Draft:Manual of Style/Israel- and Palestine-related articles
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For the purposes of keeping a Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, the following guidelines should be followed when editing in the Israel-Palestine topic area.
Words to avoid
[edit]Massacre
[edit]The term "massacre" should be avoided in article titles related to the conflict unless it is the WP:COMMONNAME as used by a significant majority of English-language sources. A common name should be widely used beyond just Arab or Israeli sources.
- The 1929 Hebron massacre and Qana massacre are described as massacres by almost all Israeli, Arab, and global sources.
Categorization
[edit]Avoid adding controversial categories such as war crime, mass murder, or massacre without the backing of reliable sources in the article.