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Copy within

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This type of edit does get picked up by Copy Patrol and a good edit summary helps to make sure we don't accidentally revert it. However, for future use, would you note the best practices wording as outlined at Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia? In particular, adding the phrase "see that page's history for attribution" helps ensure that proper attribution is preserved.

I've noticed that this guideline is not very well known, even among editors with tens of thousands of edits, so it isn't surprising that I point this out to some veteran editors. S Philbrick(Talk) 21:48, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

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I've noticed that this guideline is not very well known, even among editors with tens of thousands of edits, so it isn't surprising that I point this out to some veteran editors, but there are some t's that need to be crossed.S Philbrick(Talk) 13:36, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

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Weird linkage

M, in 3 different edits, you used the link, piped through a miscapitalied redirect, [[2022 russian invasion of ukraine|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. Why? Why not just link 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine directly? I fixed them. Dicklyon (talk) 05:20, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

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Edit request

Hey! I saw that you recently edited Iran's page with the Iranian attack on Israel. There are major problems with that and it doesn't include some very important info. Please change it to this so users know the full context:

"On 13 April 2024, the Iranian Armed Forces launched a major retaliatory attack on Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights with UAVs, cruise and ballistic missiles. The attack was in response to the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus. Several countries in the West Asia closed their airspaces a few hours before Iran launched its standoff attack. The American, British, and Jordanian air forces and navy helped Israel to shoot down the Iranian drones, while France, which intervened at the request of Jordan, deployed its navy to provide radar coverage. At least nine missiles had struck two Israeli air bases, namely the Nevatim and Ramon. The attack caused Israel spending over $1.3 billion overnight to defend against the strikes. Although the attack didn't include casualties and was intended to saturate the anti-missile defences, it was the biggest ever drone strike in the world, the biggest missile attack in Iranian history, and its first ever direct attack on Israel. It was also the first time since 1991 that Israel itself was attacked by a state force."

Here all the sources you need for citations:

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-helps-israel-repel-iran-124610945.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/15/iran-attack-shows-israeli-deterrence-policy-shattered-netanyahu-criticshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/15/iran-attack-shows-israeli-deterrence-policy-shattered-netanyahu-critics

https://news.sky.com/story/all-out-war-or-not-in-the-middle-east-bidens-test-at-the-most-dangerous-moment-13114955

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-israel-war-2667774489/

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iran-s-attack-stark-reminder-of-lost-us--israeli-deterrence

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1203/522025/AlAhram-Weekly/World/Israel%E2%80%99s-deterrence-strategy-collapsing.aspx

https://www.rusi.org/news-and-comment/in-the-news/iran-attack-shows-israeli-deterrence-policy-shattered-netanyahu-critics-say

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/16/2024/israel-urges-iran-sanctions-as-it-calibrates-response-to-attack

https://thehill.com/policy/international/4593202-bolton-labels-iranian-strikes-as-massive-failure-of-israeli-and-american-deterrence/

https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/washington-sold-out-israels-deterrence-to-save-irans/

https://jcpa.org/to-respond-or-not-to-respond-is-that-the-real-question/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/14/true-promise-why-and-how-did-iran-launch-a-historic-attack-on-israel

http://iranpress.com/aliaspage/277652

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/analysis-three-takeaways-from-irans-attack-on-israel/article68064678.ece Farnaj57 (talk) 08:35, 25 April 2024 (UTC)