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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:November 2023 crimes in North America

A tag has been placed on Category:November 2023 crimes in North America indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your work on significantly updating, improving, and broadening the 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States page! Catboy69 (talk) 19:16, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Washington Times

In response to this edit, one should be very wary with citing that newspaper (and note the tendentious title of the article); please see WP:RSP and look for the entry. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 15:26, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

I think the citation was Washington Examiner but definitely. I was creating the article and using the top few headlines when searching his name, which the Examiner was included. I only excerpted Alareer's quote where he describes the poetry as beautiful but dangerous, but in general I do try to avoid using non-RSPs. CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 15:33, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, sure. Thanks. I was just bothered by the title and how the words in the article would have violated our BLP. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:43, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Refaat Alareer

On 11 December 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Refaat Alareer, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ad Orientem (talk) 02:28, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Edit summary

Hey there!

regarding this[1], your edit summary didn't include the change of title which I wrote (not the non EC user you said you were reverting). Just pointing it out. Also Al Jazeera is considered problematic by some editors so its best to attribute. Is it possible you can revise? I hope the message was well written and I did not accidentally offend you. Homerethegreat (talk) 16:43, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! No offense taken. I think Al-Jazeera is actually considered a reliable source on English Wikipedia, so no attribution is needed. CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 16:47, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

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You've been mentioned (not accused) at administrators' noticeboard

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 07:11, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Being discussed on admin board

I was coming to warn you that you're being discussed on the anon board, but it is possibly the same as above. Their complaint is a discussion about organ harvesting.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents Irtapil (talk) 16:26, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Ways to improve Racism against Native Americans in the United States

Hello, CarmenEsparzaAmoux,

Thank you for creating Racism against Native Americans in the United States.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

Hi Carmen, great work on your new article. I would suggest adding to additional categories. The new page curation tool is throwing up a warning about one or more sources being a blog, but I can't find which one is causing the flag, and most other sourcing seems excellent. Good job!

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Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 12:04, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, CarmenEsparzaAmoux. Thank you for your work on Native American genocide in the United States. Chaotic Enby, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thanks a lot for creating this much-needed article, a surprise that it wasn't there earlier!

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ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 23:25, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, thank you for the hard work! -- SashiRolls ^{🌿 · 🍥} 03:02, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks both, appreciate the notes :) CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 03:03, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

who needs barnstars? :)

	A mound for you
	For your work commemorating the Native American genocide in the United States -- SashiRolls 🌿 · 🍥 20:32, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

This is so much more special, thank you :) CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 20:55, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK?

I'm not a big fan of DYK in general, but I think you (or someone who knows the ropes better than I do) should nominate this page for WP:DYK before it's too late. (I think you have 7 days from creation.) That said, if you have an idea for a hook, I wouldn't mind doing the nomination and the QPQ... (the smallpox infected blankets struck me as potentially being the basis for a good hook...) -- SashiRolls ^{🌿 · 🍥} 19:57, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

I've never done a DYK before, but I think that's a great idea. Maybe something along the lines of "... Colonel Henry Bouquet's attempt to infect Native Americans with smallpox-infected blankets is seen as an example of Native American genocide in the United States?" CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 20:13, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

A bit off-subject but refs 69 & 70 may raise some eyebrows. :) -- SashiRolls ^{🌿 · 🍥} 20:51, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for changing that :) Also, which reference would you use for the claim about the blankets?

Another proposal we could add: ...that because the Cherokee people were deliberately routed through cholera-stricken areas during the Trail of Tears, their dislocation has been given as an example of Native American genocide in the United States? (Stannard, p. 124). No pressure, only 48 hours left. -- SashiRolls ^{🌿 · 🍥} 21:17, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

I think that sounds perfect too :) I'm pretty unfamiliar with the DYK process, do you mind submitting it? CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 21:19, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

No, I don't mind trying it, though I don't think I've ever done it either. I did get some things into ITN some years ago, but never DYK. What put me off doing it on the 28th was I thought it looked like I had to sort of sign off as the author of the page being cited (maybe I misunderstood). Will look again tonight and try to get it done before tomorrow night around this time. -- SashiRolls ^{🌿 · 🍥} 21:28, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Looks amazing. Fingers crossed 🤞 CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 22:25, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Native American genocide in the United States

Hello! Your submission of Native American genocide in the United States at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! 4meter4 (talk) 22:25, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Native American genocide in the United States

On 18 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Native American genocide in the United States, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that because the Cherokee people were deliberately routed through cholera-stricken areas, their dislocation has been given as an example of Native American genocide in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Native American genocide in the United States. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Native American genocide in the United States), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar of appreciation

		The Barnstar of Integrity
		A barnstar of appreciation for your tireless work to provide reliable information that furthers the cause of worldwide human rights. David A (talk) 08:12, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, David. This is much appreciated :) CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 18:31, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Worthwhile addition?

Hi Carmen, I saw your DYK and recalled seeing this image on the internet in meme form in relation to suggestions that the ecocide of bison had genocidal undertones, as touched upon in this Atlantic piece (archive link), and I wondered whether there might be more material along these lines worthy of addition to the topic. Iskandar323 (talk) 19:31, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Hey Iskander :) Yeah, absolutely, here's a few sources that might help to start researching a section on ecocide. I think you'd probably want to start by thinking more broadly about how starvation was used as a weapon in North America:

• Nobel Peace center article on Hunger on the Trail of Tears
• Smithsonian article on food ration system
• Food Policy article examining the influence of Native starvation on the Holocaust

Then another way to think about ecocide might be through the frames of environmental racism and Native environmental activism, so two case studies that might be worth exploring are the pipeline fights (Dakota Access, Keystone XL, Standing Rock) and the Manhattan Project:

• Nuclear Princeton Impacts on Indigenous Communities
• 'It's cultural genocide': inside the fight to stop a pipeline on tribal lands
• Ecocide Is Genocide: Decolonizing the Definition of Genocide

I'd need to spend a bit more time than I have right now to fully flesh out some sources, but hopefully this is an okay start :) CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 01:03, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello

I noticed you were working on some articles related to the healthcare crisis in Gaza recently, and I want to invite you to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine. Although we're more focused on diseases than current events, you're welcome to join us if it's a subject area that interests you. It's a good place to ask questions about finding good sources for medical content or writing style. Feel free to put the group's page on your watchlist, or stop by to say hello some time. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:19, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Outside of Wiki I actually work on the history of medicine, so I appreciate this note. CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 18:33, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

We don't have a lot of editors who specialize in that area, so I'm glad to hear that you are interested in that subject! (Although, if you like to "leave your work at work" and do something else for your WP:VOLUNTEER time, then that's fine, too.) WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:39, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

With the crisis in Gaza, that's probably where my focus will be for awhile, but I'll definitely think about editing more on medicine when the situation there is less catastrophic. CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 18:49, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Let's hope that will be soon.

If you look at the "coffee roll" boxes at the top of the talk page for an article (e.g., Talk:Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present)), you should be able to see links to some relevant groups, in case you decide that you'd like to watch those groups. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:33, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Agreed. And thanks for the tip :) CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 08:24, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Citing The Hill for the healthcare collapse article

Heya. I recently added some things from a news article to Timeline of the Gaza Strip healthcare collapse. You're a lot more experienced with the topic, so if you have the time and energy I was hoping to pick your brains. Is citing United Palestinian Appeal, Women for Women International, and Anera appropriate? Should cites of Women for Women International include a note that the organization's in turn citing Wefaq Society for Women and Child Care? And here are things from the news article that I left out, what's your take, should some of them go in?

• The news article cites UAP as saying conditions are "reducing the hospital to a first aid clinic." I left this out as whether it was talking about a specific hospital or all hospitals or what was confusing.
• The news article cites UAP as saying it was able to supply partner hospitals for the first one-and-a-half months of the war, but access had since been cut off. Problems getting aid through is nothing new (though it also bears repeating), and it refers to events that happened months ago, so I left it out. It's a little interesting that this is apparently a stockpile within Gaza.
• The news article cites Anera as saying “In a period where you should’ve had 2,000 trucks, we’ve had 50 trucks," and the average is barely above 100 trucks a day. This is about aid in general rather than the healthcare system specifically, so I left it out.
• The news article doesn't cite anyone as it writes "Medical products such as insulin and blood are in extreme shortage. Lack of testing facilities has left infections undiagnosed, allowing pathogens to spread more easily," so I left that out.
• The news article cites Women for Women International as saying acute respiratory infections and chickenpox. Those are issues at the best of times and the article didn't go into any detail about whether they're epidemics or what, just mentioned them, so I left that out.
• The news article cites Anera as saying that "none of the hospitals are fully operational with all the medicines and supplies they need." Is that something that should be mentioned or does the entire rest our article get the point across?
• The news article just cites NGOs in the region when it says that an estimated 13 hospitals are operating at some level, so I didn't include that. I didn't include the Health Ministry's estimate that the the number is likely closer to 9, either.

Thanks. --Kizor 03:40, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello there! It sounds like you've done a lot of work, and thought through what to include. Sounds rigorous, so thank you. Women for Women International and Anera are absolutely both appropriate to cite. A little bit less familiar with UPA, but it has the highest possible rating on Charity Navigator, so yes also appropriate. On the points below:

• I agree, The Hill's phrasing is strange there. It could be applying to one of nearly two dozen facilities at this point, so I think you're right to leave it out.
• That is interesting, although it's also assuming the stockpile still exists. The medical warehouse at Al-Shifa for example was reportedly destroyed by an Israeli bombing [2], and other humanitarian warehouses have reportedly been raided by desperate and starving people [3].
• If you'd like, you could always add that to Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war!
• The Hill is an WP:RS so you can add statements written directly by their journalists without attribution (as a large media outlet, they likely have an editorial team that works through fact-checking).
• Hundreds of thousands of cases of acute respiratory infections in Gaza right now! [4]
• We have WHO stating the exact same thing on 15 February, so it's up to you on whether you'd like to repeat it.
• That sounds good. About a week ago an AJ op-ed put the number of partially functional hospitals at eleven [5]. It's not super clear where they get this number. To be frank, this has been an elusive for me, though UNOCHA (citing WHO) on 8 February put the total at 36 per cent of hospitals (out of 36 total) [6]. This is all to say I think it's fine you didn't include this.

CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 04:18, 21 February 2024 (UTC); edited 05:37, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Three bullet points out of several hundred isn't a lot of work, but thank you. Can you think of anything in particular that needs doing on the subject of this war? --Kizor 21:05, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

I was just thinking yesterday about the article Attacks on health facilities during the Israel–Hamas war, and how the attack on Gaza health facilities probably warrants its own article. At this point, information about the attacks are spread out between the above-mentioned page, the healthcare collapse timeline, and individual hospital pages (plus specific hospital siege pages, see: Kamal Adwan, al-Shifa, and Nasser), so a unified overview article detailing the attacks, humanitarian responses to the attacks, international accusations of war crimes, and the IDF's own rationalizations for them would take a lot of work but be hugely beneficial to understanding the role of Gaza hospitals as sites of conflict during the war. CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 21:29, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Anat Schwartz for deletion

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Al-Rashid

Just wanted to say thank you for all the work and editing you've done on the Al-Rashid massacre page. Jebiguess (talk) 20:18, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Appreciate that, Jebiguess. I've been editing a lot on the famine and humanitarian aid deliveries, so I came with a substantial bit of background knowledge on the conditions that have led up to it. CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 20:28, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, CarmenEsparzaAmoux. Thank you for your work on Effect of the Israel–Hamas war on children in the Gaza Strip. Klbrain, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

This FA-rated article has had concerted improvement by many authors over the next month. It's an important and challenging topic; I'm impressed that the community has been able to manage this without article protection.

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