User talk:HouseBlaster

← Previous revision Revision as of 00:24, 11 April 2026 Line 57: Line 57: :::::::[[2025 Banibangou attack]] is as good an example as any. Before [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Banibangou_attack&diff=prev&oldid=1344909799 your edit], it was in an Islamic terrorism category. I view that as an acceptably correct description. Perhaps not the most perfect possible incarnation of correct, but acceptably correct. Then you moved it to an ISIL category. I removed that because I view it as an unacceptably incorrect description-the term ISIL does not appear in the article. For right now, I oppose the ISIL category and I support either returning to the previous category or having neither of them. I presume you would not support returning to the previous, but are you able to support neither? It’s not completely clear to me that this specific page has a strong claim to the use of terrorism terminology anyway. [[User:Mikewem|Mikewem]] ([[User talk:Mikewem|talk]]) 01:02, 25 March 2026 (UTC) :::::::[[2025 Banibangou attack]] is as good an example as any. Before [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025_Banibangou_attack&diff=prev&oldid=1344909799 your edit], it was in an Islamic terrorism category. I view that as an acceptably correct description. Perhaps not the most perfect possible incarnation of correct, but acceptably correct. Then you moved it to an ISIL category. I removed that because I view it as an unacceptably incorrect description-the term ISIL does not appear in the article. For right now, I oppose the ISIL category and I support either returning to the previous category or having neither of them. I presume you would not support returning to the previous, but are you able to support neither? It’s not completely clear to me that this specific page has a strong claim to the use of terrorism terminology anyway. [[User:Mikewem|Mikewem]] ([[User talk:Mikewem|talk]]) 01:02, 25 March 2026 (UTC) ::::::::@[[User:Mikewem|Mikewem]] the term "Islamic terrorism" also does not appear. "Islamic" appeared only in the name of the group, and "terrorism" does not appear at all. The only support for including it in a terrorism category is one quote of a Nigerian official saying "terrorists". [[User:LateNightCoffee|Late Night Coffee]] ([[User talk:LateNightCoffee|talk]]) 00:14, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::::::@[[User:Mikewem|Mikewem]] the term "Islamic terrorism" also does not appear. "Islamic" appeared only in the name of the group, and "terrorism" does not appear at all. The only support for including it in a terrorism category is one quote of a Nigerian official saying "terrorists". [[User:LateNightCoffee|Late Night Coffee]] ([[User talk:LateNightCoffee|talk]]) 00:14, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::::::[[Islamic State - Sahel Province]] is unambiguously and in controversially part of ISIL. Trying to remove that from ISIL is as illogical as adding [[New South Wales]] to categories about places in [[Wales]]. The name has a history, that history means there are two letters derived from a translation of a geographic reference in the name the group used 13 years ago. Sydney is not in Wales, and [[Islamic State - Sahel Province]] is not in the Levant, but ISSP is part of ISIL. [[User:LateNightCoffee|Late Night Coffee]] ([[User talk:LateNightCoffee|talk]]) 00:24, 11 April 2026 (UTC) :{{Outdent|7}} [[2025 Banibangou attack]] is in [[:Category:ISIL terrorist incidents in Niger]] that category was made before the years. I think I added years when I made the year categories a month or two ago. They probably gave Niger the ISIL name because Sahel Province been in [[:Category:Factions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] since [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Sahel_Province&direction=next&oldid=806132815 the first version] of that page. As I showed you from the Al-Jazeera page and others above, the "Iraq and Syria / Levant" name is used for Central Asia and Africa as well as the original territory. [[User:LateNightCoffee|Late Night Coffee]] ([[User talk:LateNightCoffee|talk]]) 05:57, 25 March 2026 (UTC) :{{Outdent|7}} [[2025 Banibangou attack]] is in [[:Category:ISIL terrorist incidents in Niger]] that category was made before the years. I think I added years when I made the year categories a month or two ago. They probably gave Niger the ISIL name because Sahel Province been in [[:Category:Factions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] since [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Sahel_Province&direction=next&oldid=806132815 the first version] of that page. As I showed you from the Al-Jazeera page and others above, the "Iraq and Syria / Levant" name is used for Central Asia and Africa as well as the original territory. [[User:LateNightCoffee|Late Night Coffee]] ([[User talk:LateNightCoffee|talk]]) 05:57, 25 March 2026 (UTC) : @[[User:Mikewem|Mikewem]], Changing the names of the categories is less work (and less likely to get you blocked again) than trying to add "Islamic terrorism" categories to hundreds of pages by hand. : @[[User:Mikewem|Mikewem]], Changing the names of the categories is less work (and less likely to get you blocked again) than trying to add "Islamic terrorism" categories to hundreds of pages by hand.