Talk:Mosul

Information of the current situation in Mosul

I am aware that Isis, does not let anyone to leave Mosul to areas outside of their control, with out their permission. Perhaps it would be a good idea to add this in this article as well.Courtier1978 (talk) 18:56, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

@Courtier1978: Do you have a reliable source that supports this claim ? Mlpearc (open channel) 19:09, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

One popular source that has something on the matter is this. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/13/isis-mosul-residents-trapped_n_6862898.html,

My source is from a citizen that he is currently trapped in Mosul. It is possible for people in Mosul to communicate with us, through satellite internet. Courtier1978 (talk) 19:35, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Also http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/03/21/394322708/under-isis-life-in-mosul-takes-a-turn-for-the-bleak I guess it would be safer for you to edit the article rather than someone in Mosul. So I suggest you go ahead and edit. Jzlcdh (talk) 17:15, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

When I will have the consensus of a few more editors I will try to edit it. ThanksRon1978 (talk) 21:27, 19 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Courtier1978 (talk • contribs)

I have added information on the subject. Ron1978 (talk) 20:17, 2 August 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Courtier1978 (talk • contribs)

The 2015 section needs a lot of improvement. We can add information in the human rights and in the women section, if others agree as well.Ron1978 (talk) 10:35, 8 August 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Courtier1978 (talk • contribs)

Errors/bias in lead

The last paragraph of the lead states:

In June 2014, the terrorist organization ISIL took over the city during the 2014 Northern Iraq offensive.[4][5][6] As of August 2014, the city's new ISIL administration is functional, but power cuts are frequent.[7] According to recently released footage, in Mosul, women are subjugated and religious minorities, especially Shiites, are persecuted.[8]

'terrorist' is NPOV. Replace with salafi-jihadi militant for precision 'power cuts are frequent' is non-sourced and violates NPOV. power cuts are 'frequent' all over iraq because the infrastructure is poor (there were large protests in Baghdad and the south during the summer because the power was out) , whereas this article is trying to imply it is the fault of IS in reality despite the US targeting civilian power infrastructure (possibly a warcrime), IS has repaired it many times and power/electricity is more available in Mosul than the rest of Iraq 'women are subjugated' again unsourced and violates NPOV. if you think Islamic shariah law mandating hijab is 'subjugation', that is merely your opinion and not an encyclopedic fact. Needs to be removed. 'religious minorities are persecuted', against non sourced and violates NPOV as well as a self-contradiction. The article states, and it is a fact, that Shia and Christians have left the city, so how can they be persecuted by IS in Mosul when they no longer reside there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.186.112.132 (talk) 17:15, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Agreed. Fixed Katie alsop (talk) 00:02, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Updates In Progress - Will Try to Finish By Early November

I have made some progress on the valuable inputs in this talk page and continue to seek citations as noted. I have tried to remove some bias. I have re-written the lead page but am stuck on sources for population at the time being. Still working on that so please give me some indulgence. Katie alsop (talk) 00:02, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

eh??

Since the predominantly Shia-Muslim led government of Iraq in Baghdad cut off in June 2015, salaries[4] (that ISIL allegedly exploited by stealing a generous percentage[5]) which it paid to city workers including nurses, doctors,[6] supply and services workers, road repair workers, waste management workers and other infrastructure roles,