Wikipedia:Requests for comment/History and geography

The following discussions are requested to have community-wide attention:

The 2023 RFC on this topic can be found here.

Belarus is presently listed in the infobox under Russia and North Korea in a section headed "Supported by:". Should this listing of Belarus be removed? FOARP (talk) 16:26, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Rape during the Bangladesh Liberation War

Do the lead and § Hindu victims section of this article:

A. generally satisfy WP:NPOV and accurately reflect the views of reliable sources, or
B. generally fail to satisfy WP:NPOV or accurately reflect the views of reliable sources?

Malerisch (talk) 16:51, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

These are some of the most read newspaper of the country and I wanted to preemtively ask about the general reliability of the sources.on cases of economical, national and political reporting. This does not cover press releases, syndicated news or editorials. Usage for general information regarding local news is to be gauged here. The sources to rate for are:

The Business Standard: tbsnews.net/
The Daily Star: thedailystar.net/
Prothom Alo: prothomalo.com/ (English version, online only)

Option A: Generally reliable
Option B: Additional considerations
Option C: Generally unreliable
Option D: Deprecate

Greatder (talk) 16:19, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

What is the reliability of Tornado Talk?

Option 1: Generally reliable
Option 2: Additional considerations
Option 3: Generally unreliable
Option 4: Deprecate

The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 21:46, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Jimmy Carter

Should the first sentence of the lead be rewritten to read as follows:

James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024) was ~~an American politician and humanitarian who served as~~ the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981? Векочел (talk) 00:05, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Gulf of Mexico

Should Gulf of America should be in the LEAD section?

I am requesting that all other discussions about the Gulf of America be closed and have a formal RfC to resolve this issue. Consensus has shown AGAINST changing the entire title to the Gulf of America. But there is still debate on whether or not it should be included in the article, particularly in the LEAD section. Rc2barrington (talk) 03:48, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)

Problem: One side thinks that only the source which directly mentions the result of the war is valid, while other side thinks that all sources used for Battle of Khotyn (1621) are viable because it was the battle that determined the final outcome.

Therefore, what should the result be:

Polish–Lithuanian victory (side with the source that directly mentions result of the war)
Disputed, see aftermath (due to Battle of Khotyn being divided when it comes to results)
Inconclusive
Something else (suggest)

This is my first RFC so sorry if I set it up wrong. Setergh (talk) 19:45, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Declaration of war

There has been previous discussions regarding whether the Israel–Hamas war & the Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present) should be included in this article. The main question regarding this is whether or not this article covers only sovereign states (which Hamas & Hezbollah are not), or whether it covers non-sovereign states/political entities/paramilitaries. The lead of the article is vague in this distinction, but does specifically call out national government. So, should both events be included or excluded?

Option 1 – Yes, both events should be included as this article should cover sovereign and non-sovereign state declarations of war.
Option 2 – No, both events should be excluded as this article should only cover sovereign state declarations of war and not included political entities/paramilitary-related declarations of war.
Option 3 – Include one but not the other (Specify which is included and which is excluded).

The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 18:46, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:2025 Canadian federal election

Should the People's Party of Canada be included in the tables of the political parties standings section & the transposed 2021 results sub-section? GoodDay (talk) 21:44, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Joe Biden

The current single sentence on Gaza in the lede is as follows: During the Israel–Hamas war, Biden condemned the actions of Hamas as terrorism and sent military aid to Israel, as well as humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The sentence is regularly modified, including the word "limited" which keeps being added/removed in front of "humanitarian aid". I started a discussion on this topic a while ago; it didn't get a lot of input and didn't lead to a consensus. I thought this RfC could generate a larger discussion and settle a few related questions at once:

Should the "military aid" and "humanitarian aid" be mentioned side by side as is?
Should we mention that the amount of military aid sent to Israel is a historical record?
Next to the mention of military aid, should there be a mention of allegations of war crimes against Israel?

Feel free to expand the discussion to other questions. My hope is that we can workshop a sentence that has a consensus behind it. Thanks! WikiFouf (talk) 13:58, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Estado Novo (Portugal)

I'm opening a new RfC in an attempt to permanently solve this dispute. Should the Estado Novo regime be considered fascist? -- 2804:29B8:5183:100C:7163:1F92:A81A:7841 (talk) 00:06, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel

Question. Should this article include allegations of sexual violence and torture that were documented in the broader conflict after the Hamas-led incursion?

A. No - These should be covered in parent articles (e.g., Israel-Hamas war) and in dedicated articles (e.g., Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Israel–Hamas war)
B. Yes, in aftermath - Include them in a brief Aftermath section (the current § Israeli counterattack section or a new one) with links to more detailed coverage in other articles.
C. Yes, in main content, either: 1. as in current version (see § Reported atrocities), or 2. elsewhere (please specify).

Alaexis_¿question? 11:33, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Yom Kippur War

Should the Yom Kippur War be characterized in any of the following ways in the infobox WP:RESULT:

Do not characterize the war in the infobox, but write "See aftermath."
Israeli victory
Stalemate
Egyptian victory

Andre🚐 23:01, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers

Should MOS:CENTURY specify the start of a century or millennium as a year ending in 1 (e.g. the 20th century as 1901–2000), as a year ending in 0 (e.g. the 20th century as 1900–1999), or treat both as acceptable options with the use of hatnotes for clarity in the case of ambiguity in articles? See the discussion above. Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 14:57, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard

The following genealogy sources are currently considered Generally unreliable at WP:RSP (A), or in repeated inquiries at WP:RSN (B and C):

A: Geni.com
B: Medieval Lands / MedLands by Charles Cawley
C: genealogy.eu / genealogy.euweb.cz by Marek Miroslav

Long after being listed / labelled generally unreliable, these unreliable sources are still being (re-)added to hundreds to tens of thousands of articles.

They should be:

Option 1: listed as Generally unreliable (change nothing to A; add B and C at WP:RSP as such)
Option 2: Deprecated (list them as such at WP:RSP)
Option 3: Blacklisted (not mutually exclusive with option 1 or 2)

NLeeuw (talk) 23:38, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Talk:List of military engagements during the Israel–Hamas war

There have been several discussions opened in the past regarding this article's content and overall scope. Several wars have a list of military engagements and battles. Examples include: World War I ("Military engagements"), World War II ("Battles"), Russian invasion of Ukraine ("Military engagements"), Sudanese civil war ("Engagements").

The Israel–Hamas war is no different with this article. However, unlike all the other list of military engagement articles, this article has a ton of clean-up templates including lack of sourcing, MOS, and scope issues.

So, with all that background, let's have a discussion on what the scope of this article should include, or more specifically, what is a "military engagement" during the Israel-Hamas war? Are "Battle of ...." engagements? Are airstrikes engagements? Should the article's scope be redefined away from "military engagements" to just "engagements"? Ect... The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 17:45, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

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