# Talk:Oswaldo Payá

I reworded the new Criticisms section.  I think the part about some exiles criticizing Paya for supporting some facets of socialism is very likely, but I haven't seen anyone but the editor criticize the Elections section of the Program for All Cubans, so I made the language more neutral.  If you can cite specific outside criticisms, feel free to revert the wording.SantoDomingo71 01:39, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I add a reference to his Nobel Peace Prize nominations. Seems to my view unbelievable that while the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded recently very controversially to people like Al Gore and Barack Obama, it has ignored so far those who have fought for the Human Rights and democracy in Cuba.81.193.24.109 (talk) 01:21, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Official statement from the US President is notable, but some senator (even if he is from Cuba) and a former Governor have no notability. --76.110.201.132 (talk) 20:52, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

If they were simply offering condolences or praise, I'd agree, but the fact that two leading US politicians have called for an investigation seems clearly notable (which is why the news is covering it). Khazar2 (talk) 21:45, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
The TV in the USA is covering it because Rubio is a Cuban American and Romney is running for election. Maybe Rubio's comments are relevant, but if Romney loses then it's just boiler plate rhetoric from a former Governor, and if he wins, then it was commentary made before he had the authority to act on it. Obama isn't a politician in this case, he's the head of state of the United States. --76.110.201.132 (talk) 22:51, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
I generally feel that coverage=notability. Even if we personally feel that something "shouldn't" be covered, it's important not to substitute our own judgement on notability for that of our sources. As long as it's being covered in our reliable sources, I don't think a one-sentence mention is inappropriate. Khazar2 (talk) 14:03, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

I know we have to include this absurdity, since it's cited to a WP:RS, but aside from just blaming Castro for everything, do his kids have any evidence that he was murdered? Were they there? Did the survivors comment? --76.110.201.132 (talk) 22:53, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

They claim that it was "according to the testimony of survivors". I'll add the "recent death" tag to inform readers that more information can appear in the next days. Diego (talk) 08:43, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

I've archived most of the article's citations for future reference below. -- Khazar2 (talk) 03:26, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Oswaldo Payá/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Midnightblueowl (talk · contribs) 18:10, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello there! I have an interest in Cuban history, so should be able to give this one a go. Midnightblueowl (talk) 18:10, 20 April 2013 (UTC)


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Thanks, MBO! I have my stepson here for the weekend, so probably won't be doing sustained editing. I'll work to address these points on Monday or Tuesday, though. More then! -- Khazar2 (talk) 21:23, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

No worries! Have a nice weekend! Midnightblueowl (talk) 16:13, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
1a. Changed.
1b. Changed.
2a. My understanding is that dead links are fine in Good Articles per WP:GA? and WP:GACN--could you elaborate on the issue?
4a. I tend to avoid state-controlled media like Granma that doesn't have a reputation for independent reporting; it's more of a primary source than a secondary one. If you see any events here that you feel are presented non-neutrally, though, I'm happy to take a look.
6b. Since his Catholicism was so crucial to his activism, this seems like a useful fair-use image to me. But I'm up for other options if you see an alternative you prefer. I searched wikicommons for more alternatives and found none, though I did turn up an image from an event in his honor, now added to the article.
Let me know if that addresses your concerns. Glad to keep working on anything else you see here. -- Khazar2 (talk) 17:09, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

You're right, I can't find any restriction on dead links for GAs, but its still something that requires rectifying at some point, in my opinion, particularly if this article is to head onward toward FA. I think that the infobox image is of useful fair-use, but we already state in the text that he's a devout Catholic, so does showing him with the Pope really add anything that we don't already know ? A Google image search shows us a lot of images that depict his face far more clearly; I personally think that one of these would be more appropriate, but I certainly won't fail this GA review on that factor alone. On another note, I think that a lot of the paragraphs are quite sparse, and could be added together to better improve the flow of the article, for instance at the bottom of the "Death" section; again it doesn't affect my GA review, but I think it would improve the article regardless. Midnightblueowl (talk) 16:25, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Okay, good point. Most of the better headshots are news agencies, which might be tougher fair use claims, but I found one from a promotional website for him that's probably fair game. Does this fair use tag look okay to you? I also tweaked the paragraphing a bit. As for the dead links, I think I'm not going to worry about replacements for now, since I originally added this content and I know it's verified; in any case, I could simply delete the URL and the newspaper cite could stand as a verifiable reference. But I will take a look at this again if I decide to go for FA. Thanks for the suggestions, I really appreciate the help on this one. Just let me know if you see anything else. -- Khazar2 (talk) 19:14, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Right, I'm happy to pass this one. Congratulations! Midnightblueowl (talk) 22:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to review! This is one I expanded for ITN that never quite made it; it's great to see it pass here. -- Khazar2 (talk) 22:12, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Don't know if this should be included, but it is worth keeping an eye on this. [1] Cheers, ComputerJA (☎ • ✎) 06:27, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

The driver had been fined before in Spain, to the point that he had lost all the points of his driver's license. Once for driving at 145 km/h where he had to drive below 90 km/h, and another one for using his mobile phone while driving. Apart from those, he had also accumulated a number of sanctions for other minor traffic related offences. 
I think this omission makes the article clearly non-neutral.
And, BTW, the only witness that has said the car was rammed is the driver itself, who's obviously non-neutral. The other survivor said that he was asleep during the car crash, even when he was pressured by Paya's wife (who wasn't there) to change his testimony.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.101.238.161 (talk) 18:13, 19 October 2016 (UTC) 

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