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Edit request 21 March 2025

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Description of suggested change:

There's no need to discuss Samson's act in detail. Therefore, only one image of Samson destroying the temple is needed, and the caption talking about how Samson destroyed it is redundant. Apart from that, the assertion that views on both pushing and pulling pillars exist has not yet been verified (discussion). It could be debatable which image should be kept, though I kept the first one as I see the second one a bit messy and did not show much of the Philistine's reactions to Samson's attack.

The above suggestion was made according to the following policies and guidelines:

1. Removing one image: Per MOS:IMAGEREL, for image quantity, less is more. Both images could be recognized as being significant and relevant in the topic's context, though not both are required to serve as an illustrative aid.
2. Shortening the caption: Per WP:CAPTION, captions should draw the reader's attention to the article itself. However, the current caption guides readers to what Samson has done. We should not assume readers interested in political topics would also be interested in religious topics.

I've made the said change on Chinese Wikipedia, please check revision 86523126 there. This should be a straightforward change as it does not involve changing the body texts discussing the Arab–Israeli conflict, an ArbCom-restricted topic, but only redundant images and caption texts.

This is my first time working on an ArbCon-restricted topic. If I have violated any ArbCom decisions or community consensuses, please tell me.

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{{multiple image | direction = vertical | width = 180 | header = Samson Option | footer = According to the biblical narrative, [[Samson]] died when he grasped two pillars of the Temple of Dagon, and "bowed himself with all his might" (Judges 16:30, [[KJV]]). This has been variously interpreted as Samson pushing the pillars apart (''top'') or pulling them together (''bottom''). | image1 = 064.The Death of Samson.jpg | alt1 = Pushing | caption1 = | image2 = SamsonDestroyTemple.jpg | alt2 = Pulling | caption2 = }}

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[[File:064.The Death of Samson.jpg|thumb|According to the biblical narrative, [[Samson]] died when he grasped two pillars of the Temple of Dagon, and "bowed himself with all his might" (Judges 16:30, [[KJV]]).]]

1F616EMO (talk) 22:42, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, thank you for the suggestion. Smallangryplanet (talk) 10:17, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help. Hope the on-wiki conflicts that led to the CTOP designation will end soon. 1F616EMO (talk) 17:12, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 April 2025

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Change "remote" to "remotely" to fix the grammar. AFlamingIcicle (talk) 00:16, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Lova Falk (talk) 12:55, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Definition of the Samson Option in the intro

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The summary intro of the page currently describes the Samson Option as Israeli retaliation with nuclear weapons against any country attacking Israel. But the content further down the page clearly states that it's also about the idea of Israel attacking other, non-involved countries, such as European capitals. Essentially taking the rest of the world hostage. I think this should be added to the intro summary. 2A02:AA7:405A:F68A:3C64:C2E7:C558:FD9E (talk) 13:59, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Additional information needed The content on the page doesn't seem to support this, do you have a reliable source that makes this point? (There is an opinion suggesting Israel could try to hit Europe, but nothing verified afaict.) Smallangryplanet (talk) 10:12, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]