Talk:Worker Student Alliance

message: Please add context to this article so it says which country's politics is being talked about here, or don't complain when the rest of us have to make wild guesses. - Randwicked Alex B 10:14, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The link to PLP is provided. The PLP is a transnational political party, so labeling it "American," even just for purposes of this stub, is entirely inappropriate.71.255.198.18 23:34, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
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message: Is the 'transnational' word really necessary when the actual link to Progressive Labor Party, and the first sentence of the latter article, mentions that the PLP is transnational? It just seems inappropriate to include the word transnational in this article considering that PLP was not transnational at the time it led the Worker Student Alliance.
:So it was American back then? Can we say that? I only insist on context because there's more than one PLP. - Randwicked Alex B 15:39, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The fact that there's more than one PLP is present at the very top of the page entitled "Progressive Labor Party (USA). It reads as follows: While the PLP is a transnational organization, other parties around the world with entirely different political views may have a very similar or identical name. For others currently available on Wikipedia called "Progressive Labor Party," please see Progressive Labor Party (disambiguation). The disambiguation page lists the known PLPs around the world that are not part of the transnational party. The disclaimer at the top of the PLP page accomplishes what you want already, and any doubt left in the mind of the reader is taken care of further by the disambiguation page. What is your problem here, exactly? Kiko 00:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My problem is this article lacks context for an international audience (i.e. me). It is not enough to expect the casual reader (i.e. me) to have to click through to another page just to understand the definitions used in this article. The current article's header contains NO information about what country this article is relevant to. When I first read it I thought it was talking about a different PLP entirely, because it isn't made clear through context. I've tried an alternate approach to try to bring the lead section up to standard. - Randwicked Alex B 13:00, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Your solution is acceptable, though I still don't quite know why you've been having this context problem. In this article, the WSA article, both the Students for Democratic Society and the Progressive Labor Party are relevant only to the United States, and the links to the articles of both organizations (at the beginning) clearly state that they are/were "American" groups. But if you absolutely must have it your way for your own personal clarification purposes, I see no harm in the change you have made, so I'll leave it alone. For that matter, if there are or have been "Worker Student Alliances" of different origins in other countries, Wikipedians might do well to add those histories in separate articles, and then link the "Worker Student Alliance" word combination to a disambiguation page.  71.255.206.225 13:35, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  the 'transnational' word