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On July 25, after a couple of months of debate, the Wikipedia entry "Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza" was changed to "Gaza genocide." This was done despite the fact that the International Court of Justice in the Hague has not made an official ruling on the matter, in the wake of South Africa's petition to the court alleging that Israel is committing or facilitating genocide in Gaza.

The Los Angeles-based Jewish Journal, which followed the Wikipedia discussion and vote, wrote that the editors who voted on this change claimed to be relying on an academic consensus based on statements of experts on genocide, human rights, human rights law and Holocaust historians.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

World News = 4,259 articles announcing that Israel is committing genocide and 1,865 articles claiming there isn't enough coverage that Israel is committing genocide.

Look. I get it. Israel be bad. But there is other stuff happening in the world that I'd like to know about. I don't need to be told the exact same thing over and over and over and over and over again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Good. Because it is a genocide. Fuck Zionism

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

"This article is about the genocide accusations against Israel"

Doesn't mean the Wikipedia editors agree it is.

And I'm not saying it isn't.

But OP is not being honest.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You are not being honest. This is a news article and the Wikipedia editors voted for the name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth

Looks like they think the earth is flat too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You know what will fix the world? Debating semantics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I don't think anybody is expecting Wikipedia admins and contributors to directly affect the outcome of conflict in the middle east, but deliberative discussions of how the events are documented can only be a good thing.

The site acts as much of our 'record' in the modern age - and is ideally less eager to throw out hyperbole or speculate too readily.

Arriving at that title and nomenclature needs to be seen as a reasoned approach, and not "crying wolf" so that the impartiality of the articles can be upheld - by being careful about their decision, it is a better outcome for everyone.

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