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Talk:Hamas

Which flag should be used in the infobox?

A: White, emblem flag (status quo)
B: Green, Shahada flag
C: Both (e.g. People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran's infobox)
D: Neither (infobox without a flag)

𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 14:55, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather

This RFC is a pseudo-continuation of a discussion at the Central Texas floods article. Points were brought up about the inclusion of sections relating to climate change in severe weather articles in general. However, the RFC did not find consensus for that. As a result, I am opening this RFC. Articles affected include those on specific hurricanes, flood events, tornadoes, et cetera. ✶Qux yz ✶ 22:00, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:2025 India–Pakistan conflict

Should the following statement, reflecting a Pakistani claim, be added to the Background section of this article, which currently describes the 2025 Pahalgam attack as a key event in the lead-up to the conflict?

Pakistan alleged that the Pahalgam attack was a "false flag operation" orchestrated by India.^[1]^[2] Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 04:05, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Gaza genocide

Should the WP:first sentence of the article have the title in bold as the sentence subject, such as The Gaza genocide is... or should it have an 'X says Y' format, such as According to a United Nations Special Committee, Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières, B'Tselem, and other experts, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza against the Palestinians...? إيان (talk) 21:41, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Efraín Ríos Montt

Should disputed material by David Stoll, Sabino, et al regarding Rios Montt s involvement and responsibility for the Guatemalan genocide, which view it as a allegation or claim by opponents, be removed or retained in the article?

Discussions for context:

#Use of Colville report
#Convicted war criminal?
#Mass murderer category
#Regarding the doubts about the Guatemalan Genocide and Rios Montt s responsibility and involvement

95.102.216.130 (talk) 06:34, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Poland

In connection to the above discussion, should the information box in the Poland article start with "Baptism of Poland 14 April 966" or "Duchy of Poland c. 960"? PJK 1993 (talk) 09:25, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Should the RSS be termed far-right instead of right-wing in the article? Relisting to get a wider range of comments.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:25, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia

As I discussed from Template talk:Infobox person#Subordinate countries in infoboxes, should we propose not to include "Russian SFSR" (or other Soviet republics) from biographical infoboxes what Mike Novikoff recommends per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. Most edits are made to Vasily Utkin, Oleg Gazmanov, Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin. Absolutiva 02:24, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Michael Jackson

Should the following sentence be added to the end of the second paragraph in the section on First child sexual abuse accusations and first marriage (1993–1995)?

In February 2003, LAPD detective and pedophilia expert Bill Dworin said the photos "corroborated the description that the boy gave us."

Robert McClenon (talk) 05:25, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Fall of Phnom Penh

How should the lede be worded?

"Phnom Penh, capital of the Khmer Republic (in present-day Cambodia), was captured by the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, effectively ending the Cambodian Civil War".
"The Fall of Phnom Penh was the capture of Phnom Penh, capital of the Khmer Republic (in present-day Cambodia), by the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, effectively ending the Cambodian Civil War.

Daniel Case (talk) 20:56, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Winter War

Should the result in the infobox be changed from

Moscow Peace Treaty

to

Soviet victory (See § Aftermath and casualties)

StephanSnow (talk) 13:44, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Ellie Reeves

Should the wives of peers/knights who are entitled to appropriate stylings (eg. The Lady Cryer for Ellie Reeves; Lady Nugee for Emily Thornberry; etc), but who do not use them, be referred to as:

Option A. Use the full/official/legal title in both the lede sentence and the infobox (ex. Ellie Claire Reeves, Baroness/Lady Cryer and The Lady Cryer in the lede and infobox, respectively);
Option B. Do not use the full/official/legal title in both the lede and the infobox (ex.Ellie Claire Reeves and Ellie Reeves, in the lede and infobox, respectively), but include a note (ex. Reeves is entitled to be styled as Lady Cryer by marriage; or something of the sort);
Option C. As a compromise, use the full title in the lede but not the infobox (ex. Ellie Claire Reeves, Baroness/Lady Cryer in the lede, but Ellie Reeves in the infobox); possibly including a note here as well.

Note: There is precedent for most of these options: option A is used for Caroline Dinenage; B is used for Thornberry (or more closely, Amelia Gentleman; and C is used for Reeves. estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:26, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Historic Site of Anti-Mongolian Struggle

Should this article include a link to https://brunch.co.kr/@jehsk52/65 in the Wikipedia:External links section? WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:14, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction

Which of the options should be implemented?

A: Insert the following text into Death Toll subsection in Total number of casualties section:

Edward Roger John Owen and Şevket Pamuk estimate that during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire (1912–1922), when the Balkan Wars, the First World War and the War of Independence took place in areas that were later to become part of Turkey, there were nearly 2 million Muslim casualties of the military and civilian population.^[3]^[4] However the text does not specify it is only about Christian attacks.

B: Insert the following text into World War I and the Turkish War of Independence section

Roger Owen and Şevket Pamuk estimate that during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire (1912–1922), when the Balkan Wars, the First World War and the War of Independence took place in areas that were later to become part of Turkey, there were nearly 2 million military and civilian deaths among Muslim Turks and Kurds.pp 10-11 p. 131 Kemal Kirişçi mentions McCarthy's estimate of 2.5 million Muslim deaths within the borders of modern-day Turkey due to wars, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed.p. 175-177

C: Neither or another option

Robert McClenon (talk) 16:14, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Remigration

Should this article describe remigration as "promoted voluntary return" in the lede? Should it be presented as-is, attributed to the groups which describe it as such, removed entirely, or something else? Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 15:55, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

^ Kestler‑D'Amours, Jillian (24 April 2025). "Kashmir updates: Pakistan claims Pahalgam attack 'false flag operation'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
^ "Shehbaz hails Trump as 'man of peace'". The Express Tribune. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
^ Owen, Edward Roger John; Pamuk, Şevket (1999). A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-674-39831-9.
^ Pamuk, Şevket (2005). "The Ottoman economy in World War I". In Broadberry, Stephen Noel; Harrison, Mark (eds.). The Economics of World War I. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-0-511-13234-6.

[1] Kestler‑D'Amours, Jillian (24 April 2025). "Kashmir updates: Pakistan claims Pahalgam attack 'false flag operation'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

[2] "Shehbaz hails Trump as 'man of peace'". The Express Tribune. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.

[3] Owen, Edward Roger John; Pamuk, Şevket (1999). A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-674-39831-9.

[4] Pamuk, Şevket (2005). "The Ottoman economy in World War I". In Broadberry, Stephen Noel; Harrison, Mark (eds.). The Economics of World War I. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-0-511-13234-6.

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