Talk:Palestine (disambiguation)

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Requested move 29 June 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) PadFoot (talk) 09:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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Palestine → Palestine (disambiguation) – The State of Palestine is the most viewed article related to Palestine, with 490,325 views. For search engine optimization, the page Palestine should redirect to the State of Palestine page, and the disambiguation page should be moved to Palestine (disambiguation). Most disambiguation follow this format.Gsgdd (talk) 21:06, 29 June 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. – robertsky (talk) 05:07, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

• A recent move request that included the proposed change was closed as "not moved" on April 29: Talk:State of Palestine/Archive 19#Requested move 18 April 2024. Several commenters there disputed the idea that State of Palestine is the primary topic for the search term Palestine. Dekimasuよ! 03:56, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

  that discussion was to move State of Palestine → Palestine, Im proposing disambiguation Palestine → Palestine (disambiguation)

  and redirecting Palestine to State of Palestine.

  State of Palestine is the most widely viewed page related to Palestine, with 490,325 views. No other article is coming close to this. Gsgdd (talk) 04:05, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

• As I noted above, that move request included a request to move Palestine to Palestine (disambiguation) on the basis of the idea that "State of Palestine" was the primary topic of the search term "Palestine", and was rejected. State of Palestine appears to receive about 59% of applicable page views, but this discounts other questions of historical significance, linking, etc. I do not have any particular opinion here, but it is not the case that the previous move was handling different questions. Dekimasuよ! 04:53, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks, It's not clear all those objections apply to here. I want focus on Palestine to Palestine (disambiguation) in this move. Gsgdd (talk) 05:48, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support I opposed the move to which @Dekimasu: refers but I agree that this is not precisely the same thing.

Talk:Palestine#Requested move 19 August 2015 moved Palestine (disambiguation) → Palestine and Palestine → Palestine (region)

and shortly thereafter, Talk:Palestine#RfC on splitting article into Palestine and Palestine (disambiguation) decided that this article should contain all the uses of the word Palestine.

Nom says that State of Palestine is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and at 59% of views that would appear to be the case, which it was not back in 2015. Typing Palestine into my Google gives State of Palestine as first entry. I agree that as time has passed, the relative importance in search of the State of Palestine has increased possibly because of recognition of it by third states so the proposal seems logical. Selfstudier (talk) 08:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Support: a widely recognized albeit occupied state. Makeandtoss (talk) 14:22, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose and initiate a 1-year moratorium on RMs. The historical region is extremely common in literature and influential. A disambiguation page is the best option given how many hits Palestine (region), Mandatory Palestine, etc. have (fewer than the modern state, sure, but so many as to easily qualify as extremely significant topics). SnowFire (talk) 05:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  People primarily access Wikipedia via Google, where the State of Palestine appears at the top of the search results, reflecting what users are looking for. However, on Wikipedia, if you type “Palestine,” the State of Palestine does not appear in the search suggestions. Conversely, if you type “st,” the State of Palestine is the top search result. My goal is also to address this inconsistency. The State of Palestine should be included in the search suggestions for “Palestine.” This might be a bug in Wikipedia’s search system, but we can correct it with this adjustment. If this approach doesn’t work, I will propose other changes. Gsgdd (talk) 05:17, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  Please note this change will not affect existing search suggestions for Palestine (region), Mandatory Palestine etc... We are just changing moving disambiguation page to Palestine (disambiguation) Gsgdd (talk) 05:21, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  The last RM here was in 2015, no need for a moratorium. Selfstudier (talk) 09:02, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  @Selfstudier: The last RM was 2 months ago: Talk:State_of_Palestine/Archive_19#Requested_move_18_April_2024 , which you participated in, actually. There was also another RM after that, but it was quickly procedurally closed as coming right on the heels of the already closed RM, so it doesn't really count. SnowFire (talk) 20:51, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  that RM and those objections are primarily for move from State of Palestine to Palestine - So my proposal is different. Gsgdd (talk) 20:58, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  What he said. Good if people actually read stuff. Selfstudier (talk) 21:37, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  • (de-indent) Re both sets of Gsgdd's comments above: I don't see this RM as particularly different from the previous proposal. We shouldn't warp our article naming just to make auto-complete happy. If there's a truly a problem there, file a ticket for a special exception or some alternate set of rules on the tech side, although I'm not even convinced that's a bug. The point is that "Palestine" unadorned should absolutely be a disambiguation page because it has very distinct, relevant meanings that predate the "State of Palestine" meaning - a case of WP:NOPRIMARY. SnowFire (talk) 21:10, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

    Which previous proposal? Selfstudier (talk) 21:37, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

    The one I just linked above, which I did read despite your comments above. As I've already stated, I don't see a substantial difference here. The point is that "Palestine" should stay a disambiguation page per my !vote which both this proposal and the previous proposal have tried to change in short succession. SnowFire (talk) 22:06, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

    That was for a move of State of Palestine to Palestine which this is not. Selfstudier (talk) 08:24, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

    @SnowFire How come then State of Israel is primary. Why is Israel is not disambiguation page. One could argue Land of Israel has more significance by your own logic.

    I want to make sure people find what they are looking for. I think State of Palestine satisfy notability condition because it has far most views. Then why wouldn't it appear in search suggestions? People should be able to directly go there using search suggestion.

    Also think about it - Google chose State of Palestine as primary. Just google Palestine.

    Im not sure filing a tech request will go anywhere. Its not their top priority. Gsgdd (talk) 23:58, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

    Especially since the UN now just calls it Palestine in normal prose and the country is seated alphabetically as Palestine in the UN chamber. Hard to think of another exception where a named state is usurped by its history. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:01, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

• Support per WP:RASTONISH. Left guide (talk) 06:33, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
• Support in modern times this is the primary topic. 48JCL 12:00, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose. The area and the historic polity are just as notable. And this proposal was clearly rejected two months ago, even if couched in slightly different terms. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:18, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  And this proposal was clearly rejected two months ago As already stated, no it wasn't. That was a request to move State of Palestine. Selfstudier (talk) 12:51, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  Maybe you were unable to see the second part of what I said. "And this proposal was clearly rejected two months ago, even if couched in slightly different terms." It's clearly pretty much the same proposal, since it also implies that the current state is the primary topic. It is not. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:10, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  Your comment is just wrong. This is not about moving the article State of Palestine. Selfstudier (talk) 13:11, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  No, but it is still about claiming that the State of Palestine is the primary topic for Palestine!!! -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:50, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  Or prioritising, for very common sense reasons, the Palestine that is an extant political entity over the Palestine that is a historical topography. Iskandar323 (talk) 15:57, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Support: There are basically two principle redirect targets, and it makes far more sense to direct to the most prevalent end target and deal with the other via hatnotes than it does to take all readers to the disambiguation page. With this redirect amended, at least 59% of users will immediately end up at the right target with one less click, which is infinitely better than 100% arriving at an unsatisfactory target. As mentioned above, this is also the UN-recognised name for the state as a seated chamber member – representing a super majority international consensus. Iskandar323 (talk) 14:12, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

How is that relevant? How is the current state more notable than the area that has existed under that name for many centuries or the state that existed under British rule for thirty years? -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:50, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Not about notability, all articles are about notable subjects by definition, your assertion is what? That SoP is not 59% of views? Selfstudier (talk) 14:56, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Good grief. What are you doing except claiming that the State of Palestine is the primary redirect from Palestine? That implies it's the primary topic. That implies it's more "notable" (in English, not Wikipediaese) than any other topic with that name. That is how Wikipedia works. If you don't think it's the primary topic then why on earth are you supporting this proposal? My assertion is that it is not the primary topic by long-term significance; page views are not the be all and end all. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:05, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

It does not, it just means that is what readers search for. Selfstudier (talk) 15:12, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

[[1]] since July 2021 - state of Palestine has consistently gotten more views than any other. what more proof do you want for long-term significance ? Things are not going to change. People want to see state of Palestine by a huge margin @Necrothesp Gsgdd (talk) 21:49, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

That's pageviews, not long-term significance. There is no evidence that the state is suddenly more important than the region, simply that more people are searching for it. Not the same thing at all and only one of the criteria for primary topic. -- Necrothesp (talk) 07:38, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

There is WP:PT1 and WP:PT2, evidence has been provided for the first and the only thing that has been provided for the second is your personal opinion, which is worth as much as mine, zero. I do not agree that any/all these other possible instances of "Palestine" are of more long term significance, that is then a matter of consensus unless you can source that opinion. Selfstudier (talk) 10:05, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose. WikiNav does not show a significant difference in traffic from this disambiguation page to either the state or region articles. older ≠ wiser 14:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  This could be skewed because State of Palestine do not show in search suggestion for keyword `Palestine`. Im going with page view count. [[2]] Gsgdd (talk) 21:44, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  Thanks for pointing that out. The pageview is very strong evidence of the more important topic, and it has clear primary topic weight: more hits than all the alternatives combined. Iskandar323 (talk) 21:55, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  That makes no sense. WikiNav stats show what readers click on from the disambiguation page. There is no significant difference between those selecting the state or the region. This is a stronger indicator that there is no primary topic than raw page views. older ≠ wiser 23:24, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  Sorry, I thought it was a search term. if it is the clicks on disambiguation page, like you said state and region relatively same. However if you use the same tool - and look at state of Palestine - you see 793.5k incoming pageviews, palestine region has 171.3kincoming pageviews. So look at additional data point to determine which is more popular. Remeber people has other sources by which they can find articles and visit the page Gsgdd (talk) 00:15, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

  But it is not a popularity contest, which is why raw page views are less helpful in this case. The WikiNav data shows readers who are looking for precisely the term "Palestine" and where they go after reaching the disambiguation page. older ≠ wiser 00:55, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

  But you should consider the fact that people don't need disambiguation page. people can go to palestine region directly from search suggestion. it is number 2 result for palestine in search suggestion. state of palestine is not even in the search suggestions. yet state of palestine has more views ( probably from google )

  See WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, it says

  A topic is primary for a term with respect to usage if it is highly likely

  A topic is primary for a term with respect to long-term significance if it has substantially greater enduring notability

  Can you tell me how you can quantify notability and usage other than page views? Gsgdd (talk) 01:21, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose per long-term significance and educational value. Why would it be good to narrow people's understanding of the term "Palestine"? Srnec (talk) 20:13, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

  if you look at [[3]] since 2020 state of Palestine had always more views than any other pages. wouldn't this signify long term significance? Gsgdd (talk) 20:27, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

  Again PT2 with no evidence. Selfstudier (talk) 20:36, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

  @Gsgdd: We have very different ideas of the long term.
  @Selfstudier: Evidence —Srnec (talk) 00:37, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

  @SrnecPeople search Palestine on google, that's a no brainer. Its a common name. But they end up on state of Palestine. See [[4]] they search Israel, not state of Israel. Gsgdd (talk) 07:46, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

  That's not evidence, lol, Palestine = State of Palestine. Selfstudier (talk) 10:45, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

  The single word vs compound phrase Ngrams has never been a good idea. By the same metric, the oak tree has no claim to the name oak. By contrast, the State of Palestine has been shown to be the far most trafficked page for a subject that is known as Palestine, and that's without it popping up with a high priority in the organic search. There is also something of a strong precedent for extant states to claim their base names. Incidentally, a sizeable proportion of readers landing at the region page then move onto the State of Palestine page, quite possibly because they were misled or misdirected by the organic search in the first place. The same is not true in reverse, with only a very small share of State of Palestine readers moving on to the region page. Says sth. Iskandar323 (talk) 19:02, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

  I probably shouldn't have included "State of Palestine", since it has misled people about what I intended to show. Obviously, "Palestine" will beat "State of Palestine" every time. My point was that usage of "Palestine" has only modestly increased since 1948. In other words, we have good reason to think the word has the same meaning in 2024 as it did in 1924. And nobody meant "State of Palestine" until very recently. This is why I presented it as evidence of longterm significance. Srnec (talk) 00:32, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose not primary topic per long-term significance. Current traffic reflects WP:RECENTISM. Walrasiad (talk) 09:14, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose Something of a minefield, page views and the like don't always decide these issues. To the casual observer State of Palestine, Palestinian territories, Palestinian Authority may seem synonymous, distinctions are subtle. When e.g. we hear people chanting "From the river to the sea Palestine will be free" I assume they mean the whole region. PatGallacher (talk) 00:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose no convincing argument for a move; there are similarities to the Ireland / Republic of Ireland naming pattern. Walsh90210 (talk) 02:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
• Support per nom, page views are dominant for the current country and I think it's way more significant to modern day readers.--Ortizesp (talk) 16:40, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
• Comment The distinct lack of evidence rather than opinion from the opposition is notable.Selfstudier (talk) 17:26, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

• Support per nom Kowal2701 (talk) 18:58, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
• Support Standard Wikipedia practise seems to be that extant countries are primary topics even if their commonly used name technically more strictly accurately refers to a region (e.g. Italy isn't about the Italic peoples, Iraq isn't about Lower Mesopotamia, Israel isn't about the Land of Israel, America redirects to United States rather than to The Americas, etc.), and I see no real reason that this should be the exception to that. StrexcorpEmployee (talk) 21:35, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
• Support per Strex. "But it's a historical region!" they cry, as if China weren't a historical region. "But it's complicated!" they cry, as if China weren't complicated (see One China). There's no excuse for treating Palestine differently than Italy, or Kosovo, or ... Red Slash 06:02, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

  ...Ireland? Srnec (talk) 02:16, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

  Ireland is split into two modern territories, both still called and part of Ireland, so not a parallel situation. Iskandar323 (talk) 15:36, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

• Support per arguments above.VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 23:59, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
• Support - Palestine as a region is used primarily in sources discussing the region as a whole prior to 1948. It is rare for a source to, in this day, use Palestine for the area encompassing the territories of Israel and Palestine (state). nableezy - 00:14, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
• Support per above. BilledMammal (talk) 19:06, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Oppose because of WP:RECENTISM. History6042 (talk) 19:53, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

What exactly was recent and when? Selfstudier (talk) 20:22, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Extended confirmed edit request

Please add the padlock to the page. Heyaaaaalol (talk) 21:28, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

@Heyaaaaalol  Done '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 01:09, 13 December 2024 (UTC)