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All Israeli journalists listed in this article were killed indiscriminately and not because they were journalists; is it appropriate to place both in equal phrasing in the article?
Makeandtoss (
talk) 14:38, 1 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Some of the Palestinian journalists were killed indiscriminately too - 10 were killed while confirmed to be reporting. There is also no current firm word on what the Israeli journalists were doing at the time of the attack.
Iskandar323 (
talk) 17:40, 1 November 2023 (UTC)reply
However, we do have content that IDF targeted Palestinian journalists.
Makeandtoss (
talk) 09:07, 2 November 2023 (UTC)reply
The page reflects the running count by the CPJ, and all that it includes.
Iskandar323 (
talk) 17:50, 2 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Why the need for this special page on journalists at all?
This page is irrelevant. I get that journalists are killed, but why is there a need for a (or even multiple) special page(s) to document them? How are they special from the soldiers, doctors, teachers, shopkeepers, farmers, cleaners, schoolchildren that are killed? Simply being a journalist doesn't make one notable enough to be mentioned, unless it's a known media personality - it's simply a vocation. In fact, having a page on killing of women and children would even be more notable because of more international outrage. --
121.7.26.36 (
talk) 01:30, 5 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Because of the countless articles on RS covering this topic.
Poyani (
talk) 06:44, 16 December 2023 (UTC)reply
@
121.7.26.36 Wartime reporting is absolutely critical to relaying information to people outside of the war zone. If you don't see the importance of that, or why someone like a doctor is less important in similar context, then you are purposely trying to be difficult. It has nothing to do with outrage and everything to do with documenting the deliberate suppression of information. If one institution kills of all of the other institutions reporting capabilites, that's significant. You see it already on Wikipedia. Very few, if any, sources come from Palestine. Almost all of them come from IDF or US news organizations. People on Wikipedia even go so far as to say anything from Hamas is simply not credible, because they are "to the West" a terrorist organization. See how that works? That's why knowing if one side is killing off the other sides journalist is important.
47.132.127.113 (
talk) 05:33, 25 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 December 2023
On December 7, 2023
Reuters published a special report that concluded: "Israeli tank fire killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon."
The Reuters investigation stated that "An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six reporters in Lebanon on Oct. 13 by firing two shells in quick succession from Israel while the journalists were filming cross-border shelling."
Additionally, on December 7, 2023 Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni
issued a video statement saying in part, "we call on Israel to explain how this could have happened, and to hold to account those responsible for his death."
Ohradiogirl (
talk) 19:13, 7 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a
"change X to Y" format and provide a
reliable source if appropriate.
Shadow311 (
talk) 19:46, 7 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Could we add this in a See also section?
homo momo (
talk) 22:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Merge proposal (5 January 2024)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.A summary of the conclusions reached follows.
Comment: Samer deserves an article without merging it with the article
Killing of journalists in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. Samer was killed because he was a journalist and was not killed in a mass attack. Rather, he was killed in an attack on the Al Jazeera crew. He was also the first Al Jazeera network journalist to be killed in Gaza! He is also one of the founders of the Al Jazeera office in Gaza, and the Al Jazeera network referred his murder case to the International Court of Justice, and it also received great press coverage. —
Osama Eid(
talk) 19:58, 6 January 2024 (UTC)reply
This article should not be merged, Samer deserves his own article, he wasn't just killed by a strike, he was left to bleed for hours and this makes this case quite unique and worthy of an independent page, especially considering the ICC cases that are being submitted
Chaialhurriya (
talk) 21:24, 7 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Which policy is that?
JM (
talk) 23:09, 7 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose main consensus at AfD was to move it to
Killing of Samer Abu Daqqa. I don't care if article title changes or not, but I do believe it is adequately a stand-alone article, and with likely
WP:SUSTAINED investigations in the future to come. ~ 🦝
Shushugah (he/him •
talk) 23:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)reply
False, the AfD was closed with The result was no consensus. Opinion is split between keep and merge. Since there is no prospect of a consensus to delete, there is no point in continuing this AfD. Consensus for a merger can be sought in a talk page discussion if desired. Emphasis mine. Anyone can go look at that AfD for themselves, that's why I linked it.
JM (
talk) 23:11, 7 January 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Shushugah: FYI, those investigations you mentioned have come.
Iskandar323 (
talk) 22:04, 12 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Support per
WP:BIO1E and other policies mentioned by the nominator. I have explained my position at length in the AfD.
gidonb (
talk) 23:33, 7 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose I share the same opinion as Osps7. The article has enough sources to stand on its own. The articles about the killing of journalists provide context and analysis of these incidents. I see no clear reason why this article should be merged
Riad Salih (
talk) 15:37, 8 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose: This killing is now the subject of a
further in-depth investigation by the Intercept - as clear a piece of evidence of ongoing, sustained coverage for the topic as anyone could wish for.
Iskandar323 (
talk) 22:02, 12 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose I think the
Samer Abu Daqqa article needs some cleanup and more sources (those citation needed refs), but some of his awards and notable facts suggest he was somewhat noteworthy before his killing.
But the killing incident seems to be notable. --
Mhhosseintalk 06:16, 18 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Yes, but not really enough for a whole article? which is why I would be against deletion and in favour of merging
FortunateSons (
talk) 11:48, 18 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Sources like
[1], published almost a month after the incident, can be used to establish the notability. --
Mhhosseintalk 04:50, 19 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose - Abu Daqqa's killing is independently notable. nableezy - 17:55, 30 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose The individual is notable on his own right.
Mercy11 (
talk) 18:07, 24 February 2024 (UTC)reply
If it's too long, shouldn't it be split by date, not into individual articles?
JM (
talk) 15:08, 8 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Fully covering this topic would be undue weight in that article. This event meets the gng and is suitable for a standalone article. nableezy - 19:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose: deserves a standalone article given significant coverage.
Makeandtoss (
talk) 15:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose as discussed by others there's been
WP:SIGCOV and on that basis and can exist in a standalone article. No opinion on whether that article should be renamed or not. TarnishedPathtalk 06:15, 25 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Alternative: In lieu of merging, move to
Killing of Samer Abu Daqqa and restructure as appropriate. But I support article in current form first and foremost. WC gudang inspirasi (Read!Talk!) 02:25, 3 May 2024 (UTC) not EC
FortunateSons (
talk) 05:56, 3 May 2024 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Deadliest month in decades, not deadliest war, for journalists
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These two sentences should be removed or rewritten (they are incorrect, the original statement was only about "the last month" being the most deadly month):
> By 6 December, it was believed to be the deadliest war for journalists in decades.
> CPJ stated this was the deadliest conflict for journalists in the past 30 years.
AndyBloch (
talk) 23:52, 30 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Already done(partially) - The first sentence was removed in
this edit.
The second sentence is not incorrect as it reports a statement by an advocacy group, with attribution and a reliable source, rather than a factual claim. Public statements by major groups like CPJ are notable and should be covered even if they disagree with other sources (though any disagreement should also be covered if widely reported). See
WP:NPOV and
WP:DUE in particular.
Jamedeus (
talk) 00:51, 25 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Edit warring
@
BilledMammal: Please stop edit warring, self-revert and seek consensus first on the talk page for the insertion of disputed material. There is no need for attribution as these figures are both used without reservation by the CPJ and the UN.
[2]Makeandtoss (
talk) 09:33, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Makeandtoss: The figure from the UN and the CPJ are different from the figure in our article, and the UN figure appears to include "media workers" - it is unclear what the difference between media workers and journalists are. For the figure we currently include, 136, I don't think there is any source that provides it unattributed.
BilledMammal (
talk) 10:58, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
@
BilledMammal: You are very well aware that 1RR is not an allowance and that you reverted despite objections to your insertion. So please self-revert first.
Makeandtoss (
talk) 11:14, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I don't think I'm treating it as an allowance. The easy way to resolve this is to determine how reliable sources present these figures.
Unfortunately, reliable sources have tended to avoid these figures - the most reliable source that I have seen is the Al Jazeera one currently in the article, but other sources that attribute are the
New Indian Express,
Al Mayadeen,
Palestine Chronicle, and
Observer BD. There are a few sources that don't, including
the Cradle and
Doha news, but unless you are aware of a few high quality sources that don't attribute then we can't put it in wikivoice.
BilledMammal (
talk) 11:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
You are treating it as an allowance by refusing to self-revert before discussion per WP:BRD.
Makeandtoss (
talk) 11:39, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
If you are saying that we should restore the status quo before discussion per WP:BRD, then the version we should restore is this one, not the one you restored. I can't restore it, as I think that would be a
WP:1RR violation, but I won't object if you do.
BilledMammal (
talk) 11:48, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
@
BilledMammal: I didn't say anything about a status quo, I said if you want to boldly insert something, then when you are reverted, you are expected to discuss it not rerevert it. You inserted the attribution and I removed it; now what version are you talking about? There is no 1RR violation for self-reverts.
Makeandtoss (
talk) 13:47, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
One revert, almost two weeks after a bold change, is not treating 1RR as an allowance, particularly when the bold change was to align the article with the provided source.
Can we return to the actual topic of this discussion - do you have reliable sources that put this claim in their own voice?
BilledMammal (
talk) 13:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
A cameraman might be called either a "media worker" or "video journalist", depending on the source. For the purposes of attacks on journalists, there is pretty much no difference between killing an on-camera journalist and killing their journalistic crews – they are both egregious assaults on the media and the freedom of the press.
Iskandar323 (
talk) 11:16, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I agree with all that - my concern with the UN figures is whether they are counting the same individuals that CPJ and the Gaza Media Office are, given that they use different language.
BilledMammal (
talk) 11:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply