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Title of "US Naval Base Philippines" article

I am confused by the title of the US Naval Base Philippines article. Is there something wrong with it? - MistahPeemayer (talk) 07:50, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

On a similar note, shouldn't Naval Base Cavite, Naval Base Manila, Naval Station Sangley Point, and Danilo Atienza Air Base been merged into one article? Or least create one navy and air force article each? Borgenland (talk) 09:27, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Naval Base Cavite (U.S.) and Naval Base Manila (Philippines) should be merged, if we're basing it with what was done with Fort William McKinley being merged to Fort Bonifacio.

U.S. Naval Station Sangley Point seems to be a different installation from Naval Base Cavite.

Danilo Atienza Air Base is an air base and is theory different from a naval base. Howard the Duck (talk) 13:09, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Weird article. It seems to be inching towards the space of an article titled American military presence in the Philippines, an overarching topic it's surprising we don't have. There are the specific base articles as well as article like Philippines–United States Visiting Forces Agreement, Mutual Defense Treaty (United States–Philippines), and Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement which would fit within it. CMD (talk) 12:01, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

This should have been named United States naval bases in the Philippines. Howard the Duck (talk) 13:04, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

I've moved it for now. I agree with Howard the Duck's suggested new title. However, it IS also weired that we don't have an article covering the US Bases (not just Navy) more generally, as CMD pointed out. - MistahPeemayer (talk) 00:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

I think we have individual articles on the individual bases/installations, but not an encompassing article for the US presence in the country. Howard the Duck (talk) 00:16, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

My two centavos: I don't think we want an article for "Presence," but I think the "Bases" as a collective had a history which cannot be covered by just the individual articles. - MistahPeemayer (talk) 09:48, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

I'd agree that the maintenance of US bases in the Philippines may have been coordinated in some way and can be looked up as a collective, more so to the two bases in Central Luzon, Subic and Clark. Howard the Duck (talk) 23:56, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

I remember those days, but not well. Some quick googling turned up a few items that ought to be useful: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 01:46, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

The need is less because of their operations, and more because they were a major geopolitical bargaining chip for decades. An alternative is a page for the US Bases Treaty which is a separate document from the Mutual Defense Treaty. But "US Bases in the Philippines" is the broader more recognizable topic. - MistahPeemayer (talk) 23:51, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

I've created an article at US Bases in the Philippines. Please improve (it could use a lot of improvement). Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 04:59, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

I came across this article while patrolling for NPP. I think it'd be better if we merged in the naval bases article with this one, but I'm unsure of how it'd fit in the new article. Perhaps we can even expand the scope of the article further to reach a comprehensive "American military presence in the Philippines" article that was suggested by Chipmunkdavis. Chlod (say hi!) 01:58, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

I agree re. merging the Naval Bases article into the US Bases article. It should merge into the Subic Bay Naval Base article, which is the one it actually overlaps. But should we notify any existing US Military or US Navy wikiprojects first? I believe United States military presence in the Philippines needs to be a different article from the Bases article; a lot of overlap but vastly different emphases. I was thinking there should be an article on Philippines - United States Defense Cooperation, but United States military presence in the Philippines would suffice. - MistahPeemayer (talk) 02:16, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Mergers should go through a merge proposal first, and we can notify other WikiProjects about those. But we should probably plan around how to lay these articles out first so that we don't end up making a mess of merges, moves, and splits. If there's enough content about the bases themselves that it would be better to split from an eventual "United States military presence in the Philippines" page, then we should probably go with that. But otherwise, it might just be better to transform the bases article and increase its scope. Chlod (say hi!) 03:15, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

I don't disagree about the expediency of the merge/split tactics, but I also believe the bases played too important a part in Philippine history not to have their own article. Lumping them together with things like EDCA or the VFA or Balikatan would be a disservice to Philippine history, not least the organizations like the Anti Bases Coalition who engaged with the bases issue for a long time. - MistahPeemayer (talk) 04:35, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Chavit

Not to risk getting shot, but I am surprised Chavit Singson does not carry any mention of his important role in triggering the downfall of Joseph Estrada or any of the related charges that he has faced, which are serious enough to be recorded. Was this already made this way or was this info scrubbed by some COI years before? Borgenland (talk) 09:09, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

It waa removed on this edit. As a WP:BLP, it has to be cited. Howard the Duck (talk) 09:33, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Found some refs for it. I am planning to expand on other charges plus this ticket he got for driving inside the EDSA busway today. Borgenland (talk) 09:37, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

I recently edited the Ilocos Sur article and added a lot of material about the Crisologos. I was also surprised that it avoids the Crisologos and Singsons. I would edit more, but I know less about the Singsons than I know about the Crisologos. - MistahPeemayer (talk) 02:30, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

The Philippine Star provides good coverage of Chavit Singson's activities, though you will need to rummage through their online archive beginning in 2000. Borgenland (talk) 17:39, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Baguio SEZ

Is Baguio City Economic Zone same with the one in Camp John Hay per [[10]]? I am confused as to which site should I link to an event relating to it in 2024 in the Philippines. Borgenland (talk) 15:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Couldn't find a map, but some generic sources ([11], [12], [13]) show the address of Baguio City Economic Zone (BCEZ) is in Loakan Road, so it might be different from the one in Camp John Hay. Although this source suggests BCEZ encompasses a portion of Camp John Hay. Sanglahi86 (talk) 23:15, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

I haven't lived in Baguio in a very long time, but there used to be an EPZ on the way to PMA which was not part of Camp John Hay. (This was while John Hay was still a US base. I am old.) I always thought that the BCEZ referred to the old EPZA compound. Perhaps I'm wrong. - MistahPeemayer (talk) 04:45, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Davao del Norte

Hot day in Davao del Norte with Edwin Jubahib's suspension as governor. Should related infoboxes be revised to indicate a new governor or does the suspension have to be officially served and received before his vice can be proclaimed? It's a standoff in the provincial capitol right now per media reports. Borgenland (talk) 17:33, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

QC Jail

Stumbled across Quezon City Jail and found it sad that it remains a stub despite being a major prison. Inviting everyone to try and expand it. Borgenland (talk) 10:19, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

The thing with Western musical artists mostly known in PH again, and missing best-selling singles and artists lists

I still wonder about the several non-Filipino musical artists/bands that are mostly known within PH (e.g. Fra Lippo Lippi, Marlo, Pomeranz, Price, Stephen Speaks, etc.). How they got to be known in PH while being practically unknown in the West? Admit it, we don't have good music charts before Billboard launched PH charts, but it still makes me wonder why they still get so much radio airplay in PH.

Similar question goes with songs from Western acts that are mostly familiar to Filipinos due to being played on the radio. Too many to think of, but some of them are being mentioned as being no. 1 hits in PH (often without contemporaneous sources such as a music chart considered suitable as source here). Most of those are usually from past century and are album tracks that has never been released as singles (especially those from the album-oriented rock radio era). Some examples I can think of, excluding those from the artists mentioned above: "Always Somewhere", "Holiday" and "When the Smoke is Going Down" (Scorpions), "Till Death Do Us Part" and "You're All I Need" (White Lion), "Dying Inside" (Timmy Thomas), "Marry Your Daughter" (Brian McKnight?).

Beside the thing with Western musical acts mostly known in PH but not so known in the West, I would like to see a list of best-selling singles and musical artists. The thing we currently have is a list of best-selling albums. TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 10:49, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Drugs

Need advice. What article do you most commonly link shabu with? I am confused whether it should be methamphetamine or ya ba for the big drug haul in 2024 in the Philippines. Borgenland (talk) 17:34, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Shabu is, as far as I know, almost always associated with (crystal) meth, so it should be linked to the former not the latter. Here's a Spanish-language source which shows how the word is used. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 09:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

I think its crystal meth. --Lenticel ^(talk) 01:23, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

How about a verifiable cite instead of "I think"? See e.g. [14][15][16][17]. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 04:04, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

• Since the dab page itself links the term with meth, that is the best target if for no other reason than consistency. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 04:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

"Putang ina" or "Pu**** ina"?

So I noticed on the controversies section of E.A.T. that the obscenity uttered by Wally Bayola was minced out and as such I had to uncensor it per WP:NOTCENSORED. My edit was reverted, however, with Nineteen Ninety-Four Guy reasoning that the source cited rendered the cuss word in a minced manner therefore we should quote it as such even if the news outlet simply censored it out to keep the paper from sounding too M-rated.

Should we be that didactic especially with treating material censored by the works cited or is it OK to be bold and invoke academic freedom? Blake Gripling (talk) 13:50, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Paging @Nineteen Ninety-Four guy: Blake Gripling (talk) 13:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

A quick glance at the tagalog profanity article (where this cuss word isn't bowdlerized and additional context is provided) on the reader's part should serve as a compromise to this burden. I don't think this merits further discussion, as WP:BOWDLERIZE made it clear that its policy of quoting a bowdlerized language as such and pairing it with a sic template overrides the silent correction of one; the source's motive in doing so is inconsequential. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 14:36, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

I beg to differ. The fact that Bayola said "putang ina" is reported in Wikivoice. It's not a quote from the source; an actual quote that faithfully needs to represent the bowlderizing in the original text per WP:BOWDLERIZE would look like this: "[...] the former suddenly shouted the word 'P*tang*na!'" (btw not(!) "put*** ina" as now appears in the article). Since we represent the uttered profanity in Wikivoice, it has to be spelled out. –Austronesier (talk) 15:36, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikivoice? Do you have a link to it by chance? Blake Gripling (talk) 18:12, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

PRO

Added requests for all PNP regional bases but couldn't seem to find the camp name for PRO-Soccsksargen. Need help finding a title for inclusion. Borgenland (talk) 07:16, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

"The Police Regional Office 12 proudly announced the renaming of PRO 12 camp to “Camp General Paulino T Santos” in honor of General Paulino T Santos during the unveiling of the PRO 12 camp marker on March 15, 2024." howdy.carabao 🌱🐃🌱 (talk) 11:02, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Auxiliary Bishop

Need consensus on whether the appointment of Father Reynaldo Bersabal as new auxiliary bishop in California merits inclusion into 2024 in the Philippines. I do not want to insert this and get reverted at the same time that our favorite Sock is back ruining the page.

For reference: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/pope-francis-names-reynaldo-bersabal-auxiliary-bishop-sacramento/

Borgenland (talk) 14:55, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

No, I don't think so. It is an affair within the global Catholic Church as an organization and is barely a milestone - "fifth bishop". Its no different if a Filipino citizen gets to become a CEO of a Fortune company in America. Hariboneagle927 (talk) 15:18, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Radio in the Philippines needs expansion

In its current state, the article about radio in the Philippines has been little more than a stub-ish article in stark contrast to the like of Radio in the United States. Lot of it is history, but no other details such as broadcast services, formats and prevalence. Notably, a discussion about the common "masa" (aka "contemporary MOR") format is missing. I think the section about acts of violence against radio broadcasters seems to repeat only info covered at list of journalists killed in the Philippines and rather undue. TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 05:49, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Just expanded the article, but would leave most further additions and sourcing to anyone interested. TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 07:55, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:November 2023 Mindanao earthquake#Requested move 4 April 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:November 2023 Mindanao earthquake#Requested move 4 April 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. HueMan1 (talk) 23:44, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Shenanigans in Isulan

It appears that an editor has been tampering with the demographic statistics of Isulan and inventing numbers not supported by the 2020 national census, which is used by every competent editor on Philippines-related topics. It also appears that they have been censoring important parts of the town's history on false pretenses and wiping off references to its indigenous origins in favor of Hiligaynon culture. That the user proceeded twice to blank a whole section despite being warned and falsely claim that the facts were false despite it being well-sourced does not inspire confidence on me issuing a second warning on their talk page. Need help on what steps should be taken to protect the page short of raising an ANI or requesting a PP increase. Borgenland (talk) 16:09, 23 April 2024 (UTC)