Editing Talk:Prelude to the 2026 Iran war (section)

== Merge proposal ==
Since this article was (bizarrely) changed from being about the conflict as a whole to being about a "prelude" to the conflict, I'm not really sure what the point is in this existing as a standalone article any more. It seems like it's largely original research/synthesis of a lot of different topics, and that the information covered would best fit in [[2026 Iran conflict]], [[2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations]], and [[2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East]]. There are no sources discussing a "prelude" as a distinct topic. [[User:Chessrat|<b style="color: #c90; font-family: comic sans ms">Chessrat</b>]] <sup>([[User talk:Chessrat|<span style="color:green">talk</span>]], [[Special:Contribs/Chessrat|<span style="color:#f78">contributions</span>]])</sup> 17:16, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

:There's also discussion about reworking the background section in the main article. If it's merged there, it'll probably end up removed anyway. The final approach is likely going to be a few paragraphs of background total with links to other articles like the ones you linked. '''[[User:Thebiguglyalien|<span style="color:#0c4709">Thebiguglyalien</span>]]''' ([[User talk:Thebiguglyalien|<span style="color:#472c09">talk</span>]]) 03:59, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
:'''Comment''' It was never about the war, it was about the about the wider conflict (negotiations & military buildup) [[User:Braganza|Braganza]] ([[User talk:Braganza|talk]]) 21:58, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
:[[Prelude to the Twelve-Day War]] was originally an article named [[Background to the Iran-Israel war]], . When the article about the strikes ([[2026 Israeli-United States strikes on Iran]]) was renamed to [[2026 Iran conflict]], [[#Requested move 28 February 2026]] noticed the crisis article should coexist as a subtopic instead (when it was the [[Wikipedia:Broad-concept article|broad article]]). It may require [[WP:HISTMERGE]] now. It was closed in {{slink|Talk:Twelve-Day_War#Merge_proposal}} as merge. [[User:Abesca|Abesca]] ([[User talk:Abesca|talk]]) 22:25, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:I would '''oppose''' and rather suggest that we merge [[:2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East]] into this article. This would follow the path of [[:Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. '''[[User:Shaan Sengupta|<span style="text-shadow:grey 1px 1px 1px;"><span style="color:#FF7518;">Shaan Sengupta</span></span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Shaan Sengupta|<span style="text-shadow:grey 1px 1px 1px;"><i style="color:#FF7518">Talk</i></span>]]</sup>''' 09:07, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
: While every merge should be handled on a case-by-case basis, note that [[Prelude to the Twelve-Day War]], the equivalent article for the previous conflict, has [[Talk:Twelve-Day War#Merge proposal|reached consensus to merge]] for similar reasons. '''[[User:Thebiguglyalien|<span style="color:#0c4709">Thebiguglyalien</span>]]''' ([[User talk:Thebiguglyalien|<span style="color:#472c09">talk</span>]]) 23:49, 18 March 2026 (UTC)