Talk:Yellow vests protests

Populist or?

Why is reference 63 used? Its just an opinion piece. The statement that the yellow vests movement is populist is not supported by this reference. Fareed Zakaria mentions some populist plans by Steven Bannon and then only suggests the movement seems like it is populist. We have to be careful to avoid adding unsubstantiated claims about descriptions of things - Shiftchange (talk) 01:34, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

Yes, looks like political propaganda. "Content must be written from a neutral point of view". Deleted. Wiki Tiki Tavi rus (talk) 16:04, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Agreed! this is a LEADERLESS heterogeneous popular movement, not a populist movement. To insist it’s populist is simply incorrect. That’s not to deny that there are some who make that criticism to run it down. “Populist” is a value-laden term used to disparage the movement. It’s not a question of getting worked up about anything, but a question of maintaining an objective perspective. I hope that explains my deletion from the main description. Skiddiwich (talk) 20:36, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

This has been a point of contention for quite a while, this is why references which referred to the movement as "populist" (CNN, BBC, WaPo) were put into the ref-group you've deleted three times now. I really don't think there's much point in getting worked up by the 1-syllable distinction between a "popular" and "populist" movement. Why is this important? addendum: the "grassroots" movement ref-group was made at the same time in order to provide balance between "popular" and "populist", if I remember correctly. -- SashiRolls ^{🌿 · 🍥} 09:48, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

If you can't find "distinction between a "popular" and "populist" movement" you should call it "popular". "Grassroot" doesn't provide balance. You can't balance False with even with compliment, not to mention neutral epithets like "grassroot". Wiki Tiki Tavi rus (talk) 11:38, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

PRINCIPAL PICTURE

What the fuck is this first picture ? It does not look like a protestation but like carnival. Come on do a little effort and chose a better one .... -_-

Ongoing?

Are these protests still going on? Is there any coverage of them in the news? I have searched but haven’t come across anything. When will an end date be added and how will one be chosen? 314WPlay (talk) 18:37, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Hopefully a reliable source will eventually say that the protests petered out by X date. The French article says (without sources) that the protests basically stopped when COVID-19 started, with only sporadic activity after that. Here's an article indicating that some activity was continuing as of May.[1] Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:43, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@Calliopejen1: Sorry I didn't see your reply earlier as I had to check this talk page to find it. Ah thank you for the references. Interesting to see that they are continuing in a way. I thought they were a 2019 movement but maybe they will be permanent! 314WPlay (talk) 15:49, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

It is ongoing.An unimportant person (talk) 16:54, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

@Calliopejen1: The movement has been revived. During my several-hours long reading of the news yesterday morning I found this video. This could be included as a source? 314WPlay (talk) 09:01, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

@314WPlay and Calliopejen1:, there are new developments. I could find [2] and [3]. --Mhhossein ^talk 13:38, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

And this one. --Mhhossein ^talk 13:43, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

@Mhhossein: Thank you fellow Iranian. Yes I’ve seen they are making a comeback. 314WPlay (talk) 12:53, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome 314WPlay. Probably yes! Let's see if there will be more headlines. --Mhhossein ^talk 13:12, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Should Iran be removed from the map?

There's a map of countries with yellow vest-inspired protests. Anything that talked about Iran has been removed. Why is it coloured in blue on the map then? 314WPlay (talk) 15:15, 1 December 2020 (UTC)