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Talk:Ellie Reeves

Should the wives of peers/knights who are entitled to appropriate stylings (eg. The Lady Cryer for Ellie Reeves; Lady Nugee for Emily Thornberry; etc), but who do not use them, be referred to as:

Option A. Use the full/official/legal title in both the lede sentence and the infobox (ex. Ellie Claire Reeves, Baroness/Lady Cryer and The Lady Cryer in the lede and infobox, respectively);
Option B. Do not use the full/official/legal title in both the lede and the infobox (ex.Ellie Claire Reeves and Ellie Reeves, in the lede and infobox, respectively), but include a note (ex. Reeves is entitled to be styled as Lady Cryer by marriage; or something of the sort);
Option C. As a compromise, use the full title in the lede but not the infobox (ex. Ellie Claire Reeves, Baroness/Lady Cryer in the lede, but Ellie Reeves in the infobox); possibly including a note here as well.

Note: There is precedent for most of these options: option A is used for Caroline Dinenage; B is used for Thornberry (or more closely, Amelia Gentleman; and C is used for Reeves. estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:26, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Historic Site of Anti-Mongolian Struggle

Should this article include a link to https://brunch.co.kr/@jehsk52/65 in the Wikipedia:External links section? WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:14, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction

Which of the options should be implemented?

A: Insert the following text into Death Toll subsection in Total number of casualties section:

Edward Roger John Owen and Şevket Pamuk estimate that during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire (1912–1922), when the Balkan Wars, the First World War and the War of Independence took place in areas that were later to become part of Turkey, there were nearly 2 million Muslim casualties of the military and civilian population.^[1]^[2] However the text does not specify it is only about Christian attacks.

B: Insert the following text into World War I and the Turkish War of Independence section

Roger Owen and Şevket Pamuk estimate that during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire (1912–1922), when the Balkan Wars, the First World War and the War of Independence took place in areas that were later to become part of Turkey, there were nearly 2 million military and civilian deaths among Muslim Turks and Kurds.pp 10-11 p. 131 Kemal Kirişçi mentions McCarthy's estimate of 2.5 million Muslim deaths within the borders of modern-day Turkey due to wars, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed.p. 175-177

C: Neither or another option

Robert McClenon (talk) 16:14, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Remigration

Should this article describe remigration as "promoted voluntary return" in the lede? Should it be presented as-is, attributed to the groups which describe it as such, removed entirely, or something else? Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 15:55, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:July 2025 Central Texas floods

Should the article's background section include (Option 1) or exclude (Option 2) this four-sentence analysis/news article by CNN, which connected the July 2025 Central Texas floods regarding a 2024 climate change study? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:46, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Babur

Which of these two paintings (1:British Museum, 2:Smithsonian) would be more appropriate as the lead image for the article on Babur (1483–1530), the Turco-Mongol founder of the Mughal Empire? (extended for more comments per WP:RfC) पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 04:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Ba 'Alawi sada

Should the last sentence of the first paragraph of the lede paragraph be removed? The sentence in question reads: This claim has recently faced criticism as several public figures and researchers in Indonesia began to question the direct lineage to Muhammad.

Robert McClenon (talk) 23:59, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Savarkar's description currently calls him a "politician, activist, and writer". Should ideologue be included there? EarthDude (talk) 04:54, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Kosovo

Should the phrase "with partial diplomatic recognition" be removed from the intro? IJA (talk) 18:23, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Bono state

Should the first sentence of the section Formation of inland Akan polities read:

A - It is widely acknowledged that Akan trace its origins to Bono, and Bono played a significant role in early Akan history as the first centralized Akan state (the current wording)

Or

B - Bono played a significant role in early Akan history as the first centralized Akan state (the proposed wording)

?

Robert McClenon (talk) 05:55, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Should the RSS be termed far-right instead of right-wing in the article? EarthDude (talk) 04:00, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:2025 India–Pakistan conflict

Should a new section titled "Aftermath" be added to the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict article to cover developments that occurred after the end of the conflict but are related to it, as reported by reliable sources? Currently, some of these developments—such as the promotions of Indian and Pakistani military officers and Pakistan's announcement of a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Donald Trump—are included in the final paragraphs of the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict#Impact section. If consensus supports the creation of an "Aftermath" section, these items could be moved there for more appropriate contextual placement. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 14:46, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Elizabeth II

Should the infobox photograph be changed from the current 1959 portrait to something else? Note that the other three images below are purely illustrative and not part of the proposal. Cremastra (talk) 20:03, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Talk:2025 India–Pakistan conflict

Should the following statement, reflecting a Pakistani claim, be added to the Background section of this article, which currently describes the 2025 Pahalgam attack as a key event in the lead-up to the conflict?

Pakistan alleged that the Pahalgam attack was a "false flag operation" orchestrated by India.^[3]^[4] Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 00:47, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

^ Owen, Edward Roger John; Pamuk, Şevket (1999). A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-674-39831-9.
^ Pamuk, Şevket (2005). "The Ottoman economy in World War I". In Broadberry, Stephen Noel; Harrison, Mark (eds.). The Economics of World War I. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-0-511-13234-6.
^ Kestler‑D'Amours, Jillian (24 April 2025). "Kashmir updates: Pakistan claims Pahalgam attack 'false flag operation'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
^ "Shehbaz hails Trump as 'man of peace'". The Express Tribune. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.

[1] Owen, Edward Roger John; Pamuk, Şevket (1999). A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-674-39831-9.

[2] Pamuk, Şevket (2005). "The Ottoman economy in World War I". In Broadberry, Stephen Noel; Harrison, Mark (eds.). The Economics of World War I. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-0-511-13234-6.

[3] Kestler‑D'Amours, Jillian (24 April 2025). "Kashmir updates: Pakistan claims Pahalgam attack 'false flag operation'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

[4] "Shehbaz hails Trump as 'man of peace'". The Express Tribune. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.

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