Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Western Sahara/Assessment

Re: Administrative division section

Citation #30 concerning the attempt to prove "The Polisario forces (of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army, SPLA) in the area are divided into seven "military regions", each controlled by a top commander reporting to the President of the Polisario proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" is not supported by any of the three citations given under [30], although there is a vague mention of '6 Generals' in one article.

Citation #35 article does not say that international activists from Spain and Italy are present, nor does it state that their presence is monitored by the UN. Whoever referenced this article seems to have their own knowledge of Western Saharan administration, and may be trying to grasp at weakly related points within the article to prove their point. I would like to draw to your attention that presenting independent or personal research through Wikipedia is objected to by all Wikipedians, especially if the Wikipedia contributor uses unrelated citations with a mentally that no one else will check.

In addition, the first paragraph in the Administrative Division, it is very Morocco-centred. We made changes to this section in an attempt to make it more historically accurate and less impartial to the role of Morocco. These changes were reversed immediately. Please consider what kind of a message you are sending to new Wikipedians who have shown interest helping with the Western Sahara article.

129.128.33.24 22:10, 29 March 2007 (UTC)MEAS