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We as writers of the encyclopedia have no right to assert that the dictator did something "for their own good" or "for their own welfare", even if the sources get away with boldly saying so. It must be reworded to be completely neutral; I suggest cutting the phrase completely as it works without it.
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All that is needed is to clean up some of the following prose written in an occasionally preposterous unencyclopedic style: "which were obviously rigged", "flared up", "one of them" (suggest saying "a member" instead), "the most disgraceful trafficking", "traded about like currency", "In any case",
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Of course it is, but we must write in a neutral voice, which is one of the pillars of
Knowledge policy. Neutral writing is something we as writers of the encyclopedic have to fully embrace; it is a core requirement. Our writing cannot side with either the oppressors or the oppressed. Find a way to
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neutral (see below), and I am assuming good faith that it is free of copyright problems as all sources are books located offline (I believe copyright violations are unlikely). There are some other issues with the article (see below). The hook has been verified; it is formatted correctly, is short
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Yes, we use them in such cases, but here it is understood that you are obviously not including the entire speech given to the original listeners, we know these are just snippets, and that the snippets themselves are presented in their entirety. The only time we need the ellipsis is when a single
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Three problems: Because people refer to an encyclopedia for definite information, not what a situation "seems" to be. Because some writers say a good school of thought is to avoid using the word "there". And because it is not clear who exactly is having the "recognition". Try restructuring the
382:"for their own good": The source says, "Phoumi proposed to follow electoral success with a "directed democracy," one that preserved a constitutional, parliamentary system while compensating for the limitations of "masses too ignorant for normal democracy."" Perhaps change "good" to "welfare"?
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Update: In the search box type "WP:List of infoboxes", then on that page search for "Politics and government", where there are four subsections, each with multiple infoboxes; I'm sure you will locate the appropriate one. To learn how to use it, in the search box type "Template:Infoxbox ",
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Please fix the last few things I mentioned. Also: By any chance, is it possible the hook can be made just a little more interesting? Give it a try. Thank-you for your efforts and good luck with your improvements; ping me when you are ready for me to take another look at this. Cheers.
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The infobox, subheadings, and images would give it a more professional look (these are about the only three visual tools we have). It is fine if you do not have the image and also the subheadings, but the infobox would really help. I will look around for one for you.
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I assume you are joking. We do not bold the fonts of initial letters in this way. It will be fine with normal font. Just state the name of the organization, each word with an upper-case letter, then follow the organization name with the abbreviation in parenthesis.
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269:"obviously rigged": Source material reports a communist candidate with five voting family members receiving 4 votes. His opponent received 18,189. Another communist lost by 6,508 to 13 in a pro-communist area. What else is this than a rigged election?
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This review has gotten to the point where I have to point out that where the source uses "blatantly", I have supplied "obviously", etc., etc. The effort to rewrite this article will not pay off in considerable DYK readership, so why
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I would love to add an info box if I knew where to find one. (This is my first—and probably last—article on a political party.) Same goes for the image. And if you can come up with a jazzier hook, I would be very
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I am sorry to say the nominator has withdrawn the nomination rather than addressing issues of neutrality (i.e. "elections, which were obviously rigged", "for their own good", and "easily perceived as fraudulent").
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enough, and is neutral; its content was located in the article where it is cited with an inline citation. It is not very interesting but that is only because of the subject of the article. The QPQ has been done.
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Thank-you for changes like this, as "they pretty much ran the government" is written in an informal conversational tone, such as how we might speak to our close friends on the telephone, and is very clearly
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the voice of an encyclopedia. I believe you are right about "took over" as it also may not be encyclopedic; please check your source for ideas on the correct verbiage; perhaps try "assumed control".
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I apologise; these are indeed quotes; I withdraw this particular note. Please remove the ellipsis as requested as they are not being used correctly (believe me, it will work well without them).
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Reinforced "easily perceived" with election stats, per first item in this list.
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