Talk:International Republican Institute

message: There are many well-publicized criticisms of the IRI.  Its actions in Haiti have been severely criticized (it was even accused of having fomented the coup d'etat which ousted Aristide).  These criticisms can be found in several places, including @ Salon.com and in the New York Times:
:Blumenthal, Max.  "The Other Regime Change."  Salon.com, July 16, 2004.  
:Bogdanich, Walt and Nordberg, Jenny.  "Mixed U.S. Signals Helped Tilt Haiti Towards Chaos."  New York Times.  January 29, 2006.  
:"No Help To Democracy in Haiti."  New York Times.  February 3, 2006
Besides the coup in Haiti, the IRI has also been accused of assisting the forces which overthrew Venezuela's government in 2002.  (Since Eva Golinger's book is listed on the page as a reference, I assume there was once a mention of this criticism on the page that has since been erased.)  If you want to read about the IRI and Venezuela, some claims can be found here:
:"The International Republican Institute:  Promulgating Democracy of Another Variety."  Council on Hemispheric Affairs.  July 15, 2004. [www.coha.org/2004/07/15/the-international-republican-institute-promulgating-democracy-of-another-variety/]
:Kurlantzick, Joshua.  "The Coup Connection."  Mother Jones.  November/December 2004
Similar claims have been made in relation to the "color revolutions" in Ukraine and Serbia and the IRI has been accused of supporting partisan politics in Cambodia -- there's more, but that's off the top of my head.
Not to put too fine a point on it, a lot of people think that the IRI engages in partisan meddling and attempts at "regime change" in the guise of building civil society.  The article needs to reflect that this viewpoint exists.  It needs to mention the specific accusations in the cases of Haiti, Venezuela and Cambodia. 
Additionally, statements like "these organizations provide technical assistance to aspiring democrats worldwide" are POV considering that a lot of people would disagree with that statement.  (Aristide, for instance, might say that the IRI provides technical assistance to nondemocratic coup plotters.)  Repeating the IRI's stated mission in the lead paragraph is also not NPOV.  Please state things that it actually does, in neutral terms (i.e. not things like "expand freedom throughout the world").
I'm going to place a POV tag on this article.  JonathanMowat 01:19, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: POV: one-sided coverage.

message: "Initially known as the National Republican Institute for International Affairs, the International Republican Institute (IRI) receives government funding..."
Whicha nation? What government? Sure, it gets clear later in the text, but the initial sentence is quite confusing. After all, this is international institute (or so it claims to be). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 161.53.9.165 (talk) 12:44, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  As we're exhorted by Jimbo Wales 'be bold' don't be scared to make improvements. Saganaki- 05:33, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor Intro 

message: Someone accessing wikipedia from an IRI IP address continues to censor this site so this is a request to other editors to keep a watch out! Every two weeks or so the user reverts the page back to an earlier version of the page which was largely created by the IRI. I've bought this to the attention of admins but the response so far is that it's not regarded as vandalism. (The user has repeated warnings on their page from a variety of wikipedia editors including multiple "you will be banned if you do this again" warnings.) Cheers Saganaki- 04:16, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Censorship by the IRI

message: I'm highly suspicious of some of the wording in this article. There is evidence, brought to my attention by a tech. I know, that POV edits have been made from an address allocated to the US Republican Party.
I intend to delete statements that are not properly referenced over the next week or two. Tony 13:19, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've deleted the material inserted here as a possible copyvio. Saganaki- (talk) 00:04, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

text: And your point is? Tony (talk) 10:48, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV in question 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:International Republican Institute logo.png

message: I've tagged the article with COI because I saw from this wikiscanner log that IP User:12.160.57.46 rewrote significant parts back in 2005 December (not affiliated with RP, removed think tanks, Haiti suspicion, mission statement, etc) and again on June 9, 2006. However, I'm not sure if all the IP's edits have been checked to see that nothing important was lost. For example there were more external links before 2005 December. Please remove my COI tag if this has already been checked. -Wikianon (talk) 05:13, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Who is this Democracy activist person who keeps vandalising the article? If the behaviour continues, I think action will need to be taken WRT this user's account. Tony (talk) 07:51, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I've had a look at the edits by User:12.160.57.46 and added back the deleted material. We can review it now and see if has an appropriate tone etc. Cheers Saganaki- (talk) 09:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks fine to me. Tony (talk) 09:38, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I posted a last warning sign on his/her page. If s/he did it again we need to report it.Farmanesh (talk) 15:49, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflict of Interest 

message: Edits on this Wikipedia article made by someone using an International Republican Institute IP address include the following:
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Probably most of the censored material has been recovered.
Boud (talk) 22:51, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI record 

message: I think these could be pruned back a bit - is an exhaustive listing of all the IRI's offices appropriate? Same goes for the personnel section - perhaps just the executive members? Cheers Saganaki- (talk) 09:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think these lists are important; happy for them to remain. Tony (talk) 09:39, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personnel and offices section 

message: This NYT story has some useful stats on IRI (budget, number of employees, etc.) as well as some back history of leadership changes, organized around McCain's involvement.
Also, as a stylistic note, "IRI" should only be bolded once, at the start, not every time through.  Wasted Time R (talk) 12:48, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NYT story 

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message: An individual linked with the institute has tried to reach out, and has disclosed a conflict of interest. I am transcluding here the IP user's talk page:
Signed, twsabin 23:37, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  IP user disclosing a COI 

message: * Specific edits to be added or removed: 
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* Reason for the change: This page is both misleading and inaccurate. IRI works, at foreign governments' request, to enhance democratic participation and good governance, not nefarious actions to topple regimes. That is currently how this page reads. It also uses citations from unreliable, politically bias sources such as Mother Jones. 
* References supporting change: https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/majority-jordanians-believe-country-going-right-direction-%E2%80%94-poll, https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/world/asia/27iht-stan.2954410.html, https://www.csce.gov/international-impact/events/international-election-observation-us-and-beyond, https://gambiaparticipate.org/jobs/election-observer-application-form/, https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/8-1-18-ZIEOM Final Statement w%3A Delegation-cs.pdf, https://nation.com.pk/02-Feb-2022/pml-q-committed-to-advancing-democracy-in-country-moonis, https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/21944.pdf, https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/world/asia/27iht-stan.2954410.html, https://www.app.com.pk/domestic/scott-mastic-calls-on-moonis-elahi/, https://www.app.com.pk/domestic/scott-mastic-calls-on-moonis-elahi/, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/7/hun-manet-son-cambodia-prime-minister-hun-sen-groo/, https://www.iri.org/iri-around-the-world/asia-pacific/, https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/victory-for-the-status-quo-in-kyrgyz-parliamentary-election/, https://armenianweekly.com/2022/02/08/poll-finds-more-armenians-feel-country-is-going-in-the-wrong-direction/, https://www.ned.org/events/election-observation-how-authoritarian-regimes-muddy-the-waters/, https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/02/10/central-asia-needs-to-promote-women-politicians/, https://jam-news.net/iri-polls-in-armenia-turkey-and-azerbaijan-are-a-threat-to-armenias-security/, https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/02/10/central-asia-needs-to-promote-women-politicians/, https://www.iribeaconproject.org/our-work-research-and-data/2019-04-25/balkans-poll-shows-split-between-east-and-west-room-western, https://maktabatmepi.org/en/organizations/international-republican-institute-iri, https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/international-election-observation.aspx, https://www.csce.gov/international-impact/events/international-election-observation-us-and-beyond, https://hdp.house.gov/summit-democracy, https://trendswide.com/attacks-against-the-ine-threaten-mexicos-democratic-system-us-experts-and-lorenzo-cordova-agree/, https://www.ned.org/region/latin-america-and-caribbean/regional-latin-america-and-caribbean-2020/, https://maktabatmepi.org/en/organizations/international-republican-institute-iri, https://www.state.gov/deputy-secretary-of-state-sherman-attends-high-level-ministerial-on-haiti-hosted-by-canada/, https://theglobalamericans.org/2020/05/guyanas-recount/, https://www.ned.org/events/election-observation-how-authoritarian-regimes-muddy-the-waters/, https://soundcloud.com/global_a_podcast_from_iri/cuba-the-reality-of-social-rights, https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/16/tunisian-revolution-what-happened-then-and-what-is-happening-now-15913258/, https://www.csce.gov/international-impact/events/international-election-observation-us-and-beyond, https://maktabatmepi.org/en/organizations/international-republican-institute-iri, https://www.iri.org/what-we-do/independent-media/, https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/majority-jordanians-believe-country-going-right-direction-%E2%80%94-poll, https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/25/world/meast/jordan-elections/, https://twitter.com/iri_jordan/status/1409595147587751938?s=20&t=NoDDBMhTtPvCvrMt33Xf0g, https://twitter.com/iri_jordan/status/1419767684208676866?s=20&t=NoDDBMhTtPvCvrMt33Xf0g, https://www.usaid.gov/jordan/fact-sheets/international-republican-institute-iri-program
— Preceding unsigned comment added by AAkers3939 (talk • contribs) 15:53, February 12, 2022 (UTC)
* Not done: this is a rewrite of most of the article, much of it is unacceptably promotional, and it has no inline sources supporting the requested changes (I'm not going to pick through the flat list of links to guess at which change each one supports). I suggest you split this into a separate request for each section or even each change, say explicitly what text needs to be changed and what to change it to (in "please change X to Y" format) and support each request with reliable sources. Your requests will be less likely to languish if they're clear and easy to digest. Thanks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:18, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Much needed edits to IRI page 

message: Hello! I believe you have altered some information on my page, saying it was a copyright violation. I have all the sources for my information attached in the paragraph and covered all my bases. The information you removed does not violate any copyrights of the sources. We can talk through specifics if you would like, but please do not erase. Ssimpson07 (talk) 13:06, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright Violation?  

message: I did see these edits yesterday as I have been monitoring the page for someone to comment or participate in the suggested edits. The previous edits deleted by User Diannaa did not violate copyright and are considered reasonable factual and sourced. Any perceived copyright infringement is waived in this coi capacity. The page needs to become more accurate to avoid considerations of misinformation. With that in mind, the edits suggested above in my talk comments or from the other user submitted yesterday should be permitted and kept.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by AAkers3939 (talk • contribs) 17:19, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Above Copyright complaint