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Hello fellow Wikipedians, I have finally created my first page in the spirit of contributing to more information on this topic, hope you like it! Please help to make it better. GlobeClimber ( talk) 10:02, 17 August 2018 (UTC).
I am reviewing the close-paraphrasing issue in this article. It is hard to express the actual methodology for calculating the score unless reverting to more general language; in the reader's interest, is it not better to remain as specific as possible even if it means integrating the methodology as presented on the actual index site itself? There is no copyright associated with this as far as I can see on their website; also, this is in the public domain. Any input much appreciated! GlobeClimber ( talk) 09:49, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
The article contains the text: "Being a national of any country is a random consequence of birth, showing no correlation with a person's achievements, ideas, feelings, and desires." This posits two truth claims: that nationality is accidental and that it does not affect a person's "achievements, ideas, feelings, and desires".
This statement is demonstrably wrong on both counts. Due to the existence of immigration, nationality is not EXCLUSIVELY an accident of birth, but is often the result of a choice. Australia's population is currently over 20% foreign-born, for example, and at times in the past, the US has been as high as 30% foreign-born! Thus, being native-born from a given place is an accident, but since that is not the sole basis of nationality, it does not logically follow that nationality, itself, is an accident.
Furthermore, the contention that nationality -- being from a given place -- shows no correlation with a person's achievement, ideas, etc literally ignores the existence of this little thing called...culture.
Being from a place absolutely does affect the ideas, feelings, and even achievements of a person.
I'm deleting this statement and its inline citation on the grounds that it's laughably and obviously false. I replaced it with a more temperate and factually supportable statement that better conveys the sense of what the author was trying to say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.59.44.65 ( talk) 04:10, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
Everyone appreciates thorough contributions, and a valuable section on criticism for this artcile and index is equally a welcome addition. However, your remarks and claims go way beyond this and are highly subjective, I would appreciate if you post these on the talk page for discussion with other editors first, before amending an article that has been thoroughly researched by myself and others. As for your specific edits, these do not add to either the substance nor add to a balanced view for the reader. I would like to encourage you to research, review and source these with diligence first, before amending the article itself. Please also note the article page is not a forum for personal opinions, and it is not up to us to challenge the work the article refers to, but rather to make sure it represents a balanced and referenced representation. It is in this spirit that I would have reverted your edits, but another user beat me to it.
As for your specific comments: this Index is looking at nationalities (sovereign nations) not states. According to the authors, the weighting factors, the size of a country and how many languages are spoken in a country, do not matter for this index. This index does not highlight just the travel freedom for small versus large countries, it has many different other factors that are accounted for. Please refer to the graphic I had included: Diversity of Travel, Settlement freedom, Diversity of Settlement Freedom, Economic strength, Human Development, Peace and Stability.
You mention that the EU can become one country, which is highly unlikely and a bit more work than just an “administrative change” as you call it. Therefore, this is just hypothetical and not relevant for this article. The QNI methodology does not make any mention of EU countries being accounted for individually and then again as a whole (EU). The EU consists of several sovereign nations, within which EU citizens enjoy the freedom of travel as part of the European Single Market. America, on the other hand, consists of many states; this is very different and therefore, the USA is accounted for as one nation, which seems and remains very plausible.
Your whole section about the governmental reign of the EU and the EU parliament does not belong here, and if at all, would perhaps better fit on the European Union Wikipedia page. Your remarks about ulterior motives and “serious questions” of Henley & Partners are purely hypothetical and not relevant for this article. Your claim that the creators of the QNI, have specifically selected European countries to be at the top of this Index is an unsubstantiated accusation and does not belong here, either.
It seems to me, you are rather focused on the number of countries somebody can 'freely' visit with a specific nationality. There are other Indexes that are perhaps more suitable to review, please also have a look at The Passport Index or the Henley Passport Index.
In conclusion, when making subjective edits like this one, please keep this to the talk page first and discuss these with other editors before you put something on the live Wikipedia article. Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia. GlobeClimber ( talk) 19:45, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
I have tagged this article {{ undisclosed paid}}; it has been heavily targeted by the GlobeClimber/KraYa sockfarm and suffers from promo issues. This is confirmed UPE, I can provide more detail to OTRS members on request. Blablubbs| talk 09:33, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
It not surprising that the Channel Islands are last, as they were not ranked: Jersey and Guernsey are ranked and much higher in the table. Meanwhile it is dubious to have Denmark ranked 3rd given it is behind France (1st), Germany (=2nd) and the Netherlands (also =2nd) 21:22, 19 January 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:7B17:8101:97C:B9EB:1430:FA36 ( talk)