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Edit war

I'm afraid, the discussion about which template/infobox to use in the articles about the South African general elections is causing an edit war. Dylan Fourie often reverted your edits and my latest edit. They claimed that there is no consensus on changing the infobox. I have tried to warn them on their user page ([1][2]). RyanW1995 (talk) 06:39, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately it doesn't look like they are one for listening, but pleased to see they are now indefinitely blocked, so their edits can be reverted. Cheers, Number 57 22:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2024 Indian general election

On 10 June 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2024 Indian general election, which you created. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 09:44, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Nir Oz attack

Hey, I am likely going to open an MR myself, but you are significantly more experienced, so I thought I would suggest you do it, hoping that it would be of better quality. Do you have a preference? FortunateSons (talk) 14:20, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

You're more than welcome to. I have little hope that one will succeed and unfortunately suspect that article title will remain a stain on Wikipedia's neutrality for some time... Number 57 20:02, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

That’s unfortunate. A second move request (now that you have provided a lot more sources) in a few months will plausibly succeed, but I would find the current title to be highly inappropriate both as a person and as an editor, but we will see. FortunateSons (talk) 20:06, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Would the following be an appropriate way start such a discussion, or are there any errors on form or style? Should I reference WP:Supervote, or is that improper?

{{subst:move review list

|page= Nir Oz attack

|rm_page=

|rm_section= https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nir_Oz_attack#Requested_move_1_June_2024

|closer= Extraordinary Writ

|closer_section=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Extraordinary_Writ#Close_at_Nir_Oz_attack

|reason= There was no consensus for this move. Both the quantity and quality of policy-based votes, as well as the number of cited sources, are in opposition to a move. The only relevant argument as sufficiently rebuffed, and there was no other significant argument brought forward except a rebuffed argument regarding consistency.

}} FortunateSons (talk) 20:19, 10 June 2024 (UTC)