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@GidiD: The content you re-added was clearly challenged, so why did you do that? This is a BLP and an Israeli source is suboptimal for misleading claims which are also undue to lede. Makeandtoss (talk) 11:09, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Makeandtoss: Well, Haaretz is indeed an Israeli newspaper, but it is still a reliable one, frequently criticizing Israeli policy. But you have also other sources, e.g. The Algemeiner.
Most importantly Roger Waters declares, in his own voice, that there is no evidence for rape of women on 7 October: "No they weren't [raped] ...There was no evidence. You can say anything that you want, but there is no evidence.” here 35:01. As he himself denies that rapes were committed on Oct 7th - this cannot be considered a "misleading" claim, BLP or no BLP. GidiD (talk) 13:14, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@GidiD: Sexual violence includes many things other than rape, he specifically refuted the occurrence of rape, which Patten’s UN report also said it was unsubstantiated; therefore this is not a controversial claim. I did not question reliability of Haaretz, I just pointed out to the conflict of interest being an Israeli source (we all heard of the Israeli government pressure on Haaretz not to publish reports of its intimidation campaign against the ICC prosecutor, to cite one example). Algemeiner is not a reliable source per WP. Makeandtoss (talk) 13:22, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Makeandtoss. Section 12 of the UN mission report clearly states {{xt|"there are reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence occurred during the 7 October attacks in multiple locations across Gaza periphery, including rape and gang rape, in at least three locations"}}.
Indeed there is a great deal of evidence for rapes, including testimonies of survivors, forensic evidence, confessions of Hamas militants and many more, reported in RS - I would not repeat the citation in the article's body. Waters says on the interview more than once that there isno evidence - citing this is not a misleading claim. GidiD (talk) 14:35, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@GidiD: "reasonable grounds to believe" and "The absence of comprehensive forensic evidence limited the mission team’s ability to draw definitive forensic conclusions in many instances." Not my point anyway, my point is his remarks could be interpreted in a number of ways, the most controversial of which shouldn't be linked to a non-independent source with a vested interest in the topic, and certainly not in the lede as a highlight of his 80 year existence. Makeandtoss (talk) 14:45, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Haaretz is an independent source with no vested interest in the topic. I see you are repeating this claim in multiple articles, wherever Israeli newspapers are concerned - As I have suggested elsewhere, you should take this baseless claim to WP:RSN, where some experienced editor will set you straight Kentucky Rain24 (talk) 16:23, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Makeandtoss: I would accept your suggestion not to put it in the lede. But the interview with Piers Morgan should certainly be included in the body for the following reasons:
The interview is very relevant to the section about his political viewpoints.
It gained considerable attention in the media and in social media networks.
The interview is well documented.
Waters did claim there is no evidence that rapes were committed;
@Makeandtoss: No need to include the "considerable attention" in the text.
Just between us, as editors, there was a dramatic increase (around 5 fold) in Google searches of "Roger Waters" at the day of the interview. Hence not a marginal interview. GidiD (talk) 08:19, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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