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What happened to the attackers? Were they all killed or did they escape. Were there any responding authorities resisting the attack or were the only resistors armed citizens? Curious as to the lack of news/information about this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.36.55.158 ( talk) 13:38, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
Articles such as these tend to have long "flag sections", as various governments condemn the incident. I'm going to BOLDly try to head this off by summarising the condemnations succinctly in prose form. -- LukeSurl t c 17:58, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
Plenty of terrorist attack articles have flags, I don't see why this one shouldn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walsak ( talk • contribs) 19:07, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
I'll note it here as this article will probably get more attention: note the two articles: Bir al-Abed and Battle of Bir el Abd. Both seem to refer to the same place (though note that I linked them). Openstreetmap uses "Bir el Abd" as well. What should be the proper spelling? Tzafrir ( talk) 19:14, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
The location of the incident at 31.016636°N 33.014330°E is not correct. The correct location is at: 31.039471°N 33.347818°E (which is outside the town of Bir al-Abed 30 kilometers further to the east, in a village called al-Rawda along the main coastal highway. The village itself does still lie within the borders of the Bir al-Abed municipality, so the name of the lemma is still correct.
The widely circulated picture ( http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42110223) showing the al-Rawda mosque after the attack, clearly shows, that the mosque is square-shaped, has a dome in the center, a minaret to the side and a stair-like structure in the front.
These characteristics cannnot be found at the mosque at 31.016636°N 33.014330°E, as can be seen on satellite images ( https://goo.gl/maps/BxNVr4ReFxJ2)
However, all those 4 characteristics can be seen at the mosque in the Village of al-Rawda ( https://goo.gl/maps/2x7rYhg6s3P2)
See also: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/world/middleeast/mosque-attack-egypt.html
I have changed the coordinates accordingly!
Which makes me wonder how to deal with this:
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help)Wouldn't this really apply to al-Rawda and not Bir al-Abed as a whole? Should we contact writers Magdy Samaan and Raf Sanchez? WhisperToMe ( talk) 19:42, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
Current title "Bir al-Abed attack" is far less common. A Google web search hits only 190. A Google News search returns zero hit. Also the location of mosque is far from Bir al-Abed, It is between Bir al-Abed and El Arish. More common name may be "Egypt attack" (247,000) or "Egypt mosque attack" (362,000). So probably the best title might be "2017 Egypt mosque attack". Thought?―― Phoenix7777 ( talk) 05:04, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
Is a list of countries, cited but without quotes, really necessary?-- Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 07:12, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
As per common name and and WP usual practice in attacks on mosques, churches and similar. E.M.Gregory ( talk) 11:36, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
Is there a reason this section header is there, but left empty? I'm going to delete it for now. 207.222.59.50 ( talk) 15:26, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
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What happened to the attackers? Were they all killed or did they escape. Were there any responding authorities resisting the attack or were the only resistors armed citizens? Curious as to the lack of news/information about this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.36.55.158 ( talk) 13:38, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
Articles such as these tend to have long "flag sections", as various governments condemn the incident. I'm going to BOLDly try to head this off by summarising the condemnations succinctly in prose form. -- LukeSurl t c 17:58, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
Plenty of terrorist attack articles have flags, I don't see why this one shouldn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walsak ( talk • contribs) 19:07, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
I'll note it here as this article will probably get more attention: note the two articles: Bir al-Abed and Battle of Bir el Abd. Both seem to refer to the same place (though note that I linked them). Openstreetmap uses "Bir el Abd" as well. What should be the proper spelling? Tzafrir ( talk) 19:14, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
The location of the incident at 31.016636°N 33.014330°E is not correct. The correct location is at: 31.039471°N 33.347818°E (which is outside the town of Bir al-Abed 30 kilometers further to the east, in a village called al-Rawda along the main coastal highway. The village itself does still lie within the borders of the Bir al-Abed municipality, so the name of the lemma is still correct.
The widely circulated picture ( http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42110223) showing the al-Rawda mosque after the attack, clearly shows, that the mosque is square-shaped, has a dome in the center, a minaret to the side and a stair-like structure in the front.
These characteristics cannnot be found at the mosque at 31.016636°N 33.014330°E, as can be seen on satellite images ( https://goo.gl/maps/BxNVr4ReFxJ2)
However, all those 4 characteristics can be seen at the mosque in the Village of al-Rawda ( https://goo.gl/maps/2x7rYhg6s3P2)
See also: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/world/middleeast/mosque-attack-egypt.html
I have changed the coordinates accordingly!
Which makes me wonder how to deal with this:
{{
cite web}}
: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher=
(
help)Wouldn't this really apply to al-Rawda and not Bir al-Abed as a whole? Should we contact writers Magdy Samaan and Raf Sanchez? WhisperToMe ( talk) 19:42, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
Current title "Bir al-Abed attack" is far less common. A Google web search hits only 190. A Google News search returns zero hit. Also the location of mosque is far from Bir al-Abed, It is between Bir al-Abed and El Arish. More common name may be "Egypt attack" (247,000) or "Egypt mosque attack" (362,000). So probably the best title might be "2017 Egypt mosque attack". Thought?―― Phoenix7777 ( talk) 05:04, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
Is a list of countries, cited but without quotes, really necessary?-- Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 07:12, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
As per common name and and WP usual practice in attacks on mosques, churches and similar. E.M.Gregory ( talk) 11:36, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
Is there a reason this section header is there, but left empty? I'm going to delete it for now. 207.222.59.50 ( talk) 15:26, 1 December 2017 (UTC)