Talk:Tigray Defense Forces

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Campaign names

I removed three of the four campaigns as unsourced content. They were added by editor Rastakwere with these three edits. [1] [2] [3] I have no idea where he was getting this information. Platonk (talk) 06:27, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Heavy weight on war crimes and burning of village

Is there any reason for the first two main sections to cover these items? Further, with the burning of the village separate, it implies that is not a war crime. Looking for other editors to chime in, even though it looks like the recent changes by Nebakeaddis are clearly against MOS. —C.Fred (talk) 15:46, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

war crimes and genocide are not the same thing. They should have their own sections and given appropriate weight even though both might happen at the same time. War Crime should not be used to hide Genocide activities.

TDF is a terrorist group and labeled as such by Ethiopian Government. There is no lack of evidence or references for TDF's terrorist activities and those activities should be brought forward to the article and not get hidden at the bottom. orangeflow (talk) 15:59, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Nebakeaddis I agree with @C.Fred. For such a short article, one incident does not warrant an entire section, particularly given the numerous war crimes committed by the TDF. The war crimes section mentions destruction of private property but can always be expanded, factoring in due weight. There's a link at the top of that section to the War crimes of the Tigray War article for more details. I added the incident of the burning of the village near Agamsa to that article. Efekadu (talk) 22:45, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Genocide is not to be taken lightly and degraded to be termed as "single incident". Heavy weight to Genocide is appropriate. Secondly Genocide and War Crimes are two different subjects and should be separately addresses and not squeezed into a single section. orangeflow (talk) 15:11, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Nebakeaddis The sources backing the section you created do not mention genocide or even civilian deaths. Do you have any reliable sources that use the word genocide in reference to TDF war crimes? Efekadu (talk) 16:56, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

again war crimes and genocide are two different subjects. orangeflow (talk) 17:07, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Nebakeaddis Can you answer the question posed to you above? Efekadu (talk) 17:21, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

your question assumes genocide and war crime are the same which is wrong. Why do you want the specific word "Genocide"? orangeflow (talk) 20:45, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Nebakeaddis You did not even mention genocide in the section you created so what you're saying here is irrelevant to the content in the article. The dispute is whether or not the village burning incident warrants its own section. @C.Fred and I say it does not per WP:Undue Weight. I say the war crimes section could be expanded, factoring in due weight. What is your issue with that? Efekadu (talk) 22:38, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

you are all over the place with your argument. First of all we need to agree that genocide and war crimes are different. Let me know if you agree with that in this chat and establish that, then we can move on to other arguments. orangeflow (talk) 16:23, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Nebakeaddis Stop repeating irrelevant arguments. That has nothing to do with the content dispute. Please answer the question posed to you above. Efekadu (talk) 21:15, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The feeling is mutual with irrelevant arguments. Again the first step is to acknowledge that genocide and war crimes are different subject. orangeflow (talk) 17:36, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hrm. If genocide and war crimes are different subjects, then what reliable sources specifically mention genocide? Not just discuss acts that could be interpreted as genocide, but actually use the word "genocide". —C.Fred (talk) 11:37, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
your original argument was "undue heavy weight". Or did it change to something else? My answer is, it's not undue weight because genocide and war crimes are different subjects. Secondly, why do sources have to mention genocide word? If you look at the "composition" section, none of the sources I suppose, don't use the word "composition", but that does not mean, the sources are not describing composition. orangeflow (talk) 03:39, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's still undue weight. You added the whole genocide is not a war crime wrinkle.

Why do sources have to mention "genocide"? Because if not, it's original research to call it genocide. "Composition" is a common word, so there are no issues with using that, but "genocide" is a specific word with specific meaning that Wikipedia should not be using in its own voice (see also 1984 Sikh massacre, where "genocide" is repeatedly attempted to be added to the introduction). That's why if we're going to use the label "genocide", it must come from reliable sources. —C.Fred (talk) 11:31, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't buy the common word vs specific word argument. Genocide has meaning and some inhumane acts amount to a genocide. I did not define what genocide is or define what actions amount to genocide so it's not my original research.

It's not undue weight if it does not belong to war crime section. orangeflow (talk) 22:28, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

this article sucks

fix it Badpagenoticer (talk) 06:35, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

TDF has certainly not disarmed or dissolved.

Given how the peace accords is going extremely slow and forces other than the Ethiopian military are still occupying Tigray's territory – the full disarmament of TDF will be suicidal for the Tigray region. It is very difficult to know or verify what's on the ground, but allegedly there is new military recruitment in Tigray and zonal administrators in the Amhara region revealed that Tigrayan forces are operating near disputed territories (I,e. Raya and Western Zone of Tigray region). Regarding the recent demobilization of 50,000 fighters, it is only those who are crippled, old and ill – thus the rest are still kept in military service. The situation is still very volatile.RedGeneral5 (talk) 23:03, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]