Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Controversy regarding the number of Palestinian casualties in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war

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The result was merge‎ to Casualties of the Israel–Hamas war. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy regarding the number of Palestinian casualties in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war

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Obviously this is a notable topic BUT we already have a Casualties of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war page. Does it need a spin-off yet or should we just add to the main article if needed? BuySomeApples (talk) 01:28, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Military, Israel, and Palestine. Shellwood (talk) 01:41, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Casualties of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war where it can be covered sufficiently in a subsection. Esolo5002 (talk) 02:13, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, this is an obvious merge to Casualties of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. My very best wishes (talk) 02:39, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm inclined in favor of merging, but there are many sources which cover this topic alone in great detail, at least giving it a cursory look through. There seems to be enough material for a spin-off article of sufficient detail. So, the question for me comes down to if it needs a spin-off article? And I'm not sure how to answer that, since we aren't writing a paper encyclopedia here. Sagflaps (talk) 15:50, 18 January 2024 (UTC) (This editor is non EC and per WP:ARBECR, is not permitted to comment here) Selfstudier (talk) 17:31, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Subsequently granted EC status on 21 January.Selfstudier (talk) 15:00, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. The proliferation of articles about this war is verging on silly. It's simply WP:TOOSOON to have a spin-off (or WP:POVFORK, depending on your perspective) of the casualties article; there may be (some, scant) coverage in news sources, but this type of topic would be better served by allowing for scholarly analysis that could only be done in hindsight, once the fog of war has lifted, if ever. WillowCity^(talk) 16:26, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Casualties of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war; That article is not too long. Marokwitz (talk) 20:14, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm the creator of this article, and I am okay with merging it to Casualties of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war article.Crampcomes (talk) 02:59, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Casualties of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war has been moved so it is a redirect and it looks like Casualties of the Israel–Hamas war is the proper target article now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liz (talk • contribs) 01:44, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge as seems like best solution. Alextejthompson (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 16:38, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per above, to avoid content forking. Carrite (talk) 03:46, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per above. AryKun (talk) 13:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.