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Name of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant RfC
FYI There is a discussion at Talk:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant which bears some relationship to this article. Batternut (talk) 10:37, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Allies of ISIS K
Why is Pakistan labelled ally of ISIS K based mere claims by another countries government? Even Pakistani government claims that ISIS K is supported by India and Afghanistan. So why should one country's should be given more importance. Shouldn't this be against Wikipedia standards. Hence i have removed Pakistan under the allies sections. Someone should take action against this type of behavior. 5.36.68.198 (talk) 00:14, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Putting the theory of Pakistan supporting ISIL in the infobox backed by 1 source (all 3 sources linked to the same website) is WP:UNDUE and WP:FRINGE, hence I removed it. MrClog (talk) 16:06, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

The United States was mistakenly listed under the "allies" part of the infobox rather than "state opponents." This has been fixed. Et0048 (talk) 23:14, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "bbc2": From 2016 in Afghanistan:  From May 2020 Afghanistan attacks:  From 2016 Jakarta attacks:  From Operation Zarb-e-Azb:  From 2016 Ansbach bombing:  From July 2016 Kabul bombing:  

Reference named "B": From 6 March 2020 Kabul shooting: Kabul attack</li> <li>From May 2020 Afghanistan attacks: </li> </ul>

Reference named "G":<ul> <li>From May 2020 Afghanistan attacks: </li> <li>From History of War in Afghanistan (2001–present): </li> <li>From Jamestown Foundation: Getman Retrieved on November 9, 2010</li> </ul>

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 06:31, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Islamic State in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia
Please consider incorporating material from the above draft submission into this article. Drafts are eligible for deletion after 6 months of inactivity. ~Kvng (talk) 15:43, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Incorrect grammar should be corrected
This sentence:

In Afghanistan, ISIL has not only been recruiting from the villages but also the urban middle class and specifically targeting the universities as there have been cases of lecturers in Islamic law as well as students at Kabul University pledging allegiance to the group.

should be corrected to say:

In Afghanistan, ISIL has been recruiting not only from the villages but also from the urban middle class and specifically targeting the universities as there have been cases of lecturers in Islamic law as well as students at Kabul University pledging allegiance to the group.

VickiMeagher (talk) 10:48, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Khorasan "Province" of the Islamic State of "Iraq and the Levant"
Just wanted to question the use of "Iraq and the Levant" and "ISIL" in this article when the group operates more than 1,000 kilometers away from Iraq and the Levant. Khorasan being a "province" of a "state of Iraq and the Levant" does not sit well with me geographically. The group was founded after the 2014 caliphate declaration. As such, the Arabic-language designation "الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام - ولاية خراسان‎" in the article has probably never been officially used, and was probably reconstructed from the English term used in this article rather than found in any primary sources. Not to mention Arabic is not an official or common language of Afghanistan, so listing the group's name in Arabic rather than Pashto or Dari may be inappropriate. Furthermore, if "ISIL denies any connection" to the ISKP as is mentioned in article, there should be no objection to using the group's self-styled "Islamic State" name rather than ISIL, but I am not confident that this claim is completely correct.

IvanSidorenkoSG (talk) 15:55, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The claim in question seems to be contradicted within the lead section itself, and completely inconsistent with the entire rest of the article. It's also rather hard to verify, given that both sources given are offline journal article, with not so much as a quote or a page reference.  Hrrrrm.  Sounds a little like a verification failed waiting to happen, but given the copious sources stating they're an acknowledged "franchise", I think it's at the very least out of place in the lede on WP:UNDUE grounds.  And it may be hard to incorporate elsewhere, so on balance might have to be excluded until someone can put it in better context (if such is to be had).
 * On your observations on the name, yes ISIL-K and ISIS-K are rather oxymoronic, but they're reliably sourced oxymorons. The Arabic version likely not, so needs a citation needed at the least, and maybe the entire naming mess doesn't need such prominence in the lede at all, but could be deferred until later, to the extent it can't just be assumed to be covered in the ISIL article.  109.255.211.6 (talk) 18:37, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Alleged responsibility for August 26th airport attack
US officials have been working under the assumption that the suicide bombing / shootout that occurred is likely an attack by ISIS-K. 2601:248:501:2330:6D4E:C4A0:E175:75AC (talk) 20:05, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 26 August 2021
Change "Islamic State of Iraq and Levant - Khorasan Province" to "Islamic State - Khorasan Province."

Please correct the name of the organization. It is Islamic State - Khorasan Provice. It is not Islamic State of Iraq and Levant - Khorastan Province, which makes no sense and is absurd. That's like saying the Chinese State of Peiking Province - Shanghai Province. Or the United Nations of New York - Geneva Office. Wikepedia gets this right several times both on this page and in the notes and talk for this page, but for some reason the title for this page is still wrong. Islamic State is correctly identified as being "self styled" Islamic State, but there is no reason to refer to them as the part that only exists in Iraq and the Levant when they have branches in other parts of the world. The west sometimes prefers to use ISIL or ISIS, which is fine, but there is no reason to spell it out incorrectly to refer to two completely different provinces in different parts of the world. This page can be easily corrected and then it will match correct references to ISK across wikipedia.

I have a PhD in this field and teach at American University in Washington DC and frequently comment on these issues in the press. Lawrencewa (talk) 22:51, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:02, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 August 2021
Can some remove the item "Panjshir resistance" from the "Opponents" list in the infobox. It's newly added, unofficial and unsourced. 1.55.255.51 (talk) 00:49, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:08, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 August 2021 (2)
My edit request is to change: "has underwent further" to "has undergone further". Kibbled Jive Elk Zoo (talk) 04:43, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) please always ping! 07:01, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 August 2021 (3)
Remove recent events added to the lead: recentism; just repeating what is said below, doesn't sit well with the lead, it is supposed to be concise. 1.55.171.129 (talk) 14:43, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:49, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * , the onus to bring about consensus is the one who added the change. The lead is supposed to be in its previous version when we are waiting for consensus. 1.55.171.129 (talk) 15:03, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 August 2021
Again, remove recent events (Kabul airport attack) added by Pincrete to the lead: recentism; just repeating what is said below and doesn't sit well with the lead which is supposed to be concise, and there is already a template noticing the current event above. No consensus for this addition and per WP:STATUSQUO. 1.55.171.129 (talk) 14:25, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. They're is consensus to include, as you're the only one objecting. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:42, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
 * You seem to be lacking an understanding of consensus on Wikipedia. When other editors, seeing the change, make edits to the page without reverting the change, they are showing consensus for the change to have this information in the lead. Every editor who has edited another part of this page is showing a kind of consensus. But I, as, am happy to state an explicit position: the material is useful and will have a long term impact on the terrorist organization ISIS–K. Even in five years this attack is likely to be a significant part of this group's history. Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) please always ping! 14:35, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 29 August 2021
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 * 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: withdrawn ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 15:00, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province → ISIS-K – ISIS-K is to "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province" what NASA is to "National Aeronautics and Space Administration". Clear WP:COMMONNAME; see Trends but also ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 13:27, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Question — Why request just this and not also Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → ISIS? Would not the same argument apply? If so, is it not inconsistent, and therefore confusing to users, to only move this article? Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) please always ping! 14:11, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I've only really looked into this one, where the current title is not used in any sources and a COMMONNAME exists. ISIS is more complicated due to its various names (ISIL, Daesh, etc), so would take more research. I guess one could reasonably oppose this on WP:CONSISTENT grounds as such, but IMO consistency is the weakest of the five WP:CRITERIA. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 14:30, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm leaning towards a WP:CONSISTENT opposition not only because of the main ISIS article, but also because of the existence of ISIL-AP, ISIL-CP, ISIL-SP, et cetera. What about these? Yes, it's going to require research, but it is better than having some articles named by one scheme and some by another unless there's a good deal of proof that the WP:COMMONNAMEs are considerably different across the ISIL "provinces". Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) please always ping! 14:39, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I think that's fair. I'll withdraw this RM and maybe propose a broader one if there's a consistent approach possible in RS. Help from anyone reading this on doing that research also would be appreciated. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 15:00, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * I strongly agree with moving this article to a shorter form, whether it's ISIS-K, ISIL-K or Islamic State - Khorasan Province. However I also agree that it must be consistent with the other ISIL "branches". I think what should be done is to make a request on Talk:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant where discussion and consensus will consistently move all these articles. --Weaveravel (talk) 13:03, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I've just seen on that talk page there's already a discussion to shorten that article to "Islamic State", which I support and I have stated there that branches like Khorasan should also be shortened alongside it. --Weaveravel (talk) 13:06, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 August 2021
Change Afghanis to Afghans when talking about people. Afghanis refers to the currency. 169 Afghans were killed. 78.66.46.101 (talk) 14:19, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) please always ping! 14:24, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

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Attack on Crocus City Hall, Moscow
The situation at the scene is unclear at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow where gunmen opened fire on attendees of a rock concert. However, given multiple media citations of US intelligence officials confirming responsibility and the organization's own claims, this article merits an update to reflect recent events. Wikihockeysing (talk) 04:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Article classification

 * I objectively read this article and it does not seem to need much work to be promoted. However, there is an issue. I usually do not edit or otherwise get involved with "Contentious topics" that have "ACTIVE COMMUNITY SANCTIONS". There are plenty of others that can if they choose.
 * The article shows (on the face) to be a "B-class article" yet on this talk page the "Assessment#Quality scale" shows as a C-class. I have been against "bot averaging" of projects since it started aligning article project quality scaling. I didn't look to see if that was the case here.
 * The highest shown "quality scale" should be the lowest given and not the highest. These project members can possibly get together to determine an actual "quality scale" to be reflected on the article. As a member of the military WikiProject I could agree with that assessment but there is also, the "Asian military history task force", WikiProject Afghanistan, and WikiProject Pakistan, so it would seem an ample number of "members" to look at this. --  Otr500 (talk) 15:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)