Talk:2021 Mediterranean oil spill

Why just Israel?

The oil spill didn't occur in Israel. As of now, there is no evidence that it came from an Israeli ship. Although much of the tar washed up in Israel, it also reached Lebanon (https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/ByMIOQbGd). Animal lover 666 (talk) 20:40, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Photo caption very unclear

One of the photos has a caption that reads:

a volunteer who cleans tar with a large lump of tar collected from smaller lumps of tar, on the beach ...

What is the meaning of "with" in "cleans tar with a large lump of tar"? At first I though it means that she *uses* the large lump of tar for doing that cleaning. But it seems more likely that "with a large lump of tar" means, simply, that she is *holding* a large lump of tar. The same caption in Hebrew on the corresponding Hebrew Wikipedia page

   מתנדבת העוסקת בניקוי זפת עם גוש זפת גדול שנאסף מגושי זפת קטנים יותר

is also somewhat unclear for the same reason. Except that perhaps the Hebrew version actually better supports the second interpretation just mentioned, because Hebrew "עם" is probably less likely than English "with" to be used in the sense of something used as an instrument or agent to accomplish a particular purpose. (But maybe not.)

The caption probably should be rewritten to be clearer. Even just a comma after the first "tar" could help:

a volunteer who cleans tar, with a large lump of tar collected from smaller lumps of tar, on the beach ...

But "holding" instead of "with" would make it even clearer still. Toddcs (talk) 00:25, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Too many photos

There are too many photos accompanying the article, most of them focusing on the clean-up operation, somewhat repetitively. They also need to be formatted and placed better.Leoseliv (talk) 18:17, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 7 July 2021

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 14:05, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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2021 Israel oil spill → 2021 Mediterranean oil spill – The actual titular incident (the spill) was neither in Israeli waters nor from an Israeli ship; and while the Israeli coast was most of the hit area, it also reached Lebanon. Animal lover 666 (talk) 13:50, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Support This also helps distinguish from land-based spills. Fettlemap (talk) 18:31, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

• Support per nomination and Fettlemap. The existing form of the main title header is indeed unclear and the proposed form is much clearer unless or until there would be another 2021 Mediterranean oil spill. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 05:08, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

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