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Former good articleGaza City was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
May 24, 2009Good article nomineeListed
February 26, 2023Good article reassessmentDelisted
Current status: Delisted good article


GAR notice

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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · WatchWatch article reassessment pageMost recent review
Result: No improvements to the issues raised for over a month. Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:28, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A GA from 2009. My main problem for this isn't sourcing (though there is the occasional uncited sentence) but rather it's lack of updates. Most sections, aside from history, end off at 2010 max, making some of the article outdated in way. The history section also has some weird sentences like

  • "The Second Intifada was a major gamechanger in Gaza, too.[citation needed]" (Game changer?)
  • "A tower block was bombed in the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis.[72]" (importance?)

This could probably be easily fixed however. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:50, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Removed some unsourced statements, which were about the Strip in general, not the City specifically. Will go through the entire article soon and also attempt to update it for developments in the last 12 years. Al Ameer (talk) 03:04, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Al Ameer son, do you intend to edit this article more? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:31, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@AirshipJungleman29: Yes, other than some cleaning and c/e, I intend to update it. Requesting 2 weeks for this. —Al Ameer (talk) 01:44, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Two weeks should not be a problem. Thanks for working on it :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 16:15, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Al Ameer son: can you give us an update? Very happy to give you another few days to start the work: articles that are actively being worked on can stay open, even if the work is slow. Otherwise, we'll likely move to delist (and hopefully get is back as a GAN later). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 08:46, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Femke: Being that the main issues raised here have been updating the article, this can be done within a week or so. The problem had been finding sources, but I believe the Pal census stats will cover a good portion of this information. My apologies for the slow start. Al Ameer (talk) 14:34, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Al Ameer son: could you give us another update? Thanks! Femke (alt) (talk) 12:29, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 February 2024

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GAZA IS STILL THE LARGEST CITY OF PALESTINE. BEFORE HAMAS-ISRAEL WAR IT IS STILL THE LARGEST CITY OF PALESTINE. 38.253.8.42 (talk) 03:40, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The thing is right now Rafah is inundated by refugees and so has more people in it, so Gaza City isn't really currently most populous. I've reworded now by saying most populous instead of largest, since it's physical size hasn't changed. Em3rgent0rdr (talk) 08:06, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just out of curiosity - are there any updated numbers with respect to population of the country? I'd imagine it's hard to discern at this time. 98.37.124.143 (talk) 05:28, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Jamedeus (talk) 22:30, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Twinned with Tel Aviv

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I have been unable to verify citation 187, and in general the fact that Gaza City and Tel Aviv are sister cities. Furthermore, this was added to the article during the 2008-2009 Palestine-Israel conflict. The only thing that makes me trust that it was added in good faith is that it was added by a well-respected editor of Palestinian ancestry (Al Ameer son). GiggyMantis (talk) 22:05, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what "unable to verify" means, do you have a source that contradicts the Haaretz source? Or some actual evidence that the Haaretz source is in error. Selfstudier (talk) 09:07, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 August 2024

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The website link within the page has been taken down and should be replaced with the new official domain below: https://www.mogaza.org/ 193.237.9.0 (talk) 23:15, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Charliehdb (talk) 15:02, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 September 2024

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There is no "State of Palestine" and that wording should be changed to the "Palestinian Authority". 142.116.105.246 (talk) 14:31, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. See State of Palestine. Selfstudier (talk) 15:00, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also see ISO 3166-2:PS - the International Organization for Standardization details are at iso:code:3166:PS. Sean.hoyland (talk) 15:06, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]