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The title says 2016, while the article says 2017. Also, "Present" should be spelled without a capital. Debresser ( talk) 13:36, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
The usage of the term Famine is technically incorrect and should be corrected to “Food Security Emergency” or “severe levels of food insecurity” throughout this entire article. Within the humanitarian community, there are three commonly accepted thresholds that are all required to be met in order to declare a famine in an area ( IPC Manual). These thresholds are:
As indicated by the February 2017 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis for Yemen ( Yemen IPC Analysis - February 2017), there is not currently data to suggest that all three of these thresholds have been met in Yemen at this time. While there are many reports that Yemen is at-risk for a Famine looking forward, particularly in a worse-case scenario, it should be stressed that a Famine has not been declared in Yemen to date and therefore, this language in this article is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.49.239.90 ( talk) 03:16, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
Several sources were added in the article that are trying to push the notion that genocide is occurring, yet these sources do not meet the reliable sources criteria. Press TV is an Iranian-state based news that bashes Saudi Arabia non-stop. Its judgement on this should therefore be avoided by default. I have never heard of "Defend Democracy Press", nor why it should be relevant considering they promote fringe theories. The "Real News Network" offers "real news", yeah. Also, its link is broken: [1]. The Daily Pakistan article does not mention this is a genocide, it just warns that Yemen could become Saudia's Holodomor, but it is just an opinion without a direct conclusion. For such a bold claim, strong, reliable and neutral sources should be used. User:Joppa Chong should either try to find scholars or reliable sources who definitely confirm this, or refrain from pushing his agenda. If it is a genocide, it will be confirmed with time either way. But for now, there are no sufficient sources who confirm this, and thus the article should stay conservative in its statements.-- 3E1I5S8B9RF7 ( talk) 09:44, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Yes, I did. Press TV is an Iranian state controlled media that is deliberately confrontational towards Saudi Arabia, its arch nemesis. Having it used in a negative context against Saudi Arabia is obviously going to be suspicious. It would be as if you would use news from Gaza to criticize Israel, or news from North Korea to criticize South Korea, or news from Saudi Arabia to criticize Yemen, etc. For such a bold statement, reliable source should emerge. One day it might happen, but until then the article should stay conservative.-- 3E1I5S8B9RF7 ( talk) 15:12, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
Purposeful starvation in this war is also associated with genocide by a Peace Action campaign: [2]. – Joppa Chong ( talk) 02:23, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I just recently came to this article to do some WP:BURL cleanup and I noticed how many unreliable sources were mentioned on this article. I will admit that I am no expert in the area, but I have to admit that these sources (especially Press TV and Sputnik, which I am more familiar) are not WP:RS for this article. I am not aware of the reliability of other sources mentioned above, but none of them seem to be particularly reliable. I have WP:BOLDly removed these sources from the article. I would suggest that editors check that the sources which are still mentioned in the article substantiate the claims made, as I have not been able to check each individual source for verifiability. -- Bangalamania ( talk) 22:04, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
The referenced article relates to US Navy firing Tomhawk missiles at launch sites in response to their ships being fired on by the Houthi's it doesn't support the text that references it that the US Navy is involved in blockading Yemen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asureas ( talk • contribs) 18:40, 19 April 2022 (UTC)