Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Human rights

Good article reassessment for Civilian Public Service

Civilian Public Service has been nominated for a 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. Z1720 (talk) 15:17, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

WikiProject Housing and Tenant Rights is live!

Hello! I've set up a new WikiProject, Housing and Tenant Rights :)

I'm adding a message here since it could be of interest to your group.

If you are please feel free to add your name to the page, we already have a couple who have joined. The main focus will be covering tenant strikes, tenants unions, tenants rights, and more. Documenting the history of land ownership and tenant advocacy. Thanks! - LoomCreek (talk) 02:37, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:List of people killed for being transgender#Requested move 19 October 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:List of people killed for being transgender#Requested move 19 October 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Raladic (talk) 20:30, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Invitation for comment: Requested move Tule Lake National Monument → Tule Lake concentratio camp

I believe that this name change likely falls within the purview of this Wikiproject. I would like and appreciate people's perspectives. Thanks! Spookyaki (talk) 16:59, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Films about intersex#Requested move 14 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Films about intersex#Requested move 14 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Web-julio (talk) 20:52, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Right to family life#Requested move 10 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Right to family life#Requested move 10 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Raladic (talk) 21:44, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Amache National Historic Site#Requested move 18 November 2024

An editor has requested that Amache National Historic Site be moved to Granada War Relocation Center, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. Spookyaki (talk) 18:57, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Project revival

I've noticed that this project is listed as being "semi-active", which seems like a huge shame to me, since it is also arguably one of the most important Wikiprojects on the site (not denigrating other projects, just saying). I'm wondering:

(a) if people are still active

(b) if there are any administrative tasks that need doing (I'm not really interested in participating in arbitration discussions, which seem hugely important to this project, but beyond my mental/emotional capacity at this time, but would be happy to help maintain the project page, for example, or maybe even write periodic newsletters/updates on the status of the project)

(c) if anyone has any perspective on what is involved in Wikiproject administration/revival beyond what is available of Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide. For example, would it be bad project etiquette if I started cleaning up the main project page myself? Are there specific project heads that I should be in contact with, or is the structure more decentralized?

Anyway, hope to see this project revived one way or another. Spookyaki (talk) 22:56, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

I am not sure if I can help outside of saying that marking any project as inactive is bad because it can result in deletion of its assessment scheme (I complained about it in the VP a while back, to little progress). So I oppose marking this project as inactive.

I am interested in the topic of human rights and can participate in discussions here if pinged. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 00:46, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

I have edited or created some articles on human rights related to China. I have also checked this WikiProject Human Rights listing to clean up articles. Maybe other seasoned editors can weight in on administrative tasks necessary to revive the project. Thank you. Path2space (talk) 02:35, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest in this @Spookyaki. To your first question, I am somewhat active and edit semi-regularly, but rarely check this project anymore; though I would if it became more active (chicken and egg!). In fact, were it not for your ping I doubt I would have seen this discussion for quite some time -- so thank you. I'm afraid I can't offer any additional advice on your second and third questions beyond what the others have said so far. Warmly. Arcendeight (talk) 14:15, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Spookyaki, thank you for this. I have been reviewing and trying to improve some pages on indigenous human rights in North America (also Canada). I am interested from a historical point of view, but also from a current point of view. I would also like to review some content in the context of ‘climate refugees’, a new concept that has not been dealt with as much. AyubuZimbale (talk) 15:02, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Would you be alright if I pinged you every so often about your subjects of interest? Spookyaki (talk) 18:11, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks everyone for your responses! For now, at some point, I think I might endeavor to at least do some cleanup on the project page. Spookyaki (talk) 19:31, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Spookyaki, for your initiative and your good questions. Here are my answers:

(a) I'm only semi-active, too, and haven't been active here for years.
(b) If one looks, one can always find some things to clean up; e.g. one could check why the first three topics on this page (such as #Footnotes) are empty and restore their content, if any, or remove the headlines. But since it seems there has been no collaboration in this project in the last four years (which i assume from the fact that there was no discussion in that time; only one of the topics - IHL and human wave attacks/cannon fodder - elicited a response in 2021) and there were no requests for any such work, it's questionable whether it's worth your time.
(c) As someone who hasn't been involved in reviving any WP (other than briefly WP:SLR last year) i can't add any perspective beyond the Guide. At least in theory, Wikipedia shouldn't have „specific project heads“, but it's good that you're circumspect. In this case, i see no reason to worry about that, since nobody has shown to assume such a role at least for four years, nor in the week since you asked here. I don't think it would be bad etiquette to clean up things here, but, as mentioned in my reply (b), it may not be worth your time.
Piotrus, it's nice to see you're still around. I disagree, though, with your statement: Marking projects as inactive is good and necessary. Inactive projects are a drain of commitment, time and - worse - of hope. Think of an editor who comes here with a problem (a human rights problem, which can be the most severe problems!) with the hope to find help here, only to find dead silence. For all i know, nobody may even have this project page on their watchlist anymore; i for one came here only because Spookyaki pinged me. ◅ Sebastian Helm 🗨 07:09, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

I don't have any guidance on administration, but I'm still active and happy to work the project. My focus in regards to this project has been on China/Tibet/HongKong, but I can contribute to other topics, though I have less background knowledge and experience. Thanks @Spookyaki for starting a revival of the project. —Zujine|talk 13:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for replying! Would you be alright if I pinged you every so often about your subjects of interest? Spookyaki (talk) 18:11, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Solitary confinement of women in the United States

Could some member or members of this WikiProject take a look at Solitary confinement of women in the United States? It kind of reads more like an essay or academic paper than encyclopedic article from the very first sentence. It's also been recently expanded quite a bit recently by a student editor participating in a WP:WEP course and the newly added content might need some assessing from some Wikipedians more experienced in dealing with this kind of subject. The discussions on the article's talk page seem a bit contentious despite mostly being a couple years old. Anyway, I'm asking about it here because this is one of WikiProjects whose banner is found on the article's talk page. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:19, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for flagging this! I'll try to take a look sometime in the coming days and do a bit of work on it! Arcendeight (talk) 14:23, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

2021 West Bengal post-poll violence

The article 2021 West Bengal post-poll violence seems to have come clear WP:NPOV issues, at least in its language. (see my post on the Talk page) This, combined with the dubious quality of its sources, leads me to believe that there may be other issues with the article's POV. If anyone would be able to investigate/assess the article further, it would be much appreciated. There are also some general tone issues that need fixing. Spookyaki (talk) 05:06, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Yemeni civil war (2014–present)#Requested move 7 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Yemeni civil war (2014–present)#Requested move 7 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Abo Yemen✉ 13:13, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Gaza Strip famine#Requested move 27 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Gaza Strip famine#Requested move 27 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 17:35, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Expectation of privacy (United States)#Requested move 25 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Expectation of privacy (United States)#Requested move 25 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 02:33, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Niye men burdayam 5.191.126.11 (talk) 19:39, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Niye men burdayam 5.191.126.11 (talk) 19:40, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Redesigning home page

Next week (probably around the 5th or 6th), I am planning on redesigning/reorganizing the project's home page. It will probably look something like this. Now, I will say that I am not an expert on designing these things, so it probably won't a very—efficient implementation, but I think that in terms of design, it's much more streamlined than what we've currently got going on.

If anyone has any suggestions or objections, please feel free to comment before I implement the changes. I would appreciate all the help I can get. Spookyaki (talk) 19:03, 30 December 2024 (UTC)