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== International response ==
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In the international response section, do domestic US civil liberty group's objections need to be raised? If they were international groups I would understand, but bringing up the ACLU in a so-called "international" section does not make sense.
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==Collapse of World Trade Center: Building Collapse Times ==
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Hi all, I've finally decided to Be Bold and include estimates of the three WTC building collapse times. I've held off on adding these estimates until now because I had difficulty finding a credible source which we could all agree upon. Well, I've just come accross a link here: http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm
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that lists WTC 1 collapse as 9 seconds and WTC 2 as 11 seconds (both are listed as estimates)
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While this link doesn't include an estimate for WTC 7, I have seen multiple references to a number of 6.6 seconds. Since I don't have a credible reference for WTC 7, I have left it as an ambiguous 'under 7 seconds'.
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Please feel free to clean up the grammar. I admit this section is awkwardly worded. My apologies, I simply wanted to add the facts as soon as possible.
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Anyone have a credible source for WTC 7 building collapse time?
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Oh, and please don't revert this good faith, credibly sourced, factual reference - at least not without explaining your actions on this talk page.
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:I deeply appreciate this addition, the consensus on collapse time for building 7 is Here is just one related . -- ] 23:58, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
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:Since you complain about deleting sourced material: where is your explanation of your removing the information on the Deutsche Bank Building? ] 10:41, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
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::I think we need to gather the thoughts of the community here. ] appears to be claiming that NIST is an unreliable source. Please clarify if that is what you are saying Mmx. And please stop reverting without making any attempt to communicate on this Talk page. I wish to maintain the assumption of good faith, but having had my clearly cited edits repeatedly reverted without any attempt to communicate your rationale, is causing me to question this assumption.
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'''Again, please explain what I have done to deserve these reverts?''' I have cited relevant facts (WTC Building Collapse times) that document a notable event. I have not added any hint of conspiracy theory foolishness. I have cited only clearly credible sources (National Institute of Standards and Testing). ] if NIST is an unreliable citation as you have noted on your rationale for reverting, we may have to make some much more fundamental changes to this article. ] 18:51, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
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::NIST states:
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NIST estimated the elapsed times for the ''first exterior panels to strike the ground after the collapse initiated'' in each of the towers to be approximately 11 seconds for WTC 1 and approximately 9 seconds for WTC 2.
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::NOT that the building collapsed in 9 and 11 seconds. They further state that
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From video evidence, significant portions of the cores of both buildings (roughly 60 stories of WTC 1 and 40 stories of WTC 2) are known to have stood 15 to 25 seconds after collapse initiation before they, too, began to collapse. Neither the duration of the seismic records nor video evidence (due to obstruction of view caused by debris clouds) are reliable indicators of the total time it took for each building to collapse completely.
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:::Please, provide a reference which supports your claim. Collapse times are not disputed, I'm reverting this to Digiterata version. -- ] 23:49, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
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::::You still get to keep that sentence "after burning for at least 70 minutes and being heavily damaged by debris from the Twin Towers a short distance away", which is as any. -- ] 00:38, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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:::::NIST also mentions that "seismic spikes continued for approximately 15 seconds" for each building, and "the '''first exterior panels''' to strike the ground after the collapse initiated in each of the towers to be approximately 11 seconds for WTC 1 and approximately 9 seconds for WTC 2", and "significant portions of the cores of both buildings (roughly 60 stories of WTC 1 and 40 stories of WTC 2) are known to have stood 15 to 25 seconds after collapse initiation". --] <small>(] ] ])</small> 02:55, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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::::::Just one quick excerpt from National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: "At 9:58:59, the South Tower collapsed in ten seconds, killing all civilians and emergency personnel inside, as well a number of individuals-both first responders and civilians-in the concourse, in the Marriott, and on neighboring streets. The building collapsed into itself, causing a ferocious windstorm and creating a massive debris cloud." Reference: http://911research.wtc7.net/mirrors/911commission/report/report.htm. -- ] 03:39, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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{uninterested third party} Remember ], people. --] 03:14, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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:Apologies, I wasn’t aware of this rule at all, it does make sense... -- ] 03:51, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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Here's an exercise.
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If Person A adds something to an article...<br>
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And Person A readds it...<br>
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... and Person C reverts it...<br>
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What on earth makes Person A think that he represents consensus? "Go to the talk page to find consensus" doesn't work if you're apparently the only one pushing that entry, Lovelight, so stop pretending. --] 03:17, 17 September 2006 (UTC)


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:Oh, just lovely, so I would have to sit and watch how you keep reverting known and undisputed data without any explanation whatsoever? How come that I'm the only one pushing that entry, when I didn’t even initiate this talk. And would you please be so kind to explain why is there so much resistance to presenting valid data? It's time for whole lot of you to quit this senseless attack's on people who carry different opinion. Anyway, I took some time to exercise and track activities and talks of persons B, C, D. Your point is not valid as none of you acts independently; your stars don’t interest me… Finally, I'm tired of your insults, this is third time that you trying to present me as something I'm not. If you have any personal remarks take them to our user pages and you'll get appropriate answer. Persons b, c, d have same sort of consensus as US president have on war in Iraq… such dishonor for Misplaced Pages, honestly. -- ] 03:47, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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:(1) The seismic data is more reliable and precise than any other evidence, so 25 s (give or take depending on which building) is the only possibility. 'Opinions', other than professional opinions of structural engineers, are irrelevant. (2) That level of detail belongs on ] (that's the whole point of that article). ] 04:00, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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:(1) is heavily dependent on what we know about those "professional opinions" of those independent structural engineers, (2) You may have some doubts about it, but everything what is really important for this article is in exile from it… -- ] 04:21, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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::Would you say that "collapse time" is such a simple matter that it can be reliably and definitely represented by one number? Or is it a more complex issue, requiring more than the two words "nine seconds" to give the reader an honest explanation? Should we try to give the reader a number as small as possible so that they'll think "oh my dog, the evil government must have sucked all air from the towers; a vacuum inside the buildings is the only way to explain such a quick collapse" (or whatever the hell the conspiracy theorists mean when they say "rate of free fall in vacuum"). ] 09:44, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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:::This was not my issue, I said how I support addition and that's all on that topic for now. At the moment, I'll rather spend some time to gather data about editors, just to show what I have learned about inner works behind this page in last month. To neglect the fact that there is no clear evidence of plane which stroke Pentagon, to ignore building 7, to keep references that are proven to be biased or inaccurate? Sorry gentleman, it won't go, there was a visit on my talk page by the man who was apparently cast out from Misplaced Pages because of hardliners here, I find that visit illuminating. What's happening on users talk pages clearly shows why is this particular article in such poor state. This will be next topic of discussion. Lunch time here, see you later alligators… -- ] 10:07, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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==Editing 911==
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If you choose to dig deep into the history of this talk page, or if you just check recent additions you will see what you already know. We are working on burning, disturbing.., one would say Itchy and Scratchy issue here. More important, and without any exaggerations whatsoever, we are talking about one of the most important events in history of mankind. What happened on 911 (9/11) changed one's life deeply and profoundly wherever one may be. We live in the age of fear & terror which is (proven to be) suitable for only one thing… unnecessary death, violence, hate and destruction. We have witnessed unjust, '''absolutely false''' war which is directly linked to this horrible act. We are witnessing how our freedom is turning into slavery (literary), and the sheer fact that we had warnings which stated how editing and discussing of this article is "not allowed" by US Government is good example as any. If this affair caused violation of Geneva conventions, if this event served as foundation of Patriot Act and (il)legal wiretapping, if this event leads to such terms as "islamo-nazi fascism", then we have to be absolutely clear on what and why happened. Now, instead of intended attacks on Mongo, his superiors and his little drugz (I'll rather say, Mongo, I honestly carry no grudge, I knocked, and you locked the door, I knocked again and you pulled your cutting knife, to make things better, when I asked why did you cut me, you shared a insult… so to say… after all you did change that picture there, thank you for your modesty…), I just won't to make one thing clear. I have no hidden agenda; I have no reason (except philanthropy perhaps) whatsoever to keep any side in this discussion. You have to understand that, I simply won't be considered a "CT lunatic", and I'll even restrain to call some of you that in spite the fact that you are persistently '''breaking the law's of physics'''. I won't everyone in this world, conscious or in diapers to understand where we stand. US congress is under attack by that very Emperor from Star Wars, they resist , but I won't risk such situation in which Skywalker will see that Death Star for the first time and say: "My God look at the size of that thing." I'm not asking anyone to lie, I'm not asking for the anarchy; I'm not asking for pulling out of Iraq tomorrow, I'm not asking for opium fields in Afghanistan. I'm not asking you to share your knowledge about needs for global economy, freefall or any such nonsense. I'm asking you to step forward and do what decent people do. There are such huge faults in this article, such indifference to present and present facts… simply unbearable. Related articles, such as one called conspiracy theories… are even poorer, one would '''allege''' disastrous. There are undisputable fact's (to some new, to some very old), I wont these facts to be recognized and implemented. There was a particular section here called , if you would please return to that point and discuss how, why and with what measurement our foreknowledge should be added to article. I sincerely hope that mentioning put options, inside trading, all around warnings, well timed war games, time-lines, and other undisputed facts won't do any harm to the article. It will make it far better…
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PS. I know this is a bit . However, this issue needs some perspective and this sort of intellectual gibberish is forced upon me… This was , you can see my initial thoughts (and my massage to any unbiased administrators) in chapter 9. -- ] 17:56, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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:"The size of that thing" What thing? your ego? Thank you for the manifesto, how about getting back on point? --] 18:06, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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::::ROFL, I stated clearly it is intellectual gibberish, how can I be more honest then that!:)))… -- ] 18:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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:All the links on talk pages have rel="nofollow"; I'm just sayin.' ] <sup>]</sup> 18:13, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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:What the heck is all this nonsense about? "Mongo, his superiors and his little drugz"...? Not sure where that is supposed to be taking us, but it does nothing to help us make the article better.--] 19:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
::Apologies Mongo, it was Clockwork orange, you know, Alex and his little droogs… in Slavic lingoes drug stands for friend. Funny as it sound… Nothing beyond that, honestly… -- ] 00:53, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


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:''this sort of intellectual gibberish is forced upon me'' No-one is forcing you to say things like ''war which is directly linked to this horrible act'' or ''I'm not asking you to share your knowledge''. None of your alleged concerns can be addressed by vandalizing an encyclopedia. Why pursue conspiracy theory fantasy rather than legitimate questions? There is no shortage of evidence suggesting negligence, obstruction, or shameless exploitation of that tragedy for political gain, but these are '''not''' the subject matter of this article. ] 21:54, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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::Thank you Peter and thank you all for keeping this little escapade… I'll put it this way… When we talked about that "foreknowledge" you asked very sound question, if I may recall it, you wondered would such thing make article better. You never finished that sentence… My questions are contemporary, therefore I have to ask about ''war which is directly linked to this horrible ''. Hope, you understand why such tings are so closely related to the article… -- ] 00:08, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
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:::''why such tings are so closely related to the article'' The says the opposite. ] 00:41, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
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::::Provided link states: "The BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says that the US president has again and again tried to connect the war, which most Americans think was a mistake, with the so-called war on terror, which has the support of the nation." President Bush also said how Saddam supports al-Qaeda while senate report states clearly how "Saddam Hussein was distrustful of al-Qaeda and viewed Islamic extremists as a threat to his regime, refusing all requests from al-Qaeda to provide material or operational support…" Acknowledgment of this would be very short sentence in "The War on Terrorism" section. Of course there is that other article, but I'm talking about very small addition indeed… this information can be verified elsewhere… senate report is available -- ] 00:51, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
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:::::Not sure what you meant? I'm not alleging anything; it is well known fact that US president used 911 attacks to justify "military intervention" in Iraq. Why such important variable wouldn’t be added to section "The War on Terrorism"? Should we all pretend we never heard something which we heard over and over again? That particular paragraph is misleading… For example what should reader think about this sentence: "The second-biggest operation outside of the United States was the overthrow of Afghanistan's oppressive Taliban regime, by a U.S.-led coalition." Say, where is that 1st operation then, you know, big one? This is very strange occurrence in any article, to state one thing while other is left to implausibly hang in air. Point is, time after time, US administration tried to link war in Iraq with war on terrorism (which leads us straight here to events of 9/11). Like that WMD talk (which is not related to discussion here), this is now '''proven''' to be a "missing link". If we are interested in facts only, then where is the problem? If anyone is uncertain about importance of such addition, please remember timeline of "liberation" in Iraq and which were used… I see no reason whatsoever to blindly walk over such foul play… -- ] 12:34, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
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:::::Of course in interest of chronology (and understanding), it would be best if that foreknowledge would be discussed before we start arguing about such side effects as this one (IMHO). If one would be willing to take an objective and critical perspective from very beginning to this day, one would very quickly learn how persistent and consistent lies can be. What you call conspiracy, I would call reasonable and necessary questions about event which forged our actuality. Now, I probably wouldn’t be so pesky about it, but the lack of hard evidence is preposterous… someone actually took all that rubble and burn it in China before any decent investigation, not to mention we are missing whole plane(s) here, -- ] 13:02, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
::::::That is too expansive to discuss in this article. This article is about the events that happened on one day, a short discussion of who did it and why. Going off on a tangent about events that happened weeks or months later is not relevent to this article. Maybe it belongs in another article such as the ].--] 13:37, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
:::::::This article is a "server" (router or intersection if you wish), even little, least expensive variable would reflect in any related page. These would be very small additions (few sentences), and we have correctly, appropriately named sections here. Other ways we need to remove such paragraphs as one about long-term effects or "The War of Terrorism". What is the point in presenting them if they illustrate things in ways described above (that mentioning of second biggest operation without addressing first one, being just one of examples)? And if you were referring to that proposed foreknowledge addition, then I would have to say how related actions happened in weeks and days before, or on 9/11. I've illustrated and referenced some of these already, but I'm more then willing to do it all over again. Agreed, on fact that this should be "a short discussion of who did it and why", but these things are far from clear. There is surly need to acknowledge and consider clearly, notably and/or heavily disputed . Lack of evidence is lack of evidence, not conspiracy theory. If, example only, damage done to Pentagon is inconsistent with facts stated in article, then such inconsistency need's to be noted and properly -- ] 14:27, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
:::::''second-biggest operation outside of the United States was the overthrow of Afghanistan's oppressive Taliban regime'', as Lovelight points out, is incorrect. (Why didn't you say so in the beginning?) But it makes no sense to this article to refer to the Iraq War on the basis that it's '''not''' connected. Maybe the best place for Bush's conjectures is with all ]. ] 20:20, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
::::::Conjectures? Is all out lying some sort of new age disease? Peter you are in direct collusion with your president. If something is well , then it is well . If you force me, I will continue to this and , and . There is also one particular video feed you should all see… you can find it , bottom right clip called "Karen's story"… Half of this article will end up as '' the other conspiracy theory rubbish''… -- ] 23:03, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


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== Settling the "Islamist" debate once and for all ==
I am a reader, not an active user of wikipedia. I will make this short and brief:
{{hattop|]. This conversation has been done to death and we will not repeat endless debates because of one user's obstinance. — ''']''' <sup>''(])''</sup> 15:23, 18 September 2024 (UTC)}}
How can you write that they where terrorist attacks? and that Al-Qaida was behind? when so many facts points in other directions? and no metion of the possible governmental involment?except from under the heading of "conspiracy theroies".?
Would it really be so bad if the article merely addressed this controversy, without picking a side? It's clearly a contentious issue among editors and unless ''something'' is done, it's just going to be a recurring issue on this talk page forever. I propose that yes, the word "Islamist" should be removed from the initial paragraph because it doesn't sufficiently contextualise the term, which is why it's considered stereotyping and offensive by some editors.
or the fact that it is highly possible that explosives where used to bring the towers down?or the fact that they where buildt to withstand an airliner of the size that crashed? or the fact that WTC 7 collapsed without being hit by anything?and the way they collapsed was that of a controlled demolition.
ypu have chosen to buy into the official US goernment version of the incidents, instead of giving more weight to indepenant and by far more reliable sources.
I feel sick to my stomach. {{unsigned|80.5.196.183}}
*The attacks fit definitions of terrorist attacks (political, not military objectives). There is evidence implicating Al Qaeda, and no credible evidence for other suspects. No evidence of deliberate government involvment (negligence is a different issue). No evidence of explosives and use of explosives is highly improbable. 1 WTC and 2 WTC were designed to withstand an impact of a smaller airliner with a much lower velocity, and withstanding an impact means remaining standing long enough for evacuation, which largely was the case. 7 WTC was hit by debris from 1 WTC (and damaged rather severely, based on the photographs). The collapse in fact did not resemble a controlled demolition (remember 1 WTC took out 7 WTC hundreds of metres away). Many sources contribute to the article; US government sources are given weight based on their reliability. Other sources are rejected on their merits (or lack thereof). You might want to consider the possibility that conspiracy theories are rejected simply because they're wrong (or at least wholly unproven). ] 12:56, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
**As a matter of fact (& logic) it is exactly as you say, but other way around. Let me illustrate how irrationally you act. Here is a which refutes everything you just said and we have of feeds that show consistency (remarkable "resemblance" if you must) with So, if you would please restrain from such (I'm not sure you are aware of it) outrageous statements which go so far as to make people sick to the stomach? We can start to throw about this issue at each other whenever you feel up for it… but this out of the touch with reality approach won't work anymore. Where there is a lack of evidence, lack of evidence should be pointed, where there is doubt, doubt should be noted… After all, that decent reader said clearly where are the flaws… this page needs to be free, you are scaring (and bullying) good mannered and well intended editors here. This is not hegemony, my friend; this is Misplaced Pages, encyclopedia of humanity for humanity. -- ] 16:17, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


But to make up for it, a paragraph could be added explaining that Misplaced Pages editors are in disagreement over whether to call the attacks "Islamist", presenting a detailed overview of the pros and cons of each side. This will of course mention the main argument on the pro-Islamist faction, that being that reliable sources use the term. If anyone wants to workshop this idea into a full paragraph with me, that would be very helpful.
I'm new here but I've read the last three archived pages of discussion and all these points have been discussed over and over again. --] 17:26, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


I'm not here to pick a side, I want to come up with a compromise that works for everyone. I'm personally neutral on this, but I hate to see edit warring and recurring talk topics raised on it. Put aside your personal investment in your "side" "winning" and lets have a proper discussion like adults. ] (]) 00:37, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
:Yes, guess we are all a bit tired of that hula hoopin', we talked enough, let's start walking… and it is a bit uncomfortable to see this discussion as game of ping-pong between me and Peter. Guidelines here are very simple, so please, parachute in... -- ] 18:33, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


:Where's there a debate? Do we have any sources for this? <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 00:51, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
::How do you get along within Reality when your basic hold on cause-and-effect is so destroyed (or maybe it was absent from the start)? Thousands of points of physical evidence pile up on the side of an Al Qaeda planned and executed operation and, to top it off with such finality, Al Qaeda itself admits to it! It's as if Lovelight (who hates Bush) is walking along and finds his hair on fire. He sees a tall guy with an Arab head-dressing running around a corner, throwing away a Bic lighter. Far in the other direction he sees a guy who looks like he must have an American accent talking on a cell phone. Lovelight's conclusion: Bush is on the other end of that call and his confederate obviously lit up his hair with a 50-meter-long matchstick. This is the level we are talking on. ] 21:49, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
::Removing "Islamist" from the article has been edited into the article and reverted many times. Any time it has gone to the talk page it has been rejected with seemingly no progress on addressing the grievances of the multiple different editors who object to the phrasing of this article's opening paragraph. They usually say that it violates NPOV and perpetuates unfair stereotypes of Islam.
::The editors changing it back assert that because reliable sources use the term "Islamist", it does not need qualification or justification in this article.
::I'm hoping that some compromise between removing and not removing "Islamist" from the opening paragraph can be reached and editors can stop being so all-or-nothing about the issue. ] (]) 01:19, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
:::I guess welcome back is in order...... but you are correct..... it has been removed a few times resulting in blocking of editors. You are free to present any source that there is a debate in this topic. <span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 01:31, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
::::I'm not referring to some debate off-wikipedia, I am talking about this article's talk page and its edit history. ] (]) 01:39, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
:We do not add paragraphs to an article just to outline a debate Misplaced Pages editors are having on the Talk page. Plus, the debate wrapped up months ago, you're dragging out something that died off because it didn't have support, aka ]. — <b>]:<sup>]</sup></b> 15:06, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
:We go by what RS say we are not ] just to appease some people's feelings. ] (]) 15:10, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
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== "]" listed at ] ==
:::Yawn, you are absolutely right, I have access to unbiased and unfiltered information, which shifts my perspective far from such which is presented here. It's like this which you currently have to download, since, at the moment, it is mysteriously missing from or US media (regular occurrence, actually). And I honestly, don't hate Bush (like the name implies I'm more of a peace & love person), never said how Al Qaeda didn't do it, didn't started that issue about collapse times, never tried to vandalize article or to throw an edit without discussion… Heh, all in all, I didn't do much here, but listen to your insults, and your arguments without arguments. All I want is my little … I'm not even pissed at you're little exploit, it is obvious that you have misread discussion here, and it is not your fault if you are so well misinformed as you obviously are… Politically speaking this whole thing is far beyond damage control anyway:) -- ] 23:17, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
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::::All in all you keep banning and censoring , because there are no argument left. If you would listen, you would probably hear and understand the need for other -- ] 23:34, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
The redirect <span class="plainlinks"></span> has been listed at ] to determine whether its use and function meets the ]. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at '''{{slink|Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 October 7#2001 attacks}}''' until a consensus is reached. <!-- Template:RFDNote --> ] (]) 17:26, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
::::There is no rejection of alternate perspectives, simply rejection of evidence that is inconclusive, faulty or outright fraudulent. What could possibly make someone believe that an amateur video clip based on bad simplifications and low-quality photographic material would be more reliable than studies using first-hand evidence and a substantial body of experienced professionals? ] 02:19, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
:::::Could we possibly avoid all this things which were only supported from my side, not insist upon in any other way except in means and needs of discussion… and if we would focus on those other things (namely foreknowledge and missing 911-al quieda-Iraq connection) then we would be focused on undisputed, well documented facts. Now, I understand and support summary style of this particular page, and in that exact understanding I see no need for discussion about how, and why, and blah, blah is 911 related to invasion on Iraq (all those things that should or are discussed in interlinked articles). There is this particular fact, a small, factual sentence about the reality where US administration repeatedly connected events of 9/11 with (al-queida harboring) Iraq, thus justifying invasion. Now, why would such outrageous, deeply effective (Almost 90% (of US troops) in Iraq think war is retaliation for Saddam’s role in 9/11, most don’t blame Iraqi public for insurgent attacks lie with such disturbing side effects stay neglected?" – as that already provided ) lie be ignored? What exactly are we discussing here? Political correctness? I'm not proposing an essay here; I'm talking about one simple, true sentence… Does one really need to illustrate irrationality of keeping a blind eye on such deceptions which cause nothing but unnecessary death and destruction? Concerning this particular issue, it seems we have a consensus against truth here… which just shows, in what a deep, deep… bush, this page is:)... -- ] 19:51, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
::::The subject is not neglected, ]. Why do you want to mention something that you yourself agree is unrelated to this article? ] 20:28, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
:::::Quite opposite;), I'm saying that such particular sentence should be right here in "Domestic Response" or "War on terrorism" pieces, think it is fairly important, if not to US, then for the World… Iraq is conveniently missing from article, while 9/11 conveniently justified invasion of Iraq? How can one expect we can agree on missing planes, when such closely related link refuses to be linked to article? Is there an article called "Iraq-9/11 connection"? -- ] 20:47, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
::::As mentioned, ]. (And there aren't any planes missing.) ] 23:55, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
:::::Wrong, there are no from your perspective… Mine is different, I tried, and tried to find that particular birdie (just to keep my sanity in place), but there is perhaps you can show one to me? But please, don't throw those puny videos we all seen… Anyway, we can talk about all that collapsing and plane hunting later, fact is, 911 was used to justify invasion of Iraq. Why is this fact neglected here? I'm not talking about Saddam and al quieda, it is about 911 and invasion of Iraq, that first big operation which is missing in this article, as it never existed… This is not 1984, you cannot construct your own history… Say, why you keep pointing in that other direction? This is not a second hand issue here; this has nothing to do with that other article… this is serious stuff that you choose to ignore for no reason whatsoever. Unless, of course you are under Patriot Act, so you have to be careful what you think, write and speak… Have you seen my remark in biased section? ] 00:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
::::::Re: "missing plane" - that was debunked a while back: . The vid you linked is even mentioned.--] 00:48, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
:::::That link is silly and self refuting, as pictures provided there showed so clearly (IMHO of course)… you can Google on that subject if you wish, at this point of time "Pentagon issue" won't be addressed by me… For starters I would like to finish something and note the fact how invasion of Iraq was justified with the missing link to 9/11 events… Just facts. ] 01:12, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
::::::Well, now you're showing your bias. A site that actually gives references is "silly and self-refuting", but Michael Moore-style spin video clips (ie pushing an agenda and rarely giving references or contexts) are credible? Give me a break. --] 01:17, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
:::::Instead of sophistic rhetorics that site should show a picture of the plane which is still missing no matter what they say… ('''IMHO''' of course;)… you can on that subject if you wish, at this point of time "Pentagon issue" won't be addressed by me… For starters I would like to finish something and note the fact how invasion of Iraq was justified with the missing link to 9/11 events… References are already provided … objections? ] 01:33, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


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== Semi-protected edit request on 12 October 2024 ==


{{edit semi-protected|September 11 attacks|answered=yes}}
== An enormous oversight (SAR operations, search dogs) ==
At the bottom of the rebuilding and memorials section, add "The Onion satirical news source made humor out of the whole situation. They are still cherished today." ] (]) 02:30, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
:{{Not done}}: please provide ] that support the change you want to be made.<!-- Template:ESp --> ] (]) 10:24, 12 October 2024 (UTC)


== Hatnote ==
It is an enormous oversight that there isn't a single mention of the FEMA-coordinated search-and-rescue operations involving over 350 specially trained dogs and handlers. This was the largest deployment of search-and-rescue teams in U.S. history (presumably in the world), and I believe it deserves a mention.


@], the reason given for the addition of the {{tlx|Distinguish}} hatnote was not reasonable: this event was not even a "bombing" as such. Especially given the distinct titles of the two articles, there's no real justification to me that these two would be confused in the context of how this hatnote is used. <span style="border-radius:2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F">]<span style="color:#fff">&nbsp;‥&nbsp;</span>]</span> 08:26, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
Important/useful links:
:I think otherwise, but whatever. - <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS">] <small>(])</small></span> 08:28, 4 December 2024 (UTC)


== RfC on lead collage of photos ==
- Photos of 9/11 dogs in action
<!-- ] 03:01, 28 January 2025 (UTC) -->{{User:ClueBot III/DoNotArchiveUntil|1738033268}}

{{rfc|hist|rfcid=92F7E6E}}
- The definitive source
I'd like to understand why we don't keep than the image montage in the article at the moment. The is obviously better in terms of framing and resolution, as well as showing the exact moment when the second plane crashed into the WTC. ] (]) 21:29, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

:'''Support'''. I prefer your version; it's a better representation of each attack. – ] 05:58, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
- more info
:I prefer the current version. And how is the current version "old-fashioned"? — <b>]:<sup>]</sup></b> 12:59, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

::@] "Old-fashioned" in the sense that there are much better images that have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons since the time this collage was created. ] (]) 09:45, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Each of these links will provide a wealth of information regarding the subject.
:::That's... a very unique use of the term "old-fashioned". — <b>]:<sup>]</sup></b> 12:31, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
] 18:33, 19 September 2006 (UTC) Lyn T. 2006.09.19
::::@] I'm Brazilian and my level of English is intermediate. I apologize for the misuse of the term. ] (]) 18:37, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

:::::Ah, no worries. — <b>]:<sup>]</sup></b> 18:53, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
:Oh, so refreshing… Yes, let's bring the search dogs in. -- ] 19:34, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
:'''Oppose''' Even on my reasonably sized laptop, and with my prescription glasses, to my aging eyes the pics in the collage are too small to be meaningful. ] (]) 22:41, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

::@] What about the tiny photocollage images that are currently in the article? Aren't they “too small to be meaningful to your aging eyes”? ] (]) 09:43, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
I wouldn't call it enormous, but I think a mention would be a good addition to the article] 22:19, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, I object to pretty much all collages in Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 10:22, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

::::@] Do you have any alternative suggestions? ] (]) 18:38, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Ok, maybe not "enormous" but definitely significant and, as Lovelight said, refreshing. Not everything has to be bleak about 9/11 :)
:::::Obviously. In every case, choose a single high quality, representative image. ] (]) 22:31, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
I just submitted a minor edit to the "Rescue, recovery, and compensation" section. Hope it gets approved. Thanks for the feedback, folks.
: Anything is better then the current teeny images there are now.<span style="font-weight:bold;color:darkblue">]</span>🍁 00:50, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
] 11:11, 20 September 2006 (UTC)Lyn T.
:'''Strongly oppose:''' There is nothing wrong with the collage that's shown in the article now. It's about representing the event, not about the image quality or the size. I do agree that there should be image description for those who have bad vision, but that about it. Additionally, the image you suggested for the impact of United 175 looks like a bomb going off in the South Tower and I don't think that should be used. It'll just egg on` the conspiracy nutjobs. ] (]) 16:44, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

::@] And what could be more representative of the event than a photo of the '''exact moment''' the plane crashed into the WTC? ] (]) 18:39, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
== Attacks Section ==
:::Because it's not "the exact moment". It only depicts the fireball, not the plane, hence Butterscotch's comment. — <b>]:<sup>]</sup></b> 18:55, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

:'''Oppose''' I prefer the status quo, apart from how small the pentagon images are (the “collapsed pentagon” could be replaced by the bottom right mini one and get rid of the other mini ones?). The main image in the status quo is much more iconic. It’s the image that became seared into peoples minds as they all turned on the news that day, and encapsulates a collective trauma. I also like the aesthetics of having the captions all at the bottom, in the proposed version the captions take up too much space imo. ] (]) 22:20, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
The beginning of this section and the title of the timeline page both are misleadingly worded.
:'''Comment''' The version ] supports is an improvement, but I am seeing that users like ] and ] have been making ]. In that conversation, I see no input from those who wanted to update the collage. However, now that Chronus has initiated this RfC I hope there will be more input from those who support the change.

:I suggest keeping the current collage, but still working on the newer one to get it to a place where there is more agreement on improvements. Maybe the newer collage should have the same images as the current one? Or half the same ones? It is possible Butterscotch5 is right that the newer version isn't featuring the best images. To me, the newer version seems better because those with aging eyes can click on the individual images to see much larger versions and read the captions to better understand what they are seeing. This seems better than a single image file composed of several smaller ones, with a fairly large block of text to read through that describes them. <span style="background-color:#C2EBFF;border:inset #039 0.2em;padding:0.08em;">] and ]</span> 22:15, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
''Main article: September 11, 2001 attacks timeline for the day of the attacks''
:'''Support (but keep current main image)''' Functionally, I think the proposed collage is better, the way each image is separate and has its own caption. It can be a bit unwieldy for some to click on a collage and scroll through it as one giant image. Also, the three separate images for the Pentagon crash seem unnecessary. But I agree with Kowal above that the current main status quo image is more "iconic". Showing the moment of impact with the explosion might feel more sensational but ultimately isn't important. The dark billowing smoke coming out of the towers is the ominous image that most people have in mind when they think of that day, and I think it actually captures the emotion of the day better than the fireball picture. ]] 22:02, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

:'''Support with modification''' The current collage is rather crowded because it wants to capture so much of an extraordinarily complex and sophisticated attack as well as some of its consequences. I'd even say to cut down the proposed collage so as to represent one image per attack site (Pentagon, Towers, Flight 93). I think that'd improve visibility in keeping with HiLo48's concerns.
It seems to be saying that the September 11, 2001 attacks the timeline for the day of the attacks. Could this be reworded to read September 11, 2001 timeline for the day of the attacks?
:I'd also propose resizing the images to be equally large. I think doing so would prevent the suggestion that one attack site is more important or significant than another based on size alone, which I personally currently perceive in the proposed collage. ] (]) 04:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Can the text be reworded to include the airports the planes departed from instead of '''East Coast''' airports?

--] 19:46, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I know you are all trying to decide what is important content (and you should be praised for all your hard work) but some focus should go on how the article is written. Some of the sentences are not encylopedic and others are out of place. Examples:

''No one on board any of the hijacked aircraft survived.'' This could be inserted into the following paragraph as ...including 246 on the four planes (no one on board, etc.)...

'''The fatalities were in the thousands''', with 2,973 people killed, including 246 on the four planes, 2,602 in New York City in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon.Among the fatalities were 343 New York City Fire Department firefighters, 23 New York City Police Department officers, and 37 Port Authority police officers. An additional 24 people remain listed as missing in the attack on the World Trade Center '''to this day.'''

The first sentence should be rewritten as - There were 2,973 fatalities...

The last sentence as - An additional 24 people remain listed as missing. --] 20:18, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
:Sure thing, such clean up can start as soon article is unlocked? Anything is better than this press restart to continue status quo… Right? -- ] 20:26, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

::I know the article is locked and I wouldn't dare make an edit if it weren't. It just seems (from reading the discussions) that people are more interested in getting their own content in rather than focusing first on having what is there be a tight, readable article. Then argue... --] 20:37, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

:::Well, guess you are right, people are more interested in providing appropriate content, and therefore I'm not sure if tying things up would be the best course (in terms of needless entropy that is)… Article is in very poor state (IMHO), look's like a scarecrow to be honest… However, anyone should feel free to work on improvements, whether we talk about substance or structure. Little mishaps do bother me, and as you I also pointed one of these "technical flaws" that needs to be better formulated and/or rewritten. If you have will or time to focus on such issues please do so. There is no need for article to be locked if we act decently and in civilized manner…Well, if you are so fresh, then welcome, feel encouraged to implement changes (after discussion of course). Not sure if it's in the guidelines but it probably applies: Audaces fortunat juvat timidos que repellit (Fortune favors the bold and scorns the timid)… -- ] 22:16, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

:::PTR - welcome to Misplaced Pages. All the suggestions you have are very sound and reasonable. I don't think people would object to them at all. A small group of editors ( e.g., Lovelight) keep trying to insert material that goes against ]. Tom harrison, Mmx1, MONGO, Peter Grey, Weregerbil, JDG, Golbez, and myself (and others) object. We have subarticles that deal in more depth with specific topics relating to 9/11, such as the collapse of the WTC. Specifics such as collapse times need to go in the subarticle, with appropriate explanations and nuances about how many seconds it took for the first pieces to hit the ground, seismic readings, video evidence (that shows the collapse still going on after 12 or more seconds, with parts of the WTC core columns yet to collapse). The main article can't cover all facets of the 9/11 attacks in that level of detail, but rather needs to tell things using ], with details in the subarticles. Anyway, the edits you would like to make all sound good, and indeed would help make the article more readable. I will go ahead and unprotect the article, so people can make the edits. (w/ respect of consensus on WTC collapse times) --] <small>(] ] ])</small> 23:38, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

:::Bravo Aude, you put it as well as one could expect it… if you read my comments, then you know that I have no intention in barging in and inflate things out of proportion, I asked for very small improvements. And to be honest, I never heard your standing point. For example, would you care to explain why (small) sentence which would describe "missing link" between 911 and Invasion in Iraq would be inappropriate? It is well referenced, well known and undisputed fact. Such variable doesn't imply any vanguard; it is as simple and true as this quote: "US president has again and again tried to connect the war in Iraq, which most Americans think was a mistake, with the so-called war on terror, which has the support of the nation." Anyway, I told you what I think of such consensus as one you carry here (and there is an interesting insight about some editors you mentioned on my talk page…), you know as well as I, that there were lot's of questions here in recent weeks, while there was very little, or to be exact, there were no straight answers at all. If you feel worried about the lack of opposition, stop scaring it away. You tried to do that to me; unfortunate as it may sound, there is no way I'll back out of this. -- ] 00:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
::::Throwing names at me like that, you just reminded me how our fine colleague Weregerbil spoke of terrorism so strangely that it sounded exactly like this: "Al Qaeda guys are planning terrorism right now and will strike some time in the future. Whatchagonnadooabootit?" Whatchagonnadooabootit... What a stirring rhetoric and interesting question from fellow wiki editor… Whatever, Aude, please be so kind and address my little plea with some sort of answer? Any reason will do… is that sentence to expansive? Would it be more suitable if it is not connected to such burning issue like this one? Is it false…? Anything goes… -- ] 01:25, 20 September 2006 (UTC)



:::Thank you, Aude, for the welcome. I tried to leave a thank you on your talk page but your "Leave a new message" link went to a page that said "protected". I made the smaller edits I'd mentioned above but didn't change the line: ''Main article: September 11, 2001 attacks timeline for the day of the attacks'' since it's a title on another article.

:::I am familiar with the controversies surrounding this article (I did read page 16 through 21 of the discussions :)) and am only interested in cosmetic editing.

:::Hi Lovelight and sorry, I'm in the ] camp. --] 01:05, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

::::Well, I've noticed how you sound a bit Grey:), from the start there… is it PTR as Peter? -- ] 01:08, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

:::::No, sorry. It's an acronym not a name. :) --] 01:15, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

== Damage Section/Combine Fatalities paragraphs ==

Since there is a Fatalities section and the fatalities are listed in the introduction would there be a problem with removing this para from the Attacks section and combining into the Fatalities section. The paragraph (and the one below it) breaks up the flow of the section and is repeated information.

::''There were 2,973 fatalities: 246 on the four planes (no one on board any of the hijacked aircraft survived), 2,602 in New York City in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon.Among the fatalities were 343 New York City Fire Department firefighters, 23 New York City Police Department officers, and 37 Port Authority police officers. An additional 24 people remain listed as missing.''

The following paragraph also breaks up the flow of the section and could be moved to a section called Damages beneath the Fatalities section. An explanation or citation for the second to last para (''Communications equipment...'') would be helpful and the one sentence hanging at the end regarding the Pentagon seems an afterthought. A Damages section would be a simple summary of damages with links to the appropriate pages for additional information.

::''In addition to the 110-floor Twin Towers of the World Trade Center itself, five other buildings at the World Trade Center site, including 7 World Trade Center and the Marriott Hotel, two New York City Subway stations, and St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church were destroyed or badly damaged. In total, in Manhattan, 25 buildings were damaged and all seven buildings of the World Trade Center Complex had to be razed. Later, an eighth building, the Deutsche Bank Building across Liberty Street from the World Trade Center complex had to be condemned as well, due to the uninhabitable, toxic conditions inside the office tower (it is, as of September 2006, waiting to be deconstructed). Communications equipment such as broadcast radio, television and two-way radio antenna towers were damaged beyond repair. In Arlington County, a portion of the Pentagon was severely damaged by fire and one section of the building collapsed.''

Let me know if anyone would mind these changes. --] 13:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

:Changes sounds good. Though, one sugggestion to add:
::]'s Fiterman Hall, at 30 West Broadway, was heavily damaged in the attacks, and is slated to be deconstructed and rebuilt.
:(PS. I've fixed the "leave a new message" link on my talk page. It linked back to my former username/talk page which is now abandoned.) --] <small>(] ] ])</small> 13:37, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

::Good going there PTR;), glad to see some movement and improvement… -- ] 16:06, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

::How about that "The War on Terrorism" subsection? That mentioning of second big operation without addressing first one? It was discussed already, and think how Peter noticed the flaw… would you care to rectify that part? In any manner that you wish… -- ] 15:15, 20 September 2006 (UTC)


:I've moved the paras and added the Damages section. --] 16:44, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

I have an acquaintance who told me just last week, he lost his grandparents to suffication 5 blocks from WTC on 9/11 in that dust cloud, their windows were open. This was a revelation to me. I wonder what the actual numbers are to this type of death and why the official #'s are accident sites specific. Beyond that these numbers may accrue over the years with the toxic cleanup atmosphere that is just now coming out, but, will not be 100% confirmable to WTC. (] 03:13, 24 September 2006 (UTC))

== article bias ==

there are two theories of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. only one is shown in this article. the other state's that the attacks where ordered by bush so that he could invade Iraq and have an excuse to pass the patriot act. we need to put in this article "there are to theories of what happened on 9/11" then list this article as one, and the Iraq theory as the other. since none of us where there when the attacks where planned we won't know for sure until history has played out. i suggest that until that time we list both.
::::In light of recent events and discussions I would also have to agree with above assertion how current form of article is partial, influenced and biased… ] 23:38, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

:Got any sources/references for this "theory"? --] 21:23, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
::How about some ? ] 21:40, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
::Reasonable doubt is one thing, hysterical doubt is another. ] 21:51, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
:::? As person said we won't know for sure until history has played out… so let's get back to what we know, and link that missing link? Dispute?:) ] 22:11, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
::::That video provides even less "facts" than the other link. The only thing of note from it is the Phoenix FBI memo thing at the beginning (which I intend to look into)- the rest seems to be just useless spin and silly cartoons. --] 22:25, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
:::::I found a copy of that FBI flyer... in the context in which it's used, I don't see anything particularly nefarious about it. The "defenders of the constitution" thing is in reference to right wing "militias" who claim to be ''"defenders" of the constitution''. I'm no Shrub apologist, but this is much ado about nothing, methinks- not to mention irrelevant to the Sept 11 attack article. --] 22:39, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
::::::Pardon, seems we misunderstood each other, I was not referring to this section here, I was referring to that talk we have above, about 911-al quieda-Iraq link… you can look it up if you wish, last few comments in Editing 911 and "skeptic" sections above… these clips were intended for amusement only, you know since you wrote how there are no references for that other theory, while the whole Internet is one big reference/source of such nature:)… & BTW I like this old/new addition below… ] 23:15, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
:::::::The anon mentioned that there is a theory that Bush ordered the attacks to happen- and you, apparently in his defense, post links to sites irrelevant to that theory; now you claim they were for "amusement only". If they're just for "amusement" (I didn't find either to be particularly amusing), then don't post them. Stay on topic, please. --] 23:37, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
::::::As I said, apologies, I've noticed the error as soon as I posted… there are certain documents such as which provide some light on this matter, but such things were already presented to be ignored by Mongo and others… there is also that video of testimony, and so on… if you ask me, such things would be referenced in this article long, long time ago… ] 23:59, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

:::::::253 total edits and counting, of which 21 to the encyclopedia we are in theory working on. Do you really want to help write an encyclopedia? Or do you want to ]? ] <sup>]</sup> 00:41, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
::::::Hi Tom, don’t know what are you trying to imply there? For example, when I worked on that Starforce article, all I really did was discussing with the people on talk-page why was that article dangerously false (there was another Mongo there!;). And if I recall it correctly all editing happened by itself… today Starforce is treated as any "oppressing and consumer rights violating" technology should… so I guess there are all sort's of ways in which one can contribute (for example, I know a person who had very few edits, but he is a writer and he promoted Misplaced Pages heavily). So, in spite poor state of this particular article I have only good things in mind, when it comes to our Wikiworld… ] 01:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

===Accountability of U.S. government officials===
I added short section as follows:
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) "failed miserably in its duty" to alert the military of possibly hijacked aircraft (New York Times, August 13, 2006). Also, for more than two years after September 11, NORAD and the (FAA) provided false information about the response to the 9/11 hijackings in testimony and media appearances to the ] (Washington Post, August 2, 2006). NORAD and the FAA officials stated that U.S. air defenses had reacted quickly, that fighter jets had been scrambled to intercept planes in response to the last two hijackings and that fighters were prepared to shoot down United Airlines Flight 93 if it threatened Washington, D.C. For example, Maj. Gen. Larry Arnold and Col. Alan Scott told the commission that NORAD had begun tracking United 93 at 9:16 a.m., but the ] determined that the airliner was not even hijacked until 12 minutes later. According to later testimony, the military was not aware of the flight until after it had crashed in Pennsylvania.
- The Commission was forced to use subpoenas to obtain the cooperation of the NORAD and FAA to release evidence such as audiotapes (Washington Post, August 2, 2006).
- NORAD and the FAA's reluctance to release the tapes, e-mails and other evidence, along with their erroneous public statements, led some of the ]'s staff members and commissioners to believe that authorities sought to mislead the commission and the public about what happened on September 11. "I was shocked at how different the truth was from the way it was described," John Farmer, a former New Jersey attorney general who led the staff inquiry into events on September 11, said in a recent interview (Washington Post, August 2, 2006). No U.S. government official has been held accountable for their failures on 9/11 or for the subsequent false information they gave about the events of 9/11.

Mongo, why did you delete? Please refrain from deleting without at least attempting to provide an explanation for your actions. I find actions like that dismissive and high-handed in violation of WP's consensus-oriented approach. --] 22:34, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Morton, why did you delete: However, the FBI "wanted" release for Osama bin Laden does not list 9/11 as a crime for which the FBI seeks him ((http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/laden.htm).
Please read link. Please refrain from using language bordering on vulgarity. Instead, you may wish to engage in civilized debate in accordance with WP rules. I will give you a chance to respond before restoring contribution.--] 22:34, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

:Although the proposed material is hopelessly in violation of ], accountability is an element of the overall story, although I would suggest the summary article might not be the most suitable place for it. (And the FBI, '''as previously discussed''', is obligated to follow rules of police procedure.) ] 23:51, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

::Peter, what are you saying?
::*bin Laden cannot be tried for the Kenya bombing, because this allegation has been on a FBI poster before he has had a fair trial?
::*the police cannot name wanted criminals and say why they want them?
::I don't get it. I think bombing Afghanistan was a hint that the FBI suspected bin Laden? Wouldn't bombing Afghanistan to find him influence any Jury in his future trial? &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 08:23, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
::What I'm saying is the explanation '''was provided earlier''' - look it up. ] 12:22, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

By "hopelessly in violation of NPOV" you mean what exactly? That it is critical of some government officials? I am suggesting the start of a section on accountability. If you have other sources on this you can add them for "balance." I do not see where in the article the info I added (or anything like it) is reflected. As an aside, can we agree that it is very impolite to remove fully sourced contributions without a decent explanation (you were not the one, I know)?
With respect to the FBI procedures, what rules of procedure would make my contribution irrelevant? Please point to the discussion, if applicable. --] 14:53, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
:For one, ''failed miserably'' is intentionally subjective. See ]. ] 16:26, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, "failed miserably" is the conclusion reached by the NYT based on the record of incompetence on 9/11. We could take out "miserably" and list the failings if necessary. But taking out the whole section? That's supposed to be NPOV, to remove the whole section? It shows POV to remove any criticism. By the way, is "hopelessly in violation" NPOV?--] 17:10, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

With respect to the FBI poster, I am assuming you're referring to this discusion:
]. The "explanation" of why the FBI poster for OBL does not list 9/11 is that OBL has not been charged with that crime. But that explanation begs the larger question quite relevant to the 9/11 article. How could the US gov't have sufficient evidence for charges for, say, the USS Cole bombing, but insufficient evidence against Osama for 9/11? How could the gov't be sure enough about Osama's connection with 9/11 to proclaim it publicly and attack and invade a sovereign country (Afghanistan), yet have insufficient evidence for filing criminal charges? Either they have sufficient evidence, in which case why not file charges as they have with his other bombings, or they do not, in which case invading Afghanistan and declaring a global War on Terrorism was factually baseless. As far as our article is concerned, since the article has a whole section on Osama in the responsibility section, the facts of the lacuna on the FBI wanted release and the lack of criminal charges are quite important, I would think. --] 17:28, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

:By the way. The removed section, though it contains some dates and the names of some newspapers, it is not exactly well-cited. No doubt there were a great deal of security screwups in the leadup to 9/11 and there was a lot of ass-covering and intentional and unintentional misinformation afterwards, but it is not reasonable to take these happenings and spin them into a theory that the U.S. government orchestrated 9/11 (which, forgive me, appears to be your ultimate purpose). Anyway, provide credible citations that the rest of us can verify (I don't happen to have a copy of the August 2 Washington Post handy, and anyone who did would be leery of going through the whole thing to try to figure out what article you were talking about) and ''then'' some of these things could go in the article.
:(FYI: To "" is to presuppose the answer to a question.) --] 18:10, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi Billion, here is a link you requested: ] . I will ignore your guess as to my "ultimate purpose" as it is irrelevant to the discussion at hand and is inappropriate in this forum. Please see my comment to Golbez about mind reading. For all you know I believe NASA faked the manned lunar landings. --] 20:02, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

If no one else has any further objections I will repost section on "Accountability" (see text above) to the article. I note that the editor who deleted my contribution with no explanation has so far not stated his objection in response to my query. I find that discurteous.--] 03:06, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

:The question of accountability and lack thereof '''are''' important and should contribute to the article. Nonetheless, the problems of ] and in particular ] remain unresolved, and singling out the FAA and NORAD would be misleading. ] 04:16, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, since we agree that accountability is an important issue, we should create the section. In terms of singling out NORAM and FAA, we have to start building the section somehow. It might as well be with the lead US agencies in charge on the day of 9/11. I heartily agree that other agencies and possibly specific officials with those agencies should also be covered. But we should not hold up the accountability section if we are off to a good start simply because it is not yet comprehensive. There is only so much I can do at one time. Conversely, if I spent the next few weeks finding sources and proposed on this page a full blown section on accountability, it would be even more difficult to reach concensus on adding it because there would be quibling on various details. Any section on accountability will be susceptible POV charges. How do you discuss accountability without doling out some potential blame. IF we water it down we could also err on the other side of POV (POV: the US agencies acted reasonably well or at least with no flaws worthy of mention)--the current problem with the article. --] 17:33, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure that "accountability" is necessarily needed as a new section. It is probably enough to state breifly how air traffic is handled and who/what was tracking the specific flights that day. How they were tracked and who was in charge of judging the threat. The wikipedia should definitely avoid doling out "accountability" rather discuss the facts, chain of command, who made what calls regarding threats, what proposals were made, what hijacking protocols are, etc. Accountability lends itself to POV problems. The article can even state what experts suggest should or could have been done and should definitely cite the 9/11 report and what it concluded were problems with the events of that day leading up to the acts of terrorism themselves. Misplaced Pages is not really the place to "hold people/organizations accountable" and that idea should be avoided. But, wikipedia should definitely discuss the facts of the day and specific instances that have been reported to be poorly handled and why. If it remains factual and avoids the less credible claims of what happened that day I think a section like this would do just fine (and of course it will be hashed over by editors for a while). !@#] 19:17, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Please read (or re-read) my proposed contribution on accountability near the top of this section and tell me whether your comments are still valid. I think we are in agreement. My proposed contribution makes statements about federal shortcomings (and misrepresentations after the fact) based on reliable major news accounts.--] 20:41, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I think your original statements sound too much like a listing of every criticism from major news sources. I don't think that is neccessary or appropriate. Instead, it should be exactly who was in charge of what aspects of that day, what are the official protocols for a hijacking, and how were those adhered to or not adhered to. Was anyone involved in the actual air control and tracking that day critical of events? What were the official suggestions for change in the 9/11 report. Major media can carp all they want because hindsight is always 20/20. The wikipedia shouldn't assist in doling out blame no matter what major news source wants to dole it out. Unless their was legal negligence or official blame, firings etc. then I don't think it is appropriate to list evry complaint from national TV, print, and internet news. !@#] 16:35, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I think you're proposing a more ambitious analysis than what I had in mind and may come close the original research problem. The 9/11 Commission typically avoided holding agencies let alone individuals accountable by analyzing what they should have dome compared to what they did do. By the way, I don't think the media have typically not been critical of specific US agencies. In response to another point you raise, my contribution draws from one or two articles and is therefore not susceptible to the charge that I am cherry picking all the worst characterizations. Again, my contribution focuses on some of the key criticisms of the lead agencies. That I think is the way to begin building this section of the article.--] 23:37, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

:So you're not proposing an accountablility section but a criticism of government response section? This section would just list news agencies/articals critical of the government response? Would this be response to the attacks or response to the 9/11 Commission? This just seems like it would have to be a laundry list of links and the article is pretty long as it is. --] 01:23, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

No, not just articles critical of gov't, wherever did you get that idea? I have no problem starting a separate article on the subject if you think this one is already too long. Would you pitch in to such an article on accountability? --] 16:07, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

:I thought you were wanting a section on criticisms of government agencies (I should have been more clear) because what you added originally:

:''The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) "failed miserably in its duty" to alert the military of possibly hijacked aircraft (New York Times, August 13, 2006). Also, for more than two years after September 11, NORAD and the (FAA) provided false information about the response to the 9/11 hijackings in testimony and media appearances to the ] (Washington Post, August 2, 2006)...''

:Begins with a New York Times editorial and Washington Post article both critical of government agency response to the attacks and to the 9/11 Commission. These articles make no mention of accountablility so I supposed you actually wanted government agency response criticism.

:I'm not sure an article on accountability is possible since the only people who have been held accountable are the hijackers and ZM. Others have been pointed out as being accountable; al-Q and OBL but that is adequately covered in this article and others already existing. --] 16:41, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

== Muckraker reports ==

Hi Tom, you reverted two edits which both stem from the ]. I do not see your point yet. I revert and reformulate, for starters. Could you please, on this talk page, elaborate on your view concerning: ...
===inuendo===
*...
===reliable source===
*...
===continued===
...so that we can al work together on this article, in stead of "fight" ? Thank you! &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 08:19, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

:] are discussed elsewhere. I think most people understand ''innuendo''; if not, the better way to make it clear will be by demonstration, rather than by explication on the talk page. ] <sup>]</sup> 18:32, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
:*What fact exactly do you feel you need a reliable source for? Could you not use the <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> template, to make sure a reliable source is provided, in stead of reverting?
:*I have a grasp of the term ]. What I would like you to specify is: what you think is "suggested" and why such "suggestion" would be inappropriate. So, please '''demonstrate''' rather than explain. /&#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 17:49, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

== "no thanks" FBI poster dispute ==

::: <tt><nowiki>. Despite this fact, the FBI "wanted" release for Osama bin Laden does not specifically mention 9/11 as a crime for which the FBI seeks him <ref>''"other terrorist attacks"'' http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/laden.htm </ref> </nowiki></tt>
:# (cur) (last) 10:36, 22 September 2006 Golbez (Talk | contribs) '''(no thanks. the only point of these edits is to push the pov.)'''
:# (cur) (last) 10:19, 22 September 2006 Xiutwel (Talk | contribs) (rv // reformulation ; SEE Talk page PLEASE)
:# (cur) (last) 01:36, 22 September 2006 Tom harrison (Talk | contribs) (rv - not a reliable source; rm innuendo)
:# (cur) (last) 00:54, 22 September 2006 Xiutwel (Talk | contribs) (rv // ref // Morton please be more precise in your comments)
:# (cur) (last) 00:26, 22 September 2006 Morton devonshire (Talk | contribs) (revert to version without unsubstantiated bullcrap)
:# (cur) (last) 00:25, 22 September 2006 JustFacts (Talk | contribs) (/* FBI "wanted")
:# (cur) (last) 00:22, 22 September 2006 Xiutwel (Talk | contribs) (→Responsibility - Muckraker)</pre>
Golbez, I'm sorry you feel this way. Similarly, one could argue that the only point to remove this neutral, unbiased, information, is to push the government POV.
The '''dispute''' flag goes up. If anyone would like to point me to previous discussion / consensus, please provide a date (from your own edit history?) or link to the talk page, because I don't see it.

What a waste of our energy this is, wikipedia !!! Should we not have a broad discussion on how to allow for several 'POV' '''facts''' simulataniously in order to make all 911 articles NPOV?
*e.g.: ]<BR>
&#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 18:14, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

:''Despite this fact'' is incorrect, since it is not in contradiction to the previously discussed rules for the most wanted list. Aside from questions of fact, I would suggest as a matter of style that the relevant section is already too long and is not improved by adding a critique of the wording of a fugitive notice. ] 19:16, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Please see my comment in the previous section. Let's continue the FB poster discussion here. Tom, please explain why on the question of what is contained in the FBI "wanted" poster the FBI's website showing the "wanted" poster is "not a relialbe source" and is "innuendo."
Golbez, you seem to possess a degree of mind reading skill in identifying the intent of the editor making an edit. You then seem to take the position that you can decide that such an intention is inapproriate based on some unidentified set of criteria. The final step seems to be to decide that you have been empowered to remove any contributions, no matter how relevant, compliant with WP rules, and fully sourced, because it is incompatible with the intention you decided existed which you decided was inappropriate. --] 20:14, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
:The fugitive notice is being misrepresented to create unsubstantiated doubts as to the identity of the parties responsible for the attacks. "Mind reading skill" is not necessary when the intentions, even ], are so transparent. ] 21:48, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

The only point of this edit is to attempt to insinuate that the government doesn't think Osama did it. False. The 10 Most Wanted list requires someone be indicted, and the Justice Department has not yet, for whatever reason. My mindreading is skillful - you are subtly trying to express a POV not entirely supported by the facts. I can indeed decide, because five years of precedent has told us that such implied stuff isn't allowed here. --] 21:53, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

:Part of the reason for not indicting Bin Laden may be how the Bush administration views terrorism and 9/11 (acts of war), versus the Clinton administration which handled terrorism as more of a law enforcement and criminal matter. Also, consider the Moussaoui and other cases, where significant amounts of evidence were derived from intelligence sources, such as al Qaeda detainees. To file a criminal indictment, requires disclosing intelligence information and perhaps sources/methods. With the ongoing "War on Terrorism", the administration probably doesn't want to do that. Nonetheless, this from the U.K. government outlines evidence that makes them confident that Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were behind the 9/11 attacks. They also note "Intelligence often cannot be used evidentially, due both to the strict rules of admissibility and to the need to protect the safety of sources." To ignore all these reasons why Bin Laden hasn't formally been indicted and simply insinuate that the government doesn't think Bin Laden was behind the 9/11 attacks is disingenuous. --] <small>(] ] ])</small> 00:13, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

:Thank you. --] 00:25, 23 September 2006 (UTC)


"The only point of this edit," Golbez, is to inform the reader of the facts. The US claims OBL is behind 9/11. The US has not indicted OBL and his FBI poster does not list 9/11. If you can cite sources to disprove or cast doubt on the foregoing, let me know. Until then, these facts should not be suppressed. My POV, Golbez, and what I am trying to express are of no concern of yours, and frankly, I am not that interesting. As long I am contributing factual, fully sourced info that is relevant and sheds light on the state of facts, and is compliant with WP rules, you and others are not empowerd to remove it because of any agenda you have for the article, or because you want to cultivate a certain view in the readers. Please cite the precedent. In any case, it cannot overrule WP rules. Aude, we can speculate about the reason the US has not indicted and we can cite evidence for OBL's guilt. It is quite irrelevant to the factual assertion I added. BWT, if you were to try to add much of your thoughtful reasoning it would probably constitute OR (unless you cited sources that set forth this reasoning explicitly). --] 01:24, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Peter, please state the "misrepresentation." My contribution in no way "critiqued" the FBI notice. With respect to the last sentence of Aude's comment, the sentence I proposed never implied that the US doesn't think OBL did it. It simply asserts the state of the FBI notice.--] 01:30, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

:In other words, you yourself are asserting it fails relevance? Anyway, the mention would clearly fail ] since, '''even on this talk page''', it has caused confusion about the role of the list in law enforcement and the role of law enforcement in the overall response to the attacks, so the result (whether or not intentional) would be to make the situation ''less'' clear to the reader. However, there probably is a suitable sub-article that could stand to have more detail about how the response to the attacks fits with the criminal justice system. ] 01:57, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Peter, you don't think the fact of whether or not the US's law enforcement apparatus officially seeks OBL is relevant to the 9/11 article? I do and I think most reasonable WP editors would agree. I agree that a sub-article should explore these issues further. I pledge to help on that if you will work on it. --] 02:59, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

:Uh, it does seek him. The FBI seeks him. He cannot, however, be on the 10 most wanted list because he has not been indicted. Lack of indictment does not mean they seek him. So... --] 03:58, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

:''whether or not the US's law enforcement apparatus officially seeks OBL'' () is not the proposed edit under discussion. ] 04:48, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

...the fact of whether or not the US's law enforcement apparatus officially seeks OBL...
As has been noted, they ''do'' officially seek OBL. There's no 'whether or not' about it. The thing that helps fuel conspiracy theories is that the Wanted poster doesn't mention 9/11. That doesn't mean the FBI doesn't acknowledge that Osama bin Laden is the leader of the organization responsible for the 9/11 attacks and that he authorized and aided those attacks. It isn't just the nefarious U.S. shadow government that puts forth this story, it's also every other country in the world.
<BR>Maintaining the facade that all you're doing is just innocently "adding important factual information" isn't fooling anybody. Your history of edits indicates a design to promote a 9/11 conspiracy theory. This "JustFacts" account was created solely for the purpose of propagating suggestions that 9/11 was some kind of government hoax. Please don't insult everybody else with pretense.
<BR>Insinuating the moonbat hypothesis that the U.S. government was complicit in or responsible for 9/11 (and apparently that it destroyed WTC 1, 2, and 7 with explosives, and secretly hit the Pentagon with a missile instead of a plane) rather than just was incompetent and lethargic in antiterrorism efforts is a waste of yours and everybody else's time. There are many more productive (or at least less harmful) things to do with the Internet. --] 04:59, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps my remark was not explicit enough: the fact of whether or not the US's law enforcement apparatus officially seeks OBL FOR THE CRIME OF 9/11 is relevant to the 9/11 article. Given the context, I thought the words FOR THE CRIME OF 9/11 were understood. Golbez, I don't see how the FBI's 10 most wanted is relavant to this discussion. We are discussing OBL's FBI poster as it relates to 9/11.
Hi Billion, I appreciate you taking such an interest in me and my views. If you would like to become friends I could tell you over tea what I think about the price of tea in China and you could tell me your views. In this forum however, as I tried to point out with the moon landing ideas (which I think you misunderstood--please do not attribute far fetched ideas to me) my personal views are quite irrelevant. WP rules prohibit ad hominem attacks. But not only are they against the WP rules (and fallacious), they are irrelevant. Again, one could be a convicted felon (Billion, please don't try to infer from this that I am) and believe that Elvis is alive (no Billion, that is not a "confession"), but each edit needs to considered on its own merits. In addition, since you seem so concerned about me, please dig a bit deeper and you'll find many edits quite unrelated to 9/11. --] 15:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I disagree with JustFacts that the missing 911-link on the FBI poster would not suggest anything. It '''might''' suggest the FBI is not convinced that OBL is involved. It '''might''' be that there is just some bureaucratic reason for it. But I would like to see that SOURCED. (see below) &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 19:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Please re-read my comment. We are in agreement, I believe.--] 20:43, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
:OK. &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 23:13, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
=== continued dispute ===
I am sorry to notice that ] has removed the dispute flag without acknowledging this clearly. I hope this was a sloppy mistake, not intent.
*http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=September_11%2C_2001_attacks&diff=77295791&oldid=77195278#Responsibility
So we seem to agree that:
*OBL was '''not''' indicted for 911{{fact}}
*OBL was '''indeed''' indicted for e.g. the Kenya bombing{{fact}}
*people can only be announced wanted AFTER being indicted{{fact}}
*we can bomb a country back to the stone-age in the process of looking for a suspect, '''before''' indicting them (no source needed, self-evident)
Until we get ] for the above three facts, the dispute flag has to stay up, I'm afraid...
&#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 18:08, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
:You're proposing the dispute flag '''because''' there's consensus? When bin Laden is listed by the FBI as the "", do you believe that "most wanted" does not represent a high priority? Have you considered that police services do more to apprehend suspects than simply print posters? Bill Clinton, in his infamous recent interview, explained quite clearly and concisely that after the ] the pursuit of bin Laden had escalated far beyond law enforcement. The irony is that under President Bush, the pursuit of bin Laden by the US Government '''has''' been less than whole-hearted, and this '''is''' a noteworthy fact, but petty questions about details of police procedures only serve as a distraction. Distractions are not constructive additions to the article. ] 18:59, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Peter, there is no consensus on the inclusion of this information into the article, only on the above three statements. However, I am not so convinced that all the explanations for the absence of 911 on the OBL FBI poster are totally correct. So I would like some sources, before I too agree that this information would be irrelevant to the article.
*So please just answer the three simple questions: what are the sources? &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 19:22, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

== Hijacker Demands ==

I wanted to add to the Attack section overview the line, "The hijackers made no monetary or political demands." but didn't want to start a firestorm. Does anyone object?--] 02:52, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
:Seems harmless, but because of the timeline, by the time the lack of demands became noteworthy, the hijackers were already dead. ] 02:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

::Seems like something people might ask years in the future when it's not so fresh.--] 02:58, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
:::The only way I think it's notable is that these hijackings were unlike anything in the past. At the time, airline pilots/crews had certain procedures to use in hijacking situations -- cooperate with the hijackers. And NORAD, the FAA, and other government agencies had certain procedures, which turned out to be totally inadequate for this new, unprecidented situation. Maybe something to that effect, with appropriate references should be added? Might be tricky to find the right ] wording, though. --] <small>(] ] ])</small> 03:09, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

::::That's what I was thinking. I'll see what I can find. If I can't get anything ] I won't put the line in.--] 14:40, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

==Saudi Air Travel Exemptions ==

Hi there, hope everyone had a great weekend… Lockup again? Well, hope I'm here long enough because I really won't to add that little 911-Iraq variable (it will come up in more then one section, so I'll give it a bit more thought, since that addition should be brief and to the point…) Say, where are we at this point in time? Denial? Opposition? Acceptance… Anyway, I would also like to see in "see also" division… Not to mention Loose Change? Why is such film not presented here? This move is seen by at least ten million viewers worldwide, and it should be in plain sight. Is there some reason why this two movies shouldn’t be added? And in regards to that unprecedented and colossal ineptitude Aude mentioned, yes, we could take a look at of US military on that day. There should also (IMHO of course) be notes about Bush Saudi ties, those planes which flew when no one flew… -- ] 11:42, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

:The Saudi plane thing was refuted. It is false. --] 12:05, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

:: -- ] 12:20, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

:::Were three links to the exact same article necessary? Also, waitaminute, what's the story here? The article says they flew on September 13. The airspace was at least partly open by then. --] 12:33, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

::::That question is answered in provided article and elsewhere and there are other . But this discussion should come a little later, it has something to do with the fact that US government has refused to release recordings of communications from any of the hijacked 9/11 planes (missing is what is all about, information of unclaimed put options is available but kept, footage of whatever hit pentagon is available, but kept, and so on)…I'm not sure if you noticed, so I'll emphasize what was important in those links: "I'm over it," he said in a telephone interview. "The White House, the FAA and the FBI all said the flight didn't happen. Those are three agencies that are way over my head, and that's why I'm done talking about it." Of course, such quote doesn’t mean that I'm over it… or that I'll give a wrinkled nickel for those US agencies… I would still prefer complete rewriting of this article, but if there is need to do things little, by little, it's OK with me… Those will be and should be asked… Perhaps tomorrow, perhaps after November… -- ] 13:03, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

*First, this article represents an enormous contribution of labour by a great many people, so the fact that one person might ''prefer complete rewriting of this article'' seems less than compelling. Second, a google search returning 954,000 hits is '''not''' a "source". Third, not every unanswered question is necessarily relevant to this article. Pick one and justify its inclusion. Propose an edit and provide supporting evidence, otherwise there is little hope of a rational dialogue. (I would suggest one of the sub-articles would be the appropriate place for details about air space restrictions and exceptions.) ] 21:38, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Peter. Lovelight, please select one fact that you think is not addressed in the article and provide a cite. Stop bombarding us with multiple issues mentioned in passing and lots of links. Once we resolve that one issue through discussion, you can then move to the next one. I am trying to be positive. --] 22:12, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

::Thank you! It is so hard to watch this article with all the unsubstantiated and non-academic links to questions that may or may not have any relevance to an article that is clearly the work of many interested individuals. ] 02:06, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

== (rv poor faith insertion of tag to allude to content unsupported by consensus) ==

please explain "poor faith"? &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 18:38, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

:It is inserted as a link to the talk page where you present your implications which have been clearly rejected by consensus. Dispute tags are not to be used as a run-around against consensus.--] 18:47, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

For clarity, I copy from your talk page: &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small>

:What, am I blind? Several editors have explained to you why a negative leading to OR conclusions of your own is not appropriate. --] 18:45, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

This is getting stranger and stranger.
*First, the dispute flag is removed without even mentioning it, and when I put it back, you accuse me of bad faith.
*Second, there seems to be a misunderstanding. It is not so that when several editors give their side of the dispute, the dispute is resolved. You can ] the questions which I feel have not been adressed at all.
*Third, I do not understand exactly what you mean by: ''why a negative leading to OR conclusions of your own is not appropriate''. Could it be you are referring to "No Original Research"? Please explain!
*Fourth: I agree dispute tags are not a for a run-around against consensus. I would never put a dispute flag up before trying to resolve the issue.
&#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 19:07, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
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Mmx1, I apologize for not referring to the talk page when replacing the dispute flag. You may have missed my statements there, since they were not at the bottom of the talk page. &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 19:10, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

:I have read it all. Your insistence on this original research that if someone was not indicted, then they are not culpable, is laughable. Where is Aidid's indictment? Or Hitler's? --] 19:15, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I do '''not''' claim that someone who is not indicted, is not culpable. I just want to know why bin Laden is indicted for '''one''' attack, and '''not''' for the other.{{fact}} Is this a problem to answer? &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 19:25, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

The article, nor the talk page is not the ] for answering your curiosities. Take your questions elsewhere. If you yourself cannot answer these questions, you are way out of line in inserting them into the article. --] 19:28, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

===proof what you claim===
I have no intent of putting these questions into the article. Just the fact that the info is not on the poster, and anyone who thinks this is logical, should source that belief.

Do you agree with this?
*Me, and several other wikipedians, feel that it is proper to include the information on the FBI poster into the article.
*This is contested, this information would be irrelevant, because there is nothing strange about 911 not being on the OBL-wanted poster
*we have provided adequate sources for the fact that the poster does not explicitly mention 911
*should you then not be obliged to give sources for your claims, if you want to convince me not to include this bit of information, which complies with wikipedia standards?
*This is not about satisfying MY curiosity, this is about substantiating YOUR claims.
I propose you give it some thought, if you cannot give arguments I will put the dispute flag back up tomorrow, making sure it refers to the right section this time - sorry! &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 19:38, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Xiutwel, I agree with you. I don't see why we cannot include the fact that FBI does not seek OBL ''for the crime of 9/11'' or the fact that OBL has noot been indicted ''for 9/11''. I have not received a decent answer from anyone why my contribution with respect to the first fact (fully sourced to FBI web page) was deleted.--] 22:30, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
===summary FBI poster dispute flag===
I am going to put the dispute flag back up (I've seen no response to my queries). To summarize:
*OBL is on the FBI website, wanted for terrorism, stating explicitly: for e.g. the Kenya bombing but <u>not</u> for '''911'''
*at first glance, this might suggest he is not deemed connected to 911
*according to the Muckraker report, the FBI stated they have insufficient evidence to support such a claim
*many wikipedians claim that
*#the Muckraker report cannot be a reliable source
*#911 is not on the poster, simply because of burocratic issues. OBL "has not been indicted for 911" yet.
*This could be true. However, it could also be a total fantasy, grasping at straws. ''Who knows?''
*So I ] and ] for substantiation of these claims regarding common burocratic procedure.
*No reply was given, '''nor''' a link to a previous discussion on the talk page where these issues would have been addressed. (I can find none myself)
*In conclusion:
*#if it is only logical that 911 is still not mentioned on the FBI poster/site, then this fact would not be very important (we could nonetheless include it, with explanation, to help our readers understand the issue when they might come across it elsewhere, outside wikipedia)
*#if the above claims re burocratic procedures are mere speculation, we are left with the facts. It is a reliable fact that 911 is not on the FBI website. It is sourced. It is not original research, because this was not found out by wikipedians but by the Muckraker report. It is interesting, because it could be an anomaly to the official story. So, why not include it?
This is all I can see and say about it. I hope we can come to a decision, so we can ''resolve this and remove the dispute flag''.&#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 09:13, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
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::''The United States government determined that al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden bore responsibility for the attacks. Bin Laden initially denied, but later admitted involvement in the incidents.''
*With respect to the first sentence: it is a known fact that the US government stated this explicitly, over and over again. Whether all entities within the government believe it, is something else. The FBI matter needs resolving, and until it is resolved, this wording is <u>not</u> acceptable. I would at least replace ''determined'' with ''stated'', but I think we should include something on the FBI website also. Suggestions on how to go about this are welcome! &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 23:01, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
*As for the second sentence, see at: ]. &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small>
=== what is the dispute? ===
::I don't understand what presented fact you are disputing. That the United States government determined that al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden bore responsibility for the attacks? That seems pretty well supported, to say the least. ] <sup>]</sup> 00:56, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
:::I know they '''say''' they believe OBL 'did it'. But, do they mean what they say? How can we be sure? I think the wording should change, AND the info about the missing FBI indictment should be included into the article. Since both have been repeatedly reverted, this forms a dispute. My solution for the dispute would be: replace with ''stated'' and add a footnote, explaining that the FBI fails to mention 911 on the list of crimes of OBL. If we can agree, great! If not, are there any other solutions? &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 01:10, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
::The logical conclusion to that kind of thinking is that we are all brains in vats but don't know it. If you want to imply that, "Oh sure the feds ''say'' they think he did it, but they don't really ''believe'' he did it; or do they? or is that just what they would have ''us'' believe?" then you need to find reliable sources who say that, and really believe it when they say it. ] <sup>]</sup> 01:23, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
:::OK, you've got a point there. Even if OBL did it, the word ''determined'' suggests that no one in the US government was involved. And that's exactly what we do not have consensus about. When we also leave out the FBI-poster issue, which strikes me as odd, the article becomes rather imbalanced/POV. &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small>
:::*I must conclude that no-one seems ''able'' or ''willing'' to give reliable sources for the ] I questioned above. Absent such sources, I must assume the whole indictment-is-necessary theory might be a total fantasy, and the Muckraker report may after all be right in its claim that (part of) the FBI deems the evidence inconclusive. So please, fill me in! &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 01:56, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
:::*Please respond. &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 02:31, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
::::What are you talking about? You're demanding we provide sources to support your assertion. The absense of an indictment can be for many reasons. You claim it's because he's not implicated. The FBI and other U.S. sources clearly disagree. You're attempting to derive some sort of conclusion from the fact that he is not indicted that simply doesn't hold up. --] 02:54, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
*You have still not identified what is under "dispute", only alluded to some minor points that could, in theory, be more thoroughly sourced, but in any case are mere technicalities regarding an event that is clearly beyond the scope of ordinary criminal justice. Bin Laden is a most wanted fugitive - there is no "beyond most wanted" category, and thus no constructive purpose to an additional indictment. Now, if bin Laden were apprehended and subjected to an extradition process, certain legal procedures might become important, but to date that is not the case. The claim ''no one in the US government was involved'' ('involved' meaning, presumably, as co-conspirators) '''does''' represent a consensus unless evidence to the contrary is produced. ] 03:14, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

- Discussion due to longevity to be continued on: -
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&#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 10:20, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
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==9/11-Iraq Link==

Point taken, I would like to resolve that missing (first big operation) issue in War on terrorism, however is seems how this will reflect in both, Responsibility and/or Public/Domestic response sections. Which makes all handling a bit tricky.., here is a quick draft with some of possible scenarios. Fact is: "US administration repeatedly connected events of 911 with Saddam Hussein and Iraq." This can be added to existing text in this manner:

'''Domestic response:'''
The Bush Administration also invoked '''9/11 as the reason for invasion of Iraq''' and initiation of secret National Security Agency operation, to eavesdrop on telephone and e-mail communications between the United States and people overseas without a warrant.

This would then reflect in War on Terrorism section, which is linked to equally named, equally disputed and unclear article (unfortunately, one can hardly find time to look at the talk page there…). It can certainly be added to existing material here, as in example below...

'''War on terrorism:'''
In the aftermath of the attacks, many U.S. citizens held the view that they had "changed the world forever." The Bush administration declared a war on terrorism, with the stated goals of bringing Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda to justice and preventing the emergence of other terrorist networks. These goals would be accomplished by means including economic and military sanctions against states perceived as harboring terrorists and increasing global surveillance and intelligence sharing. '''Immediately after 9/11 attacks US officials accused Saddam Hussein for harboring and supporting Al-Qeida. False statement served as turning point in means of justification and pubic acceptance for 2003. invasion of Iraq.''' The second-biggest operation outside of the United States was the overthrow of Afghanistan's Taliban government, by a U.S.-led coalition. The U.S. was not the only nation to increase its military readiness, with other notable examples being the Philippines and Indonesia, countries that have their own internal conflicts with Islamic extremist terrorism…

This fact can also stand as simple sentence in Public response or other mentioned sections... this is first draft, please help, suggest, share your links and opinions... Thanks.

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If more citations are needed, I'll provide… -- ] 19:04, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
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===re: Iraq link===
Dear Lovelight, I change your heading from a level 1 to a level 2 heading.
*Could you please fill me in, which part of the text in the article you would like replaced or amended, it is not quite clear to me? &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 19:17, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
*It appears to be which, as pointed out, does need some clarifying. The "]" is only in part in response to September 11th, and while there are more appropriate articles for political questions, the article should either 1) consider only actions in response to the attacks (e.g. regime change with respect to the Taliban is the largest operation) or 2) distinguish actions related to the attacks from unrelated actions. ] 19:58, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
**Peter, I would incline to number 2. But in practice, can this be done? Is Iraq 911 related or not? The Government once claimed that Saddam was connected, but in the end all that remains is the ] which now have been proven to be hot air. So, it would more be a matter of classifying HOW things are connected, than IF. My two cents. &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 20:36, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
***There is whole wealth of references out there (this is now historical fact, as those WMD's), and hopefully we have no obligation to do anything else but state facts. The addition to text is now in '''bold'''. Once again, I would be more then grateful to hear your impressions and suggestions. ''imho'' , the reasons should be explained elsewhere (in related articles), while we should try to be brief and to the point here. Feel free to improve the wording, but please leave the meaning... -- ] 23:30, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
For now, I have removed the following:
<blockquote>"Immediately after 9/11 attacks US officials accused Saddam Hussein for harboring and supporting Al-Qeida. False statement served as turning point in means of justification and pubic acceptance for 2003. invasion of Iraq." - added by Lovelight </blockquote>
While there may be a "whole wealth of references out there", none were provided here. Also, I think the wording needs work. As for mentioning Iraq in the "Domestic response" section, it doesn't fit there. Iraq isn't part of domestic reponse. --] <small>(])</small> 23:45, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

*For now? Perhaps you are waiting for further developments? This particular discussion is going for some time, it is common knowledge and proper citations (references) were given above, click 'em… These two should be more then enough: ;; followed with this reference: … Already asked you for help with the wording… keep in mind how this is historical fact…it should have been in article long, long time ago and I don't share your opinion how Iraq wasn’t part of domestic response, but please, do share your suggestions; I would like this to be resolved ASAP…Thank you… ] 00:12, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
*There are many developments directly related to the attacks that are noteworthy and, for this article, a brief summary would be in order, but the catch is that many events were also influenced by other considerations (including misinformation). Part of this comes down to deciding how far to stray from the actual hijackings. I would suggest that ''pubic acceptance for 2003 invasion of Iraq'' is moving quite far from the subject of this article. "Public acceptance" is (regrettably) not a notable factor in US policy, and the official rationale for the invasion was ]'s, <s>not terrorism</s>. ] 01:10, 28 September 2006 (UTC) (Double-checking, the legislation delegating the authority for invasion did require Bush justify action as a response to terrorism in general and September 11th in particular. That still leaves the question whether a fraudulent link counts as a link or a non-link.) ] 01:48, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
*Those newly released documents prove your (misinformation) statement, however if you took a look at provided references, you could have noticed we are talking about well rounded, various sources which were picked to show various perspectives (there is indeed a whole wealth of data on this issue, feel free to Google). As a matter of fact, everything you mentioned is being addressed in provided links. References clearly show how war in Iraq wouldn’t happen on account of WMD's, and that 9/11 was turning point in justifying invasion. Furthermore, US president used same rhetoric's very recently and this (his/hopefully not yours) out of reality approach isn’t good for anybody. Let me put it this way… we all have our histories, my is as good as anyone's, but I won't deny it… anyway, I can easily change perspective to see how disturbing this can be to US citizens, perhaps you could switch perspective as well? It would allow you to see things as they really are… we have this grotesque lies which led to unjust and by far the bloodiest war in 21st century. That is very disturbing for any citizen of the world. Victims of 9/11 don’t deserve that, we don't deserve that, and Iraqis definitely don’t deserve it… We are all well aware of "tactics" used in that war, we are all aware of Rumsfeld's doctrine, and by now it should be clear to anyone how all that warmongering rhetoric's has nothing to do with so-called "freedom agenda". At last, let me address that '''misinformation''' by stating how we are not spin doctors here. Regardless of what we think, this is non negotiable historical fact… there is nothing to dispute there… As for your final remark, you answered the question yourself, and the answer is . Hopefully, you understand how disturbing it is for me to illustrate obvious importance of this fact. Brief summary would be in order indeed, please suggest wording and/or sections where we should address this, there is no other article in which we can do that… Thanks. ] 02:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC) I recognize and agree with your point about public acceptance… still it should be noted how full weight of connection is more then ] 05:01, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
*Your argument is contradictory: as previously pointed out, underlining the fact that there is '''no''' ] between Sept. 11th and the ] defeats the notion of referencing the subject in this article. And the " 21st century]]" is moving way off topic. ] 03:06, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
*Well if there would be no Iraq, there would be no Darfur, if we wouldn’t spank monkey around one place we could spank monkeys in other... so to say. As expected, yet again you showed your bias and will to neglect serious facts, this sort of action leads nowhere; therefore one is forced to call 911 as emergency number. As for contradictions I'll show after weekend (have good one, everyone). And I won't that false flag about reasons for dispute to be removed immediately, there is no vandalism here but from your side, the lack of accuracy and outrageous bias of this article is '''obvious''' and appropriate warning should be clearly stated at the entrance point. ] 12:17, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

THIS article is about the events on 9/11/2001, not other events. The article is long enough and we are not going to go into a long winded analysis of the Iraq war and Saddam links to any terrorists organizations in this article...how many times do people need to be told this?...there are other articles that address these issues...] and ] are the places to take this conversation. Contiued rantings about this subject should be removed as they are completely unproductive to improving THIS article.--] 12:27, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
*Hi Mongo, I appreciate articles you mentioned deeply (for their accuracy, that is); however, (as stated before) there is nothing to wind about here, and I'm suggesting clear, accurate and small addition… of course I understand your reasoning (perspective) and there is no rush. As you seen in my last reply I won't pursue this matter further, but regardless of this particular issue article is inaccurate and biased and proper warning should be added… ''imho'' of course. ] 12:46, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
:I seriously suggest that the type of things you wish to have here are actually better placed in those articles. We try to stay focused when we have long articles and this one simply doesn't have much more space available, especially to dwelve into peripheral areas.--] 12:59, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

==Osama video tape==
The article claims that a video tape of Osama was released in May 2006. I don't believe this is true at all -- elsewhere Misplaced Pages indicates that an audio tape was released consistent with what this article claims.
{{unsigned| 68.175.82.207|08:07, 27 September 2006}}

*I will mark this in the text. &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 08:51, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

== OBL admitted ==

I think we should use some caution when stating that OBL would have admitted to 911, since this relies largly on video evidence which may have been tempered with. So it's ok for me to say it, as long as there is some caution in the wording.
Truth is the first victim in any war
&#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 11:25, 27 September 2006

I agree with Xiutwell. --] 23:27, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

==Terrorist nomenclature==
Allegedly, ] has decided not ever to use the word terrorist when describing events, in order to remain ]. An idea for wikipedia? &#151;&nbsp;] <small>]</small> 09:25, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
:That's a bigger issue than this article alone, you will have to discuss it on a policy page. --] 10:14, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
:I wonder if a suicide bomber blew up their main offices if that would be enough for Reuters to stop being so ridiculous.--] 21:25, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

== Attack Section Revert ==

I made a change to this section which was reverted. Perhaps I shouldn't have cut as much of the paragraph as I did but I think some of the changes should stay. I changed the paragraph:

''In the fourth aircraft, black box recordings revealed that—after discovering on their phones that planes had been deliberately crashed into buildings—crew and passengers attempted to seize control of the plane from the hijackers, who then rocked the plane in a failed attempt to subdue the passengers. According to 9-1-1 tapes, one of the passengers, Todd Beamer, had asked for the operator to pray with him before the passengers attempted to retake the aircraft. After praying, he simply said, "Let's roll." (The 9/11 Commission stated that Beamer later said "Roll it," most likely referring to a drink cart being used as a battering ram. This was, however, a separate incident, which took place after he had hung up on the operator. It is evidenced by cockpit recorders) The term "Let's roll" would later become the war cry for those fighting Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Soon afterward, the aircraft crashed into a field near Shanksville in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at 10:03:11 a.m. local time (14:03:11 UTC). Based on the transcript of Flight 93's flight recorder, there is evidence that this crash was intentionally caused by the hijackers, by rolling the plane into an upside down position. The transcript appears to imply that the leader gave the order to roll the plane once it became evident that they would lose control of the plane to the passengers. There is a dispute about the exact timing of the crash as the seismic record indicates that the impact occurred at 10:06 a.m. The 9/11 Panel reported that captured al-Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed said that Flight 93's target was the United States Capitol, which was given the code name "the Faculty of Law."''

To read:

''On United Airlines Flight 93, black box recordings revealed that crew and passengers attempted to seize control of the plane from the hijackers after learning through phone calls that similiarly hijacked planes had been crashed into buildings that morning. According to the transcript of Flight 93's recorder one of the hijackers gave the order to roll the plane once it became evident that they would lose control of the plane to the passengers. Soon afterward, the aircraft crashed into a field near Shanksville in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at 10:03:11 a.m. local time (14:03:11 UTC). The 9/11 Panel reported that captured al-Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed said that Flight 93's target was the United States Capitol, which was given the code name "the Faculty of Law."''

Since what happened on Flight 93 is fully described on the United Airlines Flight 93 page.

MONGO, I couldn't discuss this on your talk page, but what information did you object to having removed? --] 20:00, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
:I prefer the original edit.--] 20:05, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

::So the following wouldn't be an improvement then (I'm not being snarky - just asking):

::''''On United Airlines Flight 93, black box recordings revealed that—after discovering on their phones that similiarly hijacked planes had been deliberately crashed into buildings that morning—crew and passengers attempted to seize control of the plane from the hijackers. According to 9-1-1 tapes, one of the passengers, Todd Beamer, had asked for the operator to pray with him before the passengers attempted to retake the aircraft. After praying, he simply said, "Let's roll." (The 9/11 Commission stated that Beamer later said "Roll it," most likely referring to a drink cart being used as a battering ram. This was, as evidenced by cockpit recorders, a separate incident taking place after he had hung up on the operator.) The term "Let's roll" would later become the war cry for those fighting Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Soon afterward, the aircraft crashed into a field near Shanksville in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at 10:03:11 a.m. local time (14:03:11 UTC). Based on the transcript of Flight 93's flight recorder, there is evidence that this crash was intentionally caused by the hijackers, by rolling the plane into an upside down position. The transcript appears to imply that the leader gave the order to roll the plane once it became evident that they would lose control of the plane to the passengers. There is a dispute about the exact timing of the crash as the seismic record indicates that the impact occurred at 10:06 a.m. The 9/11 Panel reported that captured al-Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed said that Flight 93's target was the United States Capitol, which was given the code name "the Faculty of Law."'' --] 20:19, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
:::Hi there PTR, it's good to be in that consensus camp, right? ] 12:21, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

==Reversion of link title==

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Settling the "Islamist" debate once and for all

WP:DROPTHESTICK. This conversation has been done to death and we will not repeat endless debates because of one user's obstinance. — Czello 15:23, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Would it really be so bad if the article merely addressed this controversy, without picking a side? It's clearly a contentious issue among editors and unless something is done, it's just going to be a recurring issue on this talk page forever. I propose that yes, the word "Islamist" should be removed from the initial paragraph because it doesn't sufficiently contextualise the term, which is why it's considered stereotyping and offensive by some editors.

But to make up for it, a paragraph could be added explaining that Misplaced Pages editors are in disagreement over whether to call the attacks "Islamist", presenting a detailed overview of the pros and cons of each side. This will of course mention the main argument on the pro-Islamist faction, that being that reliable sources use the term. If anyone wants to workshop this idea into a full paragraph with me, that would be very helpful.

I'm not here to pick a side, I want to come up with a compromise that works for everyone. I'm personally neutral on this, but I hate to see edit warring and recurring talk topics raised on it. Put aside your personal investment in your "side" "winning" and lets have a proper discussion like adults. 94.196.3.224 (talk) 00:37, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Where's there a debate? Do we have any sources for this? Moxy🍁 00:51, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
Removing "Islamist" from the article has been edited into the article and reverted many times. Any time it has gone to the talk page it has been rejected with seemingly no progress on addressing the grievances of the multiple different editors who object to the phrasing of this article's opening paragraph. They usually say that it violates NPOV and perpetuates unfair stereotypes of Islam.
The editors changing it back assert that because reliable sources use the term "Islamist", it does not need qualification or justification in this article.
I'm hoping that some compromise between removing and not removing "Islamist" from the opening paragraph can be reached and editors can stop being so all-or-nothing about the issue. 94.196.3.224 (talk) 01:19, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
I guess welcome back is in order...... but you are correct..... it has been removed a few times resulting in blocking of editors. You are free to present any source that there is a debate in this topic. Moxy🍁 01:31, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
I'm not referring to some debate off-wikipedia, I am talking about this article's talk page and its edit history. 94.196.3.224 (talk) 01:39, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
We do not add paragraphs to an article just to outline a debate Misplaced Pages editors are having on the Talk page. Plus, the debate wrapped up months ago, you're dragging out something that died off because it didn't have support, aka WP:DROPTHESTICK. — The Hand That Feeds You: 15:06, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
We go by what RS say we are not wp:censored just to appease some people's feelings. Slatersteven (talk) 15:10, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
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At the bottom of the rebuilding and memorials section, add "The Onion satirical news source made humor out of the whole situation. They are still cherished today." Fedmonger (talk) 02:30, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Charliehdb (talk) 10:24, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Hatnote

@FlightTime, the reason given for the addition of the {{Distinguish}} hatnote was not reasonable: this event was not even a "bombing" as such. Especially given the distinct titles of the two articles, there's no real justification to me that these two would be confused in the context of how this hatnote is used. Remsense ‥ 论 08:26, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

I think otherwise, but whatever. - FlightTime (open channel) 08:28, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

RfC on lead collage of photos

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I'd like to understand why we don't keep this photo collage much more representative than the image montage in the article at the moment. The main image I suggested is obviously better in terms of framing and resolution, as well as showing the exact moment when the second plane crashed into the WTC. Chronus (talk) 21:29, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Support. I prefer your version; it's a better representation of each attack. – Anne drew 05:58, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
I prefer the current version. And how is the current version "old-fashioned"? — The Hand That Feeds You: 12:59, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
@HandThatFeeds "Old-fashioned" in the sense that there are much better images that have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons since the time this collage was created. Chronus (talk) 09:45, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
That's... a very unique use of the term "old-fashioned". — The Hand That Feeds You: 12:31, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
@HandThatFeeds I'm Brazilian and my level of English is intermediate. I apologize for the misuse of the term. Chronus (talk) 18:37, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Ah, no worries. — The Hand That Feeds You: 18:53, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Oppose Even on my reasonably sized laptop, and with my prescription glasses, to my aging eyes the pics in the collage are too small to be meaningful. HiLo48 (talk) 22:41, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
@HiLo48 What about the tiny photocollage images that are currently in the article? Aren't they “too small to be meaningful to your aging eyes”? Chronus (talk) 09:43, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Yes, I object to pretty much all collages in Misplaced Pages. HiLo48 (talk) 10:22, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
@HiLo48 Do you have any alternative suggestions? Chronus (talk) 18:38, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Obviously. In every case, choose a single high quality, representative image. HiLo48 (talk) 22:31, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Anything is better then the current teeny images there are now.Moxy🍁 00:50, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Strongly oppose: There is nothing wrong with the collage that's shown in the article now. It's about representing the event, not about the image quality or the size. I do agree that there should be image description for those who have bad vision, but that about it. Additionally, the image you suggested for the impact of United 175 looks like a bomb going off in the South Tower and I don't think that should be used. It'll just egg on` the conspiracy nutjobs. Butterscotch5 (talk) 16:44, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
@Butterscotch5 And what could be more representative of the event than a photo of the exact moment the plane crashed into the WTC? Chronus (talk) 18:39, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Because it's not "the exact moment". It only depicts the fireball, not the plane, hence Butterscotch's comment. — The Hand That Feeds You: 18:55, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Oppose I prefer the status quo, apart from how small the pentagon images are (the “collapsed pentagon” could be replaced by the bottom right mini one and get rid of the other mini ones?). The main image in the status quo is much more iconic. It’s the image that became seared into peoples minds as they all turned on the news that day, and encapsulates a collective trauma. I also like the aesthetics of having the captions all at the bottom, in the proposed version the captions take up too much space imo. Kowal2701 (talk) 22:20, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Comment The version Chronus supports is an improvement, but I am seeing that users like Butterscotch5 and Cena332 have been making a sincere effort to discuss this before making the change. In that conversation, I see no input from those who wanted to update the collage. However, now that Chronus has initiated this RfC I hope there will be more input from those who support the change.
I suggest keeping the current collage, but still working on the newer one to get it to a place where there is more agreement on improvements. Maybe the newer collage should have the same images as the current one? Or half the same ones? It is possible Butterscotch5 is right that the newer version isn't featuring the best images. To me, the newer version seems better because those with aging eyes can click on the individual images to see much larger versions and read the captions to better understand what they are seeing. This seems better than a single image file composed of several smaller ones, with a fairly large block of text to read through that describes them. Ender and Peter 22:15, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Support (but keep current main image) Functionally, I think the proposed collage is better, the way each image is separate and has its own caption. It can be a bit unwieldy for some to click on a collage and scroll through it as one giant image. Also, the three separate images for the Pentagon crash seem unnecessary. But I agree with Kowal above that the current main status quo image is more "iconic". Showing the moment of impact with the explosion might feel more sensational but ultimately isn't important. The dark billowing smoke coming out of the towers is the ominous image that most people have in mind when they think of that day, and I think it actually captures the emotion of the day better than the fireball picture. Kerdooskistalk 22:02, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
Support with modification The current collage is rather crowded because it wants to capture so much of an extraordinarily complex and sophisticated attack as well as some of its consequences. I'd even say to cut down the proposed collage so as to represent one image per attack site (Pentagon, Towers, Flight 93). I think that'd improve visibility in keeping with HiLo48's concerns.
I'd also propose resizing the images to be equally large. I think doing so would prevent the suggestion that one attack site is more important or significant than another based on size alone, which I personally currently perceive in the proposed collage. Unidentifiability (talk) 04:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
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