Wikipedia talk:WikiProject International relations

Colonization

There is a two-person discussion of the lead sentence at Talk:Colonization. It could use some additional eyes (and fingers). Zero^talk 04:01, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Unequal treaty#Requested move 6 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Unequal treaty#Requested move 6 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Remsense诉 18:06, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova#Requested move 26 June 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova#Requested move 26 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 23:08, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

An RFC of interest

Please see Talk:List of genocides#RFC - Inclusion of Gaza genocide. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:54, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine#Requested move 12 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine#Requested move 12 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 07:56, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine has an RfC

War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. JDiala (talk) 21:31, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Bilateral relations articles

I've noticed that Kawnhr (talk · contribs) has been changeing the lead statement like here. I have worked on 100s of bilateral articles and the standard introduction is that. They have only changed this for Canada related articles, there are probably over a 1000 of these bilateral articles. Also this is changing from the standard "See Also" section in 100s of bilaterals. LibStar (talk) 04:32, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

I think there is consensus (and support in the MOS) for edits like the first one changing the lead sentence. See the past discussion here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject International relations/Archive 6#Lead sentences. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 13:23, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

It is true that "X–Y relations are the relations between X and Y" is the common introduction, but it is by no means universal — there were several foreign relations articles that did not use that even before I started my edits, such as Canada–United States relations, Canada–Palestine relations, Canada–France relations, Canada–United Kingdom relations, etc. Regardless, just being the common introduction does not mean it is unassailable or even correct.

The Manual of Style is clear that we do not absolutely have to include (and bold) the article name in the lead. MOS:AVOIDBOLD says If the article's title does not lend itself to being used easily and naturally in the first sentence, the wording should not be distorted in an effort to include it. Instead, simply describe the subject in normal English, avoiding unnecessary redundancy. Furthermore, because MOS:BOLDLINKAVOID says we must avoid putting links in the boldface recitation of the title, that means we can't link to X and Y countries without mentioning them again, which leads to awkward, redundant phrasing. But don't take it from me; MOS:REDUNDANCY says The title need not appear verbatim in the lead if it is descriptive., and specifically uses the "X–Y relations are the relations between X and Y" as something not to do. I am only bringing these articles in-line with what the MOS suggests.

I'm not sure what you're getting at by pointing out I've only done this for Canadian articles. Is it that I've now put Canada out of step with the others? Well, I'm only one person… I can't make changes to over a thousand pages in two days…

That said, I fully own up to making a mistake with the "See Also" section. My intent was to remove repeated links (generally frowned upon per MOS:NOTSEEALSO), but I forgot that navboxes don't (or don't always) display on mobile, so those links are still helpful for mobile readers. I'll go through my edits and restore those. — Kawnhr (talk) 16:04, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi everyone. It's been over a week since this thread was created and nobody else has objected… can I take this to mean that the changes are fair game? Would it be controversial to resume these edits? — Kawnhr (talk) 20:43, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Even though it's been over a week, I would like to see more community input. LibStar (talk) 23:27, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

As an alternate, I've seen "X–Y relations are the relations between these 2 countries." LibStar (talk) 04:21, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Agree with others above that the change seems good. "X–Y relations are X–Y relations" is not a good opening, best to just go into the topic per MOS:REDUNDANCY. CMD (talk) 04:50, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

I don't see how that's meaningfully different… it still has the same problem of redundancy. — Kawnhr (talk) 17:24, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Kaspersky bans and allegations of Russian government ties#Requested move 23 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kaspersky bans and allegations of Russian government ties#Requested move 23 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 01:34, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:United States complicity in Israeli war crimes in the Israel–Hamas war#Requested move 24 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:United States complicity in Israeli war crimes in the Israel–Hamas war#Requested move 24 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 00:13, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Calls for the destruction of Israel#Requested move 31 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Calls for the destruction of Israel#Requested move 31 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 10:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:2024 Haret Hreik airstrike#Requested move 30 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2024 Haret Hreik airstrike#Requested move 30 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 10:33, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Woodrow Wilson has an RfC

Woodrow Wilson has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Emiya1980 (talk) 03:04, 12 August 2024 (UTC)