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Draft:Drop Site News

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I think Drop Site News may now meet notability guidelines with the CJR piece. Unfortunately since there was a deletion discussion last year, AFC is the best way to get it to mainspace. Thriley (talk) 14:30, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We'll have to go through the red tape, I guess. Draft submitted. Thank you for reaching out Thriley. إيان (talk) 21:29, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

April 2025

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Copyright problem icon Your edit to Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus protests and occupations during the Gaza war has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for information on how to contribute your work appropriately. For legal reasons, Wikipedia strictly cannot host copyrighted text or images from print media or digital platforms without an appropriate and verifiable license. Contributions infringing on copyright will be removed. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:24, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To expand on this template, your use of WP:CLOP here is unacceptable. Simply swapping US to United States, counterprotestors to counter-demonstrators, or discipline to punish is not sufficient.
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The protest came shortly after Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly
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calling for Columbia’s divestment from Israel shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before the United Nations General Assembly
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In an Instagram post, CUAD advised students to wear masks and kufiyyehs and warned them against swiping their Columbia ID cards near the time of the protest, as Columbia's administration had previously used ID swipe data and CCTV footage to identify and punish student demonstrators.
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Columbia University Apartheid Divest announced the protest in a Thursday Instagram post, encouraging students to wear masks and keffiyehs, and to “be careful about swiping your ID card near the time of the protest.” Columbia has previously used CUID swipes and CCTV footage to identify and discipline student demonstrators.
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There were a handful of pro-Israel counter-demonstrators with Israeli and US flags chanting "free Gaza from Hamas," "free Lebanon from Hezbollah," and "bring them home." They also sang the national anthems of Israel and the US.
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A handful of pro-Israel counterprotesters holding Israeli and American flags stood behind speakers at the demonstration. They chanted “Free Gaza from Hamas,” “Free Lebanon from Hezbollah,” and “Bring them home.” They also sang the national anthems of the United States and Israel.
ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:28, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ScottishFinnishRadish, what changes would you make to report this content? إيان (talk) 17:45, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
After Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon that killed over 720 people, an “All Out for Lebanon” demonstration drew dozens to the Sundial, following Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the UN General Assembly. CUAD urged participants to wear face coverings and to avoid using Columbia ID cards, due to prior administrative use of video surveillance and ID usage to identify and discipline demonstrators. A small group of pro-Israel counter-protesters responded with US and Israeli flags and national anthems, as well as chants against Hamas and Hezbollah.
I'd also probably only use a ref at the end of the whole paragraph, but that's just me. I think that cleans it up, although "identify and discipline demonstrators" is still there. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:31, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just for ease of viewing:
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Dozens of protesters gathered at the Sundial for an "All out for Lebanon" protest following Israeli strikes on Lebanon killing over 720 people. The protest came shortly after Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly. In an Instagram post, CUAD advised students to wear masks and kufiyyehs and warned them against swiping their Columbia ID cards near the time of the protest, as Columbia's administration had previously used ID swipe data and CCTV footage to identify and punish student demonstrators. There were a handful of pro-Israel counter-demonstrators with Israeli and US flags chanting "free Gaza from Hamas," "free Lebanon from Hezbollah," and "bring them home." They also sang the national anthems of Israel and the US.
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After Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon that killed over 720 people, an “All Out for Lebanon” demonstration drew dozens to the Sundial, following Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the UN General Assembly. CUAD urged participants to wear face coverings and to avoid using Columbia ID cards, due to prior administrative use of video surveillance and ID usage to identify and discipline demonstrators. A small group of pro-Israel counter-protesters responded with US and Israeli flags and national anthems, as well as chants against Hamas and Hezbollah.
ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:33, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ScottishFinnishRadish, ok, thank you. Yours reads better too. Can I copy and paste your version where you removed the text? إيان (talk) 00:18, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yup, sure can, with the caveat that I have no opinion on its inclusion. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:37, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reversion of Section

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I saw you recently reverted a section I put together in Zionism. I am confused often about the nature of the restrictions of creating or editing content, as they appear to vary significantly on different pages. What is the background for prohibiting any new sections in that article before a discussion has been made? What other edits are subject to such a restriction? אקעגן (talk) 18:18, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi אקעגן, there are broad bodies of policy including WP:Verifiability, WP:Neutral point of view, and WP:No original research, which are generally discussed and applied locally at each individual article's talk page. You can discuss a change you'd like to make to the Zionism article on its talk page and try to get WP:Consensus from other editors. إيان (talk) 18:33, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Is this then broadly the case with every contentious page that no new sections can be introduced before discussion? I used, at least in my view, only high-quality academic sources, and pointed to a pre-existing article, so my hope was that it wouldn't violate the policies you outline. אקעגן (talk) 18:36, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AfD for Zionist as a pejorative

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Hi @إيان, did you intend to nominate this article for deletion? It's not listed on WP:AFD. Just wanted to give you a heads up and if you need any help with anything feel free to ping me, I should be online for the next hour or so. Dr vulpes (Talk) 22:09, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dr vulpes, I did, yes. Thanks for offering to help. Is there anything missing at this point? إيان (talk) 22:11, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sbeih.jpg moved to draftspace

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Thanks for your contributions to Sbeih.jpg. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Onel5969 TT me 11:33, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikimania?

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Hello Eyan, hope you’re having a great summer! I was wondering if you'll be attending Wikimania in Nairobi? For years I've noticed an overlap in our interests and editing. I’d love to finally meet you in person. Mooonswimmer 00:57, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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