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== Charter proposal ==
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::Charter did not pass.  <span style="background:#f0a796ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#64ccfdff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[File:Sayori.svg|35px|link=http://altverse.miraheze.org/wiki/User_talk:Centrist16?action=edit&section=new]] [[UserWiki:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Flag of Conworlds Quality Control.svg|35px|link=CQC]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  15:25, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
{{U|Goldentrash}} has proposed a '''[https://forms.gle/fopQbXHEb7SSkWrW6 charter]''' for adoption/ratification on the Constructed Worlds Wiki at-large for the purposes of codifying and formalizing wiki and server administration. He has proposed the creation of a presidency and a council, as well as a system of project administrators and moderators. A notice has been given on the official Discord server and on this site's wiki notice which will last until March 18, 2020. The purpose of this discussion at the Village pump is for transparency, documentation, and community input. '''NOTHING SAID HERE WILL BE TAKEN OR CONSIDERED A BINDING VOTE'''. Actual voting for the charter should be submitted at the actual link provided earlier. However, for organizational purposes, users may share what they have voted for and discuss their rationale, as well as their general thoughts on the matter.  <span style="background:#f0a796ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#64ccfdff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[File:Sayori.svg|35px|link=http://altverse.miraheze.org/wiki/User_talk:Centrist16?action=edit&section=new]] [[UserWiki:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Flag of Conworlds Quality Control.svg|35px|link=CQC]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  07:52, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
===Support===

===Oppose===
{{Oppose}} [[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]] Goldentrash has actively sought to deprive editors of their hard work by seeking to forcibly seize users pages through community votes. Will he take your pages next?

{{Oppose}} [[User:Emalia|Emalia]] ([[User talk:Emalia|talk]])

===Abstain===

===Discussion===
*This is an absolute farce, we don't need a change of leadership on the wiki. Justin is still around and continues to update and edit the wiki on a daily basis. His leadership is indispensable and the need for a second bureaucrat (or just allowing Travis to be the sole bureaucrat) is very unnecessary. There is no need for a referendum and everyone can see the power jockeying at play here. If we actually wanted a president of impartiality it would be Centrist. If this vote is to go through it will most certainty mean the downfall of this wiki. '''VOTE NO''' on this dictatorial charter. [[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]]
**Due to the technical limitations of Miraheze, Justin would retain his Bureaucrat status and would in essence act as a final check on both my authority and every subsequent president. This charter aims to formalize the status quo while providing a system for resolving disputes that arise within projects and with administration of the server and wiki. This current system of bickering back and forth with no agreed upon rules to look towards is highly inefficient and is unproductive. [[User:Goldentrash|i ii ii i _]] ([[User talk:Goldentrash|talk]]) 08:07, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
***Then there is absolutely no point for you to be president and dictate who is moderator and who generates the rules. If anything, Centrist should generate those moderators/individuals to create the rules, or hell make the regulations himself. You are clearly not in a state of impartiality to be the at the helm of this site. [[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]]
*GoldenTrash should not be made the head of the site. Although I am a relatively new user I have experienced firsthand some of his decisions, and have learned much about the situation from fellow users. The general consensus across the community seems to be that GoldenTrash should have less authority not more, as his partial leadership thus far has divided the community greatly. On Discord he has been made head and in recent times many of Conworld's users have been banned or voluntarily quit as a result. At this time I have gathered that the "official" discord run by him only has a few active users, while splinter discords have upwards of 30 users, and are far more active if you seek Conworlding discussion. GoldenTrash has wrongfully and unfairly banned many users from his server, including myself, without a clear explanation or reason. He has banned many users who defended me or were opposed to unfair banning in general. I fear that if he is made head of the miraheze site he will have free range to ban me and others arbitrarily just as he has on discord. I fear that his leadership will spell a similar pattern here as it has on discord, with most of the users quitting or fleeing to other sites. I am content with the current situation in which Centrist is the head of the wiki, and if anything I feel like GoldenTrash should have less power (here and/or on discord). I am strongly against him being the "president" and having the power to appoint moderators and do as he sees fit. [[User:Emalia|Emalia]] ([[User talk:Emalia|talk]]) 08:51, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
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==Server Reformation==
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::Resolution failed and rendered moot.  <span style="background:#f0a796ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#64ccfdff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[File:Sayori.svg|35px|link=http://altverse.miraheze.org/wiki/User_talk:Centrist16?action=edit&section=new]] [[UserWiki:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Flag of Conworlds Quality Control.svg|35px|link=CQC]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  15:25, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Removal of Goldentrash as Discord bureaucrat and transfer of duties and server ownership to Centrist16.

A second is required for community ballots to be collected.
===Votes===

====Aye====
*[[User:Emalia|Emalia]] ([[User talk:Emalia|talk]]) 07:19, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
*[[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]] ([[User:Mythopoeia|Talk]]) 08:10, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
*[[User:Dev27|Dev27]] ([[User talk:Dev27|talk]]) 16:57, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
*[[User:Candiesrgood|Candiesrgood]] ([[User talk:Candiesrgood|talk]]) 16:59, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

====Nay====
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== Promotion of Andy Irons to adminship ==
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::Consensus is clear, which includes administrative support. The promotion of Andy Irons as an administrator is approved.  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span> 
Hello everyone,

[[User:Andy Irons]] has been with us for quite some time now and has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to our community. He is an author of much importance in our community's longest-lasting active project ''[[Altverse II]]'' and a major driver of that project's longevity. He is highly communicative, exceptionally positive, and a friendly member of our community well liked by all who have the pleasure to engage with him. He is an upstanding member of this community and is well suited to become the next member of our admin team.

In moving forward with a revitalized commitment to our core values of cooperation and consensus, Andy Irons' potential promotion is being put on the Pump for feedback from the community. Please keep your comments respectful and civil. '''Please keep any and all discussion SOLELY related to the promotion of Andy Irons.''' Disrespectful or off-topic comments will be removed without notice. Please sign any comments with four tildes, as per usual (i.e., <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). Thank you for your understanding.

===Support===
*[[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 16:24, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
*[[User:T0oxi22|T0oxi22]] ([[User talk:T0oxi22|talk]]) 16:30, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
*[[User:Screwhorn|Screwhorn]] ([[User talk:Screwhorn|talk]]) 16:30, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
*[[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]] ([[User talk:Mythopoeia|talk]]) 00:42, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
*{{Support}} From day one, Andrew has been one of our strongest and most dedicated writers. He has my fullest resounding support and I am confident he will be an excellent part of the administration team.  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  03:43, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

===Oppose===
===Abstain===
===Discussion===
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==Demotion of Mythopoeia from adminship==
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::The demotion was an uncontested matter and done in compliance with the petitioner's request.  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span> 
===Support===
*[[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]] ([[User talk:Mythopoeia|talk]]) 00:42, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
*{{Support}} Out of respect for the petitioner's request, I would consider this a formal resignation and an uncontestable act.  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  03:46, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

===Oppose===
===Abstain===
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== Promotion of T0oxi22 to adminship ==
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::Consensus is clear, which includes administrative support. The promotion of T0oxi22 as an administrator is approved.
Hello everyone,

{{U|T0oxi22}} has been one of the finest writers we have ever had. Her creativity, dedication, and versatility has allowed her to produce some of the longest and highest-quality pages this community has ever seen. Since her time here on Conworlds, she has become an indispensable member of the community whose reach spans across several of our wiki's projects including ''Altverse II'', ''Merveilles des Morte'', and ''Project Exodus''. She has demonstrated herself to be a capable, fair, and knowledgeable person whose interests align strongly with the rest of the administration team. She has been extremely helpful as a rollbacker and already has ''de facto'' administrative powers on the Discord server. With her [[Iýgeriad of Imisquun (Project Exodus)|most recent creation]] at the time of this writing, I have kept my word as a promise to her that I would happily nominate and endorse her promotion as administrator. I have absolute confidence that she will help our community grow and succeed with her as a fellow member of the administration team. ''' Disrespectful or off-topic comments will be removed without notice. Please sign any comments with four tildes, as per usual (i.e., <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). Thank you for your understanding.

===Support===
* {{Support}}  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  07:14, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

*[[User:Javants|Javants]] ([[User talk:Javants|talk]]) 07:40, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

*[[User:Starsense|Starsense]]

*[[User:Andy Irons|Andy Irons]]

* [[User:Screwhorn|Screwhorn]] ([[User talk:Screwhorn|talk]]) 08:19, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

* {{Support}} [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 12:48, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

* {{Support}} [[User:Solaris2019|Solaris2019]][[User:Solaris2019|Solaris2019]] ([[User talk:Solaris2019|talk]]) 01:20, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

===Oppose===

===Abstain===

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== Promoting Yuker language to Featured article ==
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::Consensus has not been reached. The proposal as it stands has been defeated and will not move forward.  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  21:17, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello. I’ve written the article [[Yuker language]] and I believe that it should be promoted to a Featured article. Centrist16 has closely followed my development of this article from the beginning, and has already determined it to be worthy of A-class. As the Featured status is supposed to showcase the best articles in the community, I am of the opinion that we are in need of promoting other articles than just national articles. I believe that the article is perhaps the most complete (as in covering all relevant information about the language, not just phonology and grammar) example of an article about a conlang at this moment, at least for a language its size.
[[User:Erik|Erik]] ([[User talk:Erik|talk]]) 00:10, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

===Support===

*I believe that the article is written well and exemplifies originality. I believe that starting with this page, we can begin the process of nominating even more articles for featured status, a process which have neglected for years now. There definitely needs to be more featured articles and this one, in my opinion, should be among them.  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  15:21, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
* The article has all the hallmarks of an A-class, and tackles an interesting topic to boot. I would not mind it being on the Featured list. [[User:Screwhorn|Screwhorn]] ([[User talk:Screwhorn|talk]]) 15:48, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
* [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 16:10, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
* Like most works made by the author, this article is beautifully written and deserves to be featured on our site. [[User:Andy Irons|Andy Irons]] ([[User talk:Andy Irons|talk]]) 6:26, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
*--[[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]] ([[User talk:Mythopoeia|talk]]) 01:00, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
*[[User:Emalia|Emalia]] ([[User talk:Emalia|talk]]) 05:07, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

===Oppose===

*I don't mean any offense by this as it's a good article, but in my opinion it's not worthy of featured status. The article as a whole is fairly short compared to example language pages. The grammar section, one of the most important aspects, is very bare and doesn't thoroughly explain how to construct things in the language. Education and culture are also very bare, just a paragraph each, and the article could use sections on orthography, and maybe use in media. [[User:T0oxi22|T0oxi22]] ([[User talk:T0oxi22|talk]]) 19:41, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

* I am very glad that there is more interest in writing conlangs here–especially creole languages, which are among the most fascinating phenomena in terms of historical linguistics. I think the history and explanation of dialectal differences are fairly fleshed out, but so far the grammar is kinda bare! Creoles arise from specific sociohistoric situations and it'll be cool to see how that'll play out in the evolution/development and eventual grammar of Yuker Creole! [[User:Candiesrgood|Candiesrgood]] ([[User talk:Candiesrgood|talk]]) 19:47, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
* I'm no expert in conlanguage articles, but I feel like Yuker language is A-class because it's generally complete and coherent, but comparatively speaking it seems pretty short and surface-level among existing, non-featured language articles. So among featured articles of Conworlds as a whole, I don't think that's where you want to set the bar [[User:Nathan1123|Nathan1123]] ([[User talk:Nathan1123|talk]]) 00:09, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
*Doesn't feel "featured"; multiple sections still need additional elaboration and explanation, though it's current state itself is good and has potential in the future for the coveted featured status. [[User:Solace II|Solace II]] ([[User talk:Solace II|talk]]) 01:01, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
*I second what's been said above - this is a really good article and has some great ideas, but it would be awesome to see it more fleshed out. Most of the featured articles are more than 150,000 bytes in length, while the Yuker language article is only around 30,000 bytes long so far. Don't be disheartened though, this is still a great article and would love to see what you continue to come up with! [[User:Javants|Javants]] ([[User talk:Javants|talk]]) 05:34, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
*[[User:Nathanadrian|Nathanadrian]] ([[User talk:Nathanadrian|talk]]) 10:06, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

===Abstain===

* [[User:Solaris2019|Solaris2019]] ([[User talk:Solaris2019|talk]]) 16:29, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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== Candidate for Featured Article: Oasisamerica==
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::Consensus has been reached. The article will be featured and a featured blurb will be created and added into the featured articles pool for the main page in due time. Congratulations to {{ping|Vandenhoek}}!  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  16:12, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello everyone,

It is with great pleasure that I would like to propose a vote on the elevation of [[Oasisamerica (Merveilles des Morte)]] to the status of Featured Article. This project has an intriguing history on our website, having made its way away and back to our community. This article in particular is written to the highest standard, utilizing a fully encyclopedic tone while also proving an entertaining read. [[User:Vandenhoek]] is more than deserving of this distinction. Alongside the writing itself, the article is well-illustrated with both found images and original cartography, something which our community should proudly highlight as a centrepiece of engaging worldbuilding. For too long this work has gone unrecognized and even unrated--I believe it is high time we change this and let the article take it rightful place alongside the other great works of our community. With recently renewed interest in the [[Merveilles des Morte]] project, for me this nomination is a no-brainer.

===Support===
*{{Support}} [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 21:21, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
*[[File:Wikipedia like SVG.svg|25px]] [[User:Emalia|Emalia]] ([[User talk:Emalia|talk]]) 21:25, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
*{{Support}} This is a no-brainer. The article is one of the best articles we've ever had and sets the bar very high for other articles like it.  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  21:30, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
*[[File:Yes . logo.svg|39px]] [[User:T0oxi22|T0oxi22]] ([[User talk:T0oxi22|talk]]) 21:35, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
*[[File:Yes . logo.svg|39px]] [[User:Starsense]]
*[[File:YES-Snowboards-logo.jpg|30px]] [[User:Renereve|Renereve]] ([[User talk:Renereve|talk]])
*{{Support}} [[User:Javants|Javants]] ([[User talk:Javants|talk]]) 23:55, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
*{{Support}} [[User:Solace II|Solace II]] ([[User talk:Solace II|talk]]) 04:32, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
*[[User:Nathan1123|Nathan1123]] ([[User talk:Nathan1123|talk]]) 20:28, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
*[[User:Andy Irons|Andy Irons]] ([[User talk:Andy Irons|talk]]) 10:57 19 August 2022 (UTC)
*[[User:Nathanadrian|Nathanadrian]] ([[User talk:Nathanadrian|talk]])

===Oppose===

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== Candidate for Featured Article: Mák’ai language ==
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::Consensus is clear: the nomination passes unopposed. The article will be featured and added to the front page pool of featured articles. Congrats [[User:Javants]]! [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 16:53, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello everyone,

I would like to propose a vote on the elevation of [[Mák’ai language]] to the status of Featured Article. There has been a recent general desire among the community to grant more non-nation articles the status of Featured Article to better showcase the breadth of projects undertaken on the wiki, and I believe that the Mák’ai language article is a good candidate for this. The article is the most extensive language article that I know of and is augmented with extensive audio recordings, images, and maps. Additionally, the article also includes three associated pages - [[Mák’ai language/Lexicon]], a dictionary; [[Mák’ai language/Poetry and songs]], a corpus of poetry written in the Mák’ai language); and [[Book:Mk'anbu mruk'í Mák’ai-wawá! - Chapter 1|Book:Mk'anbu mruk'í Mák’ai-wawá!]], a textbook for learning the language. I believe nominating this article for Featured Status may be the first step in increasing the breadth of Featured Articles on this wiki, and therein better reflecting the quality and diversity of works within our community.

===Support===

:{{Support}} Strongest support. Its official recognition and inclusion as a featured article will be an excellent way to start the new year strong. I am always thoroughly impressed by your works and this article is a true testament to the ingenuity and craftsmanship you have put into this community.  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  08:15, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
:{{Support}} Nothing else needs to be said. -[[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]] ([[User talk:Mythopoeia|talk]]) 08:22, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
:{{Support}} [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 13:20, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
:[[File:Yes_._logo.svg|30px]] [[User:T0oxi22|T0oxi22]] ([[User talk:T0oxi22|talk]]) 20:22, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
:{{Support}} [[User:Andy Irons|Andy Irons]] ([[User talk:Andy Irons|talk]]) 11:20, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
:{{Support}} --[[User:Solaris2019|Solaris2019]] ([[User talk:Solaris2019|talk]]) 00:03, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
:{{Support}} [[User:DatMaster001|DatMaster001]] ([[User talk:DatMaster001|talk]]) 00:25, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
:[[File:Yes (Israel)-Logo.svg|30px]] [[User:Nathanadrian|Nathanadrian]] ([[User talk:Nathanadrian|talk]]) 05:40, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
:{{Support}} D̗íyak! :) [[User:Diesel.mov|Diesel.mov]] ([[User talk:Diesel.mov|talk]]) 18:54, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

===Oppose===

===Abstain===

===Discussion===
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== Main Page: Patron Article of the Month addition ==
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::After several days, there has been no opposition to the proposal. Subsequently, the addition to the main page will be made as proposed. [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 15:48, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello everyone,

I am about ready to set up a Patreon account for the Constructed Worlds Wiki to allow the community to help pay for the site's monthly web-hosting costs. As one of the potential benefits of an as-of-yet undetermined tier, I would like to get feedback on the potential inclusion of a "Patron Article of the Month" section to the Main Page. A Patron of this benefit tier will be allowed to select an article (either their own or any other on-site article) to have featured on the main page for a month. The next month, the next patron of that same tier will get to make a selection. If another patron signs up for this benefit tier while on this second patron's month, they will get the next month after them. Once the list of patrons has been run through, it will loop back to the first patron.

To demonstrate this I have created '''[[Main Page/Sandbox]]''' to show what it would look like. Personally, I think that this patron box should go right above the navboxes at the bottom of the page (immediately below the About the Wiki and Paracosmic Awards sections, which include merit-based achievements such as Featured Articles), because it's essentially a paid advertisement (albeit totally on-site as no external linking would be allowed).

There is also the possibility of eschewing the monthly rotation in favour of the random selection of articles from a list, where Patrons can update their selected features as they please. Personally I dislike this system because I think MediaWiki is bad at choosing randomly and also it devalues the placement of articles on the Main Page.

I'm happy to hear suggestions and concerns about this. At the very least, once the Patreon is set up, the names of every patron will be included in a small box on the Main Page, so this discussion is just about the possibility of page promotions being included as a Patreon tier benefit. [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 17:10, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

===Support===
*{{Support}} [[User:F0rsaken|F0rsaken]] ([[User talk:F0rsaken|talk]]) 17:18, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
*{{Support}} [[User:Soilaf|Soilaf]] ([[User talk:Soilaf|talk]]) 18:48, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
*{{Support}} [[User:DatMaster001|DatMaster001]] ([[User talk:DatMaster001|talk]]) 18:49, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
*{{Support}}  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/Q56SSb5]]</span></span>  00:21, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

===Oppose===
===Abstain===
===Discussion===
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== Proposal to apply to the Independent Wiki Federation ==
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::After several days, there has been no opposition to the proposal. The Constructed Worlds Wiki will apply to become a member of the Independent Wiki Federation immediately. [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 04:56, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
I have recently become aware of the [https://iwf-website.vercel.app/ Independent Wiki Federation], an association of independently-administrated wikis which aims to create a community of collaboration and shared knowledge between its members:

{{cquote|author=[https://iwf-website.vercel.app/about IWF About page]|
'''Mission'''
*Forming an alliance of independently operated wikis that focus on lifestyle, entertainment, and gaming.
*Fostering a Community of Practice where group members have a shared passion of developing wikis, and learn to do it better as they help each other, share knowledge, skills, and interact regularly.
*Building friendships and collaborations between IWF members
}}

As Conworlds' technician, I think it would be very valuable for our wiki to be a member of this organization. I am capable of simply maintaining the back-end of this wiki, but I am always trying to learn new ways to demonstrably enhance the quality of the site for users. Not to be too morbid, but in the unlikely event of my incapacitation from caring for Conworlds, I think having an association between Conworlds and a community of technically-minded wiki developers is an invaluable connection.

As an 11-year veteran Conworlds user, I believe the IWF's principles align with the fundamental values of our community. Back when Conworlds was on Wikia, the admins made a point of reaching out to the admins of sister-genre wikis to foster inter-wiki collaboration and community growth. Conworlds has not maintained its ties to other wikis as we continue grow more distant from Fandom's ecosystem. Since our detachment from Miraheze, we have pretty much relied on the strength of our existing community to foster the interest of others. Joining an alliance of indie wikis seems like common sense in opening a new pathway for outside interest in our vibrant community and our cherished projects.

For these reasons, I am submitting for the community's consideration a proposal to apply to the Independent Wiki Federation. Please voice your comments or concerns here on the village pump in the Discussion section below. [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 00:35, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

===Support===
*{{Support}} [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 00:35, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
*{{Support}} [[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]]
*{{Support}} [[User:Emelxa|Emelxa]] ([[User talk:Emelxa|talk]]) 02:29, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
*{{Support}} [[User:Andy Irons|Andy Irons]] ([[User talk:Andy Irons|talk]]) 03:48, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
*{{Support}} [[User:Javants|Javants]] ([[User talk:Javants|talk]]) 04:38, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
*{{Support}} [[User:Soilaf|Soilaf]] ([[User talk:Soilaf|talk]]) 10:37, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
*{{Support}} [[User:T0oxi22|T0oxi22]] ([[User talk:T0oxi22|talk]])
*{{Support}} [[User:Dawnstar|Dawnstar]] ([[User talk:Dawnstar|talk]]) 14:38, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
*{{Support}} [[User:WorldMaker18|WorldMaker18]] ([[User talk:WorldMaker18|talk]]) 06:33, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
*{{Support}}  <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/EEmFxHGKEr]]</span></span>  04:51, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

===Oppose===
===Abstain===
*{{Abstain}} [[User:Wisky|Wisky]] ([[User talk:Wisky|talk]])
*{{Abstain}} [[User:Denseimist|Dense]] ([[User talk:Denseimist|talk]])
*{{Abstain}} [[User:HanxilBlitzer|HanxilBlitzer]] ([[User talk:HanxilBlitzer|talk]])
*{{Abstain}} [[User:SpillAr!z!|Spills]] ([[User talk:SpillAr!z!|talk]])

===Discussion===
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== Promoting File:2 Trine Banknote.png to Featured media ==

We've talked about finally getting to adding Featured media and I think [[:File:2 Trine Banknote.png]] is worthy given the complexity of the piece in question. There's also an .svg version but it's like 20 MB so I think nominating the raster version (which also loads like 100x faster) is more relevant. [[User:Erik|Erik]] ([[User talk:Erik|talk]]) 00:18, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

===Support===
*[[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 00:32, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
*[[User:Solace|Solace]] ([[User talk:Solace|talk]]) 17:13, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
* <span style="background:#ffcc00ff; font-family: 'century gothic'; padding:8px 5px;"><span style="background:#0044aaff; color:white; padding:3px; white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Centrist16|{{color|white|'''Centrist16'''}}]] {{!}} [[User talk:Centrist16|{{color|white|Talk}}]] {{!}} [[File:Discord-Logo-Color.svg|35px|link=https://discord.gg/EEmFxHGKEr]]</span></span>  18:32, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

===Oppose===
===Abstain===
===Discussion===

== Reform of Our Current Featured Articles ==

A majority of the Wiki's featured articles received that rating prior to the creation of our [[Conworlds:Content assessment|more standardised rating system]], and as a result many don't currently conform to the guidelines listed on the page. Therefore, I propose a mass review of the current articles, redesignating some that do not meet these standards and addding a couple new articles instead. None of the current featured articles are bad articles by any means, and I encourage their authors to add to them so that they may be re-featured in the future, but for now they should be de-featured in the interest of consistency and fairness to other featured articles.

I propose the following redesignations:

{{columns-start}}
*[[2019 Kalșerian presidential election]]: [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Symbol_bplus_class.svg|25px]]
*[[Benny Marchesi]]: [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Symbol_a_class.svg|25px]]
*[[Fort Travis, Kings]]: [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Symbol_a_class.svg|25px]]
*[[Interprovincial 3C]]: [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Symbol_c_class.svg|25px]]
*[[Isaiah Landon]]: [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Symbol_a_class.svg|25px]]
*[[Lovecraftianism]]: [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Symbol_bplus_class.svg|25px]]
*[[Music of the United Commonwealth]]: [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Symbol_b_class.svg|25px]]
*[[Q-Lo]]: [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Symbol_a_class.svg|25px]]
*[[St. Anthony County, Gold Coast]]: [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Symbol_a_class.svg|25px]]
{{column}}
*[[Aidusian Empire]]: [[File:Symbol_a_class.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]]
*[[Rock Saga Evolution]]: [[File:Symbol_a_class.svg|25px]] <span style="font-size: 1.5em;">→</span> [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]]
{{columns-end}}

Additionally, to clarify some of the current guidelines, I propose making amendments such as these:

*In consideration of the fact that there can always be more added to an article, "finished" articles are those that are reasonably, not absolutely, complete. The determination of when an article is "finished" is a subjective threshold, and will be assessed relative to existing featured articles and general practice. A finished article should contain everything that one might reasonably expect to see in such an article, be written thoroughly and in a detailed manner, and reach a point where the page is generally presentable.
*All current grades shall be treated as mutually exclusive. Featured status will be treated as its own rating, above that of A-class, rather than articles being both featured and A-class simultaneously.

I open this into a general discussion to refine and add to the current proposal, after which point I will create a formal vote below.

[[User:T0oxi22|T0oxi22]] ([[User talk:T0oxi22|talk]]) 23:44, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Edit: As there hasn't been any objection to the selections, I'm opening the reform up to voting now, but feel free to continue discussion. [[User:T0oxi22|T0oxi22]] ([[User talk:T0oxi22|talk]]) 02:39, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

===Support===

:{{Support}} [[User:Nathanadrian|Nathanadrian]] ([[User talk:Nathanadrian|talk]]) 03:23, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

===Oppose===

===Discussion===
I endorse this reform. [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 14:49, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

==Vetitum electorum exteriorum==
In an effort to preserve the integrity of future community votes, and promote meaningful contribution from all community members, I propose a policy that will hopefully remedy the ongoing issue of allowing those who passively engage with Conworld to vote in community votes. I will outline what criteria I believe should be required to vote in community decisions and votes. I would also like to see a committee be established and that a secret ballot be implemented.

Those who monetarily support the upkeep of the site are exempt and shall be allowed to vote in community votes as their contributions are essential in assisting Fizzyflapjack in maintaining the website. [[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]] will not be afforded this exemption for their monetary contributions, regardless of the amount they contribute in the future, and they shall be subject to the requirements proposed thereafter the successful ratification of said policy, contingent the policy proposed remains in effect.

I propose the following to be added to the [[Conworlds:Policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines]], section title 'general policies' subsection 'miscellaneous';

<center>'''Vetitum electorum exteriorum et cetera<br> <small> Prohibition of external electors and other things </small>'''</center>

# Definitions and establishing committee
## Visitor(s) (''qui legunt''; those who read) – individuals who engage with the Conworlds community primarily through reading articles or participating in Discord chats but do not actively contribute written content to the site. Visitors, while integral to the community's vibrancy, do not engage in the content creation process to the extent required for voting privileges.
## Active editor(s) (''qui scribunt''; those who write) – individuals who regularly contribute written content to Conworlds, meeting the established standards of quality and originality. Active editors are those who, through their sustained and meaningful contributions, are deemed eligible to participate in community votes.
## Community Committee – The Constructed Worlds Community Elections Committee, denoted as 'committee', shall be a committee consisting of three users; [[User:Andy Irons|Andy Irons]], [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]], [[User:Centrist16|Centrist16]]. Committee decisions shall be made by simple majority. All decisions by the committee shall be made as a whole from the group, and the how each individual on the committee shall be anonymous.
# Criteria for voting eligibility
## Individuals deemed active editors eligible to vote in a community decisions shall have contributed a minimum of (10,000) words within three (3) calendar months.
###The three (3) calendar months shall randomly be selected from the twelve (12) months prior to the announcement of the community vote.
###The three (3) calendar months shall be decided by a twelve (12) sided dice, a process which shall publicly be broadcasted on the discord.
## Written content shall adhere to the standards commonly associated with Wikipedia, and that articles are imitative of Wikipedia's style and format in a way that immerses readers.
## Material that is either copied or pasted from other websites or sources is expressly prohibited and shall not count towards the word count required for voting eligibility or being designated as a 'active editor'.
#Election procedure
##All users may a request for a community vote to the committee, but only community votes initiated by an active editor shall be brought before the entire community for a vote. Users may appeal their classification if their community vote is denied, or their submission was deliberately ignored by the committee through the appeals process described in 4.2.
##Users who cast their community vote shall submit a secret vote to the committee; designated as AYE or NAY.
##Campaigning on websites besides Conworlds, in private chats or chat channels where more than half (51%) of the individuals in that chat do not qualify as 'active editors' or are associated with other websites is prohibited and shall be known as 'illegal campaigning'. Voters discovered up to six (6) months after an election to have participated in illegal campaigning shall be prohibited from voting or calling a community vote for twelve (12) months, and any individual(s) who initiated an illegal campaign shall be be prohibited from voting in or calling a community vote for twelve (16) months and shall be banned for (3) days from the Conworlds discord channel. Users may appeal as described in 4.2.
##The committee shall decide anonymously if a user is eligible or ineligible to vote.
##The committee after having tallied and decided which voters were eligible or ineligible shall post the result tally as follows; TOTAL ELIGIBLE VOTES: [Insert Number] AYE: [Insert Number] NAY: [Insert Number] DISQUALIFIED: [INELIGIBLE] TOTAL: [INSERT]
##The committee shall post a complete list of all those who voted in the election, but no indication of how a user voted or if they were eligible or ineligible may be revealed.
##The committee shall then accept for five (5) weekdays appeals from all users regarding their own, or another users, eligibility or ineligibility. Appeals process described in 4.2.
# Determining status, auditing status and user appeals
## Determining a users eligibility, ineligibility, revocation of eligibility, reinstatement of eligibility to cast ballots in community votes, and classification of users as 'active editors' or 'visitors' shall be vested in the committee.
##
##All users shall retain the right to appeal the committee regarding a decision made on their own status and or another users' status.
###The committee shall respond within five (5) weekdays regarding their decision on the appeal.
###If the committee fails to respond in the stipulated time, or if the appealing user is unsatisfied with the committees' response, the appealing user may request a panel of five (5) arbiters from the [[Independent Wiki Federation]]. Requests made to the federation must be made within (5) five days weekdays after the committee failed to respond to the user.
###The directors of the Independent Wikipedia Federation shall provide the arbiters within one (1) month if the committee fails to respond to the user, and must randomly select a willing arbiter to decide the appeal. Arbiters elected by the Independent Wikipedia Federation must have no association with Constructed Worlds or who may have a bias opinion towards any users involved in the appeal.
###If the Independent Wikipedia Federation fails to intervene or refuses, then the committee shall randomly select from 12 the top contributors as denoted on 'Contribution scores' with a twelve (12) sided dice. The dice shall be rolled until a contributor accepts.
###If all twelve of the top contributors refuse to be an arbiter after one (1) week, then the appeal will be decided by a coin toss. Heads indicates that the users appeals is granted in full. Tails indicates that the users' appeals is denied in full.
###All appeals to the committee must be done privately and public campaigning to influence the decision of the committee, any directors, arbiters of the Independent Wiki Federation or top contributors shall be be prohibited from voting in or calling a community vote for twelve (16) months and shall be banned for (3) days from the Conworlds discord channel.

<hr />

Changes can be made during implementation if the community so chooses. If this doesn't fly but maybe something else will I look forward to it. There may need to be some grammatical fixes, spelling, w/e.

I'll close by saying this last bit. This proposal is not meant to exclude or alienate but rather protect our community from undue external influence and establish a secret ballot. We currently do not, in my opinion, have a harassment free community. I've never had a featured article on this site, even when my work at times had fit the criteria for a featured article. First time one of my writings was featured on the main page was because I shamelessly paid for it, something I've always been against. $4.20 is all it took. I've been here for nearly 12-13 years.

I'll always write on Conworlds, and I'm thoroughly engaged with what I'm currently working on. This is not a 'do as I say or I quit' situation and I'll be back to writing tomorrow. Just providing you, the reader, with background as to why I spent several hours late at night writing this very intricate voting process.

Thank you,
- [[User:Mythopoeia|Mythopoeia]] ([[User talk:Mythopoeia|talk]]) 07:44, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

===Discussion===
{{oppose|strong}} It is my opinion that this proposal is not in line with the values of the Constructed Worlds Wiki nor even the values of the visionary Mediawiki software on which Conworlds runs. Interwikism is a foundational principle of ''all'' wikis. This fundamental fact is the reason that Fandom's advertising business grew like weeds on the bones left behind by the death of Wikia. The free movement and participation of users across wikis is what makes the very concept of the wiki itself unique. Conworlds has long been a place at the intersection of many different wiki communities. I would never have discovered Conworlds 13 years ago like I did if I were not encouraged to explore as many wikis as possible by the fundamentally interwikist design of Wikia.

I understand and sympathize with the frustration of not having a single one of your articles featured despite your long and illustrious time here. Yet it is my opinion that this proposal will not improve the slow pace of community decisions, but rather, totally stall them in an unending cycle of arbitration and drama over the "status" of a given user regarding their edit history. I believe under the terms of your proposal's activity measures, even I would not have written enough in three months to be considered an active user. But that is besides the point.

This proposal also runs contrary to the values of the IWF in its petition to include them in the internal affairs of a wiki. The IWF is an organization which is committed to the radical independence of wiki communities from top-heavy hosting arrangements and advertising interests. I believe it would be inappropriate to ask them to involve themselves in disputes which are entirely contained within our wiki. I also have firsthand experience with the pace at which the IWF operates and can say without any doubt that its inclusion in any process would delay any appeal to a severe degree.

Finally, I question the glaring absence of T0oxi22 from your proposed community committee. She is one of the backbones of the community of this website. If at all, I would rather her serve on the committee than myself. I trust her and her decision-making immensely. If she was not active on this site in 2022, then I would probably not have remained active since my rejoining that February. Imagine where we would be without her. Still subject to the erratic and self-aggrandizing behaviour of former admins. Still hosted on Miraheze, no less. Conworlds would not have grown so much in the past year if we never became independent. Conworlds would not be the gem that it is today with T0oxi22. In my humble opinion, she is the best of us.

For these reasons and more I must unequivocally signal my complete and total opposition to this proposal. [[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 02:31, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

{{oppose|strong}} By the above definition I am perhaps a "visitor", but for what my opinion is worth I don't think this is a good idea. There are a lot of difficult technical considerations as others have noted, like quantifying who is and isn't active, which I think will make this really unfeasible. Even if it wasn't difficult to implement, I'm not sure I follow why this would be needed, given past voting appears very unproblematic. I personally like the transparency and simplicity of everyone posting their vote on the page without much fuss. Now if there is harassment in the community, we should address that head-on. I however am not convinced this proposal addresses it, nor prevents harassment from spilling into the voting if it exists, it only makes the process more arcane.

I also speak from my experience with Althistory's voting system, and how the subjective implementation of requirements (which were less complicated than those proposed here) nearly tore the wiki apart, resulting in a half dozen bans in the fallout, including of myself for a time. That's actually how I ended up joining Conworlds, and why some 500 pages from Merveilles des Morte are on this wiki now. Conworlds attracts people by its down-to-earth community and ease of use, as seen by how the wiki is growing, and I don't want to jeopardise that with a needless election scandal.

In regards to your desire to have a featured article, that is a solid goal and I sympathise (I don't have one either), but it sounds like there is if anything an interpersonal issue that needs to be worked out less so than a fault of the voting system. For these reasons I respectfully vote no, but I support you in your endeavours as a writer and hope you'll make it to the front page in the future. ---[[User:Nathanadrian|Nathanadrian]] ([[User talk:Nathanadrian|talk]])

Forum:Village pump

2024-08-23T03:23:36Z

Nathanadrian: /* Support */

Multiparty People's Democracy

2024-08-23T02:52:10Z

Nathanadrian:

{{Icons|Altverse II}}
'''Multiparty People's Democracy''' is a theoretical concept and form of government for the organization of a [[socialist republic]], in which {{W|multi-party system|multiple political groups}} operate within a democratic system on the pathway to {{W|socialism}}. The concept developed after the [[Great War]], primarily within [[Italy]], under the direction of [[List of leaders of Italy|Italian leader]] [[Spartaco Oddi]]. Multiparty People's Democracy is considered a cornerstone of [[Eurocommunism]], and was historically a socialist alternative to [[Marxism–Landonism]] as espoused by the [[Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth]], which labeled the Italian system a form of {{W|Revisionism (Marxism)|revisionism}} during the [[Italo–Continental split]]. It is also seen as an alternative to {{W|vanguardism}} in the strictest sense, in which a sole vanguard party has a leading role in the state, as well as an alternative to {{W|democratic centralism}}.

Multiparty People's Democracy developed from the concept of a multi-class alliance of the {{W|Proletariat|working-class}} and other progressive classes, which is often referred to as {{W|People's democracy (Marxism–Leninism)|People's Democracy}}. It posits that internal political competition within the revolutionary vanguard, through the legalization of separate factions as parties, leads to a more responsive and accountable government, while preventing {{W|Bureaucracy#Karl Marx|bureaucratization}}. It is often paired with the concept of {{W|defensive democracy|socialist defensive democracy}}, in which competition is allowed within the guard rails of constitutionally-enshrined socialism.

{{Communism}}
[[Category:Types of democracy]]
[[Category:Democratic socialism]]
[[Category:Politics of Italy]]
[[Category:Anti-Callahanist left]]

Ireland

2024-08-23T02:51:27Z

Nathanadrian:

{{Icons|E-class|Altverse II}}
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|name =
|native_name = Poblacht Shóisialach na hÉireann
|linking_name =
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|alt_flag =
|flag_border =
|symbol_type =
|image_symbol = Coat of Arms of Ireland.svg
|alt_symbol =
|symbol_width =
|motto = {{W|Tiocfaidh ár lá#Variants|Beidh a lá ag na hoibrithe!}}
|englishmotto = "The workers will have their day!"
|anthem = "{{W|The Red Flag}}"<br/>[[File:The Red Flag from Lansbury's Labour Weekly.ogg]]
|text_symbol_type =
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|languages = {{W|Irish language|Irish}}, {{W|English language|English}}

| demonym = {{W|Irish people|Irish}}
| capital = [[Dublin]]
| ethnic_groups_year = 2020
| ethnic_groups = {{unbulleted list
|91.6% {{W|White people|White}}
|1.9% {{W|Asian people|Asian}}
|1.7% {{W|Black people in Ireland|Black}}
|2.1% [[Demographics of Ireland|Other]]
|2.6% Not stated}}
| religion = {{Tree list}}
*69.1% [[Christianity in Ireland|Christianity]]
**60.8% [[Catholic Church in Ireland|Roman Catholic]]
**3.1% [[Church of Ireland]]
**5.2% Other {{W|List of Christian denominations|Christian}}
* 25.1% [[Irreligion in Ireland|No religion]]
* 3.0% [[Religion in Ireland|Other]]
* 2.8% Not stated
{{Tree list/end}}
| religion_year = 2020
| coordinates = {{Coord|53|20.65|N|6|16.05|W|type:city}}
| largest_city = capital

|government_type = {{W|Unitary state|Unitary}} [[Landonism|Marxist–Landonist]] {{W|One-party state|one party}} {{W|Socialist state|socialist}} {{W|republic}}
|leader_title1 = [[President of Ireland|President]]
|leader_name1 = [[Éamon Ó Ríordáin]]
|leader_title2 = [[Premier of Ireland|Premier]]
|leader_name2 = [[Molly Doherty]]
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'''Ireland''' ({{W|Irish language|Irish}}:''Éire'' {{IPA-ga|ˈeːɾʲə||Eire_pronunciation.ogg}}), officially known as the '''Irish Socialist Republic''' (''Poblacht Shóisialach na hÉireann''), is a {{W|country}} in {{W|Northwestern Europe|north-western Europe}} located on the {{W|Ireland|island of Ireland}}. Located in the {{W|British Isles|Atlantic Archipelago}}, Ireland shares {{W|maritime boundary|maritime borders}} with the [[United Kingdom]] at the {{W|Irish Sea}} to the south, {{W|St George's Channel}} to the southeast, and the {{W|Celtic Sea}} to the south, and borders the {{W|North Atlantic Ocean}} to the west. The capital and largest city of Ireland is [[Dublin]], located on the eastern side of the island, which contains around 40% of the country’s 5 million people population. Other major cities include {{W|Belfast}}, {{W|Cork (city)|Cork}}, {{W|Limerick}}, and {{W|Derry|Doire}}. Ireland consists of 32 counties, making up a total area of 84,421 square kilometers (32,595 sq mi).

Humans have inhabited Ireland since at least 12,500 years ago, with some discoveries suggesting humans have lived in Ireland as far back as 33,000 years ago. The development and rise of {{W|Gaelic Ireland}} remains a question of debate but existed by the 1st century AD. {{W|Christianity}} was introduced into Ireland by the 5th century AD. By the 12th century, parts of Ireland became subject to [[England|English]] rule due to the {{W|Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland|Anglo-Norman invasion}} of the island. The island came under full control by the English during the 16th and 17th centuries when the {{W|House of Tudor|Tudors}} {{W|Tudor conquest of Ireland|conquered Ireland}}, followed by {{W|Plantations of Ireland|English Protestant colonisation}}. During the {{W|Protestant Ascendancy}}, English Protestants held significant political capital in comparison to the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] majority and Protestant {{W|dissenter}}s. Ireland formally became a part of the United Kingdom in 1801 through the {{W|Acts of Union 1800|Acts of Union}}.

In 1912 the introduction of the {{W|Government of Ireland Act 1914|Third Home Rule Bill}} in the United Kingdom instigated the {{W|Home Rule Crisis}}. Several Irish paramilitaries formed in response to imminent home rule, which escalated into the [[Ulster Uprising]] in 1916, in response to the removal of the {{W|Government of Ireland Act 1914#Partition|”temporary exclusion of Ulster”}}. Unable to come to agreeable terms regarding a division of Ireland, on 21 February 1916 the first ''Dáil Éireann'' unilaterally declared sovereignty over the whole of Ireland. This sparked the [[Irish War of Independence]] from 1916 to 1919. Formed from the merger of several of the country’s leading socialist and republican parties, the [[Irish Socialist Labour Party]] achieved a second-place showing in the [[1918 Irish General Election|1918 election]], in-part due to its resistance to any compromise treaty with the United Kingdom. The [[Second Dáil]] was overthrown in the Labour-led [[Easter Revolution]] of 1919, descending the country into the [[Irish Civil War]] from 1919 to 1923. Under [[Eoghan Sláine]] (1865–1930) the country achieved independence and recognition through the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1925]], but sectarian fighting and a Northern Irish independence movement subsisted. A mass industrialization and land reform campaign took place leading to high economic growth, in a program modeled after the [[United Commonwealth]]. During the [[Great War]], Ireland participated on the side of the Landonists in Europe. Ireland’s position on the doorstep of the United Kingdom contributed to tension between the two blocs during the [[Cold War]], with Ireland at the center of the [[Irish Missile Crisis]]. A low-level ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland, known as [[The Troubles]] persisted from the 1950s to 1991. In the 1990s Ireland embarked on a series of economic reforms, intended to open the country up to the rest of Europe and to spur foreign direct investment, and entered into the {{W|World Trade Organization}} in 2002.

Ireland is currently governed as a {{W|Unitary state|unitary}} {{W|One-party state|one party}} {{W|Socialist state|socialist}} {{W|republic}} by the Irish Socialist Labour Party. The electoral system is based on [[Landonism|Marxist-Landonist]] principles and inspired by the [[Continentalism|Continentalist]] model. The country’s supreme legislative body is the unicameral [[People’s Oireachtas]]. The current [[General Secretary of the Irish Socialist Labour Party|General Secretary]] and [[President of Ireland]] is [[Éamon Ó Ríordáin]] (who has served in the position since 2012), and the current [[Premier of Ireland|Premier]] is [[Molly Doherty]] (who has served in the position since 2017).

A {{W|developed country}}, Ireland is ranked among the top 15 wealthiest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita, and is ranked among the highest in the world in terms of quality of life. Ireland performances highly in several national performance metrics, including healthcare and education. Ireland is a member of the [[Organization for Mutual Economic Assistance and Development|OMEAD]], as well as a member of the [[League of Nations]] and the [[Council of Europe]].

==Etymology==

==History==

{{Main|History of Ireland}}

===Post-independence (1923–1930)===

With support from the United Commonwealth and through careful maneuvering, [[Eoghan Sláine]] emerged as undisputed leader of Ireland at the end of the Irish Civil War. The Sláine government instituted the precepts [[Callahanism]] as a means of securing their rule. Under the guise of emergency powers to secure the revolution, the Public Safety Decrees of 1921 and 1923 gave the government far reaching powers to arrest or execute political opponents, leading to an estimated 25,000 deaths. Additionally, tens of thousands of political prisoners would be sentenced to work on collective farms, mostly located in the central marshlands of Ireland, for terms of up to ten years. Sectarian violence erupted primarily in northern Ireland, where a fierce resistance persisted that was loosely supported by the British until 1925. Sláine instituted policies to break the powers of local institutions in the north, which although officially neutral in terms of religion, largely led to discrimination against protestants. His government likewise undertook a policy to uplift native Irish culture, promoting the Irish language as the preferred language, removing British era institutions and symbols, and attempting to forcefully bridge the north-south divide. Paramilitary groups such as the [[Derzhavism|Derzhavist]] [[Blueshirts]] became at the center of armed resistance to government forces.

One of the key issues facing Ireland in the leadup to independence was the fight for land reform. In the 19th century, the majority of land in Ireland belonged to primarily English, often absentee estate owners, whereas the majority of the Irish population worked as tenant farmers, paying high rents to these owners and receiving few rights of their own. This arrangement was a primary driver of the {{W|Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Irish Famine}} of 1845-1852, whose aftermath spurred on the proto-Landonist {{W|Land War|Land Wars}}. British obstinance to Irish demands drove the popularity of the Landonists, who promised the abolition of the landowners and redistribution of land. This internal pressure led to piecemeal legislation at the hands of the British, however, these reforms would prove too late to placate the demands of the local population. Pre-Landonist land reform acts passed by the British government, such as the Land Purchase Act of 1912, transferred approximately 35,000 km<sup>2</sup> 43.2% of cultivable land to tenant farmers, often through compulsory purchase, however, the British Land Commission quickly fell short in its financial provisions, and also faced fierce backlash from anti-reformers. In 1917 the [[Second Dáil]], renewed the land reform initiative, primarily through compensatory measures with landowners.

A chief concern for the new Landonist government was relieving rural poverty through expanded land reforms. In the aftermath of the Easter Revolution, the Landonists solidified their popularity through a series of land reform acts that sharply contrasted those of the previous governments. Estates of the Irish nobility, as well as large-scale plantations and church lands, were ordered to be nationalized and redistributed at the discretion of local councils. The government policy of paying the difference between landlord demands and tenant budget was abolished; compensation to foreign entities was prohibited. Collectively, the policies of the late British administration and the Landonist government dramatically reduced concentration of land ownership, with landlord ownership of cultivable land decreasing from 97% in 1870 to 1.6% in 1925.

At the beginning of independence, approximately 60% of the Irish population was employed in agriculture, the majority of which facing severe poverty and shortages in the face of the last several years of warfare. In an effort to alleviate homelessness and squalor, the three Land Provision Decrees, in 1918, 1920, and 1923 respectively, made provisions for the creation of large scale, state-funded rural social housing, which were to be erected on one acre plots established by local agrarian councils. This program would lead to the establishment of 65,000 worker-owned cottages, which came to house approximately 600,000 people by 1926. As delegated to local councils, each family was allotted private small parcels for the purpose of growing local crops. As a means to spur recruitment into the military, in 1919 the government issued provisions for the transfer and refurbishment of land to veterans upon the completion of military service, which was carried out in the mid 1920s. Ireland also instituted a land value tax, in which private ownership of land was taxed proportional to the size of the estate and its unimproved land value, which gradually was expanded to diminish the power of landowners and rich farmers.

The country faced trade sanctions with the rest of Europe which contributed to famine in the early 1920s, and as a result, the country was largely dependent on food imports from the United Commonwealth for the first several years of its existence. The refusal to pay land annuities and repayment of debts to the British resulted in the United Kingdom waging a trade war with Ireland over the next decade, with high tariffs being placed on Irish imports. Economic independence in the country’s first five-year plan (1923–1928) was considered an utmost priority of the Landonist government, in a model inspired by the Callahanist approach in the United Commonwealth. Farmers were encouraged to pool their land into cooperative farms, which made mechanization more efficient. By the end of the program, about 70% of farmland in the country had been consolidated into cooperatives or collective farms.

Rapid industrialization took place, especially in the south of Ireland, which lagged behind the northern countries in urbanization and modernization. The [[Dublin Tractor Factory]], opened in 1928 with the help of the United Commonwealth, became one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The state-owned [[Irish Steel]] founded the {{W|Haulbowline}} plant near Cork in 1930. Steel production between 1920 and 1940 would rise from effectively zero to 400,000 metric tons. The [[Electricity Supply Committee]], founded in 1924, would oversee the electrification of Ireland. The organization would oversee the construction of the {{W|Shannon hydroelectric scheme|Ardnacrusha power plant}} – the first large-scale plant in Ireland – which upon its completion in 1928 supplied the country with 80% of its total energy demands. The {{W|Bord na Móna|Turf Board}} would be tasked with the mechanized harvesting of peat and the development of the wetlands of Ireland.

===Great War ===
{{Main|Ireland during the Great War}}
[[File:Convoy WS-12 en route to Cape Town, 1941.jpg|thumb|350px|An Irish convoy in the North Atlantic, 1936.]]
Facing the growing possibility of conflict between Ireland and the United Kingdom, Ireland underwent a military buildup at the end of the 1920s intended to turn Ireland to an “island fortress”. The Commonwealth Defense Agreement, more commonly known as [[Continental Lend-Lease]] led to heavy Continental investment in Irish defense. Continental aid to Ireland would amount to an estimated 6.56 billion dollars in aid (equivalent to 108 billion dollars in 2022). As per the Continental-Irish Military Supplies Agreement, all military aid between 1933 and 1938 was entirely free of charge, which included $310 million in munitions, $150 million in food and raw materials. Prior to and during the war, the United Commonwealth supplied Ireland with 6,000 aircraft, 30 naval vessels, 4,418 tanks, 5,000 anti-tank guns, 524 trucks, and 1,200 armored personnel carriers. An initial Continental garrison of 16,000 soldiers on the island in 1931 was further augmented to 56,000 soldiers and 35,000 naval personnel by 1938. In addition to safeguarding Ireland from attack, the arming of Ireland created a major roadblock for anti-Landonist forces, and also applied considerable pressure on neighboring Britain. In exchange for its aid, the United Commonwealth was granted authority over a series of naval bases on the island, which operated a major portion of the Continental fleet in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]]. Irish-based submarines helped create a blockade that made resupply of hostile countries in Europe difficult.

Upon the outbreak of the [[Great War]] in 1932, Ireland joined on the side of the [[Landonist International]] which put it at odds with the neighboring United Kingdom as it was one of the major members of the [[Triple Alliance]], a coalition that the Landintern was initially opposed to during the early years of the war. The [[Irish Air Corps]] conducted a surprise attack on {{W|Glasgow}}, [[Scotland]] in what would be known as the [[Glasgow Raid]]. While little was accomplished in a strategic and military sense, it was a psychological victory for the Irish and compelled the British to impose a {{W|blockade}} against Ireland as the presence of Continental troops caused the British High Command to fear a protected conflict from a land invasion and so opted to blockade the island instead. The [[Blockade of Ireland]] by the [[Royal Navy]] would be followed up by numerous air raids against Ireland by the [[Royal Air Force]] targeting Irish military bases and installations, including those by the Continental troops, with naval bases being major targets in particular.

Despite these early war actions, Ireland was saved from major fighting outside of dogfights in Irish airspace with the British. In 1933, Ireland made diplomatic overtures to the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Landintern following [[Operation Charlemagne]], the invasion of the [[Iberian Union]] by [[Derzhavist France]], requesting that the Landintern and Triple Alliance join forces to oppose the [[Entente Impériale]] on the grounds that a combined effort was the only way to defeat them and would be accepted following negotiations leading to the [[Dublin Agreement]]. While being spared from major fighting, the Great War had a major impact on Ireland and solidified Landonist rule on the island state. Surviving a trial against its former master the United Kingdom early on in the war and later opposing the derzhavist powers of France and Russia united the population behind the new government and led to an era of fervent patriotism. After the war, the country would begin rebuilding with large loans and grants from the United Commonwealth, which modernized its infrastructure and industry.

==Geography==

===Climate===

==Politics==

===Law===

===Foreign relations===

===Military===

===Administrative divisions===

==Economy==

==Culture==

===Demographics===

===Languages===

===Religion===

===Art===

===Cuisine===

===Literature===

===Media===

===Music and dance===

==See also==

{{Sovereign states of Europe}}
{{Altverse II}}
{{En-WP attribution notice}}
{{WPAN|Republic of Ireland}}
[[Category:Ireland]]
[[Category:Countries in Europe]]
[[Category:English-speaking countries and territories]]
[[Category:Island countries]]
[[Category:Member states of the League of Nations]]
[[Category:Member states of OMEAD]]
[[Category:Northwestern European countries]]
[[Category:Socialist states]]
[[Category:Republics]]
[[Category:States and territories established in 1922]]

Conworlds:Logo Contest

2024-08-07T20:57:54Z

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'''The Constructed Worlds Wiki is looking for a new logo!''' Due to a combination of factors, the Constructed Worlds Wiki Admin team has decided to retire our current seal and begin the hunt for a new logo. We are opening the change to the community through this contest.

Any users with graphic design skills are encouraged to submit their proposals on this page in the [[Conworlds:Logo Contest#Submissions|appropriate section]]. From Thursday, August 1st, through Wednesday, August 7th, a vote is being held with all the submissions to determine the top two choices of the community. After this first voting period and then until August 14th, community members will be able to cast runoff votes on the two finalists, with our winner being announced on August 15th.

Thank you to everyone who made submissions. We now highly encourage your participation through discussion and voting. The winner of the contest will be the logo that represents Conworlds for years to come, so we want to hear everyone's voices on the matter!

==Guidelines==
''These guidelines may be subject to change, but submissions made before any changes will remain valid.''

*'''Hard Rules''': Submissions MUST adhere to these rules.
**The submitted logo file must have equal height and width.
***This does not apply to any version of a submission including a {{w|wordmark}}, but the logo must be able to work separately regardless of whether or not it has a wordmark.
***The logo itself does not have to be a perfect circle or square, but the file should have blank space around the logo such that the ''file'' is a square.
**The submitted logo file must be of {{W|SVG}} file type.
**A user may submit only one file. They may edit or withdraw their submission at any time until the submission cutoff date (July 25th).
**If the submitted logo contains SVG elements not created by the file author, then the elements must be flagged in the submission description and appropriate source links must be included in the submission.
*'''Soft Rules''': Submissions are encouraged to adhere to these rules.
**The submitted logo should ideally incorporate the existing Conworlds colour scheme of blue and gold.
**The submitted logo should ideally be designed in such a way that it is distinctly recognizable at any resolution, including very small ones.

=Submissions=
===Paracomsic icon.svg by Fizzyflapjack===
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'''File name:''' [[:File:Paracosmic icon.svg]]

'''Author:''' {{u|Fizzyflapjack}}

'''Description:''' A logo I originally created as a part of the [[Conworlds:Paracosmic Awards|Paracosmic Awards]] trophy. It is inspired by the iconic {{w|Wikipedia logo}} and elements I recreated from the front page of [https://conworld.fandom.com/wiki/Welcome_to_Conworlds Conworlds Fandom].

'''Source links (if applicable):''' N/A


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===NewConsWorld1.svg by LKChannel===
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'''Author:''' {{u|LKChannel}}

'''Description:''' Here is my proposed logo for '''Construction World''' (or '''Consworld''' in short) and here's how it looks (and I strongly apologize if my proposed logo is of low quality and is not up to standard):

At the center of the logo is a wireframe globe, which this globe symbolizes the '''universe''', and can be depicted in white with a grid pattern. The wreath of my proposed logo of the Constructed Worlds Wiki is rendered in blue with gold accents, adding a sense of '''prestige'''. Below the globe and the wreath of the logo are five stars arranged in a horizontal line. Stars denote '''quality, aspiration, and distinction'''. The name '''CONSWORLD''' is prominently displayed in large, bold, blue uppercase letters beneath the stars.

'''Source links (if applicable):''' N/A


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===CW24S Logo Idea.svg by Symposium===
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'''File name:''' [[:File:CW24S Logo Idea.svg]]

'''Author:''' {{u|Symposium}}

'''Description:''' Two strokes, one gold and one black, emerging from a white pencil on a blue field. The round shape reprises the globe element present in several iterations of the Conworlds Wiki logo, but the usage of IRL Earth is eschewed in favor of a simple blue circle, both for graphical simplicity and to avoid giving viewers the impression that all Conworlds projects are related to Earth.

'''Source links (if applicable):''' N/A


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===Constructed Worlds Wiki logo 2024.svg by LS990===
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<big>'''File name:'''</big>
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<big>'''Author:'''</big>
:[[User:LS990|LS990]]

<big>'''Description:'''</big>
:''A design that recalls the iconic [[mw:help:Links#Internal links|wikilink]] and globe logos of the Constructed Worlds Wiki (Conworlds) as well as those from the {{w|1970s}} and {{w|1980s}}, it incorporates further imagery like the free [https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Serif Noto Serif Condensed Black] font, the domineering {{w|Tower of Babel}}, convergent arrows, interlocked links, an intriguing portal, the timeless hourglass, and the poetic scroll. Altogether, these symbols signal Conworlds' ideal of creatively building upon older ideas to catalyse newer concepts, simultaneously fostering a diverse and passionate community whose work can be accessed indefinitely and {{w|Free content|without payment}}.''

'''<big>Source links</big> <small>(if applicable)</small>:'''
:[https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Serif Noto Serif Condensed Black]


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===No confidence in the alternatives===
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'''Author:''' {{w|David Vignoni}}

'''Description:''' I propose that we keep the current logo, and am submitting this design as a vote of no confidence of the alternatives.

'''Source links (if applicable):''' [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gtk-brokenimage.svg 1]

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=Voting=
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#[[User:President of The Soviet Union|President of The Soviet Union]] ([[User talk:President of The Soviet Union|talk]]) 17:58, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:Solaris2019|Solaris2019]] ([[User talk:Solaris2019|talk]]) 14:52, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:Ycasto|Ycasto]] ([[User talk:Ycasto|talk]] 20:31, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

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#[[User:Fizzyflapjack|Fizzyflapjack]] ([[User talk:Fizzyflapjack|talk]]) 14:45, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:OrangeWikiR|OrangeWikiR]] ([[User talk:OrangeWikiR|talk]]) 15:01, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:Kids112|Kids112]] ([[User talk:Kids112|talk]]) 15:27, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:Screwhorn|Screwhorn]] ([[User talk:Screwhorn|talk]]) 16:53, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
#{{User|Centrist16}} 18:29, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:Triton2009|Triton2009]] ([[User talk:Triton2009|talk]]) 02:10, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:Gubusman|Gubusman]] ([[User talk:Gubusman|talk]]) 03:01, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:Yuutarou|Yuutarou]] ([[User talk:Yuutarou|talk]]) 11:56, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:WorldMaker18|WorldMaker18]] ([[User talk:WorldMaker18|talk]] 10:59, 5 August (UTC)
#[[User:Litia von Lucerna|Litia von Lucerna]] ([[User talk:Litia von Lucerna|talk]]) 08:27, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

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#[[User:LKChannel|LKChannel]] ([[User talk:LKChannel|talk]]) 18:19, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

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#[[User:Renereve|Renereve]] ([[User talk:Renereve|talk]]) 02:19, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:Bevillia|Bevillia]] ([[User talk:Bevillia|talk]]) 08:28, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:Nathan1123|Nathan1123]] ([[User talk:Nathan1123|talk]]) 18:51, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
#[[User:Nathanadrian|Nathanadrian]] ([[User talk:Nathanadrian|talk]]) 20:57, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

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Ireland

2022-09-30T00:39:16Z

Nathanadrian:

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*69.1% [[Christianity in Ireland|Christianity]]
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'''Ireland''' ({{W|Irish language|Irish}}:''Éire'' {{IPA-ga|ˈeːɾʲə||Eire_pronunciation.ogg}}), officially known as the '''Irish Socialist Republic''' (''Poblacht Shóisialach na hÉireann''), is a {{W|country}} in {{W|Northwestern Europe|north-western Europe}} located on the {{W|Ireland|island of Ireland}}. Located in the {{W|British Isles|Atlantic Archipelago}}, Ireland shares {{W|maritime boundary|maritime borders}} with the [[United Kingdom]] at the {{W|Irish Sea}} to the south, {{W|St George's Channel}} to the southeast, and the {{W|Celtic Sea}} to the south, and borders the {{W|North Atlantic Ocean}} to the west. The capital and largest city of Ireland is [[Dublin]], located on the eastern side of the island, which contains around 40% of the country’s 5 million people population. Other major cities include {{W|Belfast}}, {{W|Cork (city)|Cork}}, {{W|Limerick}}, and {{W|Derry|Doire}}. Ireland consists of 32 counties, making up a total area of 84,421 square kilometers (32,595 sq mi).

Humans have inhabited Ireland since at least 12,500 years ago, with some discoveries suggesting humans have lived in Ireland as far back as 33,000 years ago. The development and rise of {{W|Gaelic Ireland}} remains a question of debate but existed by the 1st century AD. {{W|Christianity}} was introduced into Ireland by the 5th century AD. By the 12th century, parts of Ireland became subject to [[England|English]] rule due to the {{W|Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland|Anglo-Norman invasion}} of the island. The island came under full control by the English during the 16th and 17th centuries when the {{W|House of Tudor|Tudors}} {{W|Tudor conquest of Ireland|conquered Ireland}}, followed by {{W|Plantations of Ireland|English Protestant colonisation}}. During the {{W|Protestant Ascendancy}}, English Protestants held significant political capital in comparison to the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] majority and Protestant {{W|dissenter}}s. Ireland formally became a part of the United Kingdom in 1801 through the {{W|Acts of Union 1800|Acts of Union}}.

In 1912 the introduction of the {{W|Government of Ireland Act 1914|Third Home Rule Bill}} in the United Kingdom instigated the {{W|Home Rule Crisis}}. Several Irish paramilitaries formed in response to imminent home rule, which escalated into the [[Ulster Uprising]] in 1916, in response to the removal of the {{W|Government of Ireland Act 1914#Partition|”temporary exclusion of Ulster”}}. Unable to come to agreeable terms regarding a division of Ireland, on 21 February 1916 the first ''Dáil Éireann'' unilaterally declared sovereignty over the whole of Ireland. This sparked the [[Irish War of Independence]] from 1916 to 1919. Formed from the merger of several of the country’s leading socialist and republican parties, the [[Irish Socialist Labour Party]] achieved a second-place showing in the [[1918 Irish General Election|1918 election]], in-part due to its resistance to any compromise treaty with the United Kingdom. The [[Second Dáil]] was overthrown in the Labour-led [[Easter Revolution]] of 1919, descending the country into the [[Irish Civil War]] from 1919 to 1923. Under [[Eoghan Sláine]] (1865–1930) the country achieved independence and recognition through the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1925]], but sectarian fighting and a Northern Irish independence movement subsisted. A mass industrialization and land reform campaign took place leading to high economic growth, in a program modeled after the [[United Commonwealth]]. During [[Great War I]], Ireland participated on the side of the Landonists in Europe. Ireland’s position on the doorstep of the United Kingdom contributed to tension between the two blocs during the [[Cold War]], with Ireland at the center of the [[Irish Missile Crisis]]. A low-level ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland, known as [[The Troubles]] persisted from the 1950s to 1991. In the 1990s Ireland embarked on a series of economic reforms, intended to open the country up to the rest of Europe and to spur foreign direct investment, and entered into the {{W|World Trade Organization}} in 2002.

Ireland is currently governed as a {{W|Unitary state|unitary}} {{W|One-party state|one party}} {{W|Socialist state|socialist}} {{W|republic}} by the Irish Socialist Labour Party. The electoral system is based on [[Landonism|Marxist-Landonist]] principles and inspired by the [[Continentalism|Continentalist]] model. The country’s supreme legislative body is the unicameral [[People’s Oireachtas]]. The current [[General Secretary of the Irish Socialist Labour Party|General Secretary]] and [[President of Ireland]] is [[Éamon Ó Ríordáin]] (who has served in the position since 2012), and the current [[Premier of Ireland|Premier]] is [[Molly Doherty]] (who has served in the position since 2017).

A {{W|developed country}}, Ireland is ranked among the top 15 wealthiest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita, and is ranked among the highest in the world in terms of quality of life. Ireland performances highly in several national performance metrics, including healthcare and education. Ireland is a member of the [[Organization for Mutual Economic Assistance and Development|OMEAD]], as well as a member of the [[League of Nations]] and the [[Council of Europe]].

==Etymology==

==History==

{{Main|History of Ireland}}

===Post-independence (1923–1930)===

With support from the United Commonwealth and through careful maneuvering, [[Eoghan Sláine]] emerged as undisputed leader of Ireland at the end of the Irish Civil War. The Sláine government instituted the precepts [[Callahanism]] as a means of securing their rule. Under the guise of emergency powers to secure the revolution, the Public Safety Decrees of 1921 and 1923 gave the government far reaching powers to arrest or execute political opponents, leading to an estimated 25,000 deaths. Additionally, tens of thousands of political prisoners would be sentenced to work on collective farms, mostly located in the central marshlands of Ireland, for terms of up to ten years. Sectarian violence erupted primarily in northern Ireland, where a fierce resistance persisted that was loosely supported by the British until 1925. Sláine instituted policies to break the powers of local institutions in the north, which although officially neutral in terms of religion, largely led to discrimination against protestants. His government likewise undertook a policy to uplift native Irish culture, promoting the Irish language as the preferred language, removing British era institutions and symbols, and attempting to forcefully bridge the north-south divide. Paramilitary groups such as the [[Derzhavism|Derzhavist]] [[Blueshirts]] became at the center of armed resistance to government forces.

One of the key issues facing Ireland in the leadup to independence was the fight for land reform. In the 19th century, the majority of land in Ireland belonged to primarily English, often absentee estate owners, whereas the majority of the Irish population worked as tenant farmers, paying high rents to these owners and receiving few rights of their own. This arrangement was a primary driver of the {{W|Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Irish Famine}} of 1845-1852, whose aftermath spurred on the proto-Landonist {{W|Land War|Land Wars}}. British obstinance to Irish demands drove the popularity of the Landonists, who promised the abolition of the landowners and redistribution of land. This internal pressure led to piecemeal legislation at the hands of the British, however, these reforms would prove too late to placate the demands of the local population. Pre-Landonist land reform acts passed by the British government, such as the Land Purchase Act of 1912, transferred approximately 35,000 km<sup>2</sup> 43.2% of cultivable land to tenant farmers, often through compulsory purchase, however, the British Land Commission quickly fell short in its financial provisions, and also faced fierce backlash from anti-reformers. In 1917 the [[Second Dáil]], renewed the land reform initiative, primarily through compensatory measures with landowners.

A chief concern for the new Landonist government was relieving rural poverty through expanded land reforms. In the aftermath of the Easter Revolution, the Landonists solidified their popularity through a series of land reform acts that sharply contrasted those of the previous governments. Estates of the Irish nobility, as well as large-scale plantations and church lands, were ordered to be nationalized and redistributed at the discretion of local councils. The government policy of paying the difference between landlord demands and tenant budget was abolished; compensation to foreign entities was prohibited. Collectively, the policies of the late British administration and the Landonist government dramatically reduced concentration of land ownership, with landlord ownership of cultivable land decreasing from 97% in 1870 to 1.6% in 1925.

At the beginning of independence, approximately 60% of the Irish population was employed in agriculture, the majority of which facing severe poverty and shortages in the face of the last several years of warfare. In an effort to alleviate homelessness and squalor, the three Land Provision Decrees, in 1918, 1920, and 1923 respectively, made provisions for the creation of large scale, state-funded rural social housing, which were to be erected on one acre plots established by local agrarian councils. This program would lead to the establishment of 65,000 worker-owned cottages, which came to house approximately 600,000 people by 1926. As delegated to local councils, each family was allotted private small parcels for the purpose of growing local crops. As a means to spur recruitment into the military, in 1919 the government issued provisions for the transfer and refurbishment of land to veterans upon the completion of military service, which was carried out in the mid 1920s. Ireland also instituted a land value tax, in which private ownership of land was taxed proportional to the size of the estate and its unimproved land value, which gradually was expanded to diminish the power of landowners and rich farmers.

The country faced trade sanctions with the rest of Europe which contributed to famine in the early 1920s, and as a result, the country was largely dependent on food imports from the United Commonwealth for the first several years of its existence. The refusal to pay land annuities and repayment of debts to the British resulted in the United Kingdom waging a trade war with Ireland over the next decade, with high tariffs being placed on Irish imports. Economic independence in the country’s first five-year plan (1923–1928) was considered an utmost priority of the Landonist government, in a model inspired by the Callahanist approach in the United Commonwealth. Farmers were encouraged to pool their land into cooperative farms, which made mechanization more efficient. By the end of the program, about 70% of farmland in the country had been consolidated into cooperatives or collective farms.

Rapid industrialization took place, especially in the south of Ireland, which lagged behind the northern countries in urbanization and modernization. The [[Dublin Tractor Factory]], opened in 1928 with the help of the United Commonwealth, became one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The state-owned [[Irish Steel]] founded the {{W|Haulbowline}} plant near Cork in 1930. Steel production between 1920 and 1940 would rise from effectively zero to 400,000 metric tons. The [[Electricity Supply Committee]], founded in 1924, would oversee the electrification of Ireland. The organization would oversee the construction of the {{W|Shannon hydroelectric scheme|Ardnacrusha power plant}} – the first large-scale plant in Ireland – which upon its completion in 1928 supplied the country with 80% of its total energy demands. The {{W|Bord na Móna|Turf Board}} would be tasked with the mechanized harvesting of peat and the development of the wetlands of Ireland.

===Great War I===

{{Main|Great War I}}

[[File:Convoy WS-12 en route to Cape Town, 1941.jpg|thumb|350px|An Irish convoy in the North Atlantic, 1936.]]
Facing the growing possibility of conflict between Ireland and the United Kingdom, Ireland underwent a military buildup at the end of the 1920s intended to turn Ireland to an “island fortress”. The Commonwealth Defense Agreement, more commonly known as [[Continental Lend-Lease]] led to heavy Continental investment in Irish defense. Continental aid to Ireland would amount to an estimated 6.56 billion dollars in aid (equivalent to 108 billion dollars in 2022). As per the Continental-Irish Military Supplies Agreement, all military aid between 1933 and 1938 was entirely free of charge, which included $310 million in munitions, $150 million in food and raw materials. Prior to and during the war, the United Commonwealth supplied Ireland with 6,000 aircraft, 30 naval vessels, 4,418 tanks, 5,000 anti-tank guns, 524 trucks, and 1,200 armored personnel carriers. An initial Continental garrison of 76,000 soldiers on the island in 1931 was further augmented to 144,000 soldiers and 235,000 naval personnel by 1938. In addition to safeguarding Ireland from attack, the arming of Ireland created a major roadblock for anti-Landonist forces, and also applied considerable pressure on neighboring Britain. In exchange for its aid, the United Commonwealth was granted authority over a series of naval bases on the island, which operated a major portion of the Continental fleet in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]]. Irish-based submarines helped create a blockade that made resupply of hostile countries in Europe difficult.

Upon the outbreak of [[Great War I]], Ireland joined the United Commonwealth in war, leading to a British declaration of war against Ireland. The conflict exacerbated anti-Ulster Protestant measures in an effort to create a strong national, anti-English identity. Although primarily defensive during the war, Ireland supplied soldiers to offensives in Europe, and also created the perception of an imminent threat of invasion of Britain, which burdened British forces. Ireland was a primary participant in the [[Hebrides Campaign]] of 1937–1938, and also took part in the [[Glasgow Raid]] of 1932. An extensive air battle ensued between Ireland and the United Kingdom throughout the duration of the war.

Although Ireland did not see the bulk of fighting during the conflict, Great War I helped to solidify Landonist rule over Ireland. Surviving a trial against its former master the United Kingdom united the population behind the new government and led to an era of fervent patriotism. After the war, the country would begin rebuilding with large loans and grants from the United Commonwealth, which modernized its infrastructure and industry.

==Geography==

===Climate===

==Politics==

===Law===

===Foreign relations===

===Military===

===Administrative divisions===

==Economy==

==Culture==

===Demographics===

===Languages===

===Religion===

===Art===

===Cuisine===

===Literature===

===Media===

===Music and dance===

==See also==

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'''Ireland''' ({{W|Irish language|Irish}}:''Éire'' {{IPA-ga|ˈeːɾʲə||Eire_pronunciation.ogg}}), officially known as the '''Irish Socialist Republic''' (''Poblacht Shóisialach na hÉireann''), is a {{W|country}} in {{W|Northwestern Europe|north-western Europe}} located on the {{W|Ireland|island of Ireland}}. Located in the {{W|British Isles|Atlantic Archipelago}}, Ireland shares {{W|maritime boundary|maritime borders}} with the [[United Kingdom]] at the {{W|Irish Sea}} to the south, {{W|St George's Channel}} to the southeast, and the {{W|Celtic Sea}} to the south, and borders the {{W|North Atlantic Ocean}} to the west. The capital and largest city of Ireland is [[Dublin]], located on the eastern side of the island, which contains around 40% of the country’s 5 million people population. Other major cities include {{W|Belfast}}, {{W|Cork (city)|Cork}}, {{W|Limerick}}, and {{W|Derry|Doire}}. Ireland consists of 32 counties, making up a total area of 84,421 square kilometers (32,595 sq mi).

Humans have inhabited Ireland since at least 12,500 years ago, with some discoveries suggesting humans have lived in Ireland as far back as 33,000 years ago. The development and rise of {{W|Gaelic Ireland}} remains a question of debate but existed by the 1st century AD. {{W|Christianity}} was introduced into Ireland by the 5th century AD. By the 12th century, parts of Ireland became subject to [[England|English]] rule due to the {{W|Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland|Anglo-Norman invasion}} of the island. The island came under full control by the English during the 16th and 17th centuries when the {{W|House of Tudor|Tudors}} {{W|Tudor conquest of Ireland|conquered Ireland}}, followed by {{W|Plantations of Ireland|English Protestant colonisation}}. During the {{W|Protestant Ascendancy}}, English Protestants held significant political capital in comparison to the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] majority and Protestant {{W|dissenter}}s. Ireland formally became a part of the United Kingdom in 1801 through the {{W|Acts of Union 1800|Acts of Union}}.

In 1912 the introduction of the {{W|Government of Ireland Act 1914|Third Home Rule Bill}} in the United Kingdom instigated the {{W|Home Rule Crisis}}. Several Irish paramilitaries formed in response to imminent home rule, which escalated into the [[Ulster Uprising]] in 1916, in response to the removal of the {{W|Government of Ireland Act 1914#Partition|”temporary exclusion of Ulster”}}. Unable to come to agreeable terms regarding a division of Ireland, on 21 February 1916 the first ''Dáil Éireann'' unilaterally declared sovereignty over the whole of Ireland. This sparked the [[Irish War of Independence]] from 1916 to 1919. Formed from the merger of several of the country’s leading socialist and republican parties, the [[Irish Socialist Labour Party]] achieved a second-place showing in the [[1918 Irish General Election|1918 election]], in-part due to its resistance to any compromise treaty with the United Kingdom. The [[Second Dáil]] was overthrown in the Labour-led [[Easter Revolution]] of 1919, descending the country into the [[Irish Civil War]] from 1919 to 1923. Under [[Eoghan Sláine]] (1865–1930) the country achieved independence and recognition through the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1925]], but sectarian fighting and a Northern Irish independence movement subsisted. A mass industrialization and land reform campaign took place leading to high economic growth, in a program modeled after the [[United Commonwealth]]. During [[Great War I]], Ireland participated on the side of the Landonists in Europe. Ireland’s position on the doorstep of the United Kingdom contributed to tension between the two blocs during the [[Cold War]], with Ireland at the center of the [[Irish Missile Crisis]]. A low-level ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland, known as [[The Troubles]] persisted from the 1950s to 1991. In the 1990s Ireland embarked on a series of economic reforms, intended to open the country up to the rest of Europe and to spur foreign direct investment, and entered into the {{W|World Trade Organization}} in 2002.

Ireland is currently governed as a {{W|Unitary state|unitary}} {{W|One-party state|one party}} {{W|Socialist state|socialist}} {{W|republic}} by the Irish Socialist Labour Party. The electoral system is based on [[Landonism|Marxist-Landonist]] principles and inspired by the [[Continentalism|Continentalist]] model. The country’s supreme legislative body is the unicameral [[People’s Oireachtas]]. The current [[General Secretary of the Irish Socialist Labour Party|General Secretary]] and [[President of Ireland]] is [[Éamon Ó Ríordáin]] (who has served in the position since 2012), and the current [[Premier of Ireland|Premier]] is [[Molly Doherty]] (who has served in the position since 2017).

A {{W|developed country}}, Ireland is ranked among the top 15 wealthiest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita, and is ranked among the highest in the world in terms of quality of life. Ireland performances highly in several national performance metrics, including healthcare and education. Ireland is a member of the [[Organization for Mutual Economic Assistance and Development|OMEAD]], as well as a member of the [[League of Nations]] and the [[Council of Europe]].

==Etymology==

==History==

==Geography==

===Climate===

==Politics==

===Law===

===Foreign relations===

===Military===

===Administrative divisions===

==Economy==

==Culture==

===Demographics===

===Languages===

===Religion===

===Art===

===Cuisine===

===Literature===

===Media===

===Music and dance===

==See also==

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[[Category:Ireland]]
[[Category:Countries in Europe]]
[[Category:English-speaking countries and territories]]
[[Category:Island countries]]
[[Category:Member states of the League of Nations]]
[[Category:Member states of OMEAD]]
[[Category:Northwestern European countries]]
[[Category:Socialist states]]
[[Category:Republics]]