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Based on the discussions above, it seems there is no consensus for a merge at this time. The unique nature of the topics—encompassing both political and territorial distinctions—warrants keeping separate articles for now. While overlaps in content exist, the differing perspectives and nuances of each subject justify their current structure.𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) 16:59, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Proposal to merge Occupied Palestinian territories into this article. The two topics are the same, geographically and politically. There is no precedent for such a State-Territory article split across our encyclopedia; even looking at other states with limited recognition like Kosovo and Taiwan. And the content of the two articles is entirely overlapping – there is nothing in the OPT article that isn’t (or shouldn’t be) already in the SoP article. Onceinawhile (talk) 18:40, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am conflicted with this one, as apparently is everybody else, judging by the recent ICJ opinion. One article refers to the occupation of and the other to territory claimed by but the territory itself is the same territory. And there is the never ending split personality debate as to Palestinian statehood, even tho the ICJ opinion is quite explicit about the right to self determination and the need for the occupation to end. It's like pulling teeth and I agree there is no precedent but the whole situation has been described as sui generis and maybe it is. My opinion is that we should leave it be just for the moment (same with the "territories", it ought really to be "Territory" but again, let it lie for now, maybe). Selfstudier (talk) 19:33, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with @Selfstudier's points. I would also add that the State-Territory split, while rare at the moment, is almost certain to become common this century due to rising sea levels caused by climate change.
Climate change is a major issue for the Maldives. As an archipelago of low-lying islands and atolls in the Indian Ocean, the existence of the Maldives is severely threatened by sea level rise. By 2050, 80% of the country could become uninhabitable due to global warming. According to the World Bank, with "future sea levels projected to increase in the range of 10 to 100 centimeters by the year 2100, the entire country could be submerged". The Maldives is striving to adapt to climate change, and Maldivian authorities have been prominent in international political advocacy to implement climate change mitigation.
The existence of the nation of Kiribati is imperilled by rising sea levels, with the country losing land every year. Many of its islands are currently or becoming inhabitable due to their shrinking size. Thus, the majority of the country's population resides in only a handful of islands, with more than half of its residents living on one island alone, Tarawa. This leads to other issues such as severe overcrowding in such a small area. In 1999, the uninhabited islands of Tebua Tarawa and Abanueaboth disappeared underwater. The government's Kiribati Adaptation Program was launched in 2003 to mitigate the country's vulnerability to the issue. In 2008, fresh water supplies began being encroached by seawater, prompting President Anote Tong to request international assistance to begin relocating the country's population elsewhere.
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Following the death of Yahya Sinwar, references to him as the current leader of Hamas should be removed. The section stating, "While Yahya Sinwar is the leader of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip," should be updated to "Leader in the Gaza Strip: Vacant," to align with the information on the Hamas Wikipedia page. Matthew4100002 (talk) 18:05, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Change "Majority of the Palestinian Christians belong to the Eastern Orthodox Churches, including Greek Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, and Syriac Orthodox." to:
"The majority of the Palestinian Christians belong to Orthodox Churches, including Greek Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, and Syriac Orthodox.[1]
I am requesting this change because the current page inaccurately presents the Syriac and Armenian Apostolic Churches as Eastern Orthodox, when they are actually Oriental Orthodox – a different church. However, all of these churches can be categorized as "Orthodox". SirCapybara (talk) 22:59, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done Thanks for picking those up. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email) 03:45, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply] Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-roman> tags or {{efn-lr}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-roman}} template or {{notelist-lr}} template (see the help page).
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Done Remsense ‥ 论 12:24, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
In progress: An editor is implementing the requested edit. TheWikiToby (talk) 19:26, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
Done Thanks for picking those up. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email) 03:45, 27 October 2024 (UTC)