Talk:State of Palestine
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Picture in the "Art, Music, and Clothing" Section[edit]
Under the 'Art, music, and clothing' Section there is a picture of 'Palestinian children in their traditional dress'. The picture itself was taken in London (on Oct. 9th 2023), and it is not clear this has anything to do with 'traditional Palestinian clothing'. The picture does contain a political message which is irrelevant to the information discussed in the section, and in addition contains a short manifesto in text when opened "There are more than two million people living there, and this brutal form of collective punishment is clearly a war crime which threatens the lives of all of them...". I suggest deleting this picture or finding a more suitable image which is relevant to the information discussed.— Preceding unsigned comment added by an unspecified IP address
Requested move 1 June 2024[edit]
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Speedy close. Speedy close per SilverLocust and others. (non-admin closure) Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 02:26, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
State of Palestine → Palestine – WP:COMMONNAME, and because this is what is done for almost every other state on Earth, such as the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of China, the People’s Republic of China, the United Mexican States, and the State of Israel. MountainDew20 (talk) 02:51, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Furthermore, Palestine will have to be moved to Palestine (disambiguation). MountainDew20 (talk) 02:55, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Agree. State of Palestine according to pageviews.wmcloud.com is visited way more than the region and all the other things in the disambig page combined. 48JCLTALK 16:25, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: This was last discussed 4–6 weeks ago in Talk:State of Palestine/Archive 19#Requested move 18 April 2024, which was closed on 29 April as not moved (i.e., consensus not to move). SilverLocust 💬 03:16, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
@SilverLocust: Please close this RM per above. Selfstudier (talk) 08:11, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Closure requests shouldn't be directed at a particular user, but other editors can take your comment as a "• Speedy close per SilverLocust". Personally, I wait for some comments before closing a repeat request as WP:SNOW, and I generally don't close an RM after making even a neutral comment. SilverLocust 💬 08:33, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, my mistake, I mixed you up with @MountainDew20: Selfstudier (talk) 08:41, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
Procedural close Per above comments, this is just a waste of editor time. Selfstudier (talk) 08:40, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
Yep, discussed closed and now asked again. Close this. Slatersteven (talk) 16:27, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
- Speedy close per SilverLocust. --Aldij (talk) 16:18, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
Comma splice[edit]
Im new so i might be making a mistake (sorry if i do)
"Currently, the biggest challenges to the country include the Israeli occupation, partial blockade, restrictions on movement, Israeli settlements and settler violence, as well as an overall poor security situation."
In this sentence I think there is a comma splice. "and settler violence, as well as an overall poor security situation." Here you say "and" but also put a comma before "as well" as shown "settler violence, as well". I suggest to edit it and make it either a semi-colon or make it a new sentence. Just noticed it and thought I'd let yall know.
Thanks. Onm21 (talk) 17:21, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
- Not done Much appreciated, but as well as an overall poor security situation isn't an independent clause, so this isn't a comma splice. Remsense诉 18:04, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 June 2024[edit]
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"the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, collectively known as the Palestinian territories — within the larger region of Palestine" this is a technical and geographical inaccuracy. the 2 palestinian states (governed by different governments) are within the region of Israel. Regardless of the political opinion, this is geographically inaccurate and may be misleading. Maleuser999 (talk) 15:00, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
- Not done – incorrect, see Palestine (region). Remsense诉 15:01, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
Unsubstantiated/potentially inaccurate sentence in main summary section[edit]
The final paragraph in the introduction summary section contains a sentence which reads: "Despite these challenges, the country remains one of the most highly-educated countries in the Arab world." I am unsure by what metric this is measured, as the Wikipedia article on education in the Arab world places Palestine around the middle of the pack as well as low internationally.
Perhaps it is my misunderstanding but please review and take the action you deem necessary. 76.244.42.200 (talk) 07:41, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
- Education in the Arab World is poorly sourced, and the table presented there is completely unsourced (we aren't even told what parameter the ranking refers too). That said, I agree that the claim here is also unsourced and a knowledgeable editor should look into it. — kashmīrī TALK 08:09, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
- Treating your comment as an edit request to remove the relevant material on the basis that is is unsourced, I have done so. It's not in the education section or elsewhere in the article body that I can see. Selfstudier (talk) 11:13, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
- I'm glad action was taken, however now I have a different concern about the same section. There are two back-to-back sentences in the exact same place that contain grammatical errors.
- "Unsolved remain the question of Palestine's borders..." – should be "remains" instead of "remain"
- "Despite these challenges, the country, maintains an emerging economy, and sees frequent tourism." – need to remove extraneous commas. Should be corrected to "Despite these challenges, the country maintains an emerging economy and sees frequent tourism." 76.244.42.200 (talk) 00:30, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- I've gone ahead and made those fixes. Thank you for pointing them out - Antandrus (talk) 01:36, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
Revert[edit]
This revert edit wars in the term "Proclaimed capital" in the infobox. The infoboxes for Israel and Palestine in this respect should be identical (as are their leads) as neither claim is recognized and whether Israel occupies Jerusalem has absolutely nothing whatever to do with it. Selfstudier (talk) 20:37, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 July 2024[edit]
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In the "Capital" section of the Infobox, instead of saying "Jerusalem" say "East Jerusalem" as the Palestinian Liberation Organisation claims only East Jerusalem as its capital not the whole of Jerusalem. Zakary2012 (talk) 05:15, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. GrayStorm(Complaints Dept.|My Contribs.) 05:40, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
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