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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)[reply]

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)[reply]
I think its crystal meth. --Lenticel (talk) 01:23, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How about a verifiable cite instead of "I think"? See e.g. [1][2][3][4]. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 04:04, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since the dab page itself links the term with meth, that is the best target if for no other reason than consistency. Dennis Brown - 04:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

So I noticed on the controversies section of

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)[reply
]

Paging @Nineteen Ninety-Four guy: Blake Gripling (talk) 13:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply
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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)[reply
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Wikivoice? Do you have a link to it by chance? Blake Gripling (talk) 18:12, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

"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)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Just expanded the article, but would leave most further additions and sourcing to anyone interested. TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 07:55, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think I have the skills to expand it, but I would imagine a lot can be done. I have learned in the 6 months of living here that radio in PH is a very different thing than radio in the US. More wild west, more radio drama (zero in the US now), and less "bland" and corporate-ized than American radio, where most of the stations are owned by conglomerates that focus more on radio being an advertising platform rather than producing unique content. Dennis Brown - 06:47, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

  • I will try to keep an eye on that, ping me if needed. Hopefully it was a one off problem and not a pattern. I did leave a more blunt message on their user page. Dennis Brown - 06:44, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Billboard PH charts before 2017?

Just found this from one article about one Connie Francis song ("Wishing It Was You"), looks like Billboard had Philippine charts before the now-defunct Philippines Hot 100 and the existing Philippine Songs. Not sure about its last publication. If that stretched up to Billboard Philippines Hot 100 launch, good news; we might be able to craft out a list of number-one singles in PH from the 50s/60s to present (we currently don't have one yet aside from those covered as sections of the respective charts' pages). TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 06:02, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, maybe there are several from the 1960s. But I highly doubt we would find a PH chart for the other decades, especially the 2010s. They just didn't have the rights for it. All we have are radio, and MTV, and Myx. Unfortunately, those won't be accepted. D-Flo27 (talk) 12:56, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pisay

I recently made a major copy edit to the movie Pisay (film), which is about the school I went in high school, but in a different campus from the film and expanded on its related links. Does that qualify as a COI and if so, where can I find the proper disclosure template and a userbox if there is one? Borgenland (talk) 09:22, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@
WP:DCOI for more info). Chlod (say hi!) 09:25, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply
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