The contents of the Riks page were merged into Sweden Democrats on 12 February 2023. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page.
Riks was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 8 December 2022 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Sweden Democrats. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.
This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Sweden Democrats article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.
The subject of this article is controversial and content may be in dispute. When updating the article, be bold, but not reckless. Feel free to try to improve the article, but don't take it personally if your changes are reversed; instead, come here to the talk page to discuss them. Content must be written from a neutral point of view. Include citations when adding content and consider tagging or removing unsourced information.
Please stay calm and civil while commenting or presenting evidence, and do not make personal attacks. Be patient when approaching solutions to any issues. Ifconsensus is not reached, other solutions exist to draw attention and ensure that more editors mediate or comment on the dispute.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Sweden, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Sweden-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SwedenWikipedia:WikiProject SwedenTemplate:WikiProject SwedenSweden
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Conservatism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of conservatism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ConservatismWikipedia:WikiProject ConservatismTemplate:WikiProject ConservatismConservatism
This article was copy edited by Corinne, a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, on 12 February 2016.Guild of Copy EditorsWikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy EditorsTemplate:WikiProject Guild of Copy EditorsGuild of Copy Editors
GOCE Copy-edits
This topic contains controversial issues, some of which have reached a consensus for approach and neutrality, and some of which may be disputed.
Before making any potentially controversial changes to the article, please carefully read the discussion-page dialogue to see if the issue has been raised before, and ensure that your edit meets all of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Please also ensure you use an accurate and concise edit summary.
Left wing smear straw man terminology "nationalist"
By "left-wingers," I assume you mean people who write about politics for academic publishers and mainstream news sources. We use their writings as sources rather than writings by far right extremists because the publications they write for are considered reliable. If you object to this policy, you need to get it changed rather than arguing here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Four Deuces (talk • contribs) 03:38, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The mainstream news sources have a massive left-wing bias and are for example in the USA rejected by the majority of voters.
CNN, Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS, PBS, NBC, ABC have a left-wing tilt and are considered biased and left-wing propaganda by nearly all Republicans.
According to the latest Gallup poll only a third of american voters trust mainstream news.
That`s your key problem: Your alleged "mainstream news sources" and "academic publishers" are NOT credible. Just listen to Jordan Peterson talking about the left-wing echo chambers he considers to be universities. 93.206.54.48 (talk) 00:56, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You do not call the left-wingers in swedish politics "far-left", "socialist" or "communist". Why do you have to frame parties you dont like in a negative way? SD would not consider themselves "nationalist", rather patriotic and conservative. 93.206.54.48 (talk) 00:59, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Why are you making it personal? I do not personally think that SD is "far-right" either, but what I think and you think doesn't matter when it comes to the article content because it is based on what reliable sources say. You need to read WP:DUE, also WP:NOTFORUM while you're at it because this kind of rhetoric isn't going to do anything to improve the article at all. TylerBurden (talk) 01:19, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
See their website: The Young Swedes "is a democratic socially conservative youth association with a nationalist outlook."[1] How is it a smear to call them what they call themselves? TFD (talk) 02:57, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
They use the term themselves in their party statutes from 2021, in the first sentence (translated by me): “Sweden Democrats is a socially conservative party with a nationalist ethos”.[1] Using it in the article is in no way employing “left wing smear straw man terminology”, and definitely has a place in the article. Hale-Borz (talk) 10:02, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I am also on the right, yet I would not contest that this is an accurate statement of the party's ideology; one which does not necessarily have a negative connotation, either. This discussion should be closed. JustAPoliticsNerd (talk) 18:20, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The article often contains "The SD" as a short form of "The Sweden Democrats", but sometimes just says "SD". But which one is correct? I personally think just SD sounds better, but maybe that's just because I'm influenced by Swedish where "SD = Sverigedemokraterna = The Sweden Democrats". Paditor (talk) 11:09, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed the description of the SD's ideological positioning has been changed to exclusively far-right. While the SD can be considered leaning that way, some sources such as Johan Martinsson have disputed this as an exclusive label for the party. I request switching it back to "right-wing to far-right" based on academic analysis of the party. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ardyl (talk • contribs)
@User:Ardyl, if there are academic sources you are aware of describing the party as "right-wing" or "right-wing to far-right", then please provide them here, as the previous sources were all over 10 years old, and 2 of them were over 15 years old. AGEMATTERS on Wikipedia, as old sources are often out of date, and given both the amount and the recency of the sources for "far-right" alone, that's how the party should be labelled unless newer reliable sources are provided. – GlowstoneUnknown(Talk)07:04, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
