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A lot of people on Twitter are describing this current war will escalate into WW3. There should be at least some mention about it. Trakaplex (talk) 05:52, 2 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
The source doesn't explicitly connect the Israeli-Hamas war with WW3. It only implicitly connects the wider Middle East conflict with a "massive fight that leads to tens of thousands of deaths and upends the global economy", which is not even near the scale of WW1 and WW2. Gollem (talk) 20:59, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
how about these sources (from various viewpoints):
Quote from source claims the opposit: "while it certainly has all the makings of the first major Middle Eastern modern regional war, it doesn’t yet have enough combustible power to ignite a world war". Gollem (talk) 07:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
One columnist's opinion. Unclear importance due to paywall. Gollem (talk) 07:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
No mention of WW3. Gollem (talk) 07:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Link doesn't seem to lead to an article with that title. Gollem (talk) 07:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Twitter claims all events will lead to ww3. Biden could trip over a rock in china and people would say the US should go to war. I know this is a bigger example but more sources are needed. LuxembourgLover (talk) 18:08, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
I agree to add the Israel-Hamas war now that the iranian embassy has been bombed.Givibidou (talk) 16:03, 5 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Why? Do you see any signs of escalation beyond a regional conflict that are reported as such by relevant sources? Gollem (talk) 00:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
The US navy has its fleet in the Mediterranean, Russia has its army in Syria. A war between Israel and Iran-Syria could bring an american intervention and a russian intervention. [1]Givibidou (talk) 08:42, 6 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
The article is unclear whether the statements about WW3 are related to what is happening Ukraine or Gaza. Also it doesn’t explain how the latter could escalate into WW3. Just the fact that Russia is present to support the Syrian regime and the USA is present in the region too, is not enough to add it in this article. Gollem (talk) 06:07, 7 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Change the hatnote from "Third World War", "World War III" and "WWIII" redirect here to Several terms redirect here to be consistent to World War I and World War II as the hatnote written like it..2001:EE0:4BC9:BAD0:A933:B9E2:B059:BDC (talk) 11:30, 15 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
I agree,Israel–Hamas war should be added. American airforce and their allies in the region have been mobilised to take down drones and missiles from Iran. Givibidou (talk) 22:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
The Sun article indeed mentions WW3 in the title, which is notable. However, the explanation how this could happen is missing. It only states that China has an interest in weakening the West, so another proxy war disrupting the world economy is possible. How this could lead to a direct confrontation between superpowers is completely lacking. So please provide a source of importance that explains how the events could lead to a direct war between superpowers. Gollem (talk) 03:53, 14 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
NB: North Korea isn't mentioned in the Sun article! Gollem (talk) 04:01, 14 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
I am not convinced by one president vaguely making the connection without explanation on how it could escalate beyond a regional war. Gollem (talk) 12:31, 14 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Fair enough, feel free to revert for now, it can always be returned. I imagine there will be more notable RS to add in the near future. but could be wrong. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 12:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
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