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Added a section on political killings in the philippines that are under investigation by the United Nations, this is ongoing and will needed to be updated from time to time.Susanbryce 20:44, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Proposal

Agreed. User descendall has posted a suggestion that the article Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines be merged into this article. I think this proposal for a merge is the best way to go here.Susanbryce (talk) 15:13, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Objection

I fully object, disagree to the merger, and hereby submit my reasons: a) I myself created the landmark article on Philippine Extrajudicial Killings and Desaparecidos, which article is vastly, enormously and substantially different from this Human right article. I am a lawyer and judge. My forte is law, and I created that article with so many links and citations or references, tracing the rich history of the article and events. b) With all due respect to the creator of this article - User:Bkwillwm said in his page that: "My Wikipedia interests generally have to do with history and politics. I am especially interested in covering areas that seem to be neglected by Wikipedia, such as Native Americans. I am also interested in improving Spain and Morocco related articles. I have translated several Spanish articles for the English Wikipedia. I am also working on improving Wikipedia's coverage of my homestate, Virginia, and its history."; So, based on his credentials, I am more qualified to have authored the Philippine article since I am here in the Philippines, had studied its laws, while the author had no special stint in Philippine jurisprudence. And c) Filipino law students, jurists, professors, and even legislators had used and would in the future use my article for research, especially, now, when killings here multiply. Foreign legal scholars too will use my article on killings.

I suggest therefore, that this article be the one merged there, in my article, as section or sub-section, since my article is broader and more comprehensive or the MOTHER or PARENT of this article. Cheers. -- --Florentino floro (talk) 08:38, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Another point, I noticed that User:Descendall was deleted, so, the tag there for merger, is now vandalism, it obviously was intended to vandalize my article. Please consider then, alternatively, that this article be merged into my article. -- --Florentino floro (talk) 08:44, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Florentino, yes after reading this post, I agree with Florentino. Ive removed the merge tag for now, but please feel free to re-open the merge. I also added a See also link to the quality article by Florentino. Im thinking the article on Human Rights then should be focused on other areas of human rights, with the excellent article by Florentino as the authority on Extrajudicial killings. kind regardsSusanbryce (talk) 15:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)