Editing Talk:USS Liberty incident (section)

== Merge consensus for [[Ward Boston]] to this article ==

There was a weak consensus in 2021/2022 to merge the article [[Ward Boston]] to this page - see the conversations here: [[Talk:USS Liberty incident/Archive 8#Proposed merge of Ward Boston into USS Liberty incident]] and here: [[Talk:USS Liberty incident/Archive 8#Proposed merge of Ward Boston into USS Liberty incident 2]]. Given how long its been I thought it would be better to reestablish consensus for the potential merge. I think there might be enough at the source article for a standalone article if its shortened a little, but also recognize the arguments made in the previous discussions. I'm neutral either way, but trying to clear out the merge backlog.

{{cp|klbrain|Toadspike|Shhhnotsoloud|Eddie891}} [[User:ScrubbedFalcon|ScrubbedFalcon]] ([[User talk:ScrubbedFalcon|talk]]) 12:35, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

:Wow, it's been a hot sec. Back when I expressed my support for a merge, the article looked like [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ward_Boston&oldid=1050589181 this]. It has since expanded significantly, so opening a new discussion was a good idea. It does however look like all the sources on this person are still about the USS Liberty incident, so I still '''support''' a merge. '''[[User:Toadspike|<span style="color:#21a81e;font-variant:small-caps">Toadspike</span>]] [[User talk:Toadspike|<span style="color:#21a81e;font-variant:small-caps">[Talk]</span>]]''' 12:46, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
::The current article isn't really any different than when you expressed support to merge, @[[User:Toadspike|Toadspike]].  It appears to be essentially the same article with the addition of a single extended long quote, which should have been only briefly summarized, if not blockquoted, and it doubles the size of the article. [[User:Butlerblog|<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:#333366;">Butler</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#D2B48C;">Blog</span></span>]] ([[User talk:Butlerblog|talk]]) 13:38, 25 February 2026 (UTC)