Talk:Corruption in local government

message: To do it justice one would have to examine it by country. Broad sweeping statements completely fail to capture the extent of corruption and the many facets and types around the world. In Australia, for instance, there have been numerous examples in the last few years of entire Councils being forced to resign. The most significant problem here is the cozy relationship that property developers have with their local Council. In other countries there might be different problems, but one thing is certain: corruption is endemic to most local government due to the never ending list of incentives and their lack of accountability.--Weasel tango (talk) 21:41, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Terrible article but important topic

message: "Research shows that women are more trustworthy than men and are less likely to be corrupt. Women are less likely to agree with corrupt practices like bribery or take bribes. Having no or fewer women in the local government is another factor that may encourage corruption. Places that do not have policies to narrow gender gaps and give women equal rights in the government more commonly have less integrity and more corruption in them."</blockquote>
This section either needs to be documented/substantiated or removed.
Its a pretty outrageous and offensive claim.
This cant be taken as fact unless some evidence is supported  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.84.246.22 (talk) 13:25, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Gender

message: I've no idea how this ridiculous 'article' lasted so long. It is entirely unsourced, riddled with POV and WP:OR, and totally at odds with any reasonable interpretation of Wikipedia policy. I've removed some of the most blatant POV-pushing, and will be starting an AfD as soon as I have the time. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:37, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced POV- pushing [[WP:OR]] 

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message: What about oppression and abuse?  Using government or position in society as a vehicle for immunity from law enforcement in order to bully, or otherwise commit various crime, violence especially by police, especially in the USA?  This counts as corruption obviously but is nowhere included in types.  Eyeofthemoonlight (talk) 06:27, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  What About Oppression and Abuse? 

message: This article has numerous claims about demographic factors which can play a role in corruption of a local government. However there has been requests for citations to support these factors for close to 2 years, without any being provided. Pursuant to Wikipedia:Citing_Sources "Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires inline citations for any material challenged or likely to be challenged, and for all quotations, anywhere in article space." At this point, without any definitive sources cited  to support the claims these statements are nothing more than opinion, I believe they should be removed. They can always be readded if someone is able to find citations for these claims, but thus far it appears no one has the interest to do so. Iux Aeterna (talk) 18:08, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsubstantiated Claims