POV template needs to be balanced[edit]

This template should be split into two different templates:

  1. A template which would cover subjects related to Palestinian nationalism
  2. A template which would cover the region of Palestine.

For anyone whom do not understand why this is necessary - try to imagine how you would feel if a similar template called "The region of Palestine and Jewish nationalism" would be added at the bottom of the same pages this template has been added to. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 19:43, 30 March 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The template doesn't directly cover nationalism at the moment, so we can change the title if you like. To answer your question, I would welcome such other templates being put on relevant pages - there are a few of them which cover the topics you suggested: e.g. Template:Israel topics. This is a much needed navbox to cover all the topics related to Palestine. The concept of Palestine is complex and this template is intended to help users navigate a an easily confusing group of topics. Splitting it up will only ensure the confusion continues. Oncenawhile (talk) 20:58, 30 March 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Name change[edit]

Have changed the name of the template as per TheCuriousGnome above. Template name is now consistent with other similar templates (have added category). Given the complexity of the term "Palestine" (as evidenced by non-stop wikipedia debates by editors with differing viewpoints), this template attempts to appropriately covers all the common interpretations of the name to group the key articles covering every viewpoint. Oncenawhile (talk) 14:11, 31 March 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Total remake[edit]

I invested a lot of work today on creating these two templates:

  1. Template:Palestinian National Authority and the Palestinian people - covers the topics related to the Palestinian National Authority and the Palestinian people (this template)
  2. Template:Historic region of Palestine topics - covers the topics related to the historical region of Palestine

I also renamed the template's name to a less confusing and more neutral name which specifies in more clarity the scoop of each subject matter

Hope you will appreciate my edits. Peace. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 06:19, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You behaviour is totally unacceptable. This is not how wikipedia works - consensus must be found before blanking whole articles and replacing them with your own version. Unfortunately I do not have time to find out what rules you broke with your behaviour right now - hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I can point it out.
Please note that I appreciate your work, and you should appreciate that of others. I am not going to try to remove your templates (at least not without proper discussion), and you should not try to remove the existing template unless you can find a proper consensus - an outcome I believe is highly unlikely (I have put it back here Template:Palestine topics). They can happily coexist as they help the reader in different ways. Oncenawhile (talk) 07:56, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Proposed merger

Moved to Template talk:Palestine topics § Proposed merger

Requested move 2013[edit]

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. Miniapolis 20:27, 21 February 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Template:Palestinian National Authority and the Palestinian people → Template:Palestinian territories topics otherwise to "Template:[Something] topics" – To match other "[Territory name] topics" template names in Category:Country and territory topics templates and its subcategories. CsDix (talk) 01:16, 27 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Survey[edit]

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
  • Palestinian Authority defines "Palestinian territories" as "Liberated Palestinian territories", meaning those they currently control (areas A+B of WB, GS controlled by Hamas); international community related to Palestinian territories as "Palestinian-controlled territories", more or less in accordance with the Palestinian Authority stance.Greyshark09 (talk) 18:11, 31 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
No, the PNA and international community conceders Area C and east Jerusalem to be part of the Palestinian territories. This template is about the Palestinian territories (including entities associated with the Palestinian territories such as the Palestinian National Authority and the State of Palestine) and the Palestinian people. We most certainly can define the Palestinian territories as the Palestinian territories. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 02:24, 3 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I mean I'm thinking of Palestinian territories in the sense described in the Wikipedia article called Palestinian territories: "The Palestinian territories ... comprise the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip." So, the PNA would be one of the topics addressed within a "Palestinian territories topics" template. CsDix (talk) 10:44, 4 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ah, should have read the request more carefully. Yes, it would be best to move as proposed. --BDD (talk) 17:35, 27 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Ah, sorry, you are right. Japinderum (talk) 09:01, 31 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Still, at Wikipedia:Requested moves is written another title. My support is for the title Template:Palestinian territories topics, as shown here. Japinderum (talk) 11:27, 29 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Theoretically they can be made distinct, but knowing what happens to edits about such topics in other articles it's dubious this can be actually achieved. Recent title change in the UN, however diplomatically important, is irrelevant to almost all wikilinks currently in the template, so that's not a good reason to make changes there. State of Palestine currently only claims, but doesn't have any control over the Palestinian territories - so what Oncenawhile proposes can be made only with big caution, that realistically won't be adhered to when editing in this politically-loaded topic. Japinderum (talk) 09:01, 31 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You keep asserting that "Palestinian territories" is a vague and dubious term. I won't bother to repeat everything I said at Talk:Palestinian_territories#Considered_by_whom but, the long standing lead of Palestinian territories has described the PT as consisting of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and if there were any real dispute over that, the lead definition would have dawn far far more controversy, and would have done so a long time ago. the overwhelming majority of RS describe the PT as consisting of the west Bank and Gaza Strip [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]. You're previously assertions that PT can commonly refer to just Area's A and and B of the West Bank and Gaza Strip was rejected.
The Palestinian Territories consists of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, there may be valid reasons for a split, but PT being vague is not one of them. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 10:09, 31 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Emmette, your above comment is a kind of loose and incorrect, because it was your proposal which was rejected - [12]. Don't try to make it the other way around (as i remember you even apologized for that incident).Greyshark09 (talk) 18:20, 31 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Irreverent. The objection was to your assertion about the meaning of the term "Palestinian territories", it clearly states "[Greyshark09's] claim that the Pt term today is widely implemented not to the entire WB and GS, but specifically to the areas under PNA control is completely unsupported and easily refuted." Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 20:48, 31 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
What is irreverent?Greyshark09 (talk) 22:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Greysharks proposal isn't piratical, only two articles here are about the SOP (State of Palestine and International recognition of the State of Palestine) there's nothing to split. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 02:24, 3 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
There are quiet several articles on SoP and more on "Palestine" which actually relate to SoP.Greyshark09 (talk) 14:21, 4 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Only a few about SoP (All pages with titles containing State of Palestine), and if the PLO wants th keep celebrating the UN vote by blurring the lines between the SOP and PNA, it wouldn't be piratical for them to have separate infoboxes. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 14:36, 4 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Of course my proposal is not piratical (piracy?)Greyshark09 (talk) 22:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I will ask your clarification - do you agree to name this template "Palestinian National Authority topics", and perhaps in the future (when relevant) create another template "State of Palestine topics" (per my suggestion above)?Greyshark09 (talk) 18:14, 31 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Wasn't going to comment, but Gnome's conspicuously POV-influenced !vote is just ridiculous. Is "Palestinian territories" going to be used much now? Template:State of Palestine topics might be better now. Although I don't see why simple Template:Palestinian topics can't be used. Nightw 19:39, 2 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • A "Template:State of Palestine topics" content will be very limited - only three of the wikilinked articles in the current template are related to SoP. Japinderum (talk) 07:16, 3 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It will take some time to build a list of articles, but it is inevitable. UNICEF also changes the Palestinian designation to "State of Palestine" [13].Greyshark09 (talk) 22:07, 3 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • The Government, Security, and Politics sections deal with mostly with the Palestinian National Authority, but otherwise this template deals mostly with the Palestinian territories and to a lesser extent the Palestinian people. How about renaming this but with no prejudge against spiting a Palestinian National Authority template off from this one? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 02:50, 3 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I thought about your oppose some more and I'm confused. How would naming this to "Palestinian Territories" cause it to include non governmental organizations? All the other Category:Country and territory topics templates use the name of their respective Countries or territories yet they don't have non governmental organizations listed.
Or this version which includes "Palestinian National Authority" in the herder. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 10:48, 4 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Onceanawhile never said opposed the move, he said that he supported splitting the template. Your oppose is based on the fringe view that "Palestinian territories" is a vauge and dubious ther, which has been rejected by 6 editors (including me). That leaves one valid oppose.Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 22:18, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You sound desperately obsessed over-excited, which doesn't help you.Greyshark09 (talk) 22:24, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I should have said "your assertion" instead of "fringe view" that was a bit uncivil of me, but "You sound desperately obsessed, which doesn't help you" is a blatant personal attack, how could you possibly think that it was an appropriate or constrictive thing to say? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 23:00, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sorry, i should have said "overexcited" instead of "obsessed". But considering our long relationship, i felt much more friendly with yourself to use some slang words.Greyshark09 (talk) 07:36, 6 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
"You sound desperately over-excited, which doesn't help you." is still a personal attack, inappropriate, and unconstructive. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 07:46, 6 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Don't think so.Greyshark09 (talk) 08:04, 6 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • "everything now converges into SoP" - quite untrue if in everything you include PLO or oPt. Only some PNA institutions may merge into SoP, it still not clear what/how/when. The "Palestinian territories" continue to be under Israel occupation, so there are many separate articles about them, distinct from the political-related SoP and PNA. Japinderum (talk) 11:40, 6 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
This is a clearly political template.Greyshark09 (talk) 12:03, 6 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It's a Country and territory topics templates, it's scope is most certainty not limited to politics and government. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 12:36, 6 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The political template is ((Politics of Palestine)), this is a country/territory topics template, so it should have the name of a territory, not an administrative origination. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 11:40, 29 January 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Consequent WP:RM 2014[edit]

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The result of the move request was: moved to Template:Palestine topics. Given the level of support for both the original proposal and the compromise option Template:Palestine topics, there is a consensus here that the current title is unnecessarily wordy. Equally, there is a rough consensus (this time including those who opposed the original request, as well as those who support the compromise option) that including the word "state" in the new template title is unnecessary. This consensus takes no position on whether the word "state" is or is not NPOV; template names are utilitarian in nature, as several commenters suggested, so the omission of the word "state" might merely be done in the interest of brevity, a spirit in accord with the original RM request itself. As Neljack points out, it is entirely possible to create anew separately "a Template:State of Palestine on the model of the Template:State of Israel". This renaming leaves that possibility available, and the discussion of that possibility would need to take place independently of this RM. Xoloz (talk) 03:42, 7 March 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Template:Palestinian National Authority and the Palestinian people → template:State of Palestine topics – Per outcome of previous discussion and in order to be in line with "template:state topics", but not to overlap template:Palestinian diaspora, it is proposed to rename this one to template:State of Palestine topics. Relisted. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:13, 20 February 2014 (UTC) GreyShark (dibra) 19:22, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Relisting comment: There were a lot of participants in the previous RM discussion, but not many this time. I hope that a relisting will bring more input, to give a better chance that the outcome will represent a broad-enough consensus to be stable.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:13, 20 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I have listed this discussion on WP:CENT. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:46, 20 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • You are fully entitled to your view, and I am sure we all respect your opinion, but do be aware that your comment above is far more WP:POV than any proposal on this page. The bland and unqualified statement "there is no Palestinian State" simply won't hold water in an encyclopaedia that has a State of Palestine article, or in a world where the great majority (70%) of the world's nations recognise the existence of the state you deny. With respect, what we need here is legitimate discussion, leading to consensus, not more personal POV. Timothy Titus Talk To TT 15:50, 21 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Except that it's not. Part of it relates to the State of Palestine (including the link to State of Palestine) but a good portion of the template relates to history, culture and media which would be covered regardless of the political recognition given the the SoP. There's nothing wrong with a template that specifically covers the politics and functionality of the SoP but this template isn't it. This relates to Palestine topics in general, which is why Template:Palestine topics is a good title. Stalwart111 05:56, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The other benefit, of course, is that it allows Template:State of Palestine to be kept free for a template specifically related to the State of Palestine and directly related topics. Stalwart111 05:42, 28 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Your vote then is more of a weak support because you're just proposing Palestine topics, however Palestine wouldn't be as precise as State of Palestine. KazanElia (talk) 22:03, 28 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Incorrect. I do not support a move to "State of Palestine," but my objections aren't strong ones; therefore, this is a weak oppose. Furthermore, per User:Stalwart111 above, "Palestine topics" has the advantage over "State of Palestine topics" that it refers to the region before the existence or recognition of the state. In fact, if this were a category, I'd make "State of Palestine" a subcat to "Palestine." - Jorgath (talk) (contribs) 00:25, 1 March 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Nomination for merging of Template:Palestine (historic region) topics[edit]

Template:Palestine (historic region) topics has been nominated for merging with Template:Palestine topics. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you.GreyShark (dibra) 15:15, 18 April 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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