Talk:Al-Khisas raid

massacre?
Is 10 a "large number"? I personally think not. In which case this should be renamed to "incident" or "attack" or similar. Otherwise any terrorist attacks that kill 10 or more people should likewise be listed as a "massacre". Wikipedia will quickly fill up with "massacres" diluting those that really are massacre of large numbers of people. Oboler (talk) 13:00, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Agree. Renaming, per the discussion here NoCal100 (talk) 19:48, 28 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but I disagree. ten people killed is enough to qualify as a massacre and the reliable sources cited use the term "massacre" and not "raid.  T i a m u t talk 13:22, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, which cited source calls it a 'massacre'? The Benvinisti books calls it "attack" (4 times), "retaliatory raid" (once) and "raid" once. The NYT article also calls it a raid, in the headline. NoCal100 (talk) 16:07, 1 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Oops. My bad. I thought this was another article where I remember such a source being appended. No worries. For now, because of the lack of a reliable source, I'l accept "raid". Please note however, that the definition of a massacre that was operative at Wikipedia for some time was more then 10 civilians killed in a single incident. This was qualified under that definition. But I'm not willing to war over it, particularly if a new consensus on how to define a massacre is emerging.  T i a m u t talk 16:27, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I guess Oboler and NoCal100 will agree to moving Mercaz HaRav massacre to Mercaz HaRav attack ? After all, fewer people were killed at Mercaz HaRav... While we are at it: Munich massacre should be moved to Munich raid?? Anyway, KimvdLinde collected definitions of the word "massacre" here: I suggest we move this back. Regards, Huldra (talk) 19:17, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, I see now I could have been clearer when I wrote "Agreed". I agreed with Oboler's suggestion that the article  should be renamed to "incident" or "attack" or similar, but not with his rationale of "10 is not a large number". The number of those killed is not a factor in deciding what to call the article - which should be what reliable sources call the incident. That is why I referred to the discussion here, which ended with an apparent consensus to name articles "by the name most commonly used in reliable sources". The reliable sources for this article call the incident a raid or an attack, not a massacre. NoCal100 (talk) 03:04, 2 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Archived version of that discussion here, --Huldra (talk) 17:59, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

I think the more pertinent discussion is here. Cheers,  pedrito  -  talk  - 03.12.2008 07:58

Rename to "Al-Khisas massacre"
Any objections to changing the name to "Al-Khisas massacre"?

See: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Israel Palestine Collaboration/About the use of the word massacre

IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 15:55, 14 January 2024 (UTC)