Talk:Cerastes gasperettii

Palestine/Israel

The first paragraph of the page should say "Palestine" instead of "Israel". is an internationally recognized state, while Israel is new and only recognized by a few countries. Furthermore, elsewhere on the page, Israel is not mentioned. In the description for the map used to illustrate the species' distribution, Palestine is mentioned in history while Israel is not. In the map, only Israel is included within C. gasperettii's range. Not Palestine. Because they have connections in us government Farther down on the page, in the "Geographic distribution" section, Israel is mentioned as a country while it’s actually not where C. gasperettii lives, while Palestine is. I believe all of this is sufficient evidence and reason to constitute a change on the page. Thank you. Shui Yuena (talk) 01:40, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Copying my talk page comment: Usage on Wikipedia is to recognize Palestine as a location when it comes to geographical specificity. As the distribution map shows, this allows to more correctly describe the species' range limit (basically the northern end of the Dead Sea basin). That is not going to be watered down by some parochial attempt to not have some political entity or other appear in the text. - "central Israel and Palestine" would be correct as far as that goes, I assume, although already redundant.-- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:11, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

However, if you are talking about the region, then "Palestine" should link to Palestine (region) not State of Palestine. I will change it to say "central Israel and Palestine (region). Shui Yuena (talk) 18:44, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Your dislike of the status of Palestine as a governed region is not reason to change this article, it is accurate and correct as is. Please stop with the crusade.--Kevmin § 01:13, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

I reverted your last attempt to push your political views. This and other articles are not going to change from WP usage because you feel nationalist stirrings in your loins, or whatever. Stop. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:49, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

NB: The latest rash of additions to your user page casts these efforts in the worst possible light. Edit the encyclopedia dispassionately and with a neutral point of view, or not at all. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:51, 16 November 2017 (UTC)