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Happy editing! Cheers, — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 21:36, 8 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Israelpalestineconflict (talk) 21:58, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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— Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 21:37, 8 October 2023 (UTC)


 * The definition of terrorism can be found here: terrorism. Please explain to me how the murder, rape and kidnapping of civilians is not terrorism. Israelpalestineconflict (talk) 21:51, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * There is a useful explanation of the Wikipedia approach to this topic here. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:05, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok please explain to me why and how the perpetrators of the rape and massacre of innocent civilians doesn't clearly qualify as terrorism. Israelpalestineconflict (talk) 22:13, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Please refer again to the above link. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:18, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * https://www.dni.gov/nctc/groups/hamas.html Israelpalestineconflict (talk) 22:19, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I am aware of the US government's position on the subject, yes. But if you read the link, you'll notice it says "...are best avoided unless widely used by reliable sources to describe the subject, in which case use in-text attribution " (emphasis mine). AntiDionysius (talk) 22:22, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok how many sources are needed for it to be considered "widely used?"
 * Should I write something like this?
 * Hamas has been designated a terrorist organization by
 * 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 🇨🇦 Canada
 * 🇪🇺 European Union
 * 🇮🇱 Israel
 * 🇯🇵 Japan
 * Organization of American States
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
 * 🇺🇸 United States
 * Does this count as "in-text" citation? Israelpalestineconflict (talk) 22:27, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure, that would be a fine in-text citation. Bit clunky, but it complies with the policy. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:29, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Of course if you insisted on using the word "terrorist" every time you referred to Hamas militants, it would get very clunky and unreadable to keep repeating that massive in-text attribution. So it's probably easier just to use other words. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:30, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for all this correspondence and explanation. As you can tell I'm new here and feeling passionate about this particular issue. Israelpalestineconflict (talk) 22:36, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * "widely used by reliable sources to describe the subject"
 * https://www.dni.gov/nctc/groups/hamas.html Israelpalestineconflict (talk) 22:17, 8 October 2023 (UTC)