Template talk:Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

On the question of the flag

I believe this template refers to Western Sahara's politics, and should therefore have the flag of Western Sahara. This does not mean bias against the Moroccan viewpoint (that WS is Moroccan), since there simply is no "politics of Western Sahara" in the Moroccan context; just "the Southern Provinces".

It is the same case as with Template:Politics of Palestine; it would be really weird (and incredibly POV) to put an Israeli flag there , since it only concerns intra-Palestinian politics (and I believe this template is for intra-Sahrawi politics, since Morocco has its own template). This does not mean that Wikipedia denies the Israeli claims on Palestinian territory, since that particular conflict is covered extensively in the text of those articles. It just means that, just as it is not reasonable to have the Fatah page headed by an Israeli flag, it is not reasonable to have the Polisario etc pages headed by Moroccan flags.

The references to Western Sahara's present non-sovereignty and the link to Moroccan politics are informative and appropriate, though.

Cheers, Arre 23:42, 26 October 2005 (UTC).[reply]

I think that there is a confusion between the words "Western Sahara" (the territory disputed between Morocco and Polisario, and controlled by Morocco) and"SADR" (the proposed state proclaimed by Polisario over this territory). Western Sahara isn't for SADR what France is for Republic of France for example, at least not for the UN and of course Morocco. To clarify the situation for WP readers we should change the title of the templatee into "Politics of SADR, etc", Or comply to WP neutrality principles by adding information about Moroccan government who have de facto control over the territory. Daryou 14:24, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I repeat, this is not (only) about the territory or about the Sahrawi republic, but about intra-Sahrawi politics (within and without, before and during the republic & Polisario) referring to "Western Sahara" as a nation or concept. It is completely synonomous with Palestinian politics, where there neither is nor should be an Israeli flag, since Israeli politics are a different matter altogether, despite the fact that Israel physically controls the territory the Palestinian politicians are claiming to represent. This point is made clear in the articles on the territory, but that doesn't change that Palestine and Israel are different political entities, as are Morocco and Western Sahara. Separating the subjects does not mean taking sides in the territorial/national dispute between the two political/national camps. Arre 20:36, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I repeat, Western Sahara isn't for SADR what France is for Republic of France, Otherwise there wouldn't be any conflict. (Remember what Palestenian Terrotories are for State of Palestine) Daryou 00:19, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Moroccan flag

This infobox should not have the Moroccan flag. It is about the politics of Western Sahara, and all WS politics does not concern Morocco (for example interior workings of the SADR, jat achahid etc). If you argue that some WS political events also concern Morocco, then the same goes the other way around. Are you prepared to be consistent and add the Sahrawi flag to the Moroccan infobox? (Personally, I think that would be just as bad.) Arre 23:30, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Remember that you supported the 2 flags option of the WS infobox. All the WS politics refer to politics of Morocco. the Moroccan flag is relevant. Daryou 23:34, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]