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Thank you for your assistance at RFPP. Four minutes after I had made the first anon-proof revert, Emperorpenguin20160923 reverted that exact edit, so I believe some users may have been editing logged-out. I will take this up in other channels, but just wanted to say thankyou for moving this to the next stage. Buckshot06 (talk) 20:59, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

@Buckshot06 oh no! Independently, I have up-ed the protection upon review. – robertsky (talk) 02:00, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Many thanks!! Buckshot06 (talk) 14:45, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

RM

I noticed you closed this contention move without giving any sort explanation beside "Per consensus". How did you come to this conclusion? VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 02:57, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

@Vice regent, among those supported a move, it is more consistently stated that the proposed title is in consistency with other similar articles and neutrally worded as well. – robertsky (talk) 01:04, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

I agree with you on consistency but disagree on neutrality. Here were the arguments made during the RM, and who made them:

• "Impact is more neutral than damage"
  • Agree (3): RoySmith, Schwede66, FortunateSons. Disagree (3): Vice regent, Levivich, John Cummings.
  • 3 vs 3 is not consensus. Did you discard the opposing arguments, and if so, why?
• "Impact is more consistent".
  • Agree (4): RoySmith, Gruznov, FortunateSons, Zanahry. Disagree: none.
• We should replace "Israel-Hamas war" with "Israeli invasion of the Gaza strip".
  • Agree (3-4): Vice regent, Lightburst, John Cummings, possibly Levivich. Disagree: none.
  • This looks like a clear consensus to me. Is there a reason you ignored this? VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 08:29, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

@Vice regent, urgh. I guess a previous massage didn't go through...

"Impact is more neutral than damage"

Nope, didn't discard the opposing views. Rather, I took into account of Lightburst's comment to decide the consensus. I note that you also had proposed for either manner.

"Impact is more consistent".

In agreement with this.

We should replace "Israel-Hamas war" with "Israeli invasion of the Gaza strip".

I have a different assessment on this despite the vote count. Changing to what you and the rest have asked here is a breakaway from the title used in the parent article, and rightly brought up by Gruznov, and also as to what RoySmith stated in their statement in "Suggested rename" that spawned the There's no need to say "in the Gaza Strip" in the title; that's where the war is, so it's obvious that's where the damage is. Also, this would be more in line with other existing titles. I have to note that the other existing titles that used "X invasion in Y" or "X something-ion of Y" is a result of the respective parent articles. – robertsky (talk) 01:52, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gteoswiki (03:07, 9 June 2024)

Hello. Is it possible to publish my article draft? I just finished it and I'm new to Wikipedia. --Gteoswiki (talk) 03:07, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Draft:Civilization VII

@Gteoswiki Your draft needs more content beyond the news that the development has started with a tentative launch date. See also: Wikipedia:Notability (video games), an essay advising on the notability of games, and also Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Video_games#Remakes,_expansions,_and_series_articles. – robertsky (talk) 01:11, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

thanks Gteoswiki (talk) 14:18, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

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