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With the recent war going on between Palestine and Israel and conflicts around the issue, it'll be best to add the said matter as one of the potential flashpoints or triggers for a third world war, at the end of the fifth paragraph of the article's first section. Parmishashemi (talk) 17:59, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Parmishashemi, do you have a reliable source that makes that claim? Cullen328 (talk) 18:04, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Many experts have expressed concern that the Israel-Hamas conflict could draw in Iran and the US.^[1] It is oft cited alongside Russia-Ukraine, and China-Taiwan.^[2] Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson aired a show on the conflict called "How to prevent WW3."^[3] Elon Musk told the Wall Street Journal that he thinks it's on part with Russia-Ukraine. ^[4] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:47:4281:10B0:F868:4F4F:B53B:C665 (talk) 22:42, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't see either Tucker Carlson or Elon Musk as a reliable source to say "this is a potential flashpoint." One could make that claim that "Tucker Carlson described this conflict as a potential flashpoint" and be supported by the source, but that seems quite WP:UNDUE.

Since this is not an uncontroversial proposal:

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. PianoDan (talk) 16:35, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Palestinian militant -> Palestinian terrorists

Please change the term "Palestinian militants" to "Palestinian terrorists". The attack was intentionally on civilians, including women, children and elderlies. They burned people alive and raped women.

Even the BBC stopped using the term "militants" and started using the term "terrorists".

Hamas is defined as a terror organisation since 2005 by tenths of countries in the world, including Arab countries.

Please be accurate with the terms used. SRachamim (talk) 08:57, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A militant can still be used terrorists such as ISIS soldiers, also I think it might make the article seem a bit biased towards Israel Scapone100998 (talk) 15:30, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Going with this logic, we can also use the term "Palestinian people", as it "can still be used militants". That's not the way encyclopedia works.

We should use the most accurate term that describes the noun.

Using the term "terrorist" is not an opinion - it's a fact. Whoever isn't aware of it can't write about the subject in an encyclopedia. SRachamim (talk) 07:01, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No Hamas invasion?

A lot of people on Twitter are describing this current war will escalate into WW3. There should be at least some mention about it. Trakaplex (talk) 05:52, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In general, Twitter is not a reliable source. Got anything better? HiLo48 (talk) 05:54, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What about this? https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2024/02/12/the-world-war-iii-election-00140938 2603:7000:6500:97B:1115:7958:422C:FE28 (talk) 17:07, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The source doesn't explicitly connect the Israeli-Hamas war with WW3. It only implicitly connects the wider Middle East conflict with a "massive fight that leads to tens of thousands of deaths and upends the global economy", which is not even near the scale of WW1 and WW2. Gollem (talk) 20:59, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Twitter claims all events will lead to ww3. Biden could trip over a rock in china and people would say the US should go to war. I know this is a bigger example but more sources are needed. LuxembourgLover (talk) 18:08, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Change the hatnote to Several terms redirected here to be consistent to World War I and World War II. 2001:EE0:4BC9:BAD0:A933:B9E2:B059:BDC (talk) 11:30, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.newsnationnow.com/world/war-in-israel/vitterts-war-notes-can-biden-prevent-world-war-iii/

[2] ttps://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/10/30/what-a-third-world-war-would-mean-for-investors

[3] ttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tucker-carlson-discusses-how-to-avoid-world-war-3-over-israel/ar-AA1iwk35

[4] ttps://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-news-gaza-palestinians/card/elon-musk-warns-world-war-iii-could-arise-from-current-conflicts-koZxzphSaEneTMg1HCxg

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 :::The source doesn't explicitly connect the Israeli-Hamas war with WW3. It only implicitly connects the wider Middle East conflict with a "massive fight that leads to tens of thousands of deaths and upends the global economy", which is not even near the scale of WW1 and WW2. [[User:Gollem|Gollem]] ([[User talk:Gollem|talk]]) 20:59, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 :Twitter claims all events will lead to ww3. Biden could trip over a rock in china and people would say the US should go to war. I know this is a bigger example but more sources are needed. [[User:LuxembourgLover|LuxembourgLover]] ([[User talk:LuxembourgLover|talk]]) 18:08, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
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+{{Editsemiprotected}} Change the hatnote to {{xt|Several terms redirected here}} to be consistent to [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. [[Special:Contributions/2001:EE0:4BC9:BAD0:A933:B9E2:B059:BDC|2001:EE0:4BC9:BAD0:A933:B9E2:B059:BDC]] ([[User talk:2001:EE0:4BC9:BAD0:A933:B9E2:B059:BDC|talk]]) 11:30, 15 February 2024 (UTC)