User talk:Pburkart

First Talk Post
Hello! Based on my understanding more experience Wikipedians should be alerted to this post, correct?

Either way, the User Talk Page for my account has now been created, and that is one less red link to look at.

Nomination of 2023 Mykolaiv attacks for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2023 Mykolaiv attacks is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 22:13, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Introduction to contentious topics
Carter00000 (talk) 16:04, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * The Russo-Ukrainian war (WP:GS/RUSUKR);


 * What edit is... all of this... related to? Pburkart (talk) 19:34, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

November 2023
Hello, I'm SkylarEstrada. I noticed that you recently removed content from Portal:Current events/2023 November 8 without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. SkylarEstrada (talk) 16:29, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

January 2024
Hello, I'm Ternera. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Ternera (talk) 17:36, 6 January 2024 (UTC)


 * He is the leader of the terrorist organization IS. This doesn't need a source other than that Pburkart (talk) 17:39, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

IS leaders
Seeing your recent changes, I just wanted to explain why the word "militant" is generally used to describe the IS leaders instead of "terrorist": Applodion (talk) 21:34, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 1) Generally speaking, all IS leaders have been much more notable in fields aside of terrorism. They mainly command a global insurgency instead of individual attacks; they are the heads of a quasi-state (IS probably still rules more than 3 million people in Africa, BTW). "Militant" covers these broad activities better than "terrorist"; "terrorist" makes it look like they are mostly involved in small-scale terror operations instead of overseeing a network that currently controls a large territory in Mali and Nigeria and fields tens of thousands of fighters.
 * 2) "Terrorist" is an extremely POV-heavy term. You may ask, "Why is this a problem for people like Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who have planned terrorist attacks?" Well, because it is actually unclear why the person is labelled as a terrorist. Is it due to their actual methods or due to being sanctioned by state governments? Or is it just a negative label, used by someone without any deeper reason? In the lede, this remains unclear. Usually, it is better to describe the IS leaders as terrorists within a certain context, for example, "X planned/organized Z terrorist attacks in Y" or "X was declared a terrorist by Y government". These problems do not exist for the term "miltant".
 * 3) We don't actually know to what extent the different IS leaders have been active as terrorists. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi definitely organized terrorist acttacks, and Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi probably did. However, we do not know enough about Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi and Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi to firmly establish their terrorist activity. Thus, we cannot label all equally as terrorists.