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Background section bias

The area of the background section detailing the use of teargas by the government against the opposition seems like a superfluous aside designed to injected criticism of the government and steer the narrative. Lopiano (talk) 23:50, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the section may be a little undue, but how can it be improved? During the last two decades sectors of the population have growingly having easier access to weapons, and as such there have been tear gas attacks against media outlets and groups. I don't recall incidents against the state channel VTV, Tves, Vive or Telesur, to put an example, but my recommendation would be that if you find any to feel free and add them to the article. --Jamez42 (talk) 00:46, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think deletion of the material would be an improvement as there isn't any evidence this attack had anything to do with the political situation in the country. It this article should be about the event itself, if someone wants to learn about Venezuelan politics there are ample links on the page that will take them to Venezuelan politics articles. Lopiano (talk) 03:36, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The material isn't about the political situation in the country, just about other incidents with tear gas. --Jamez42 (talk) 04:03, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have improved the section by removing parts not explicitly related to the subject of the article (this violates WP:SYN) and reorganizing the information so as not to create the false impression that this was some form of pro-government demonstration.2601:644:1:B7CB:E002:6ED8:35FB:7B72 (talk) 15:47, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well I guess certain editors and their sock puppets don't want to discuss this, but just would rather revert all changes to their advocacy. 2601:644:1:B7CB:E002:6ED8:35FB:7B72 (talk) 16:05, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As predicted, the POV editing team has reverted even discussion templates in clear violation of Wikipedia policy. I have been warned on my talk page for trying to interfere. Sad that this is what Wikipedia has come to. I'll have to come back to follow up on this later, I don't get paid for my editing unlike some people. 2601:644:1:B7CB:E002:6ED8:35FB:7B72 (talk) 16:13, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, personal attacks and baseless accusations from an anonymous adress. Yes, I'm sure that's how a consensus will be reached. --Jamez42 (talk) 16:21, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that the reference talking about Lina Ron's arrest and Globovisión's attack was omitted when the article was translated from Spanish, but I added it again. --Jamez42 (talk) 22:11, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There's no reference that links that to the subject of this article. This violates WP:SYN. Also, paid political advocacy is prohibited on Wikipedia. 2601:644:1:B7CB:D417:AECA:710A:207 (talk) 22:21, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just for the record: The contested claim is the 2009 tear gas attack on Globovisión, which is clearly explained in the reference (motorcycle riders with red berrets arrived at the building along with Lina Ron, submitted the security guards and threw two tear gas grenades in the reception). The rest of the claims are personal attacks which now seem to have extended even towards administrators. --Jamez42 (talk) 22:38, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Article name

Should we be calling this a "stampede"? from Stampede#Human_stampedes: Journalistic misuse of the term "stampede", says Edwin Galea of the University of Greenwich, is the result of "pure ignorance and laziness … it gives the impression that it was a mindless crowd only caring about themselves, and they were prepared to crush people."[7] In reality, individuals are directly crushed by others nearby who have no choice, and those who can choose are too distant from the epicenter to be aware of what is happening.[7] Iapetus (talk) 08:09, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Wardog: I originally named created the article as "El Paraíso tragedy", nut renamed it as stampede after seeing it was used much more by the media. Only six people out of 17 died crushed (due to politrama), so I guess it's up to the consensus and the editors involved to decide if this should be renamed. --Jamez42 (talk) 15:08, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Missing word in intro

In the following line, there is a word missing -- might it be "schools"? And if so, what kind, e.g., high schools, etc.

"The stampede was the result of a tear gas canister being detonated during a brawl between a group of students from different ____ celebrating their proms." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.151.63 (talk) 15:39, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]