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FYI, I have started a thread on this issue at the . GHcool and Ynhockey will certainly want to read what I wrote there, as I quoted them both directly. Regards, --] (]) 10:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC) FYI, I have started a thread on this issue at the . GHcool and Ynhockey will certainly want to read what I wrote there, as I quoted them both directly. Regards, --] (]) 10:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Discussing this in the project talk page is better, the scope of this discussion is beyond this article.
GHcool, about the links you provided, the first one is from the Israeli education web site, that's a pro-Israeli reference, and the second, was quoting "Silvan Shalom" and you know that doesn't count. ] (]) 17:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

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Why are you listing the names of the jewish victims? You are never listing the names of the palestinian victims.

What Palestinian victims? -- Ynhockey 10:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Who is 'you'? You?
I have found no reference to any Palestinian victims apart from the bomber; who i guess is not really a victim.Boomshanka 20:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I guess that he/she is talking in more general terms, maybe feeling that articles covering events with palestinian victims are less likely to list the names of those who lost their lives than articles covering events with israeli (or Jewish) victims. "You", in this context, refers to any and everyone who has ever written or contributed to any such article. 30 July 2007

Is WP supposed to list the name of each victim in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Imad marie (talk) 12:48, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

massacre

Why is this attack called "massacre"? where are the RS that are calling it "massacre"? RS would be a non pro-Israeli reference. Imad marie (talk) 12:51, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

What is your proposed alternative, and since when do reliable Israeli sources not qualify for WP:RS? -- Ynhockey 17:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
I suggest Dolphinarium bombing or Dolphinarium attack. And I think http://www.ynet.co.il and http://www.terrorism-info.org.il are not RS. Imad marie (talk) 19:25, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Not sure about terrorist-info.org.il, although looking at the actual site, it seems to present copies of authentic documents, which means that even if its editorial interpretation is not reliable, the facts are. As for Ynet, it is regarded as a highly reliable source on Misplaced Pages, probably as reliable as Middle East news sources get. In fact, because of the freedom of press in Israel, all 4 major publications (Yediot Aharonot/Ynet, Ma'ariv/NRG, Haaretz and Jerusalem Post) are considered at least as reliable for Israeli and Middle Eastern topics as their oft-cited British (BBC, TheGuardian), French (AFP, France 2) and American (CNN, MSNBC, NY Times, Washington Times, etc.) counterparts.
About the name change, I completely disagree, it's a massacre by definition, no reason to sugar-coat or censor the definition. In this context, a 'bombing' is generally any such attack not aimed at civilians, or perhaps an attack which did not claim sufficient lives to call it a massacre. In any case, 'bombing' and 'attack' are very ambiguous, and should only be used when there's a serious dispute between the two sides. However, in this case, both sides seem to agree that it's a massacre (so far on Misplaced Pages - I am still looking for Arafat's condemnation speech, which I think I had somewhere on my computer, to see what wording he used). In any case, if this article's title is changed, then Deir Yassin Massacre should definitely be changed to Battle of Deir Yassin.
-- Ynhockey 20:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
The definition of "massacre" can be tricky, if we are going to call any attack with civilian casualties a massacre then the list will be endless. So let's follow the same standards used in List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and List of massacres committed prior to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war in Mandate Palestine; we don't call an event massacre unless it was cited as so in a WP:RS. Imad marie (talk) 07:30, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
There's nothing tricky about the definition. This is a slightly different case from 1948 attacks, about which books were written, at least some of which inevitably call the events massacres (especially books written by those opposing the side which committed the massacre, e.g. Noam Chomsky on the vehement anti-Israeli side). I have found over 2,000 pages on Google calling the event a massacre, but it's hard to sift through a bunch of useless blogs and minor news sites which don't qualify for WP:RS. By looking at the first page, it seems that all notable Israeli sources, such as a Ministry of Education and Foreign Ministry, refer to it as a massacre, as well as right-wing sources like WorldNetDaily. While these are pro-Israel sources, they are notable enough for Misplaced Pages's WP:RS. All that remains now is for you to find reliable sources which dispute the massacre claim, and you will have a valid argument. So far, no reason has been given by you (or anyone else on this page) to dispute the word massacre. -- Ynhockey 16:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Taking a look at google news archive in 2001, searching for the word "Dolphinarium", non of the sources in the first two pages (Jerusalem Post, highbeam, BBC , Time) refer to the attack as "massacre", they call it: Bombing, attack, suicide attack... Let's follow one standard here, you don't want the opposite side (pro-Palestinian side) to name any Israeli attack with civilian Palestinian casualties a "massacre", like Gaza beach blast (2006) for example. Imad marie (talk) 06:19, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Apparently you do not quite understand the meaning of the word massacre, if you say that the Gaza beach bomb was one. Secondly, please do not make controversial page moves without attaining clear consensus first. You can do this by formally requesting a move at WP:RM, or attracting more editors (although, keep in mind WP:CANVAS when doing this - it is okay for example to post this on WP:PALESTINE's talk page, but not individually asking your preferred users to comment). Thirdly, please do not insult the memory of the victims in the national memorial day today - if you want to do something with this article, please save it for after the memorial day is over. -- Ynhockey 10:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I find your comment to be inappropriate, try to choose better words in the future. First it seems it's you who did not understand my comment, what I was saying is that we must have one standard, what applies here applies in Gaza beach incident, that is regardless of what I think of it as a massacre. Second, if you ever find me canvasing, report me, other than that I don't need you to tell me about it. Third, next time I edit I will ask you if it's a special day for the Israelis and if it's OK with you for me to edit.
Aside from that, I will post this matter on the related project page, we have a number of articles called "massacre" when they should not be, and all of them should be discussed uniformly. Imad marie (talk) 11:09, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Intuitively, I tend to agree with Imad marie. I have always found the word "massacre" a bit too dramatic. However, it does seem to be a common practice on wikipedia. Take a look at the List of events named massacres. It includes many events throughout history that could have been described differently, including similar suicide bombings. So I suggest we just leave it be. -- Nudve (talk) 13:57, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually Nudve, I think almost exactly as you do. My main reason for sticking with this version is that, although a massacre is easily defined but it's a loaded term, it is common on Misplaced Pages for events generally referred to as massacres, and for the sake of consistency, there's no reason to change this article's name. I take Misplaced Pages policies and guidelines very seriously, and even though some articles named 'massacre' may hurt my personal POV and I might have a case for renaming them, there is no reason to according to policy, so I don't involve myself with that. If Imad marie wants to rename all articles about massacres, he is welcome to try, but it will be quite difficult because massacres are not limited to Arab-Israeli conflict articles, and there may be an overwhelming amount of discussion from editors completely uninvolved with the Arab-Israeli conflict, while alone will stall any progress. I only hope that no double standard is introduced that if the article name is indeed changed sometime in the future, then other similar articles like Deir Yassin massacre, Safsaf massacre, etc. will be renamed in the same way. -- Ynhockey 15:35, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

So what are you suggesting? we name every single attack in the I-P conflict with civilian casualties a massacre? I was suggesting to use the same standard used in List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, we don't name an attack a "massacre" unless it was named as so in a RS. Imad marie (talk) 16:13, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

It does have an RS, you simply refused to acknowledge these sources because they are generally pro-Israel. For example, WorldNetDaily. I apologize if you do acknowledge them but didn't notice the above comments, by the way.
Also, I'm not suggesting that every attack with civilian casualties be named a massacre, only actual massacres. There are a few things which all need to apply for it to be a massacre:
1) Casualties need to be only or predominantly civilians/unarmed personnel
2) The attack must have been purposefully aimed at either civilians or otherwise unarmed personnel (this rules out most modern-day IDF attacks on Palestinians, and Palestinian attacks on armed Israeli soldiers)
3) The attack must have a certain amount of deaths at the very least. I think at List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, we agreed on 10; I guess anything about about 5 is technically okay, as long as all other conditions apply, but right now low-casualty massacres on Misplaced Pages are generally not called massacres in articles names, like bus suicide bombings, etc.
-- Ynhockey 16:27, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Ynhockney is right. Certain events in history such as the Dolphinarium massacre and the Deir Yassin massacre so grossly violate any standards of decency that they can only be described as a massacre. --GHcool (talk) 17:12, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I explained my position before, one standard should be set for all. I opened a thread about this here. Imad marie (talk) 07:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I think the word massacre is best avoided in almost any context. I think Dolphinarium Bombing is better, because it doesn't have the hollow ring of propaganda to it. The word massacre should be reserved for events like Babi Yar or Musa Dagh, where thousands or tens of thousands were put to the sword.
The argument that "if they use it then we can use it" is childish and beside the point.
Calling an article "the Dolphinarium Massacre" or "the Deir Yassin Massacre" is announcing, "Hey, guys, I'm making a point here, I'm telling you who the bad guys are." Read the New York Times coverage of the Dolphinarium bombing. They never once use the word massacre, but you sure get the idea what it's all about. --Ravpapa (talk) 16:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
As I've said before, I also dislike the word "massacre". I also agree about the "scrambling for titles" argument. However,
I don't know about changing them all, but let's start with this one. If you don't like the word, don't use it, just because someone else does. Let's make this article better than all the others that are cheapened by propaganda slogan words. Anyone who reads past the first sentence will understand what the incident was about, without having the point made with the delicacy of a jackhammer. --Ravpapa (talk) 17:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
I have a bad feeling about this. I think it will trigger a major edit war. Meanwhile, let's wait for more comments -- Nudve (talk) 17:46, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
That's right. It will trigger a major edit war. This isn't a case of good guys vs. bad guys, as Ravpapa puts it. This is a case of calling a spade a spade. --GHcool (talk) 18:44, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I think I understand. What you mean is that you think massacre is bad, should be avoided, but you fear that hotter heads than ours will take it the wrong way. Better the article be mediocre and without strife than outstanding but contentious. I agree. Let's leave it be. ("In every argument, there is always someone on your side that you wish was on the other side." Jascha Heifetz) --Ravpapa (talk) 19:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

My initial suggestion was, we don't use "massacre" unless it was mentioned as so in the media, that is RS, and we should apply this uniformly to all related articles. This way we will not have any "childish" behaviors like Ravpapa said. Imad marie (talk) 20:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Very well, here are two reliable sources that call it a massacre: . --GHcool (talk) 22:34, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
I think the RS issue has gone a bit too pedantic. Newspaper editors don't really consider Misplaced Pages naming conventions before printing "bombing" one day and "massacre" the next, so this whole scramble for google results isn't really that helpful. If there's a real issue of naming conventions (and as I said, I think both Imad and Ravpapa have good points), then maybe this should be taken to the village pump.
Another thought: Meanwhile, perhaps it should read "Doplphinarium massacre refers to..." rather than "was a". It's more subtle neutral, I think. -- Nudve (talk) 04:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Nudve, I find your suggestion acceptable. Not so with Ravpapa's version. It hurts the balance/NPOV of Wikiepdia, especially with articles like Deir Yassin massacre, which could very well be called Battle of Deir Yassin, but are not, because the fact is that both were massacres. Nudve's version uses the word 'massacre', but is less loaded per your request. I suggest we go by his version for now. -- Ynhockey 09:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Other than that, what about the rest of Ravpapa's latest revision? I think it's generally pretty good. -- Nudve (talk) 09:31, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Most are semantic differences, so I don't care either way. Just the title is important. -- Ynhockey 09:50, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

FYI, I have started a thread on this issue at the Palestine Collaboration project. GHcool and Ynhockey will certainly want to read what I wrote there, as I quoted them both directly. Regards, --Ravpapa (talk) 10:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Discussing this in the project talk page is better, the scope of this discussion is beyond this article. GHcool, about the links you provided, the first one is from the Israeli education web site, that's a pro-Israeli reference, and the second, was quoting "Silvan Shalom" and you know that doesn't count. Imad marie (talk) 17:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

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