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Are they really commonly known as “9/11”, everywhere, by everyone? I don't refer to it as “9/11”, but you see, I'm not American. I doubt if anyone else I know refers to it as “9/11”. There is a major problem with that name for this GLOBAL encyclopaedia. To me, and to almost everyone outside the USA, 9/11 means the 9th of November. I believe we need to keep the more explicit, globally understood name.
HiLo48 (
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08:36, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Everyone that I know of refers to this attack as "9/11". Not only is "9/11" a common colloquial term, but it has also been officially adopted in various contexts. As MountainDew20 pointed out, both the United States Government's commission and its report on the attacks use the term "9/11." This lends official credibility to the usage of the term. Since other articles related to the September 11th attacks already use "9/11" in their titles, it makes sense to align the main article's title with this established convention. Also, being as this was a terrorist attack based in America, it should titled what it is referred to as in America. Yes, this is a global encyclopedia, but it is formatted mostly in American format. For instance, look up "color". The article is in the American format, instead of "colour". Same for "potato chip". Also, while the term "9/11" may have originated in the United States, it has become globally recognized and widely used to refer to the September 11th attacks. This term has transcended national boundaries and is commonly understood by people around the world. Using "9/11" in the title can actually enhance the accessibility and searchability of the article. Many individuals, especially those who are not native English speakers, might naturally search for "9/11" when looking for information about the attacks, given its widespread usage. The purpose of an encyclopedia is to provide accurate and widely recognized information. If "9/11" is the commonly used and understood term, it serves the encyclopedia's mission to use that term as the title for the article.
Pmealer126 (
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13:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Everyone that I know of refers to this attack as "9/11".
Your personal experience is not a
WP:RS for making changes to Wikipedia articles. Again, the problem is that moving this article to "9/11" introduces too much ambiguity and makes it more difficult for users to find this article, we would have to
disambiguate the article. Such a move does not enhance the accessibility and searchability of the article. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite14:29, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
As HiLo points out, moving it to 9/11 would just mean confusing it with the actual date scheme. This is a case where
WP:COMMONNAME falls afoul of making things more confusing and harder to find the correct article. So I have to say Oppose to this proposal. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite13:29, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Oppose — far too colloquial and I really can't think of any other attacks that happened on that date that the September 11 attacks could be reasonably mistaken for.
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01:42, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
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Incredulous oppose. Because of the superfluity of "terrorist", that's why not. You prop up your plea for lengthening the title by citing
WP:CONCISE, which says "The goal of concision is to balance brevity with sufficient information to identify the topic to a person familiar with the general subject area". Uh-huh. I suggest that "September 11 attacks" (i) is brief, and (ii) provides sufficient information to identify the topic to a person familiar with the general subject area. --
Hoary (
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12:48, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
Oppose and
WP:SNOW close. There's no ambiguity with the original wording (at least not one that would be solved by the addition of the word "terrorist", as other attacks on other September 11s have also involved terrorists), and if sufficient information to identify the topic to a person familiar with the general subject area is the goal (per the comment above) I'd say that criteria is already met – this is the
WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. I'm not sure how
WP:CONCISE can be cited to lengthen a title. — Czello(
music)12:35, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
Oppose This brings completely unnecessary clarity. In addition, the fact they were terrorist attacks is already mentioned in the first sentence, so any confusion as to whether it is a government attack or a terrorist attack is rapidly shut down during almost any readers first read through. On top of that, if the new title goes in the opening sentence, it simply clutters up the sentence by repeated information. In general it is an unnecessary change, and this argument should be shut down. I would agree with applying WP:SNOW in this case.
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14:40, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
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In the intro section, the sentence that begins "At morning," doesn't quite read clearly to American English readers. Just a suggestion that it be changed to "That morning" or "In the morning" or a similarly appropriate substitute.
2601:CD:4000:610:F435:89A0:E7C4:EA0B (
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03:50, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
change in a "passenger revolt" to "what was most likely a passenger revolt" As it cannot be 100% confirmed if it was a passenger revolt or a malfunction of the plane.
Pinkgarfunkel (
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20:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Second to last sentence in last paragraph of introduction implies that only Tower #1 was rebuilt and does not mention Towers 3, 4 and the incomplete Tower 2. Link to the page for the
whole complex and mention there are multiple towers on the site now - a lot of people don't seem to realize that...
Ee100duna (
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22:06, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Building 3, 4, and the Performing Arts Center are mentioned in section 6.1; additionally, there is a link to the new complex at the heading section of that section. I don't feel like it's really necessary to mention these buildings in the opening paragraph. However, I do feel like that perhaps something along the line of "reconstruction of the World Trade Center complex commenced..." or something to that effect.
Butterscotch5 (
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23:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Photos changed without consensus
I don't know who changed the photos in the Infobox, but the new photos look horrendous. I can't find any consensus in archive for this massive change, may we please revert back to original photos?
Cena332 (
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00:45, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
I think it’s okay to change photos over time, but they should certainly be discussed here first, especially for this article.
PascalHD (
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16:44, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Bottom row:Flight 77's collision with the Pentagon as captured by three consecutive
CCTV frames
PascalHD These
new photos were not discussed and just changed without any discussion, previously editors discussed photos changes to the Infobox on this article talk page first. Is it ok to add the old ones back until editors can have a agreement if we want to change. --
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19:50, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
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This has been discussed many times before, with a consensus of sources calling the perpetrators "Islamist." A couple of editors have recently been removing it, with no obvious explanation. I have restored it twice. I invite explanations of why this ought to be removed, using references to reliable sources. Acroterion(talk)00:33, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
I support the previous consensus, which has held for years. We've been through various possibilities, but "Islamist" captures the motivation and ideology of the attackers well, and is supported robustly by reliable sources.
Antandrus(talk)02:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
It sure is easy to talk about "reliable sources" and dismiss this edit as "unconstructive" when you completely ignore the reasoning given in the initial edit that removed "Islamist" and in subsequent undos! So that it cannot be ignored on the talk page, here's a little reminder!
First edit: No one calls the war crimes committed by Bush or Obama "Democratic terrorism" or such, so why should it be done on here
Second edit: Reliable sources are the sources that are reliable only because you want to call them reliable. Use of the word "Islamist" here is of malicious intent, and serves to justify the horrific actions and political agenda of George Bush.
This discussion has nothing to do with George Bush or Obama, and you are employing a personal analysis that ignores sources, which are what Wikipedia relies upon. Please read
WP:SYNTH and
WP:OR. This kind of opinion-based content removal is disruptive. Acroterion(talk)13:35, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Please fully read comments before replying to them. The reason I copied those edit summaries into my reply is clear if you actually read it. --
Dalremnei (
talk)
13:45, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
We already have addressed those complaints. The first complaint is irrelevant.
Islamic terrorism is a specific thing, notable, and well cited. The second complaint is a combination of
"I don't like it" and assuming bad faith.
I don't see how the first complaint is irrelevant. I'd also be fine with "Islamist terrorism" being the description used if that standard was applied elsewhere as
Par âpre aux astres (
talk·contribs) has suggested. That would be maintaining a neutral point of view. It's not assuming bad faith when the terminology used is in bad faith, as well. --
Dalremnei (
talk)
13:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Frankly, you need to dial back the rhetoric and take the time to learn Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. You sound like you're here to
pick a fight, rather than collaborate in improving articles. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite13:45, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Have you considered that in an Islamophobic, US-centric society, terminology used in reliable sources will reflect those biases? Wikipedia can and should do better.
Dalremnei (
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14:00, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
How else am I meant to respond then? That isn't always going to be a personal attack. In most cases, like this one, it's just true. Bigots love to hide behind the justification of just being "logical" and "looking at the facts" and I should be able to call that out.
Dalremnei (
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14:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
That's enough. Unless you have explicit evidence of bigotry, stop making that accusation. If you continue down this path, we'll have to ask admins to block you for personal attacks. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite14:43, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Ah, the "show me the evidence" game, where subtle bigotry is never actually proof of bigotry and the goal posts are always shifted to excuse it. Classic.
Dalremnei (
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00:12, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
Use of the word "Islamist" here is of malicious intent, and serves to justify the horrific actions and political agenda of George Bush. This is a bizarre claim and completely fails
WP:AGF. It is not malicious, it's a factual description of the organisation who perpetrated the attack. — Czello(
music)14:36, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
I don't know, I think it's a pretty reasonable statement which is why I started to revert the edits that reverted "Islamist" back into the description. But I think you'd need to ask the user who made that edit to explain further, since I don't want to speak on their behalf.
Dalremnei (
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00:09, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
With your second argument, calling the earth spherical serves America's propaganda purposes (Apollo program, etc.). Your first argument is nonsense because no one says such a thing. If you continue to prejudice and attack others, you will be blocked. See
WP:NPA,
WP:OR,
WP:FOC,
WP:AGF and
WP:UNDUEParham wiki (
talk)
15:15, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Please read my comment fully before replying to it. Gosh, reading comprehension is shockingly bad for a talk section supposedly full of experienced editors...
Dalremnei (
talk)
00:14, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
I suggest that
Dalremnei reads carefully all the above comments by experienced editors: stops edit-warring and stops the use of caps - which is considered shouting. The use of the word "Islamist" correctly states the prime motivation of the terriorists and is used by all the worlds mainstream media. Thank you,
David J Johnson (
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14:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
This is always how it goes on wikipedia. You try to make a positive change and then a bunch of editors with millions of edits going back decades jump in to defend the status quo.
Dalremnei (
talk)
14:05, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
NPOV does not require a false balance, it requires that articles reflect a consensus of the major points of view described in reliable sources in proportion to their prominence in those sources. To pretend that the agenda of of bin Laden was not Islamist in nature or to obscure it ignores reality. I will also point out that the lead paragraph(s) is a summary of the reliably-sourced content in the article body, so removing something like that from the lead accomplishes nothing except to confuse the summary. Acroterion(talk)14:34, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Okay so when are articles about US war crimes going to refer to it as Democratic or Republican terrorism then?
Dalremnei (
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14:37, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
This is whataboutism. But, in answer to your question – we say what sources say, and they don't call US military action "Democratic or Republican terrorism". The reason that "Islamism" is appropriate is because it is the guiding ideology that led to the attacks described in this article. — Czello(
music)14:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Is that not a clear example of the bias of "reliable sources" causing bias on wikipedia through wikipedia's policies? Perhaps the more accurate analogy would be calling US war crimes Christian terrorism. That makes just as much sense but would be considered offensive.
Dalremnei (
talk)
14:42, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
MAybe, but this is not the pace for that discussion, this is about this article, not any others or Wikipedia in general.
Slatersteven (
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14:44, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Unless you can document how Christian beliefs were directly responsible for those "war crimes", you cannot. Reliable sources have clearly demonstrated how Bin Laden & Al Qaeda were driven by
Islamist extremist beliefs.
But this is getting into
WP:FORUM territory, it's no longer about this article. It's about you personally taking offense to how reliable sources have documented the motives behind the attacks, which is a you problem. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite14:49, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
How are muslim beliefs supposedly responsible for 9/11? That's a completely amaterialistic look at motives. Geopolitics and war are far better explanations than religious belief.
Dalremnei (
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15:47, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Well, I knew this would happen as soon as someone tried to drag this issue into the talk page. You win, established editors. You get to comfortably ignore opposing views because the mainstream media affirms all of yours. I tried to make a compromise edit that addressed this edit but oh, that's not good enough... wiki editors demand absolute ideological compliance.
Dalremnei (
talk)
17:10, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
But it seems impossible to get this edit done in a way that satisfies "the rules". Every time I reverted the page it was reverted back, and then I was accused of edit-warring. If you aren't part of the elite editor clique your views mean nothing.
Dalremnei (
talk)
17:35, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
OK, so have you procduced an RS supporting the claim that it is only called this by the media, and was not, in fact, an Islamist attack?
Slatersteven (
talk)
17:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
You don't seem to understand that the problem with saying "Islamist" is that it promotes an agenda and the same standard is not applied to actions that could reasonably be called terrorism by enemies of the USA such as air strikes and war crimes in the Middle East. Either religion factors into mass murder events or it doesn't. You shouldn't get to pick and choose, even if the mainstream media does.
Dalremnei (
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17:43, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
No I do understand, that the USA is not a religion, and that we do not accuse any nation of carrying out this attack (which its perpetrators made clear was in the name of religion). And you are unwilling to listen I am not going to reply anymore. We call Christian terrorism
Christian terrorism, why shous we not call Islamist terrorism Islamist?
Slatersteven (
talk)
17:48, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
What you don't understand is that Islamism is an ideology. It's based on a particular interpretation of the Muslim faith, but we are not smearing Muslims when we point out that actual Islamists engineered the attacks in order to further their ideology.
You're attempting to pull an all-or-nothing argument, that we can never acknowledge the ideology of a terrorist group if it's based on religion unless we somehow include religion into the motivation of every terrorist group. That's nonsensical and not going to fly.
Your point just seems to be "well the mainstream media agrees with our bias so it's actually neutral to perpetuate it". I'm sure you can understand why I strongly disagree with that.
Dalremnei (
talk)
18:13, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Then you need to try and change Wikipedia's fundamental rules for
sourcing, which... well, good luck.
I'm accused of edit warring. By your reasoning that's just a bad-faith personal attack and doesn't actually mean I was edit warring, right? If every criticism is just "assuming bad faith" (a reasonable assumption sometimes) or "personal attacks" and can be dismissed then I don't really feel like the accusation of edit warring is fair, or really means anything.
Dalremnei (
talk)
18:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
sigh No, and such pedantry is not going to work. You have been edit-warring, which can be seen by your edits to the article. That's not a personal attack, that's a fact easily reviewed by anyone. Attempting to play word games is disingenuous, and I'm done with you. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite18:35, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
OK what was wrong with the last edit, Let's engage in a bit of whataboutsim.
Do we say "Islam (what RS calls a religion)"?
Do we say "WW2 (what RS call a war)?
Do we say "Dog (which RS call an animal)"?
No, where RS is pretty much unanimous we do not engage in
WP:FALSEBALANCE.
Slatersteven (
talk)
15:50, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Ok, but what exactly is the issue with my edit? It addresses the controversy in this edit war without actually removing any information. I don't like it, but evidently everyone else also doesn't like it, which seems like a good compromise to me.
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18:28, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
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Are they really commonly known as “9/11”, everywhere, by everyone? I don't refer to it as “9/11”, but you see, I'm not American. I doubt if anyone else I know refers to it as “9/11”. There is a major problem with that name for this GLOBAL encyclopaedia. To me, and to almost everyone outside the USA, 9/11 means the 9th of November. I believe we need to keep the more explicit, globally understood name.
HiLo48 (
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08:36, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Everyone that I know of refers to this attack as "9/11". Not only is "9/11" a common colloquial term, but it has also been officially adopted in various contexts. As MountainDew20 pointed out, both the United States Government's commission and its report on the attacks use the term "9/11." This lends official credibility to the usage of the term. Since other articles related to the September 11th attacks already use "9/11" in their titles, it makes sense to align the main article's title with this established convention. Also, being as this was a terrorist attack based in America, it should titled what it is referred to as in America. Yes, this is a global encyclopedia, but it is formatted mostly in American format. For instance, look up "color". The article is in the American format, instead of "colour". Same for "potato chip". Also, while the term "9/11" may have originated in the United States, it has become globally recognized and widely used to refer to the September 11th attacks. This term has transcended national boundaries and is commonly understood by people around the world. Using "9/11" in the title can actually enhance the accessibility and searchability of the article. Many individuals, especially those who are not native English speakers, might naturally search for "9/11" when looking for information about the attacks, given its widespread usage. The purpose of an encyclopedia is to provide accurate and widely recognized information. If "9/11" is the commonly used and understood term, it serves the encyclopedia's mission to use that term as the title for the article.
Pmealer126 (
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13:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Everyone that I know of refers to this attack as "9/11".
Your personal experience is not a
WP:RS for making changes to Wikipedia articles. Again, the problem is that moving this article to "9/11" introduces too much ambiguity and makes it more difficult for users to find this article, we would have to
disambiguate the article. Such a move does not enhance the accessibility and searchability of the article. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite14:29, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
As HiLo points out, moving it to 9/11 would just mean confusing it with the actual date scheme. This is a case where
WP:COMMONNAME falls afoul of making things more confusing and harder to find the correct article. So I have to say Oppose to this proposal. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite13:29, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Oppose — far too colloquial and I really can't think of any other attacks that happened on that date that the September 11 attacks could be reasonably mistaken for.
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01:42, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
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Incredulous oppose. Because of the superfluity of "terrorist", that's why not. You prop up your plea for lengthening the title by citing
WP:CONCISE, which says "The goal of concision is to balance brevity with sufficient information to identify the topic to a person familiar with the general subject area". Uh-huh. I suggest that "September 11 attacks" (i) is brief, and (ii) provides sufficient information to identify the topic to a person familiar with the general subject area. --
Hoary (
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12:48, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
Oppose and
WP:SNOW close. There's no ambiguity with the original wording (at least not one that would be solved by the addition of the word "terrorist", as other attacks on other September 11s have also involved terrorists), and if sufficient information to identify the topic to a person familiar with the general subject area is the goal (per the comment above) I'd say that criteria is already met – this is the
WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. I'm not sure how
WP:CONCISE can be cited to lengthen a title. — Czello(
music)12:35, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
Oppose This brings completely unnecessary clarity. In addition, the fact they were terrorist attacks is already mentioned in the first sentence, so any confusion as to whether it is a government attack or a terrorist attack is rapidly shut down during almost any readers first read through. On top of that, if the new title goes in the opening sentence, it simply clutters up the sentence by repeated information. In general it is an unnecessary change, and this argument should be shut down. I would agree with applying WP:SNOW in this case.
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14:40, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
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In the intro section, the sentence that begins "At morning," doesn't quite read clearly to American English readers. Just a suggestion that it be changed to "That morning" or "In the morning" or a similarly appropriate substitute.
2601:CD:4000:610:F435:89A0:E7C4:EA0B (
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03:50, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
change in a "passenger revolt" to "what was most likely a passenger revolt" As it cannot be 100% confirmed if it was a passenger revolt or a malfunction of the plane.
Pinkgarfunkel (
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20:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Second to last sentence in last paragraph of introduction implies that only Tower #1 was rebuilt and does not mention Towers 3, 4 and the incomplete Tower 2. Link to the page for the
whole complex and mention there are multiple towers on the site now - a lot of people don't seem to realize that...
Ee100duna (
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22:06, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Building 3, 4, and the Performing Arts Center are mentioned in section 6.1; additionally, there is a link to the new complex at the heading section of that section. I don't feel like it's really necessary to mention these buildings in the opening paragraph. However, I do feel like that perhaps something along the line of "reconstruction of the World Trade Center complex commenced..." or something to that effect.
Butterscotch5 (
talk)
23:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Photos changed without consensus
I don't know who changed the photos in the Infobox, but the new photos look horrendous. I can't find any consensus in archive for this massive change, may we please revert back to original photos?
Cena332 (
talk)
00:45, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
I think it’s okay to change photos over time, but they should certainly be discussed here first, especially for this article.
PascalHD (
talk)
16:44, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Bottom row:Flight 77's collision with the Pentagon as captured by three consecutive
CCTV frames
PascalHD These
new photos were not discussed and just changed without any discussion, previously editors discussed photos changes to the Infobox on this article talk page first. Is it ok to add the old ones back until editors can have a agreement if we want to change. --
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This has been discussed many times before, with a consensus of sources calling the perpetrators "Islamist." A couple of editors have recently been removing it, with no obvious explanation. I have restored it twice. I invite explanations of why this ought to be removed, using references to reliable sources. Acroterion(talk)00:33, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
I support the previous consensus, which has held for years. We've been through various possibilities, but "Islamist" captures the motivation and ideology of the attackers well, and is supported robustly by reliable sources.
Antandrus(talk)02:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
It sure is easy to talk about "reliable sources" and dismiss this edit as "unconstructive" when you completely ignore the reasoning given in the initial edit that removed "Islamist" and in subsequent undos! So that it cannot be ignored on the talk page, here's a little reminder!
First edit: No one calls the war crimes committed by Bush or Obama "Democratic terrorism" or such, so why should it be done on here
Second edit: Reliable sources are the sources that are reliable only because you want to call them reliable. Use of the word "Islamist" here is of malicious intent, and serves to justify the horrific actions and political agenda of George Bush.
This discussion has nothing to do with George Bush or Obama, and you are employing a personal analysis that ignores sources, which are what Wikipedia relies upon. Please read
WP:SYNTH and
WP:OR. This kind of opinion-based content removal is disruptive. Acroterion(talk)13:35, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Please fully read comments before replying to them. The reason I copied those edit summaries into my reply is clear if you actually read it. --
Dalremnei (
talk)
13:45, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
We already have addressed those complaints. The first complaint is irrelevant.
Islamic terrorism is a specific thing, notable, and well cited. The second complaint is a combination of
"I don't like it" and assuming bad faith.
I don't see how the first complaint is irrelevant. I'd also be fine with "Islamist terrorism" being the description used if that standard was applied elsewhere as
Par âpre aux astres (
talk·contribs) has suggested. That would be maintaining a neutral point of view. It's not assuming bad faith when the terminology used is in bad faith, as well. --
Dalremnei (
talk)
13:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Frankly, you need to dial back the rhetoric and take the time to learn Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. You sound like you're here to
pick a fight, rather than collaborate in improving articles. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite13:45, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Have you considered that in an Islamophobic, US-centric society, terminology used in reliable sources will reflect those biases? Wikipedia can and should do better.
Dalremnei (
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14:00, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
How else am I meant to respond then? That isn't always going to be a personal attack. In most cases, like this one, it's just true. Bigots love to hide behind the justification of just being "logical" and "looking at the facts" and I should be able to call that out.
Dalremnei (
talk)
14:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
That's enough. Unless you have explicit evidence of bigotry, stop making that accusation. If you continue down this path, we'll have to ask admins to block you for personal attacks. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite14:43, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Ah, the "show me the evidence" game, where subtle bigotry is never actually proof of bigotry and the goal posts are always shifted to excuse it. Classic.
Dalremnei (
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00:12, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
Use of the word "Islamist" here is of malicious intent, and serves to justify the horrific actions and political agenda of George Bush. This is a bizarre claim and completely fails
WP:AGF. It is not malicious, it's a factual description of the organisation who perpetrated the attack. — Czello(
music)14:36, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
I don't know, I think it's a pretty reasonable statement which is why I started to revert the edits that reverted "Islamist" back into the description. But I think you'd need to ask the user who made that edit to explain further, since I don't want to speak on their behalf.
Dalremnei (
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00:09, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
With your second argument, calling the earth spherical serves America's propaganda purposes (Apollo program, etc.). Your first argument is nonsense because no one says such a thing. If you continue to prejudice and attack others, you will be blocked. See
WP:NPA,
WP:OR,
WP:FOC,
WP:AGF and
WP:UNDUEParham wiki (
talk)
15:15, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Please read my comment fully before replying to it. Gosh, reading comprehension is shockingly bad for a talk section supposedly full of experienced editors...
Dalremnei (
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00:14, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
I suggest that
Dalremnei reads carefully all the above comments by experienced editors: stops edit-warring and stops the use of caps - which is considered shouting. The use of the word "Islamist" correctly states the prime motivation of the terriorists and is used by all the worlds mainstream media. Thank you,
David J Johnson (
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14:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
This is always how it goes on wikipedia. You try to make a positive change and then a bunch of editors with millions of edits going back decades jump in to defend the status quo.
Dalremnei (
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14:05, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
NPOV does not require a false balance, it requires that articles reflect a consensus of the major points of view described in reliable sources in proportion to their prominence in those sources. To pretend that the agenda of of bin Laden was not Islamist in nature or to obscure it ignores reality. I will also point out that the lead paragraph(s) is a summary of the reliably-sourced content in the article body, so removing something like that from the lead accomplishes nothing except to confuse the summary. Acroterion(talk)14:34, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Okay so when are articles about US war crimes going to refer to it as Democratic or Republican terrorism then?
Dalremnei (
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14:37, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
This is whataboutism. But, in answer to your question – we say what sources say, and they don't call US military action "Democratic or Republican terrorism". The reason that "Islamism" is appropriate is because it is the guiding ideology that led to the attacks described in this article. — Czello(
music)14:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Is that not a clear example of the bias of "reliable sources" causing bias on wikipedia through wikipedia's policies? Perhaps the more accurate analogy would be calling US war crimes Christian terrorism. That makes just as much sense but would be considered offensive.
Dalremnei (
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14:42, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
MAybe, but this is not the pace for that discussion, this is about this article, not any others or Wikipedia in general.
Slatersteven (
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14:44, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Unless you can document how Christian beliefs were directly responsible for those "war crimes", you cannot. Reliable sources have clearly demonstrated how Bin Laden & Al Qaeda were driven by
Islamist extremist beliefs.
But this is getting into
WP:FORUM territory, it's no longer about this article. It's about you personally taking offense to how reliable sources have documented the motives behind the attacks, which is a you problem. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite14:49, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
How are muslim beliefs supposedly responsible for 9/11? That's a completely amaterialistic look at motives. Geopolitics and war are far better explanations than religious belief.
Dalremnei (
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15:47, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Well, I knew this would happen as soon as someone tried to drag this issue into the talk page. You win, established editors. You get to comfortably ignore opposing views because the mainstream media affirms all of yours. I tried to make a compromise edit that addressed this edit but oh, that's not good enough... wiki editors demand absolute ideological compliance.
Dalremnei (
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17:10, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
But it seems impossible to get this edit done in a way that satisfies "the rules". Every time I reverted the page it was reverted back, and then I was accused of edit-warring. If you aren't part of the elite editor clique your views mean nothing.
Dalremnei (
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17:35, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
OK, so have you procduced an RS supporting the claim that it is only called this by the media, and was not, in fact, an Islamist attack?
Slatersteven (
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17:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
You don't seem to understand that the problem with saying "Islamist" is that it promotes an agenda and the same standard is not applied to actions that could reasonably be called terrorism by enemies of the USA such as air strikes and war crimes in the Middle East. Either religion factors into mass murder events or it doesn't. You shouldn't get to pick and choose, even if the mainstream media does.
Dalremnei (
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17:43, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
No I do understand, that the USA is not a religion, and that we do not accuse any nation of carrying out this attack (which its perpetrators made clear was in the name of religion). And you are unwilling to listen I am not going to reply anymore. We call Christian terrorism
Christian terrorism, why shous we not call Islamist terrorism Islamist?
Slatersteven (
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17:48, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
What you don't understand is that Islamism is an ideology. It's based on a particular interpretation of the Muslim faith, but we are not smearing Muslims when we point out that actual Islamists engineered the attacks in order to further their ideology.
You're attempting to pull an all-or-nothing argument, that we can never acknowledge the ideology of a terrorist group if it's based on religion unless we somehow include religion into the motivation of every terrorist group. That's nonsensical and not going to fly.
Your point just seems to be "well the mainstream media agrees with our bias so it's actually neutral to perpetuate it". I'm sure you can understand why I strongly disagree with that.
Dalremnei (
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18:13, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Then you need to try and change Wikipedia's fundamental rules for
sourcing, which... well, good luck.
I'm accused of edit warring. By your reasoning that's just a bad-faith personal attack and doesn't actually mean I was edit warring, right? If every criticism is just "assuming bad faith" (a reasonable assumption sometimes) or "personal attacks" and can be dismissed then I don't really feel like the accusation of edit warring is fair, or really means anything.
Dalremnei (
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18:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
sigh No, and such pedantry is not going to work. You have been edit-warring, which can be seen by your edits to the article. That's not a personal attack, that's a fact easily reviewed by anyone. Attempting to play word games is disingenuous, and I'm done with you. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite18:35, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
OK what was wrong with the last edit, Let's engage in a bit of whataboutsim.
Do we say "Islam (what RS calls a religion)"?
Do we say "WW2 (what RS call a war)?
Do we say "Dog (which RS call an animal)"?
No, where RS is pretty much unanimous we do not engage in
WP:FALSEBALANCE.
Slatersteven (
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15:50, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Ok, but what exactly is the issue with my edit? It addresses the controversy in this edit war without actually removing any information. I don't like it, but evidently everyone else also doesn't like it, which seems like a good compromise to me.
Dalremnei (
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18:28, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
The discussion above 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.