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Should it be mentioned in the lead, that the governor general is described as Canada's de facto head of state? GoodDay (talk) 20:15, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Israel–Hamas war

Western media outlets (The Washington Post, BBC, El País, The Guardian, CPJ), name it the "Israel–Gaza war";.

Should the article mention that in the "Media coverage" section ?

If so, could this draft work ?

In April 2024 certain Western media outlets called the war as the Israel-Gaza war.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The Washington Post published an article titled "six months of the Israel-Gaza war: a timeline of key moments".[7] BBC explained the history of the conflict, calling it the "Israel-Gaza war".[8] El País called it the "war between Israel and Gaza".[9] The Guardian talked about the "Israel-Gaza war" when analyzing US views.[10] CPJ spoke about the "Israel-Gaza war" by writing about journalist casualties.[11] Deblinis (talk) 05:16, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Estonia

An IP user added a description like 'geographiclly located in Northern Europe' in the lede. (1, 2, 3, 4) I think it violates "Lithuania solution", the consensus which is made in the previous talk. (#RfC - The geographic locale of Estonia) I request other users' opinions for this issue. Do you support or oppose to add this description? 117.53.77.84 (talk) 15:13, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Israel–Hamas war

There are two primary questions.

Should the article include, bolded in the lede, the primary title ("Israel–Hamas war")?
If so, should the article also include, bolded in the lede, any or all of the various alt titles?:
1. Israel–Gaza war
2. Gaza war
3. Israel's war in Gaza
4. Israel's war on Gaza
5. Operation Swords of Iron
6. Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
7. Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood

07:37, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Djong (ship)

Hi editors, this is regarding wether the article should include the quote from Zhou Qufei, Lingwai Daida or not. The history of the quote has been disputed on the talk page, since there are no consensus between Merzostin and Nitekuzee, RfC seems to be the best course of action. In light of the source and evidence, it should be determined wether to:

Option #1: Keep The Quote

Option #2: Remove The Quote

Merzostin (talk) 15:56, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Siege of Khan Yunis

There are several editors in disagreement about how to state the result of the battle. Which option fits best? (Options picked from all previous main-space versions of the result section)

Palestinian victory, withdrawal of Israeli forces as in this version
Palestinian victory, withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Gaza as in this version
Israeli withdrawal as in this version
Israeli withdrawal from southern Gaza as in this version
Israeli victory and subsequent withdrawal as in this version
Other result not previously used

The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 15:13, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:2024 United States presidential election

There is currently an edit dispute on whether Kennedy Jr. should appear in the infobox of states that will likely not receive polling in the 2024 presidential election or have not been polled yet.

Option #1: Kennedy Jr. should appear in the infobox of every state he has ballot access in.

Option #2: If the aggregate state polling shows Kennedy Jr. under >5% or >10% (whatever is determined by the RFC): then he shouldn't be included. If no polling has been done or he is above 5-10%, then he should be included.

Option #3: Kennedy Jr. should not appear in the infobox if polling of the state has not been performed.

Thanks! :) KlayCax (talk) 02:15, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)

The lead section first sentence says "The bridge was", in past tense. Should the first sentence be in past tense (Support past tense); or in present tense (Oppose past tense)? -- GreenC 19:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Chola Empire

The Royal House of the Medieval Cholas has been disputed in This discussion. @Pikachu 9988 has suggested that the imperial Cholas originate from the Pottappi branch. This has been challenged by other users. This has been a subject of various edit wars on related articles. Reviving this discussion for consensus. SKAG123 (talk) 19:23, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Markos Botsaris

As this talk page shows, there has been an intractable debate on whether the subject should be described as Greek (or Albanian etc) and what spelling his name should have and connected questions. This RfC hopes to solve this issue. The issues are as follows:

How should the subject of the article be named?

Is the Albanian-language version of his name necessary or appropriate?
What prominence should be given to the Albanian-language version of his name?

Is it appropriate to describe him in the lead as Greek?

Jtrrs0 (talk) 12:23, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Reconquista

With regard to WP:Verifiability, WP:NPOV, and current academic consensus, should the article present the Reconquista as a matter of historical fact at face value or as historiographical narrative?

This has been a perennial discussion (such as here), and the article would benefit from some stabilizing, somewhat binding consensus. I am hoping for robust engagement with the latest scholarship and the most reliable sources. إيان (talk) 20:11, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet

There is a question into the validity of a quote in the article

Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet as shown in difference Special:Diff/1215143082. Edmund Patrick – confer 08:33, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:1977 anti-Tamil pogrom

The last paragraph on the Presidential Commission of Inquiry currently reads:

Following his inquiry, Justice Sansoni submitted his report, which was known as the "Sansoni Report" to President Jayewardene in July 1980.^[1] The riots were explained in the Sansoni Report in terms of "Sinhalese reaction to Tamil separatist demands, terrorist acts committed in the name of separatism, and anti-Sinhalese statements allegedly made by Tamil politicians in the course of the 1977 general election campaign".^[2] The Sansoni Report has been criticized for pro-government bias,^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] being hampered by political interference^[7]^[8]^[9] and for "victim blaming" Tamils.^[10]

One editor wants the last paragraph to be changed to the following, as he believes both the Kearney and Manogaran sources have "accepted" the reasons attributed by Sansoni for the riots, whereas other editors believe that those sources are merely summarising Sansoni's reasons, and are not personal approvals. Do you agree with the proposed change below?

Following his inquiry, Justice Sansoni submitted his report, which was known as the "Sansoni Report" to President Jayewardene in July 1980.^[1]
Over the years the Sansoni Report has been recived diffrent reviews. Robert N. Kearney found that the Sansoni Report explained the riots in terms of "Sinhalese reaction to Tamil separatist demands, terrorist acts committed in the name of separatism, and anti-Sinhalese statements allegedly made by Tamil politicians in the course of the 1977 general election campaign".^[2] According to Chelvadurai Manogaran, the Sansoni Report attributed many factors as the cause of the riots, including "TULFs anti-Sinhalese proganda advocating separatism, Sinhalese extremists' statements claiming that Tamils intended to wipe out the Sinhalese and acts of violence committed by the liberation Tigers". The immediate cause of the violence Manogaran finds is rumor of Sinhalese policemen been attacked in Jaffna by Tamil militants. He further states that due to the violance (in Augest 1977) and events that followed many Tamils both extreme and moderate were convinced the need to establish a separate state^[11]
The Sansoni Report has been criticized for pro-government bias by Rajan Hoole of the University Teachers for Human Rights^[12] and T. Sabaratnam in his biography of Velupillai Prabhakaran.^[13]

Oz346 (talk) 00:54, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference presidential commission was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Kearney, Robert N. (March 1986). "Tension and Conflict in Sri Lanka". Current History. 85 (509): 110.
^ Hoole, Rajan (2001). "Chapter 2: Antecedents of July 1983 and the Foundations of Impunity". Sri Lanka: The Arrogance of Power : Myths, Decadence & Murder. University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna).
^ Sabaratnam, T. (23 November 2003). "Pirapaharan: Vol.1, Chap. 18 Tamils Lose Faith in Commissions". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
^ Sivanayagam, S. (2005). Sri Lanka: Witness to History - A Journalist's Memoirs, 1930-2004. London: Sivayogam. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-9549647-0-2.
^ Manoharan, N. (2008). Democratic Dilemma: Ethnic Violence and Human Rights in Sri Lanka. New Delhi: Samskriti. p. 90. ISBN 9788187374503.
^ Amnesty International, June 11, 2009 Index Number: ASA 37/005/2009 Sri Lanka: Twenty years of make-believe. Sri Lanka’s Commissions of Inquiry, p.9, https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/asa370052009eng.pdf
^ Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, Sunday Times, Feb 17th 2008, Focus on Rights, Further reflections on commission inquiries and rights violations - Part Three, https://www.sundaytimes.lk/080217/Columns/focus.html
^ Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, Sunday Times, Oct 28th 2007, Discussing mock turtles and commissions of inquiry, https://www.sundaytimes.lk/080217/Columns/focus.html
^ de Silva, Premakumara; Haniffa, Farzana; Bastin, Rohan (2019), Ratuva, Steven (ed.), "Ethnicity and Violence in Sri Lanka: An Ethnohistorical Narrative", The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity, Singapore: Springer, p. 16, retrieved 2024-03-12
^ Manogaran, Chelvadurai (1987). Ethnic Conflict and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 63–65. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ Hoole, Rajan (2001). "Chapter 2: Antecedents of July 1983 and the Foundations of Impunity". Sri Lanka: The Arrogance of Power : Myths, Decadence & Murder. University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna).
^ Sabaratnam, T. (23 November 2003). "Pirapaharan: Vol.1, Chap. 18 Tamils Lose Faith in Commissions". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.

[presidential_commission-1] Cite error: The named reference presidential commission was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Kearney-2] Kearney, Robert N. (March 1986). "Tension and Conflict in Sri Lanka". Current History. 85 (509): 110.

[3] Hoole, Rajan (2001). "Chapter 2: Antecedents of July 1983 and the Foundations of Impunity". Sri Lanka: The Arrogance of Power : Myths, Decadence & Murder. University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna).

[4] Sabaratnam, T. (23 November 2003). "Pirapaharan: Vol.1, Chap. 18 Tamils Lose Faith in Commissions". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.

[5] Sivanayagam, S. (2005). Sri Lanka: Witness to History - A Journalist's Memoirs, 1930-2004. London: Sivayogam. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-9549647-0-2.

[6] Manoharan, N. (2008). Democratic Dilemma: Ethnic Violence and Human Rights in Sri Lanka. New Delhi: Samskriti. p. 90. ISBN 9788187374503.

[7] Amnesty International, June 11, 2009 Index Number: ASA 37/005/2009 Sri Lanka: Twenty years of make-believe. Sri Lanka’s Commissions of Inquiry, p.9, https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/asa370052009eng.pdf

[8] Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, Sunday Times, Feb 17th 2008, Focus on Rights, Further reflections on commission inquiries and rights violations - Part Three, https://www.sundaytimes.lk/080217/Columns/focus.html

[9] Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, Sunday Times, Oct 28th 2007, Discussing mock turtles and commissions of inquiry, https://www.sundaytimes.lk/080217/Columns/focus.html

[10] Silva, Premakumara; Haniffa, Farzana; Bastin, Rohan (2019), Ratuva, Steven (ed.), "Ethnicity and Violence in Sri Lanka: An Ethnohistorical Narrative", The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity, Singapore: Springer, p. 16, retrieved 2024-03-12

[Chelvadurai-11] Manogaran, Chelvadurai (1987). Ethnic Conflict and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 63–65. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[12] Hoole, Rajan (2001). "Chapter 2: Antecedents of July 1983 and the Foundations of Impunity". Sri Lanka: The Arrogance of Power : Myths, Decadence & Murder. University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna).

[13] Sabaratnam, T. (23 November 2003). "Pirapaharan: Vol.1, Chap. 18 Tamils Lose Faith in Commissions". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.

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