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Aaron Bandler (May 23, 2024). "Seven Tactics Wikipedia Editors Used to Spread Anti-Israel Bias Since Oct. 7". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved May 24, 2024. To be fair, there was consensus among Wikipedia editors to include the massacre in the "List of major terrorist incidents" Wikipedia page. But there wasn't consensus for including it in the "List of Islamist terrorist attacks" Wikipedia page, as enough editors argued in an RfC that doing so would violate Wikipedia policy banning "original research," (WP:OR), which states that "all material added to articles must be verifiable in a reliable, published source."

Current consensus (April 2024):

In this RfC there was no consensus to add Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, otherwise known as Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, to the list.

To be included on this stand-alone list, each entry should meet the following list criteria (see discussion):

The incident is notable
The incident has a corresponding stand-alone Wikipedia article
The consensus of reliable sources describe the incident as "terrorism"

The murder on Theo van Gogh is missing - additional info on why it needs to be added.

It needs to be added to Wikipedia for the following reasons:

The incident is notable Yes it was. It shocked the Netherlands. Theo van Gogh was a well know filmmaker.

The incident has a corresponding stand-alone Wikipedia article The victim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_(film_director) The terrorist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Bouyeri

The consensus of reliable sources describe the incident as "terrorism" Yes, the terrorist Bouyeri was convicted for several charges, including terrorism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Bouyeri 2001:1C03:58C1:5000:598:5E4A:382E:164D (talk) 07:18, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The incident doesn't have its own standalone article. TarnishedPath^talk 07:33, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Missing: Islamic State's attack against Crocus City Hall, Moscow, in March 2024

The attack was claimed by **Islamic State**

145 people were killed.

The incident has a corresponding stand-alone Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus_City_Hall_attack

The incident is notable It was the deadliest terrorist attack on Russian soil since the Beslan school siege in 2004. (Citation: the wikipedia page mentioned above)

The consensus of reliable sources describe the incident as "terrorism" Every news agency covering this described it as terrorism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melvynadam (talk • contribs) 05:49, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Melvynadam do you have the text that you would like added and can you provide what you think is the best reference to support that text. Also how many deaths and how many injuries? TarnishedPath^talk 05:56, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All of those questions are answered above.

But I'll repeat them here:

TEXT (also title): Islamic State's attack against Crocus City Hall, Moscow, in March 2024

ATTRIBUTION: The attack was claimed by **Islamic State**

DEATH TOLL: 145 people were killed.

RELEVANT WIKIPEDIA LINKS: The incident has a corresponding stand-alone Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus_City_Hall_attack

NOTABILITY: The incident is notable It was the deadliest terrorist attack on Russian soil since the Beslan school siege in 2004. (Citation: the wikipedia page mentioned above)

CONSENSUS ON 'TERRORISM' LABEL: The consensus of reliable sources describe the incident as "terrorism" Every news agency covering this described it as terrorism. Melvynadam (talk) 10:19, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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October 7th, 2023 attack to be listed in the 2023 table along with resulting casualties. Mittaltk (talk) 20:49, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: prior consensus was not to include Cannolis (talk) 21:36, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What does that attack have to do with Islamism? Dimadick (talk) 07:02, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]