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Dictator vs. described as a dictator

So, I've come here from the page on Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, where they had a similar discussion to yours on a person being a dictator/autocrat or autocrat and being described as a dictator/autocrat. This page reads: "Xi has often been described as a dictator or an authoritarian leader by political and academic observers,[8] citing an increase of censorship and mass surveillance, a deterioration in human rights, the cult of personality developing around him[9] and the removal of term limits for the leadership under his tenure." This despite 13 sources describing him as such, as well as crimes against humanity, such as the camps in Xinjiang.

I feel strongly there should be a consensus on this, especially as the things Xi Jinping is accused of are more serious than Bin Rashid's. It feels biased. I feel either objectivity is too weighty a value here—at some point, the person fits the definition—or there are different interests at play. May we unify the two? It makes me uneasy it's all these Arab leaders who are described as being autocrats.

FishAndCrisps (talk) 08:52, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This has been thoroughly discussed (just two months ago) literally two threads above. Aza24 (talk) 20:46, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's the premise of this argument, as stated in the first sentence. I'm trying to reach a consensus here on two different sets of Wikipedia editors. Either this or the Mohammed Bin Rashid page needs to change. FishAndCrisps (talk) 20:32, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia really doesn't/can't work like that; working for cross continuity across articles on vastly different (and contentious) subjects is not something aim for. I would be surprised if anyone was willing to engage in a topic which has been thoroughly discussed so recently, especially for a reason such as this. Aza24 (talk) 00:35, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's just that, as an Arab, this is really depressing? There's a weird confirmation bias happening where our autocratic leaders are given more of a bad light than other ones around the world. Especially since Xi Jinping is responsible for ongoing genocide! We should seriously consider revising either this page or the bin Rashid one (plus a couple of other Arab leaders' whom I can't remember at the moment for the life of me). FishAndCrisps (talk) 10:44, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I read the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Wiki page and it states both: 'the government is autocratic' and 'the government has been described as autocratic'. If you wish to point out this discrepancy, you may be able to change this to 'described as' if you feel the language is too harsh or specific. If fact, the wiki page doesn't even describe Mohammed as being a dictator but redirects the focus to the government. DCD331 (talk) 19:29, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia makes sure they get their "donations." This site really went downhill when the political bias set in. Enphektid (talk) 01:41, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Revert the latest edit that broke the whole structure of the infobox. VilerIT (talk) 13:47, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:08, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Can we add a space in the Raises him to Mao status Part? Jishiboka1 (talk) 09:59, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Kleinpecan (talk) 10:06, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Environmental Policy

The grammar in this section is horrible. I don't really need to say any more than that.

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