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	Killing of Yahya Sinwar was a Warfare good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones Date Process Result October 17, 2024 Articles for deletion Kept November 4, 2024 Good article nominee Not listed
	A news item involving this article was featured on Misplaced Pages's Main Page in the "In the news" column on October 17, 2024.
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MBC "controversy"

In the relevant section, the article currently describes a "controversy" where "certain groups" were outraged by MBC's labelling of Sinwar as a terrorist, after which their office in Iraq was stormed by militias and their license was revoked by the government.

This style of coverage is not supported at all by the AP source, and I don't have access to the other one. According to AP, militias stormed a media HQ to protest their publications. Hours later, the Iraqi government revoked their operating license. That's it. There was no "controversy" leading up to this point, and it never went beyond the militias and the Iraqi government. "Certain groups" are not mentioned.

Of further concern is that the section does not mention the likely primary reason for the militia's actions, which is not Sinwar, but instead that the report called a deputy commander of an Iraqi militia a terrorist. Most likely, this is way more pertinent as a piece of information regarding this incident.

Considering Sinwar's ultimate irrelevance, I believe this section should be removed. However, even if it's not removed, it absolutely should be reworded. Dieknon (talk) 06:03, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

While I don't agree with each and every word in your analysis (obviously the airing of the report was controversial), I do agree that it doesn't belong in this article since there is no connection between the report and the subject of this article other than proximity in time. However, the content fits very nicely into the article about MBC Group. The Mountain of Eden (talk) 14:03, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Edit at Killing of Yahya Sinwar

Use of the word "spokesman" in the article, without naming the "spokespman", is the same wording used by the Al Jazeera, reference on which the content is based. I don't know if your edit was intended to convey a broader message beyond Misplaced Pages, but it certainly highlights that the reference practices shoddy journalism, yet is considered by the Misplaced Pages community as a reliable source. The Mountain of Eden (talk) 18:44, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

@The Mountain of Eden: what are you on about? Im pretty sure the houthi's "spokesman"'s name was mentioned in other sources hence i added the who tag. Plus the who tag doesn't question the reliablity of the reference. Anyways thanks for assuming good faith Abo Yemen✉ 03:32, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

How do we know that the Houthis have only one "spokesman"? Al Jazeera should have named the spokesman that they quoted, and your addition of the {{who}} template drives home that point. The Mountain of Eden (talk) 05:15, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

I never said any of that? You're discrediting Al-Jazeera on your own now Abo Yemen✉ 05:18, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

This started with the addition of a {{who}} tag. The name of the spokesman has been added. The issue has been resolved. —Alalch E. 16:12, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Good work, Alalch E.. The new reference you added allows for the addition of more content. See this edit. The Mountain of Eden (talk) 18:07, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 23 October 2024

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Change

Killed in the Israel-Hamas war

to

killed in the Israel Genocide against Palestinians

source:

https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203454 CDLFC (talk) 17:52, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Misplaced Pages articles maintain a neutral point of view and impartial tone. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 18:25, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

CDLFC: Oh and before you go please read wikipedia's policy of keeping a WP:Neutral Point of View. Yes, it is a genocide but we have to present the subject in a manner where supporters of either side would read this and wouldn't feel the need to attack[REDACTED] on twitter or whatever app you use. Abo Yemen✉ 18:41, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Abo Yemen, we don't accept or reject proposed edits based on whether or not readers would attack Misplaced Pages on social media but based on reliable sources and editor consensus. Your first sentence was correct but your second one is based on your opinion. Liz 01:26, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

my bad Abo Yemen✉ 05:41, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

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I found the name of the Houthi spokesman who made the statement about Sinwar's death, which is a suggested edit. The spokesman is Yahya Saree.

Source:  Mbrs128 (talk) 13:08, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

•  Not done Not verifiable, contrary to what is verifiable, and WP:SYNTH. The Ynet source mentions that one person said something, while our article quotes a different statement, without naming the person who made it. Going by the Ynet source, there is no evidence that the person associated with the quote in the Ynet article is the maker of the different statement quoted in our article. What can actually be verified is that that the Houthi spokesperson who made the statement quoted in our article is a different spokesperson from the one quoted by Ynet (Ahram Online). Two statements, each made by a different spokesperson. Pinging User:Mbrs128 to see this as a useful example of something that illustrates well why have the policies Misplaced Pages:No original research and WP:Verifiability.—Alalch E. 15:55, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

  Not so fast. While we cannot use this reference as suggested, the reference still has valuable content that can be added to the article. --The Mountain of Eden (talk) 13:58, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

References

1. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sylt4ffxye

Vague assertion

"Some in Israel characterized the imagery as showing defeat, while Sinwar's supporters interpreted his conduct as emblematic of defiance. "

Some: who? characterized it?' Sinwar's supporters: whom?

User:Pedant (talk) 20:59, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

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Article refers to David Halperin, CEO of Israel Policy Forum. David A. Halperin is indeed CEO of that organization, but the article erroneously links to the wiki article for David M. Halperin, an American social theorist with no ties to the Israel Policy Forum. Henrywdaniels (talk) 04:10, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Please remove the erroneous link Henrywdaniels (talk) 04:10, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

 Done Skynxnex (talk) 19:41, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Killing of Yahya Sinwar/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Abo Yemen (talk · contribs) 08:45, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: The Blue Rider (talk · contribs) 05:42, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Per WP:GAI, I will quick-fail the article as a drive-by nomination since the nominator isn't ranked at 6th or higher in authorship nor his the author of at least 10% of the article. The Blue Rider 05:53, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

• Comment not the reviewer, but I really have reservations about GA-ing any article on an event that happened less than a month ago. It's impossible to give a complete picture of this event so shortly after it happened, so I don't think at this stage it's even POSSIBLE to pass this on the "major aspects" criterion. This happened less than a month ago! I personally would quickfail this, as it is impossible at this stage to write an article that matches our standards (and I was going to, but someone beat me to the review). PARAKANYAA (talk) 05:49, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

  @PARAKANYAA: IMHO I didn't think that it would get reviewed this quick (I taught that it might take two months to get noticed in the first place, just like most articles do) but as far as i can see reporting on his death stopped about 2 weeks ago and we have a relatively good article Abo Yemen✉ 05:52, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

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