User talk:Antispammer

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[edit] List of dictators to date

The issue is not that I disagree with any particular entry on your "list." There is alreay an entry entitled "list of dictators," which happens to be a very problematic page itself that barely survived an AfD poll. "Your "list" is a classic case of a Wikipedia:POV fork. It serves no purpose other than making a clear political statement. Stop recreating it. 172 | Talk 02:50, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

"C'mon leave my work alone" is not a sufficent justification to keep an article. You should know that. You're not a new user. 172 | Talk 00:32, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Also, I have some concerns about the image you uploaded for the article. While well-done and attractive, it suggests that the judgment call concerning whether a national leader is a "dictator" is more simple than it really is. The term "dictator" is often problematic because not all authoritarian regimes are "dictatorships." On one hand, there are problems with some of the countries excluded from the list, such as the authoritarian regimes with collective leadership structures, such as China and Vietnam. Some critics describe figures such as China's Hu Jintao as a "dictator." On the other hand, not everyone agrees that all the countries you marked in red are dictatorships. In sum, I think this issue is too murky to represent with something as clear-cut as a map. 172 | Talk 00:46, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

not everyone agrees that all the countries you marked in red are dictatorships If you don't agree then please use the list of dictators talk page, which is where im getting the information from.--Antispammer 00:53, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Unlike your article, "list of dictators" features a discussion of who the commentators describing certain leaders as "dictators" are and why they use the term. Your article cites Wikipedia, which is inappropriate. Avoid referencing Wikipedia in other articles; for an explanation as to why this is necessary, see Wikipedia:Avoid self-references. Whereas "list of dictators" at least maintains the pretense of following the "no original research" policy, your article is clearly a violation of the policy of 'avoiding self-references' and appears to be a 'POV fork.' 172 | Talk 09:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't understand this at all. Surely the same references could just be used from list of dictators to show that a dictator is an unelected head of government with executive/legislative authority in a constitutional republic. With that as a reference, it would be easy to add or remove China as appropriate. I can't particularly understand the opposition on this one and I'm traditionally a deletionist but it does look like quite a lot of opposition. MLA 15:37, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re Mauritania

Hi Antispammer. According to the latest events in Mauritania, many govt's and NGO's are witnessing a shift toward democracy in Mauritania. Have a look at the following links:

See also Politics of Mauritania#August 2005 military coup. -- Szvest 10:34, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

What we have to do is to put Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (the former president) on the list of dictators and remove Ely Ould Mohamed Vall from the list as he's preparing the country for a democratic hand-over of power to the nation thru democratic elections soon. -- Szvest 14:17, 16 August 2006 (UTC)