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Rafael Correaは2013年の画像を2017年の最新版へと更新された画像なので取り消しする必要性はありましたか？ 2400:4152:6600:2900:5071:A67:FF3C:7AB3 (talk) 03:52, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

PSL and Russia/Ukraine

I've added a new talk page topic per your suggestion. 217.66.152.52 (talk) 20:58, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your great work on Wikipedia in general! Professor Penguino (talk) 20:34, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I appreciate that.--C.J. Griffin (talk) 21:30, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Competence level at USA article

Think we have a real problem with competence at the USA article on multiple levels. Mass copy pasting, inability to work with others, lack of research ability. Not sure bullying in editing and talk page discussion is going to work out well for the article. Any ideas of how we can get a handle on theses 2? Moxy- 12:10, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that there are issues with some editors over at the USA article now, with aggressive agenda pushing and treating the talk page as a WP:battleground which is making collaboration more difficult. As an editor who has been contributing to that particular article for at least a decade now, I figure the best thing to do is to get more eyes on the article, and refrain from edit warring by allowing the chips to fall where they may for the time being - only reverting edits when absolutely necessary - and then attempt to clean up the mess afterwards. Always voice objections on talk without engaging the more bellicose editors. We should also consider asking experts (Wikipedia:Expert help) to look over the article and fix any issues with shoddy research.

Another issue is the construction of a shadow article which some would like to see replace the article that exists now. It seems to me that the most problematic editors are also those most involved in the construction of that article.--C.J. Griffin (talk) 15:16, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edit

at Working class in the United States went about as far as is possible without a few more references. Carptrash (talk) 16:37, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I’ll add them as I find them.--C.J. Griffin (talk) 17:14, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

major party?

i’ll leave the ethnic nationalism discussion for the article’s talk page, but this diff made me laugh in a way that saved what was otherwise a rather glum day for me.

what part of the line:

The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a communist minor party

screams WP:OR to you? xoxo

isadora of ibiza (talk) 05:28, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Recent review papers

I noticed you have done some good work on meat alternatives and other related articles. There are two review papers you may be interested in. The first is from the World Health Organization [1]. The other is about meat alternatives [2]. I have added some recent reviews to the red meat article. Psychologist Guy (talk) 20:16, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Those review papers do look interesting, and might be useful as sources in the future.--C.J. Griffin (talk) 12:52, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For all your good work on the encyclopedia! I know I gave you a barnstar not long ago, but sometimes people deserve more than one! :) Professor Penguino (talk) 06:21, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Thanks.--C.J. Griffin (talk) 16:31, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Inverted totalitarianism

I'm not happy about what is currently happening to the article on inverted totalitarianism. The user has also been warned in the past on their talk page about making these kinds of edits. Viriditas (talk) 21:22, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I commented here. Seems to be yet-another-classic-case of POV pushing. Viriditas (talk) 21:34, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Requesting your attention @ a discussion

Hi, I happen to come across a 3rd opinion request by (student) editor @ WP:3O regarding ongoing discussion @ Talk:Poverty industrial complex#Recent reverted edits, which in part, seems, relates to article scope and WP:DUE.

Student editors usually do not pursue disputed topics much longer. Since you seem to have contributed to the article Industrial complex, you may want to review disputed changes and share your inputs as and when time permits you. Bookku (talk) 05:28, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lead of Holocene Extinction

Hi Griffin. :) I don't think the lead of Holocene Extinction is too long (given the article's size) but there were smaller paragraphs that can be merged to make it more readable. I just tried my bit and removed the "Lead too long" tag that had been added recently. Please review and see if it can be made better. Cheers. Rasnaboy (talk) 16:25, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree the lead is not too long. The placement of the tag appears to be an example of WP:DRIVEBY anyway, as there was no edit summary included to explain why it was needed and of course no discussion on talk. I do, however, agree with your edits merging some of the smaller paragraphs into larger ones to make it more readable. Four paragraphs in the lead seems about right to me.--C.J. Griffin (talk) 19:37, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Communist state

Did you read my rationale, or did you revert for the sake of revert? Nothing in that text I removed about material deals with the "communist form of government". It should be moved to communism or the criticism of communism article. If you want to add information about criticism about the communist form of government, please do, its warranted! TheUzbek (talk) 14:54, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The material you deleted pertains directly to the "communist form of government" and existing or formerly existing communist states, not communist ideology itself. This is why I found the mass deletion of this long standing material unjustified and restored it. For example: "Philipp Ther posits that there was an increase in the standard of living throughout Eastern Bloc countries as the result of modernisation programs under communist governments" was one passage restored. How is this not WP:DUE material for an analysis section in an article on Communist states?--C.J. Griffin (talk) 14:58, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How does this paragraph deal with the communist form of government? It deals about victims of communist states, but not about the form of government of communist states. Don't you agree?

"Monuments to the victims of communist states exist in almost all the capitals of Eastern Europe and there are several museums documenting communist rule such as the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Lithuania, the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia in Riga, and the House of Terror in Budapest, all three of which also document Nazi rule.[155][156] In Washington D.C., a bronze statue based upon the 1989 Tiananmen Square Goddess of Democracy sculpture was dedicated as the Victims of Communism Memorial in 2007, having been authorized by the United States Congress in 1993.[157][158] The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation plans to build an International Museum on Communism in Washington. As of 2008, Russia contained 627 memorials and memorial plaques dedicated to victims of the communist states, most of which were created by private citizens and did not have a national monument or a national museum.[159] The Wall of Grief in Moscow, inaugurated in October 2017, is Russia's first monument for victims of political persecution by Stalin during the country's Soviet era.[160] In 2017, Canada's National Capital Commission approved the design for a memorial to the victims of communism to be built at the Garden of the Provinces and Territories in Ottawa.[161] On 23 August 2018, Estonia's Victims of Communism 1940–1991 Memorial was inaugurated in Tallinn by President Kersti Kaljulaid.[162] The memorial construction was financed by the state and is managed by the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory.[163] The opening ceremony was chosen to coincide with the official European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism.[164]"

TheUzbek (talk) 15:11, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Philipp Ther posits that there was an increase in the standard of living throughout Eastern Bloc countries as the result of modernisation programs under communist governments" ... This is not about the form of government; form of government means the political system. This is about something else, like the merits of communism. --TheUzbek (talk) 15:12, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

problem with restoring your edit

You recently made this edit. After restoring other material, I tried to restore yours, but something isn't right. Any idea? --David Tornheim (talk) 23:04, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks okay to me. The John Roosa material was restored with your edit here.--C.J. Griffin (talk) 23:20, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gilded Age

The poverty was dramatically higher in the South than elsewhere. The big cities indeed had bad housing conditions-- but the new immigrants were saving their money & planning to return to Italy etc as rich men -- they were not short of money . Rjensen (talk) 23:05, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. But the way it was written prior to the most recent change implied that poverty was not significant elsewhere in the U.S. during this period, which is demonstrably false: "In 1890, 11 million of the nation's 12 million families earned less than $1200 per year; of this group, the average annual income was $380, well below the poverty line." [3]--C.J. Griffin (talk) 23:19, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

several problems--the site from a TV show is anonymous and unsourced and I can't find any reference to the $380 number online. Bigger problem: 42% of Americans in 1890 were farmers who raised their own food so the cash income from sales is not a good index. And what was the "poverty line" in 1890?? Rjensen (talk) 03:02, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Homicide

Stop deleting my edit which adds abortion to the list of items under "homicide". Homicide, from Latin cidium, an act of killing, and Homo, specifically Homo sapiens. This precisely describes the purpose of abortion, exactly the same as every other term in the list. None of the other terms in the list require sources. This one shouldn't either. My edit is entirely accurate regardless of political sensitivities. Major165 (talk) 17:47, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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