged the Anti-rightist movement.--Wikimedes (talk) 03:57, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

"Question" articles

See talk: Jewish question and talk: Armenian Question about "question" casing -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 02:15, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

RfC at Talk: Genocide of indigenous peoples

There is an RfC at Talk:Genocide_of_indigenous_peoples#RfC:_Scope_of_this_article about whether that article should employ the narrow legal definition of "indigenous peoples" or a broader commonsense definition.User:Maunus ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 01:03, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Main Page discussion - Freedom for the Thought That We Hate

I've nominated Freedom for the Thought That We Hate for Main Page discussion.

Please feel free to comment at Wikipedia:Today's_featured_article/requests#September_25. — Cirt (talk) 03:46, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

RfC concerning the Lavabit email service

There is a request for comments (RfC) that may be of interest. The RfC is at

Talk:Lavabit#RfC: Should information about Lavabit complying with previous search warrants be included?

At issue is whether we should delete or keep the following text in the Lavabit article:

Before the Snowden incident, Lavabit had complied with previous search warrants. For example, on June 10, 2013, a search warrant was executed against Lavabit user Joey006@lavabit.com for alleged possession of child pornography.

Your input on this question would be very much welcome. --Guy Macon (talk) 04:51, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Addition of Food security to WikiProject Human rights

I am currently editing the article on food security, and I feel that it falls within the scope of WikiProject Human rights. The UN has recognized the "human right to adequate food" (United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. 1999 The right to adequate food. General Comment 12. Geneva. http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/3d02758c707031d58025677f003b73b9). Also, the existence of the Right to food article supports this. I am interested in improving this article in hopes of making it a "Good article". I anyone has any thoughts or would like to contribute, I would appreciate the help. Thanks! Khatchell (talk) 23:28, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi Khatchell, glad to see you'll be working on this--good luck! One place to start would be to try to improve the article's lead, which is ridiculously long at the moment. You can see our guidelines for this at WP:LEAD. If there's any question I can answer, or other ways I can help, don't hesitate to leave a note on my talk page. Best, Khazar2 (talk) 00:17, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

The article about the human trafficking documentary film Nefarious: Merchant of Souls has an ongoing featured article candidacy here. Any constructive comments you would be willing to provide there would be greatly appreciated. Neelix (talk) 14:59, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

BC relief.jpg

image:BC relief.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.131.217 (talk) 06:24, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Immigration

Just flagging up Talk:Illegal immigration#Requested move. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:41, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Ancestral domain

Hi, I recently created the article ancestral domain but it's been marked for deletion - if anyone is able to contribute to the discussion I'd appreciate it. I have limited 'Wikipedia time' available and discussion there is taking up all my time, stopping me from helping with other articles. Thanks :) Alixos (talk) 09:19, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Two classes editing human rights articles

Hello! A class is editing articles on human rights. Could someone please give feedback on any of these articles? Sorry for the late notice, but the students would especially appreciate comments before November 5.

Thanks. Also, how does this board feel about getting notices of these things? A lot of human rights classes pass through the education program. If anyone here wants to talk about the education program then message me and maybe we can phone or Skype chat. Blue Rasberry (talk) 11:41, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

I'm always happy to get notices here, but I've got enough things on my wiki-plate that I'm not sure I can get to any of those in the next five days. Also, it's quite a long list of articles-- are there any in particular you wanted us to look at?
And I would be interested in talking to you about the education program sometime--I notice that that's about 50% of the traffic this board gets. I'll drop you a line next week and maybe we can do that phone call or Skype... -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:57, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Fuck featured article candidate discussion

Fuck (film) is a candidate for Featured Article quality — comments would be appreciated at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fuck (film)/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 18:09, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

A discussion is ongoing about the lead to the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution article. Please help form a consensus at Talk:Second Amendment to the United States Constitution#Proposal for lead.--Mark Miller (talk) 13:01, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Afroyim v. Rusk candidate for TFA discussion

Please see Wikipedia:Today's_featured_article/requests#Afroyim_v._Rusk.

Thank you for your consideration,

— Cirt (talk) 01:08, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Portal:Freedom of speech - for peer review

I've placed Portal:Freedom of speech up for portal peer review. Comments would be welcome, at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Freedom of speech/archive1. — Cirt (talk) 23:41, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Attack on No Gun Ri Massacre

Is there an admin associated with WikiProject:Human rights who can help with a serious problem that has developed at the article No Gun Ri Massacre? It has come under attack from someone bent on whitewashing this mass killing of South Korean refugees in 1950. Please see details here. This is a rather urgent matter. Thank you. Charles J. Hanley 14:10, 4 November 2013 (UTC) Cjhanley (talk • contribs)

Anyone looking into this request would also be advised to read my response to Cjhanley's attempt to reassert his ownership of the article. WeldNeck (talk) 14:55, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Cjhanley, it would be inappropriate for anyone here to wade in on your behalf after you leave a direct appeal like this; you might look at WP:CANVASS for suggestions on creating neutral notices in the future. Cheers, Khazar2 (talk) 15:09, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

TI (targeted individuals) & Multi Stalking

I am being tortured by the government by microwave radiation in my head which causes excruciating pain. This has been happening for 12 years. Also, I am being bullied by neighbors, strangers when I go out, hospitals when I can't take the pain any more, etc., etc. I am at my wits end to say the least. I couldn't believe it could happen here in America, but it is. It is real, and I have found that I am not the only one this is happening to. It is a travesty and unjust beyond belief. This has to come out into the light of day, instead of hidden for fear there will be retaliation! Please help me. Thanks for the forum. Americans have got to fight the good fight so evil doesn't prevail. Evail wins when good people do nothing!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.236.97.244 (talk) 06:04, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

RfC: Edward Snowden

I started a request for comment at Edward Snowden#added videos. All views are welcome. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 06:22, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Freedom of speech portal for Featured candidate

I've nominated Portal:Freedom of speech for Featured quality consideration, discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Freedom of speech. — Cirt (talk) 04:49, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Fuck peer review, again

  1. Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties
  2. Wikipedia:Peer review/Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties/archive1

I've listed the article Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties for peer review.

Help with furthering along the quality improvement process would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 01:07, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Referendum in Croatia

I invite all interested editors to contribute in article Croatian constitutional referendum, 2013.--MirkoS18 (talk) 13:09, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Human right to genital integrity

There is a lot of information of the web regarding genital integrity. Currently, the Wikipedia redirects this topic to Genital modification and mutilation, which seems inappropriate. I would like to help make a page describing the the current use of this term. DavidHGrateful (talk) 05:11, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Ban Ki-moon FAR

I have nominated Ban Ki-moon for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. -- Khazar2 (talk) 17:04, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Free Expression Policy Project

I've created an article on the organization Free Expression Policy Project.

Suggestions for additional secondary sources would be most appreciated, at Talk:Free Expression Policy Project.

Cheers,

— Cirt (talk) 04:26, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties for Featured Article

I've nominated Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties for Featured Article candidacy.

Comments would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 05:32, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

War rape

I was wondering if anyone would like to work on this article? In about a month, when the semester ends, I can work on this (and I have plenty of resources) but would like some help in osorting it out for WP.Lihaas (talk) 19:53, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

I'm currently trying to get some UN-related stuff to GA, but I could at least glance over it and make suggestions once you've revised. Feel free to ping me whenever you'd like me to take a look, and thanks for taking on such an important topic-- Khazar2 (talk) 20:18, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Anybody out there?

This talk page has been pretty dead for the last two years, except for the occasional RfC request or student dropping by. I was curious, so I thought I'd ask directly--does this project still have any active members besides me? If nobody's around, I wonder if it's time to quietly turn off the lights on this initiative; I plan to still keep working on human rights articles same as ever, but it seems a bit of a waste to have the bots, the templates, the noticeboard, etc. if no one's using them.

So if you're out there, people, lemme hear your voices! -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:53, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

I'm there but I hardly contribute… benzband (talk) 18:32, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
  • I am here. I contribute to human rights topics often. I watch this page. I do not actively contribute to developing this WikiProject, except in the sense that I develop WikiProjects generally. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:40, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
  • I contribute to human rights related articles and watch the talk page, but that's about the extent of my involvement.--Wikimedes (talk) 06:16, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Greetings! I am new to this talk page but dedicated to human rights -- especially those beyond individual rights (if that interests or even just intrigues anyone, do let me know -- thanks!).Gregory Paul P. Meyjes 15:51, 25 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meyjes (talk • contribs)
Oh, good. As long as folks are still using the page I see no reason to retire it. -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:06, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
not using, but watching, interested in Human rights even on Wikipedia, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:14, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Same‐sex marriage in Utah RfC

There is an RfC here on whether to include purple as a new map‐color for Utah — Info por favor (talk) 00:14, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

GAR notification

Freedom from Want (painting), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:40, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)/archive2‎

Please comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)/archive2‎.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:42, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to help craft a proposal

Surveillance awareness day is a proposal for the English Wikipedia to take special steps to promote awareness of global surveillance on February 11, 2014. That date is chosen to coincide with similar actions being taken by organizations such as Mozilla, Reddit, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Feedback from members of this Wikiproject would be greatly appreciated. Please come join us as we brainstorm, polish, and present this proposal to the Wikipedia Community. --HectorMoffet (talk) 11:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Enlisting your help at WikiProject Mass surveillance / Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mass surveillance, we've been discussing trying to push the 4th Amendment from GA to FA. There's a peer review request on it, but no reviewing so far.

Would people from WikiProject Human Rights be interested in helping assess and improve articles we have in commmon with Wikipedia:WikiProject Mass surveillance. Additionally, we want to pus Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution to FA. With all that's going on right now, Wikipedia should have an article on the Fourth Amendment we can be proud of. ---HectorMoffet (talk) 11:46, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Archived some threads

I've archived some inactive threads to subsections which were notifications about discussions that have since been closed. — Cirt (talk) 06:02, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Not in Front of the Children

I've recently gone ahead and created an article about the book, Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth.

Help with suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated at the article's talk page, at Talk:Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 01:26, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Category:People who had their work censored

I've created this category; please help populate. The discussion that led to this was as Talk:Censorship#Category_for_individuals_who_had_their_work_censored.3F. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:25, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Genocide definitions, Definitions of pogrom and Definitions of fascism for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Genocide definitions, Definitions of pogrom and Definitions of fascism are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genocide definitions until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Oncenawhile (talk) 09:53, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Popular pages tool update

As of January, the popular pages tool has moved from the Toolserver to Wikimedia Tool Labs. The code has changed significantly from the Toolserver version, but users should notice few differences. Please take a moment to look over your project's list for any anomalies, such as pages that you expect to see that are missing or pages that seem to have more views than expected. Note that unlike other tools, this tool aggregates all views from redirects, which means it will typically have higher numbers. (For January 2014 specifically, 35 hours of data is missing from the WMF data, which was approximated from other dates. For most articles, this should yield a more accurate number. However, a few articles, like ones featured on the Main Page, may be off).

Web tools, to replace the ones at tools:~alexz/pop, will become available over the next few weeks at toollabs:popularpages. All of the historical data (back to July 2009 for some projects) has been copied over. The tool to view historical data is currently partially available (assessment data and a few projects may not be available at the moment). The tool to add new projects to the bot's list is also available now (editing the configuration of current projects coming soon). Unlike the previous tool, all changes will be effective immediately. OAuth is used to authenticate users, allowing only regular users to make changes to prevent abuse. A visible history of configuration additions and changes is coming soon. Once tools become fully available, their toolserver versions will redirect to Labs.

If you have any questions, want to report any bugs, or there are any features you would like to see that aren't currently available on the Toolserver tools, see the updated FAQ or contact me on my talk page. Mr.Z-bot (talk) (for Mr.Z-man) 05:10, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

RfC: Pogrom list inclusion criteria

An RfC has been opened at Talk:Pogrom, regarding the appropriate WP:LSC for the events listed. Comments are requested with thanks. Oncenawhile (talk) 11:45, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Healthy Equity Rework

Hi All,

Wanted to give a bit of an update on my proposed edits to the Health equity page. As I previously noted on the article's talk page, this page has a lot of room for improvement; the article focuses on the issue of health equity, only with regard to the United States. Given that health equity is a global issue, and Wikipedia is meant to be a comprehensive source of information with a worldwide view of any given subject, there is a lot of important content that is currently absent. I plan to rework the page, maintaining some of the current information and supplementing it with significantly more international content. Given that health inequities are often found across specific divisions in the population, I wish to approach the article and organize the content from this perspective. I will discuss the topics of gender, sexuality, location, socioeconomic status, and education, and how they relate to health equity worldwide (information for which I have a number of reputable sources). In the case of education for example, I will discuss the correlation of education with improvements in healthcare. In developing nations like Tajikistan, for example, a lack of higher education was correlated with lower contact with healthcare professionals, when it came to maternal health care. In this sense, education serves as an important determinant in population health. With regard to the information on the US, I will have to cut down some of the content from this article, and I am considering adding it to a new article specifically detailing Healthy Equity in the US. Thoughts on this addition would be appreciated.

Jpoles1 (talk) 04:55, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

New Article: Structural Violence in Haiti

Hello! I am a student at Rice University and am currently a member of a class on Poverty, Gender, and Human Capabilities. One of our assignments is to produce a Wikipedia contribution. I am currently working on a contribution regarding structural violence in Haiti and I just want to share a bit more on my planned contribution and to receive any comments and advice that you might have.

I will be creating a new entry on structural violence in Haiti and would just like to share a bit on the outline that I have. For my article, I will begin with a definition of “Structural Violence” and its relevance in Haiti. I will then elaborate on how different axes of oppression, specifically gender, race (ethnicity), and socioeconomic status, negatively influence the level of structural marginalization. I will then move on to cover some of the major impacts of Structural Violence. Currently, I have identified four major impacts: Poverty, Education, Access to Healthcare, and Health Outcomes. Immediately following impacts, I will cover the factors that have resulted in Structural Violence in Haiti. Following a description of the causes, I will then discuss some of the measures that are currently being taken to address Structural Violence.

I believe that my entry will be a useful contribution to the Wikipedia community because it sheds light on the reality that multi-level structural barriers exist within societies that prevent the underprivileged from receiving the same amenities that the more privileged do. Instead of simply attributing a lack of basic human rights/needs to poverty or poor infrastructure, my article will demonstrate that disparity is a result of a multitude of factors ingrained within society—including culture, political entities, racism, and sexism, all of which converge to form a barrier to a select few.

To craft my article, I plan on drawing upon a multitude of works, mostly from the fields of Anthropology, Sociology, and Medical Anthropology. Someone in particular who has done much work on structural violence in Haiti is Dr. Paul Farmer. I will be heavily referencing his works, but wonder if you might have any other advice on sources to pursue, particularly those that reference Human Rights violations in Haiti? I want to be cautious of over referencing Dr. Farmer’s works, as well as relying on sources where structural violence is not the primary focus. Do you know of any sources or works that I should consider pursuing? Because my Wikipedia contribution will specifically address inequity in Haiti, I thought that it would be fitting to reach out the Human Rights project page. I would appreciate any feedback in regards to Human Rights violations in Haiti? Or, if there is any information about policies in place to prohibit human rights violations in Haiti?

Thanks in advance for any insight that you might give!

Sarah.heberlig (talk) 06:10, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

New contributor looking for advice on creating a new article

Hello all, I am required to contribute to Wiki for my class Gender and Economics in the Third World and have been designated to work on El Salvador. I am working on an article to be called Reproductive rights in El Salvador. I am looking at covering topics including things like history, abortion, sexual violence/crime, legal and/or religious issues, education, activism, prenatal care and other issues surrounding pregnancy. Other than the Wiki article creation links and basic available information; Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to structure an article? What about content? Is there something within this topic I should focus on more than another? For example, if you were reading an article, called Reproductive rights in El Salvador, what would you like and/or expect to see? What advice can you offer to a first time contributor? Thank you all for your time.TINGLED1 (talk) 23:09, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Based on what I have seen, I was thinking of something like this: Contents 1 History – A short overview of El Salvador and significant events that changed reproductive laws, rights, and policies 2 Human rights – El Salvador’s stance on world policies and a look at their own laws – like their stance on the Programme of Action of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, etc. 3 Women's rights – El Salvador’s stance on world policies for women and a look at their own laws – like prenatal care, family planning education, birth control access 4 Men's rights – El Salvador’s stance on world policies for men and a look at their own laws – things like family planning education, access to condoms and spermicides, sperm donation 5 Youth rights and access – Education – Sexual education policies – What information, if any, do children receive and at what age? Contraceptive policies and availability 6 Gender equality and violence against women – What forms of gender-based violence are happening? – Rape 7 STD’s/STI’s/HIV/AIDS – Practices, polices, education, prevention 8 Issues 

       8.1 Family rights, laws, and polices
       8.2 Abortion rights, laws, and policies
       8.3 Religious beliefs and issues

9 See also The Center for Reproductive Rights, Human sexuality, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, Roe v. Wade, Reproductive rights 10 References - I don't want to spam up this page by listing them all here but I do have a lot of them. 11 External links - Again, I have plenty but don't want to spam this up by listing them all here.

TINGLED1 (talk) 06:11, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Seeking comments to improve Voting Rights Act of 1965

Greetings. I am looking for suggestions on how to improve the article Voting Rights Act of 1965, and I would be highly appreciative if folks from WikiProject Human Rights could leave some comments about it on the peer review I requested at Wikipedia:Peer review/Voting Rights Act of 1965/archive1. The article was recently promoted to GA status, and it'd be fantastic if we could get it up to FA status. Thanks! –Prototime (talk · contribs) 03:30, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Fugitive slave

The usage, naming and scope of Fugitive slave (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is under discussion, see talk:Fugitive slave -- 70.50.151.11 (talk) 04:07, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to Wikiconference USA

Please come if you can!

Hello! In New York City Friday 30 May - Sunday 1 June Wikiconference USA will be held as a national United States Wikipedia meetup hosted by Wikimedia New York City and Wikimedia DC. All are welcome to attend. Scholarship applications to cover travel expenses are accepted until the end of March and presentation submissions are requested until that time but can be accepted until closer to the conference.

In previous years New York City conferences have gathered 150 attendees. At this conference we are hoping for more people to attend.

It would be nice if participants and supporters of WikiProject Human rights could attend. Anyone with questions may contact me or any of the other organizers, or post on the conference website. Blue Rasberry (talk) 22:09, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Created new article = Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy: A Guide to America's Censorship Wars

I've created a new article on the book, Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy: A Guide to America's Censorship Wars.

Help with researching additional secondary sources would be appreciated, at Talk:Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy: A Guide to America's Censorship Wars.

— Cirt (talk) 08:57, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties promoted to Featured Article

Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties was promoted to Featured Article quality.

Thank you very much to all who helped with this successful quality improvement project related to freedom of speech and censorship,

— Cirt (talk) 00:39, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

New article = Cutting the Mustard: Affirmative Action and the Nature of Excellence

I've created a new article on the book, Cutting the Mustard: Affirmative Action and the Nature of Excellence.

Help with researching additional secondary sources would be appreciated, at Talk:Cutting the Mustard: Affirmative Action and the Nature of Excellence.

— Cirt (talk) 04:17, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Underground education

Any sources about this interesting phenomena outside Poland would be appreciated. It would make a fascinating subject if we could develop this.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:41, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to User Study

Would you be interested in participating in a user study? We are a team at University of Washington studying methods for finding collaborators within a Wikipedia community. We are looking for volunteers to evaluate a new visualization tool. All you need to do is to prepare for your laptop/desktop, web camera, and speaker for video communication with Google Hangout. We will provide you with a Amazon gift card in appreciation of your time and participation. For more information about this study, please visit our wiki page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Finding_a_Collaborator). If you would like to participate in our user study, please send me a message at Wkmaster (talk) 05:11, 22 March 2014 (UTC).

Disappeared (Northern Ireland)

I have just started a new article on Disappeared (Northern Ireland), which might be of interest to this WikiProject. GiantSnowman 18:43, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse#Sources_for_sexual_violence_against_men

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse#Sources_for_sexual_violence_against_men. Please join this discussion on whether Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse should be in the category Category:Violence against men Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 05:31, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

I replied. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:51, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Category of interest subject to deletion discussion

Members of this project may be interested in Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2014_April_15#Category:People_who_had_their_work_censored. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:12, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Protect Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 Article

Hi everyone, i've noticed that the Tiananmen Square article has been vandalized or blanked quite frequently, mostly from IP addresses. Can this article be protected, so that only auto-confirmed users have access to editing it and not vandal IPs, or something like at the Ron Paul article where edits must be approved before institution. If some of these perpetrators are coming from Chinese IPs, i'm not surprised... Nguyễn Quốc Việt (talk) 22:55, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Seeking feedback on FAC Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which is ranked by WikiProject Human Rights as an article of "High-importance", is currently a Featured Article Candidate (FAC). Feedback on the article's candidacy would be greatly appreciated! Please post feedback on the candidacy page at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Voting Rights Act of 1965/archive1. Please note that FAC reviewers are not required to review or offer feedback on every aspect of an article. Thank you! –Prototime (talk · contribs) 17:05, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment

This article is the subject of an educational assignment at Rice University supported by the Wikipedia Ambassador Program during the 2013 Q1 term. Further details are available on the course page.

The above message was substituted from {{WAP assignment}} by PrimeBOT (talk) on 17:19, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

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