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Re which of those examples meaningfully alter the article's POV
[1], I think most people familiar with the topic area would agree with me, but let me walk you through the first example, "Palestinian militant," which you described as "introduces Palestinians for the first time in that paragraph to clarify that it was Palestinian militants infiltrating into Israel." A few points:
First, the word before "militant" will determine how the group is perceived; there's a difference between "militants," "Palestinian militants," "Islamist militants," "Muslim militants," "jihadi militants," "Hamas militants," and even "Hamas-led militants." Each of those has a different impact when it comes to WP:NPOV, and changing from one to the other is thus a substantive edit, not a copyedit.
Second, if they weren't Palestinian, who else would they be? Certainly not Israeli. It's obvious that the militants who attacked Israel from Gaza are Palestinian, that doesn't really need to be clarified.
Third, if we wanted to give the reader more information about who the militants were, why choose "Palestinian" and not some other equally-accurate descriptor like "Muslim" or "male"? The reason is because if you said "Muslim" that would put wp:undue focus on that aspect of the militants' identity.
Fourth, Wikipedia follows the sources. Go check that edit again, look at the cited source: does it say "Palestinian" militant or describe them as "Palestinian" at all? Nope, it actually calls them "terrorists" (because it's Ynet), but not "Palestinian terrorists," rather "Hamas terrorists," because even Ynet knows not to attribute the action to Palestinians as a group; they're not the relevant group; the relevant group is a sub-group of Palestinians.
Fifth, there are better alternatives, like "Hamas militants" or "Hamas-led militants".
You wouldn't believe how often in the topic area such descriptors are changed. There are constantly discussions and sometimes edit wars over "Palestinian" v. "Palestinian Arab," "Hamas" v. "Hamas-led," "Jewish" v. "Zionist" v. "Israeli," and so on. These labels are substantive, and changing them changes the meaning of the sentence. They're not copyedits. Levivich (talk) 01:59, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- These are all fair points about how language is ideologically loaded, and even labels can create a host of implications. But, I'm not seeing evidence here that RTH is consciously taking an anti-Palestinian view and putting that view into practice through one-word edits that subtly elide Palestinians with Hamas. Assuming that to be the case, then how do you explain the example of removing "supporting Israel"? What about that edit is anti-Palestinian? I would think that someone intentionally making POV-altering edits would have some kind of coherent ideology. voorts (talk/contributions) 03:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Voorts, with respect, you're missing the point. RTH's edits are entirely defensible as content edits. They don't have to be bad edits to make him involved; they just have to be substantive rather than cosmetic or administrative, and they very clearly are. Vanamonde93 (talk) 03:11, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- I think we have different thresholds for "substantive". I just don't view edits that rephrase kinda meh sentences or add clarifying words to be substantive. If I'm wrong and those are considered substantive edits for the purpose of INVOVLED, then I will stand corrected. voorts (talk/contributions) 03:14, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not saying there is a POV to these edits, or that even if there is, that the POV is anti-Palestinian (as opposed to pro-Israeli; there's a difference). It doesn't matter, it's about substantive edits, not partisan edits.
- But to your question about removing "supporting": the difference between "US is supporting Israel by moving ships closer" and "US is moving ships closer" is that the former says the US is supporting Israel, whereas the latter doesn't. That's a significant change, especially given the important of US support for Israel both historically and in the current war.
- Just as with the Palestinian militants example, we must follow the sources. Look at the source cited for that content, and you'll see it's not just about US troop movements, it's about US support for Israel through troop movements: "Further military aid to Israel would be sent in the coming days, the White House said, adding that the US was working to ensure Israel's enemies did not try to seek advantage ... the US is eager to prevent Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement from joining the conflict ... The US sends billions of dollars of military aid to Israel, a close ally, each year. Since World War Two, Israel has been the largest overall recipient of US foreign aid." The US didn't move ships as a peacekeeping measure, it moved ships specifically as part of its long term ongoing support of Israel, which is a key aspect of the conflict. That's why removing "supporting Israel" is a substantive edit. Levivich (talk) 14:53, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Voorts, with respect, you're missing the point. RTH's edits are entirely defensible as content edits. They don't have to be bad edits to make him involved; they just have to be substantive rather than cosmetic or administrative, and they very clearly are. Vanamonde93 (talk) 03:11, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
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