Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Autonomous Zones

The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

The proposed WikiProject was created at Wikipedia:WikiProject Autonomous Zones. WikiProject was prematurely created, but has gained traction to meet the bare minimum for creation. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 16:05, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have already created this WikiProject as I have some people that were interested in starting it with me.

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Description

Creating and maintaining solid articles related to:

proposed autonomous cities
proposed countries
proposed autonomous areas
network states
separatist movements
de-facto autonomous regions
self-declared nations
quasi-states
unrepresented nations (cultures of people that don't have countries)
semi-unrecognised states
militant regimes with some de-facto control over regions
special economic zones
any notable historical instances of the above

Related WikiProjects

Example Pages

Telosa (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
South Sudan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
List of active secessionist movements (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
List of separatist movements (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
List of irredentist claims or disputes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
List of rebel groups (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The lists essentially contain many of the pages we would maintain and manage

Support

Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.

Support - nominator DominusVilicus (talk) 12:10, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose the proposed scope of this project, as listed in the description is ridiculously broad, and almost all of it has little to do with autonomous zones as the term is generally used. AndyTheGrump (talk) 11:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Clearly you have a a quarrel with me because I voted to Keep the Verdis and Liberland pages which is not what you wanted.

I can also see you were recently warned for uncivil behavior towards another user who also voted to Keep.

I chose this name because I don't have any better ideas for how it could be named. We want to maintain and create articles related to all of the entities within the scope declared above. DominusVilicus (talk) 11:21, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Please confine discussion in this section to the actual topic. Which is whether an 'autonomous zones' Wikiproject is appropriate. 'Not having any better ideas' isn't much of a justification for creating anything with the proposed sweeping scope, regardless of title. AndyTheGrump (talk) 11:28, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
All I can say at this point is that your username checks out DominusVilicus (talk) 11:32, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the scope of the project is merely a collection of notable entities that are in the process of seriously attempting to establish an autonomous power.

I think that's a clear scope and I don't believe there is any WikiProject too similar to this DominusVilicus (talk) 11:38, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
How can a 'proposed city' be an entity? As for building a project around 'notable entities that are in the process of seriously attempting to establish an autonomous power' that again is a ridiculously broad definition. Where are the sources which would define the scope of this project? AndyTheGrump (talk) 11:44, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I have updated the scope to proposed autonomous cities.

Please show me where a WikiProject requires a source for it's scope to be defined? Mr vili (talk) 12:19, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
A proposal doesn't become an entity just because you tack the word 'autonomous' on to it. As for scope Wikipedia:WikiProject says that pages of a WikiProject are the central place for editor collaboration on a particular topic area. Area singular. Not vaguely-connected topics thrown together. AndyTheGrump (talk) 12:33, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - While the description could perhaps be slightly narrowed, the general idea of having a WikiProject for new/innovative state ideas is great and I'm sure many contributors would help out with it. It seems that this political genre is gaining a lot of momentum so having a group centered around it is really smart. Maybe instead of SEZs broadly it could be an explicit focus on non-traditional government structures since SEZs are embedded structures in certain governments, etc. TNebula (talk) 12:19, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I agree with the sentiment that a project centered around quasi-states and nebulous states could be useful, but this scope is absurdly broad and unfathomable. The name autonomous zones implies sovereignty, which although it may be declared by decree by many of these so-called states, clearly de facto and de jure control remains in the hands of actual country in which their land resides, yet Wikipedia will through this project deign to call them sovereign and autonomous? This almost borders on original research at that point. Criticalus (talk) 19:00, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
We don't plan on calling each instance of state sovereign and autonomous, we plan on identifying them objectively. Within the scope of this project there will be non-autonomous states, including those who have unrepresented nations (eg: Aboriginal Australians) - We just would like to increase coverage on these types of movements as they seek autonomy.

This also includes rebel or militant rebel groups who may not even recognize their own sovereignty yet, but have de-facto Monopoly on violence.

The whole scope of this project can be summarized into a sentence: It is serious movements or entities attempting to seek a form of autonomous regional power Mr vili (talk) 02:38, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
A movement isn't a zone. 'Serious' is clearly subjective. And your 'description' above includes examples which don't meet you definition. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:57, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I am considering renaming the WikiProject to Autonomous Movements Mr vili (talk) 03:27, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I have wanted to document Autonomous Region of Bougainville a little more seeing as they may become independent quite soon. Do we have a list of sources that might document these types of movements? Renaissance domenic (talk) 02:54, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know about all the categories, but for lists we have:

- for Network States: thenetworkstate.com/dashboard

- for a list of autonomous areas: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/121-autonomous-regions-in-40-countries/1563764

- for nations of unrepresented peoples: https://www.unpo.org/

Each item in each of the lists probably has a plethora of sources available Mr vili (talk) 03:34, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Noting that I have indef blocked Renaissance domenic and Mr vili for sockpuppetry. Striking RD's comment above. Girth Summit _(blether) 09:55, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Perhaps naming this WikiProject Autonomous Movements or Autonomous Entites may be more suited Mr vili (talk) 02:40, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Support Mr vili (talk) 02:40, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.