SuperSardus
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editHello SuperSardus, you can change the wording at Declaration from the representatives of Catalonia but you should avoid using the word majority as it must be clear that since it was signed outside of the plenary session the number of people signing it does not have any legal relevance. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 19:02, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
I've tagged this article with WP:CSD#A10. Wikipedia is not a newspaper and we should just wait until we are absolutely and categorically sure what the constitutional status of Catalonia is - not least since this would be the first major boundary change in Western Europe since either World War II or German Reunification. For the minute, definitive information we believe to be historically accurate can go in the main Catalonia article. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:42, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
Hello. The "republic of Catalonia" has been declared four times before; none of those declarations were successful, yet there are articles about each one of them. For these reasons I believe my article is legitimate. SuperSardus (talk) 15:05, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
SuperSardus is right. Wikipedia is not a newspaper but it should inform on things with a neutral point of view and respecting the truth ad reality. Cancelling his article when there is clearly a base for it should be considered negating the reality and assuming a non-neutral point of view that in that case would favour Spain. Bluewave256 (talk) 15:31, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
- As people didn't wait, there were two articles created (both this one) and Catalan Republic (2017), the latter of which has already had to be semi protected because of poor-quality edits, while the main article is fully protected for similar reasons. FWIW I have no strong opinions either way on Catalonian independence and don't know anyone there. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:00, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
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