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2405:6E00:630:DED2:795B:EC0A:CA11:F601 (talk) 08:10, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Not done: The quotes in the last two references in the footnote, at least, do not explicitly support that "The militant's death is often compared to Samson's". Throast ^{{{ping}} me!} (talk | contribs) 14:27, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed that part now. A better explanation of that would be too long for a footnote about the artwork, so I have simplified the footnote to focus on the artwork. 2405:6E00:630:DED2:795B:EC0A:CA11:F601 (talk) 07:53, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nuclear ambiguity

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2405:6E00:630:2539:B03B:7E56:4288:D846 (talk) 14:07, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Same range, multiple requests Whyiseverythingalreadyused (talk) 16:07, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this was a revised version of the request from 18 October 2025 that got rejected about 4 hours later. Previously I put the main messages of the article in my own words, the rejection said that was "somewhat vague" and "the portion you quoted does not support the claim", so here I used short quotes of the author's exact words. The rejection above also said "views should be attributed to its author" so I fixed that and linked the author's Wikipedia page instead of the newspaper. 2405:6E00:630:1BAB:F3F9:C96E:D7CC:BB93 (talk) 02:19, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Not done: Cultural references to Samson do not seem relevant to the background of the deterrence strategy. In my view, the professor's opinion belongs in the "Authors' opinions" section rather than the "Background" section, if at all. Throast ^{{{ping}} me!} (talk | contribs) 14:36, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]