User:WMrapids/sandbox/OPGIDEON

Below is an evaluation of various sources used internationally which use "coup" or similar wording while directly describing Operation Gideon (2020).

Summary
A large percentage of sources determined to be generally reliable on Wikipedia describe the event as a "coup attempt", "failed coup" or use "coup" wording in some capacity. The use of such descriptions is also observed internationally, including by many newspapers of record and generally reliable Venezuelan sources. While the Maduro government occasionally uses the term "Operation Gideon", it recognizes the event overall as an attempted coup.

The event has been directly compared to the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt in previous discussions. During a recent move proposal, the code name title of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel was moved from the operational term, with one user noting that nearly all operational titles were renamed to descriptive titles in the highly contentious Arab–Israeli conflict topics. With Venezuelan articles being highly controversial themselves, descriptive titles would be more recommended than POV code name titles.

WP:GREL
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International usage
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WP:MREL

 * 1) The Daily Beast (US) — Trump Just Inspired the Dumbest Damned Coup Plot in LatAm History, Complete with a QAnon Crazy
 * 2) HuffPost #2 (US) — El fracaso de las políticas de Trump provocó el chapucero intento de golpe de Estado en Venezuela (The failure of Trump's policies sparked the botched coup attempt in Venezuela)
 * 3) Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (US) — "Before the coup attempt, the Associated Press (5/1/20) published a report describing these men as 'aspiring freedom fighters'"
 * 4) Newsweek (US) — U.S. AND VENEZUELA TRADE ACCUSATIONS OVER FAILED COUP ATTEMPT, RAISING TENSIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
 * 5) National Review (US) — ""The U.S. government has denied involvement in a failed coup against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro""
 * 6) Vice News (US) — Mercenaries Behind Failed Venezuela Coup Claim to Have Done Trump Security

Other sources

 * 1) Military Times (US) — "The botched coup attempt, first reported by the Associated Press"
 * 2) Navy Times (US) — "A botched coup attempt", "coup ringleader Jordan Goudreau "
 * 3) Argus Media #2 (UK) — Guaido ousts advisers after botched coup attempt
 * 4) The Week (UK) — Reaction: Donald Trump denies links to failed military coup in Venezuela
 * 5) The National Interest (US) — Pompeo Denies U.S. Involvement In Botched Venezuela Coup