NefeshBarYochai
2024-11-17 20:27:21 UTC
Wikipedia has officially added Gaza genocide to its List of
Genocides page, marking a major shift in how Israels aggression on
the besieged enclave is being documented on the worlds largest online
encyclopaedia.
The addition, which now appears as the first entry due to the lists
reverse chronological order, comes after months of extensive debate
among the platforms editors. On its Gaza genocide page, it states
that Experts, governments, United Nations agencies, and
non-governmental organisations have accused Israel of carrying out a
genocide against the Palestinian people during its invasion and
bombing of the Gaza Strip in the ongoing IsraelHamas war.
The entry for List of genocides, Wikipedia states that Israel has
been accused by experts, governments, UN agencies and non-governmental
organisations of carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian
population during its invasion and bombing of Gaza during the ongoing
IsraelHamas war. The page goes on to list the death toll in Gaza
while mentioning that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians killed
are civilians.
The decision to include the Gaza genocide in the list followed
Wikipedias formal Request for Comment process, which began in July.
Editors supporting the inclusion argued that it met the pages
criteria of events classified by significant scholarship as
genocide. They also pointed out that the Gaza situation had stronger
scholarly consensus than some existing entries on the list, such as
the Darfur and Rohingya genocides.
British Wikipedian, Stuart Marshall, made the final ruling in
September, decisively supporting the articles inclusion. Based on
the strength of the arguments and its not close I discarded the
argument that scholars havent reached a conclusion on whether the
Gaza genocide is really taking place, Marshall wrote in his decision.
The matter remains contested, but theres a metric truckload of
scholarly sources linked in this discussion that show a clear
predominance of academics who say that it is.
Marshall concluded his ruling with the straightforward statement: We
follow the scholars.
According to Wikipedia, events qualify as a genocide if they have been
classified as such by significant scholarship.
Wikipedias decision comes amid wider discussions about source
reliability, particularly regarding Israel and Palestine. In a related
move, the platforms editors recently voted to declare the
Anti-Defamation League generally unreliable on the subject, adding
it to their list of banned and partially banned sources.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241108-its-not-close-israel-committing-genocide-concludes-wikipedia-ending-editorial-debate/
Genocides page, marking a major shift in how Israels aggression on
the besieged enclave is being documented on the worlds largest online
encyclopaedia.
The addition, which now appears as the first entry due to the lists
reverse chronological order, comes after months of extensive debate
among the platforms editors. On its Gaza genocide page, it states
that Experts, governments, United Nations agencies, and
non-governmental organisations have accused Israel of carrying out a
genocide against the Palestinian people during its invasion and
bombing of the Gaza Strip in the ongoing IsraelHamas war.
The entry for List of genocides, Wikipedia states that Israel has
been accused by experts, governments, UN agencies and non-governmental
organisations of carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian
population during its invasion and bombing of Gaza during the ongoing
IsraelHamas war. The page goes on to list the death toll in Gaza
while mentioning that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians killed
are civilians.
The decision to include the Gaza genocide in the list followed
Wikipedias formal Request for Comment process, which began in July.
Editors supporting the inclusion argued that it met the pages
criteria of events classified by significant scholarship as
genocide. They also pointed out that the Gaza situation had stronger
scholarly consensus than some existing entries on the list, such as
the Darfur and Rohingya genocides.
British Wikipedian, Stuart Marshall, made the final ruling in
September, decisively supporting the articles inclusion. Based on
the strength of the arguments and its not close I discarded the
argument that scholars havent reached a conclusion on whether the
Gaza genocide is really taking place, Marshall wrote in his decision.
The matter remains contested, but theres a metric truckload of
scholarly sources linked in this discussion that show a clear
predominance of academics who say that it is.
Marshall concluded his ruling with the straightforward statement: We
follow the scholars.
According to Wikipedia, events qualify as a genocide if they have been
classified as such by significant scholarship.
Wikipedias decision comes amid wider discussions about source
reliability, particularly regarding Israel and Palestine. In a related
move, the platforms editors recently voted to declare the
Anti-Defamation League generally unreliable on the subject, adding
it to their list of banned and partially banned sources.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241108-its-not-close-israel-committing-genocide-concludes-wikipedia-ending-editorial-debate/