User talk:Ekpyros
Welcome
[edit]
|
Index
|
|
|
This page has archives. Sections older than 90 days may be automatically archived by ClueBot III when more than 5 sections are present. |
 | This user is aware of the designation of the following topics as contentious topics:
|
Disambiguation link notification for January 8
[edit]Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detectedthat when you recently edited Capital in the Twenty-First Century, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page John Cassidy. Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)
It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, --DPL bot (talk) 15:08, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
Introduction to contentious topics
[edit]You have recently edited a page related to articles about living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles, a topic designated as contentious. This is a brief introduction to contentious topics and does not imply that there are any issues with your editing.
A special set of rules applies to certain topic areas, which are referred to as contentious topics. These are specially designated topics that tend to attract more persistent disruptive editing than the rest of the project and have been designated as contentious topics by the Arbitration Committee. When editing a contentious topic, Wikipedia’s norms and policies are more strictly enforced, and Wikipedia administrators have special powers in order to reduce disruption to the project.
Within contentious topics, editors should edit carefully and constructively, refrain from disrupting the encyclopedia, and:
- adhere to the purposes of Wikipedia;
- comply with all applicable policies and guidelines;
- follow editorial and behavioural best practice;
- comply with any page restrictions in force within the area of conflict; and
- refrain from gaming the system.
Editors are advised to err on the side of caution if unsure whether making a particular edit is consistent with these expectations. If you have any questions about contentious topics procedures you may ask them at the arbitration clerks' noticeboard or you may learn more about this contentious topic here. You may also choose to note which contentious topics you know about by using the {{Ctopics/aware}} template.
Beccaynr (talk) 16:33, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Clarification on Gaza strip famine comment
[edit]Hi Ekpyros, thanks for your comment on the independent source in the Gaza strip famine page I appreciated it; I would support your comment there but I don't have extended confirmation yet so oh well (much of that Talk page is very disturbing). However, I did want to bring up a caveat that should probably be more prominently acknowledged in your reply about food truck counts pre-war. Pre-war a good chunk (debated how much) of food production was domestic, whereas this is now substantially less. There's disagreement over exactly how many trucks are needed and it's certainly nowhere near 500 (my guess from hunger statistics is around 120-150 which was satisfied since January except for February), but probably best to clarify this in your comment. I know you mention it briefly but probably more balanced/makes it easier to discuss if you emphasize it a little more. Scienceturtle1 (talk) 04:37, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Scienceturtle1: thanks so much—I very much appreciate your thoughtful response!
- I haven't seen any data on the number of trucks required to avert famine, only comparisons to the prior number, along with some disgraceful misinformation such as being propagated on the Talk page. That said, I can only imagine the daily caloric requirements to stave off deaths is significantly lower than the total daily calories available prewar (the combined domestic production plus foreign aid)—but have no way to know whether the drop in domestic production, coupled with the increase in food trucks, was greater than the reduction from prewar numbers to those needed to avoid famine.
- I would be curious to read any data on it—and would only note that this recent paper asserts that from Jan-May 2024, total aid deliveries alone have not only been more than enough to prevent famine, but have resulted in a surplus beyond what's needed to sustain a healthy caloric intake on a per-capita basis (emphasis mine):
- ::"Data from January-April 2024 show[s]... [t]he crude mean per capita per day energy supplied was 3,374 kcal, protein was 101 gr (12.1% of energy), fat was 80.6 gr (21.5% of energy), and iron was 25.2 mg. Energy, protein, and fat amounts exceed Sphere recommendations… During [May]… the daily per capita supply of energy was 4,198 kcal, protein was 124 gr (11.8% of energy), fat was 71.6 gr (15.4% of energy), and iron was 30.3 mg."
- Do you have any numbers which would contradict those—or help shed light on the issue more broadly? Again, warm thanks for reaching out! Ekpyros (talk) 06:49, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think even conservative estimates using only UN-counted trucks (albeit still much more reasonable in April than May) have found that there was a surplus of total calories then - see https://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/documents/IPC_Famine_Review_Committee_Report_FEWS_NET_Gaza_4June2024.pdf - see table on page 10. In fact, this document even tracks specifically trucks that reached North Gaza, where the food shortage was the worst until late April/May. The paper you cited likely uses fuller numbers, but might not reflect food that's realistically distributed and also there is an out-of-proportion revulsion to citing Israeli research on that page.
- Further, hunger has declined continuously since a peak in December, with deaths seeming to have a delayed tragic peak of 37 (media-reported) deaths in March before falling off since then to near 0. Since January though there have been well over 100 trucks/day entering Gaza, and by March/April/May this number was well over 200 trucks/day when one uses even third party estimates of commercial trucks entering Gaza. This is just to say, there is a convergence of evidence that enough food is crossing Gaza's border to prevent famine since January (perhaps excepting February). Whether or not complete food distribution is being made possible is of course another question. But calling that study fringe is just wrong so I'm glad you are saying something. On the other hand, it's unfortunate its analysis hasn't been published which I think is a more valid reason to treat it cautiously and more like a POV than a finding. Scienceturtle1 (talk) 07:12, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message
[edit]
Hello! Voting in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 2 December 2024. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2024 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:24, 19 November 2024 (UTC)