Talk:World Social Forum

message: I wonder: why is basically half the page dedicated to an odd list of criticisms? I am not used to Wikipedia pages being this critical. Isn't there a world of WSF-related topics to discuss?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.94.99.234 (talk) 13:16, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticisms

message: There is a very big misunderstanding of what the World Social Forum is: It is first and foremost a place were activists critical of neo-liberal globalisation meet to discuss strategy, tactics, alternatives, campaigns and give testimonies. The Forum is organised according to a  charter of principles and because it is a forum it is not a deliberative body and cannot, therefore, take a position on any particular issue. This does not prevent activists and networks organised within the process from taking positions on various issues, such as the war and occupation of Iraq, and issuing calls to action such as occurred on 15 February 2003. The term anti-globalization is used mostly by conservative elements of the media who want to discredit the movements which have given rise to the WSF. In France these activist are known as altermondialists, and in Italy the phenomenon is known as the movement of movements in the English speaking world the term movement for global justice is used by most activists.
:I would like to 2nd this commentary on the phrase "anti-globalization movement".  In fact I was checking wikipedia to see about just that.  "global justice movement" is a far more accurate phrase and personally I've often used "anti-corporate driven globalization" or the "corporate version of globalization", as the term "anti-globalization" sounds isolationist, and anybody who has ever taken more than a headline's view of this "movement" knows people involved in various issues are anything but isolationist.  It is a derrogatory term used by (US) liberals and conservatives alike who do not like what various groups stand for.  And "anti-globalization movement" is rather US-centric, or perhaps G-8 country centric.  If wikipedia is for accurate protrayal in a NPOV way, the phrase "anti-globalization movement" will be dropped or further explained in this context. - 67.53.78.15 11:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What the WSF is

message: The FARC are just a guerrilla movement, it can't be named "anti-democratic" because of that.
The article citation style is ok (122.174.75.30 (talk) 04:47, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: The "criticism" recently added to the WSF entry completely ignores the vast amount of literature produced by participants in the WSF process over the last 4 years regarding the purpose of process, and the huge variety of extant and potential outcomes of the process. To simply state, as the "critic" does that the "WSF produces little ideas which seems practical (sic)" in the face of vast evidence to the contrary is not fair, not borne out by the facts, not in the sprit of Wikipedia, and really doesn't belong in the WSF Wikipedia entry. There are many reasoned criticisms that can be and are being made of the WSF process, but the current "criticism" here on Wikipedia cannot be counted among them.
In any case, the WSF entry so far is rather sketchy. It needs fleshing out, and myself and others will have to do so sometime over the coming weeks. Glad people got the entry up here, though.
--jpramas 04:35, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  In addition 

message: I just put up the "Future" events template because the 2007 WSF is just over a month away. Also, a quick skim through the article seems to show most of the present tense in refrence to upcoming 2006 events. I'll try to go through a bit later and bring the tense up to date... If anyone feels compeled to add info about the 2007 forum, feel free to dive in! Mike McGregor (Can) 18:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 2007 WSF

message: I've been trying to add somekind of link or stub to this page about the Florida Atlantic University Social Forum, which is an experimental on campus graduate organization modeled after the world social forum.  Can anyone tell me if it would be possible to add this link, and if not, what do I need to do to make this possible?--Ajbunnybutt 13:53, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure ! Why is it imposible to edit this page ? It's missing information about the WSF decentralized of 2008, the Global Day of Action of 26 january 2008 ! 212.142.175.234 (talk) 09:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't checked the details, but according to the protection log, there has been long-term spamming by IP addresses. The page has been "semi-protected" since September.  (And it has information on the "Global Day of Action", even though the notability is questionable.)  — Arthur Rubin |  (talk) 14:49, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can I add a stub or link to this page???  Wikipedia won't let me 

message: Can we not have a picture of a white person right up top? --Jammoe (talk) 20:52, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Is applying the 'This article needs additional citations for verification.' tag to the criticisms section of this page a subtle way of trying to de-legitimize or discredit the criticisms? That section of the article does not seem to me to be any more or less well-cited than other parts of the article. -Judd (talk) 20:23, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations on Criticisms 

message: The article desperately needs updates! Nunamiut (talk) 16:19, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Desperately in need of updates 

message: Hi Wikipedia community, my name is Luke, and I'll be improving this article dramatically in both structure and content over the next few weeks as a part of the US Public Policy Project at Syracuse University. I plan on creating sections for each meeting of the World Social Forum, and adding as much detail as possible about each meeting. I've found it challenging to get sources on the goings-on of each meeting, so feel free to let me know if you find some good sources, or can translate pages (many are in Portuguese, since the WSF is in Brazil, which I can't read). Ideally, I'd really like to make this Wikipedia page an information hub for the World Social Forum, so that when people go to find out more about it, they have a page that rivals the one for the World Economic Forum, and a page that offers accurate and important background information. I welcome any and all suggestions, constructive edits and critiques as I start editing. Let's make this page awesome!Lukey9706 (talk) 00:55, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Full-scale revamping of this article 

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