Talk:Beit Rima raid

Massacre?
From what I can see, none of the sources here use the word "massacre" except one fleeting mention in the Guardian of "Palestinians condemning the raid as a massacre". Fails WP:COMMONNAME and pretty egregious case of WP:NPOV. Longhornsg (talk) 02:04, 9 December 2023 (UTC)


 * It's also unclear who was killed by the IDF, militants? Palestinian security forces? Homerethegreat (talk) 10:44, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * If the sources describe it as a raid and not a massacre than it should be renamed. Homerethegreat (talk) 10:45, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed. François Robere (talk) 10:17, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 6 January 2024

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) 🌺 Cremastra (talk) 16:27, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Beit Rima massacre → Beit Rima raid – POV title backed up by none of the RS cited, except one fleeting mention in the Guardian of "Palestinians condemning the raid as a massacre", and no English-language RS, and obvious failure of WP:COMMONNAME and pretty egregious violation of WP:NPOV. Tagging @Homerethegreat and @François Robere who participated above. Longhornsg (talk) 16:16, 6 January 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.
 * Support Just going by the sources I could read (I am paywalled): 1. Washington Post calls it a raid, and quotes Saeb Erekat as calling it a massacre. 2. Human rights group Al-Haq calls it an attack. 3. Guardian calls it a raid and assault, and quotes Palestinians who called it a massacre and a war. 4. The New York Times calls it a raid and a war zone, and again 6. calls it a storming. For what it's worth, the short description currently calls it an assault. As senseless and tragic as it was for those who were killed, reading this article leaves one with the impression that this event falls short of a bonafide massacre, which is a large number of civilians targeted for death by an armed group, such as in the Farhud or at Sabra and Shatila. If other convincing sources turn up, I would be willing to reconsider, but as of now it looks more like a reprisal raid with a 'shoot first, ask questions later' type of mentality, with the ultimate aim of rounding up suspects and instilling fear, in which a limited number of uniformed personnel and others were killed. Havradim leaf a message  11:43, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * There is a need for consistency here across Israeli-Palestinian conflict articles. There are a number of articles, including this one (but also Nir Yitzhak massacre, Holit massacre etc) where the word "massacre" is used in the title. In each of these cases there are some RS who do indeed use the word "massacre" and some do not, and of course, the word "massacre" is indeed loaded.VR talk 01:09, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * To be clear, I support moving to a neutral title, whether it is "raid" or "attack" or "incursion" etc. VR talk 05:39, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * There are many sources who note the events were called a "massacre":The Nation, The Guardian, LA Times, Deseret News, PBS, Washington Post, South Coast Today, VOA etc. VR talk 01:09, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The consistency is that we go by policy. If there's an issue with other pages take it up on those articles' talk pages, not here.
 * In this case, RS overwhelmingly call it a raid. Massacre is a POV term. Indeed, in the sources cited:
 * The Nation calls it a raid. It cites the "World Socialist Web Site, by no means a RS, for the massacre mention.
 * The Guardian calls it a raid. Palestinians call it a massacre.
 * PBS calls it a raid. The Palestinian government calls it a massacre.
 * VoA calls it a raid. The Palestinians call it a massacre.
 * LA Times calls it a raid. The Palestinians call it a massacre.
 * Washington Post calls it a raid. The Palestinians call it a massacre.
 * etc
 * We go by what RS say. Longhornsg (talk) 02:42, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The Nation indeed calls it a massacre, but it was written by Palestinian activist Mohammed el-Kurd, so I'm afraid this might not be a neutral point-of-view. Havradim leaf a message  04:02, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * As per WP:BIASEDSOURCES, sources aren't required to be neutral. VR talk 04:13, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * To get the name of this article right, I would try to avoid any partisan source, be it Israeli or Palestinian. I don't think the editorial boards of the above publications could be considered either one, but el-Kurd certainly is. It's not as if we can attribute him either, since this is a title. The majority of these sources are using less charged descriptions than massacre, and I think there's a good reason for that. Havradim leaf a message  06:01, 10 January 2024 (UTC)