Editing Talk:2026 Iranian diaspora protests (section)

== Merge proposal ==

The article [[global day of action for the Iranian people]], which is about the 14 Feb 2026 Iranian diaspora protests, should be merged into [[2026 Iranian diaspora protests]], which is about the January 2026 Iranian diaspora protests. These are both Iranian diaspora protests in the context of the same overall sequence of events (protests in Iran, massacres, arrests, diaspora protests, US/IL plan to attack Iran). There's no justification for a [[WP:SPLIT]], except to make a new section for the 14 Feb (and 15 Feb???) diaspora protests and do a bit of other tidying up editing to avoid duplication. [[User:Boud|Boud]] ([[User talk:Boud|talk]]) 17:34, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
* '''Merge''' (proposer) As per the proposal - these are essentially the same topic, at slightly different dates within the same overall pattern of events. [[User:Boud|Boud]] ([[User talk:Boud|talk]]) 17:41, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
* '''Comment''' I'm open to either, but one thing to note is that although the majority of the "global day of action" protests were held worldwide across the Iranian diaspora, the protests were also held in Iran per the “Within Iran" section, and therefore not only across the diaspora, so I'm on the fence if a merge to the diaspora protests article would be factually correct here. Also, the content might be too long for a merge, so a split might be best based on its current length and content.--[[User:Ronnnaldo7|Ronnnaldo7]] ([[User talk:Ronnnaldo7|talk]]) 21:47, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
*:The "Within Iran" is just one sentence, which would remain in the history for recovering and adding to the main protests-in-Iran article if the info is still missing there. I don't think that should be controversial. [[User:Boud|Boud]] ([[User talk:Boud|talk]]) 15:19, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
*::Agreed, but if the article is eventually merged, I think the "Within Iran" section should still be kept and not just deleted, even if it is outside the diaspora, since it pertains to the topic of the global day of action. However, I'm still slightly leaning towards the article split due to the above reasons.--[[User:Ronnnaldo7|Ronnnaldo7]] ([[User talk:Ronnnaldo7|talk]]) 06:53, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

*'''Oppose'''. The scope of the February 14 protests makes them notable in and of themselves. Also, as mentioned in the article, they took place within Iran as well, so it doesn't cleanly fit into the [[2026 Iranian diaspora protests]], and the protests that took place on that day need to be addressed in one place and not scattered. Furthermore, [[2026 Iranian diaspora protests]] is currently over 5,700 words and rapidly expanding, and [[Global day of action for the Iranian people]] is currently over 1,300 words, making the total length approximately 7,000 word which is bordering on too long, and considering that [[2026 Iranian diaspora protests]] is growing quickly, it would likely need to be split fairly soon in any case. [[User:Ibn Yagdhan|Ibn Yagdhan]] ([[User talk:Ibn Yagdhan|talk]]) 06:46, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
*:The [[WP:PROSEL|prose size]] of [[2026 Iranian diaspora protests]] [https://xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/2026_Iranian_diaspora_protests is currently 2418 words] and the prose size of [[Global day of action for the Iranian people]] [https://xtools.wmcloud.org/pageinfo/en.wikipedia.org/Global%20day%20of%20action%20for%20the%20Iranian%20people is currently 855 words] per xtools. So that's about 2400 + 900 = 3300 (not 7000), which is nowhere near justifying a [[WP:LENGTH]]-based split. If you do word estimates with copy/pasting to a terminal and [[wc (Unix)]], make sure that you only include prose (not references, tables, infobox, see also, external links). [[User:Boud|Boud]] ([[User talk:Boud|talk]]) 15:19, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
*::You are roughly correct (the XTools for both pages are showing slightly more than the numbers you mentioned, but its not substantial), I miscounted the words. However, my other two arguments still stand. [[User:Ibn Yagdhan|Ibn Yagdhan]] ([[User talk:Ibn Yagdhan|talk]]) 06:43, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
* '''Support''' per nom. [[User:Super Dromaeosaurus|<span style="color:#0099FF;">Super</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Super_Dromaeosaurus|<span style="color:#800080;">Ψ</span>]] [[User talk:Super Dromaeosaurus|<span style="color:#E60026;">Dro</span>]] 00:43, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
* '''Oppose'''. The extent of these protests is much larger and they took place inside Iran as well. [[User:MelikaShokoufandeh|MelikaShokoufandeh]] ([[User talk:MelikaShokoufandeh|talk]]) 14:47, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
* '''Oppose''' per above.--[[User:Ronnnaldo7|Ronnnaldo7]] ([[User talk:Ronnnaldo7|talk]]) 00:53, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
* '''Support''' per nom. [[User:Lova Falk|Lova Falk]] ([[User talk:Lova Falk|talk]]) 15:06, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
* '''Support''' per Boud's proposal. [[User:Ivegut|Ivegut]] ([[User talk:Ivegut|talk]]) 15:53, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
* '''Support''' per nom. '''[[User talk:Vice regent|VR]]''' <sub>(Please [[Template:Ping|ping]] on reply)</sub> 16:05, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
* '''Oppose''' per MelikaShokoufandeh. [[User:AghaJhonson|AghaJhonson]] ([[User talk:AghaJhonson|talk]]) 13:20, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
*'''Merge/Support:''' In my opinion, a single comprehensive article better illustrates the unified continuity of the 2026 protest movement. [[User:StarkReport|StarkReport]] ([[User talk:StarkReport|talk]]) 21:57, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

*'''Support''' per nomination. Same subject plus it meets the criteria per [[WP:SIZERULE]]. [[User:Lf8u2|Lf8u2]] ([[User talk:Lf8u2|talk]]) 00:42, 17 March 2026 (UTC)