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January 12, 2016Articles for deletionKept

Denial is not a solution

Deletion of this article will not change real life events, but will destroy Wikipedia neutrality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.136.134.4 (talk) 17:06, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Votes for keep

The article has been kept. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taharrush gamea SarahSV (talk) 02:49, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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.

  • KEEP! Just because it is politically inconvenient, this article should NOT be deleted. That deletion is demanded is a sign of anti-feminist downplaying of violence against women - a type of violence that has been amply documented — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pd1234567890 (talk • contribs) 17:39, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP! This is a clear phenomenon that has been occurring especially in Tahir square. No need for deletion.
  • KEEP! Deleting this wiki and pretending this is something that is untrue or offensive to the very same people who have, and continue to make this a reality means nothing. The truth and reality is what it is...people to need to start sharing this reality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.240.111.110 (talk) 16:09, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP, this Article up for it is truth in explaining and educating in the actions taken mostly by muslim men against Kuffar women as well as muslim women if no Kafir woman is available. This is easily shown in the rape scenes across the Globe. Examples of this ‘game’ are: The RAPE of Lara Logan and several others in Egypt during the Tahrir Square rallies. As well currently in the E.U. After the NYE [New Years Eve 2015] mass assaults against women in several European cities, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, BKA, say that the Arab "rape game" Taharrush has established itself in Europe. These few facts alone show why this article should stay up. It is understandable that political Islamic people would want to hide this and have it removed…but, Wikipedia is here to provide true and accurate information for the education of all. This article is the basis of what Wikipedia was built for.
  • KEEP!I was relieved to find the term Taharrush Gamea in an online newspaper because it is impossible to grasp or being to understand a new phenomenon if it has no name. I hope Wikipedia will not allow political correctness to censor or delete this term. Clearly it is a collective means of harrassing and seeking to defile women. Clearly it came to Cologne on NYE via new refugee immigrants. Clearly it is a recent development emerging from Arab culture and clearly it needs to be studied. By the way, I am a female and spent a vacation in Egypt in 1999, well before the Arab Spring. The harrassment everywhere I went (even in the company of my father and stepmother) was intense but not ugly, invasive and violent as it has now become. Nevertheless it caused me to resist leaving the hotel. (In case it means anything, I was covered head to foot out of respect for the local culture LOL) 4Winds7Seas (talk) 00:25, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I propose that the flags on this article be removed. The issues are resolved in my opinion - there is enough evidence as to why the article is valid and neutral. Maybe a senior editor can look at this issue and close it?S. Textor (talk) 21:10, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

These comments should probably be made on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taharrush gamea, not here. Oliv0 (talk) 14:40, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP Article has encyclopedic value and well documented information (28 different sources), it would be against the neutrality to delete it in order to appease current tensions surrounding recent events. Wikipedia is neutral. Ralphw (talk) 02:56, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP SERIOUSLY? Who would want to delete this very important article as it becomes more and more timely in Europe? The very fact that someone seriously proposes this article for deletion makes me despair for Wikipedia. How on earth does Wikipedia hope to attract women and then allow stuff like this? Tip: if you're a guy and the article concerns women: don't propose it for deletion. Evangeline (talk) 08:52, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP It is really reprehensible that someone would think this article should be deleted despite the fact that it meets every criteria that merits a wiki on it. Politically motivated deletion attempts should be rooted out, and whoever is behind them should be banned from editing on Wikipedia. Thesqueegeeman (talk) 00:26, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above 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.

Used prior to 2016?

Casual Wikipedia user here, just wondering: if this is a term used in Egypt prior to 2016, why can I not find any sources for it in English from before post-Cologne events? Is this term real or media hype?

Stopping sexismy and mysogyny remains an important issue for Social Work; see here: OpAntiSH: Operation Anti Sexual Harassment, (Arabic: قوة ضد التحرش, transliterated: Quwwa did al-taharosh) is an activist group based in Cairo. OpAntiSH on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/opantish/ 79.251.70.209 (talk) 17:20, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Not an answer to the question. There is also no evidence from before the time of Cologne. This seems to have been an extreme-right fabrication.
See this [1] and [2]. The former paper is published Summer 2015. It seems it's actually called el- taḥarrush el-ginsy, so maybe sloppy transliteration by the media. On page 29 they talk about researching the terms 'taharrush' and 'taharrush ginsy' on online Arabic discussion forums and blogs during the period 2000-2012.


Sorry but there is lots of evidence of it before 2016. You just have to do an advanced google search thats just for page published before 2016

https://www.google.ie/search?q=Taharrush&safe=off&authuser=0&biw=1279&bih=592&source=lnt&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A%2Ccd_max%3A01%2F01%2F2016&tbm=#q=Taharrush&safe=off&authuser=0&tbs=cdr:1,cd_max:01/01/2016&start=30

Here is an example from 2013, 3 years ago, from the Egyptian revolution, describing the exact same kind of behaviour and using the exact same word.

" there have been 186 recorded sexual assaults—including eighty the night that former President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown. Many of these attacks are mob-style sexual assaults, often involving between fifty and 100 assailants, in which a woman is surrounded, stripped, groped and in some cases beaten and gang-raped until she needs medical attention. And in some recent cases, women were attacked and penetrated with knives and other weapons.

In Egypt, they call this the 'Circle of Hell.' "

" Although sexual harassment has always been widespread in Egypt, it is only recently that the word “taharrush,” meaning “harassment” in Egyptian Arabic, has come into the popular lexicon. "

http://www.thenation.com/article/exploiting-egypts-rape-culture-political-gain/ - The entry uses newspaper article as reliable source of socio-cultural phenomenon which the author claims to be deeprooted and widespread yet is not recorded in any anthropological work.

You might not like the idea but this does appear to be a pretty clear cut case of a very extreme case of rape culture which seems to have roots in Egypt. Widespread gang rape is nothing specific to Arab or Muslim countries, its pretty common when there is a breakdown of society.

You might not like it but you dont get to cry "rightwing conspiracy" just cause you haven't bothered to research it enough

The following books from mainstream sources appear to demonstrate the use of taharrush to describe gang harrassment/rape prior to the 2016 Cologne incident. None of these books appear, at least after a superficial skimming, to be part of "an extreme-right fabrication".

- Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World by Shereen El Feki. Doubleday Canada, 2013: https://books.google.com/books?id=UJqfAefRnugC&lpg=PT144&dq=Taharrush&pg=PT144#v=onepage&q=Taharrush&f=false

- The Security Archipelago: Human-Security States, Sexuality Politics, and the End of Neoliberalism, by Paul Amar. Duke University Press, 2013 https://books.google.com/books?id=XEG2AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA298&dq=Taharrush&pg=PA298#v=onepage&q=Taharrush&f=false

sorry for formatting mistakes, I don't spend a lot of time on talk pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.118.122.125 (talk) 20:26, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Two examples of تحرش جماعي Taharrussh jamai (Taharrush gamai) http://vb.elmstba.com/t82828.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ef3yfoT7zI 79.251.106.246 (talk) 19:46, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Arabic version?

I am wondering why there is no Arabic wiki link to ‎‎ this term. Shall we ask our Arab colleagues to create it? Zezen (talk) 14:43, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

By searching there for this term, I only got the "Sexual harassment" article, which discussess... a MIT USA case, not Egypt or Saudi Arabia. Check for yourself. Zezen (talk) 14:46, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Anti Sexual Harassment, (Arabic: قوة ضد التحرش, transliterated: Quwwa did al-taharosh, also known as OpAntiSH) is an activist group based in Cairo. OpAntiSH on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/opantish/ 79.251.70.209 (talk) 17:17, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I meant the Arabic version hereof, not a third-party FB pages. Zezen ([[User talk:Zezen|talk]]) 13:12, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Im going to answer because it's not a phenomen in the Arab world, it happened twice and it's sad but that doesn't mean it's an Arab thing or its spread. This is pure western media over reaction and diabolization of the Arabs. It happened but we didn't invent nor it is wildly spread.

It's a phenomen in the Arab world. Three examples of تحرش جماعي Taharrush jamai (Taharrush gamea) http://vb.elmstba.com/t82828.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ef3yfoT7zI http://arabic.arabianbusiness.com/society/culture-society/2013/oct/24/344960/ 79.251.106.246 (talk) 20:09, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Inadequacy of the page

At best, creating an article with a specific linguistic name can appear as a manner to essentialise it. At worst, it is a bad attempt to politicise Wikipedia. I suggest the article to be removed and the information to be relocated in appropriate and existing pages, such as "Sexual harassment" and "Violence against women". The sources and the date of creation of the page, as well as its use on the Internet, indicate rather clearly that the aim of this page is not to enlighten but to manipulate. 92.20.56.248 (talk) 08:26, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed this is just a word for gang rape that has its roots in Egypt. Like I said further up the page, this is nothing specific to Egypt, gang rape is sadly pretty common, especially when societies breakdown. This word and these case deserve a mention but only as part of the general topic of gang rape. Ive added sexual harassment, violence against women and rape culture to the links at the end of the page as it really was stupid and pretty racist just to have Eve Teasing as the only link!

Linguistic name or not, the term does exist and has been written about for some years at least. If this information is moved to other pages than this term should label it there.

Answer to the politicising Wikipedia comment: Wikipedia (just like any other encyclopedia) is a work in progress. Just the fact that a new obscure term or subject worthy of an article is made into an article after it was brought to the attention of the public by a political development, that does not mean it is not a valid encyclopedia entry. Gang rape has it's own page, and so does Eve Teasing. There is enough of a difference between these and the taharrush, in my opinion, to give each their own page.S. Textor (talk) 18:49, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This does deserve it's own page, since the phenomenon seems to have unique characteristics, particularly the fact that the acts are committed fully in public, by multiple actors in large crowds, apparently only in only a semi-coordinated way, and seemingly without sufficient dissenters in those crowds to stop the perpetrators. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1811:3502:6600:F8BE:FBCB:D751:904 (talk) 19:58, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rename

As I have said at the AFD, I would support renaming to something in English, such as "group sexual assault" for these group attacks that stop short of gang rape. Rename suggestions?E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:55, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, ‏تحرش جماعي‎ Taḥarruš ǧamāʿī is of general interest for journalism, police work, Social Work, etc., and worth the own article. Perhaps we should rename the title (lemma) to Taharrush jamaʿi (as Taharrush gamea derives from the Egyptian pronunciation)? 79.251.80.125 (talk) 17:42, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What do we do about the fact that Eve teasing describes the identical phenomenon, identical social drivers, only in the sub-contintent, not the Arabic-speaking World. But Eve-teasing does not appear to be in use in Britain, Canada or the U.S.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:03, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We do nothing - we do not have to decide if it's the exact same phenomenon or it has the same 'social drivers'. That is not what an encyclopedia does. We would need an authoritative source to say that these are all the same thing, and I don't think we do. The links to the other similar phenomena are enough, until we have new reliable information.S. Textor (talk) 18:56, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As I read it, Eve teasing lacks the "gang" aspect. The attacks described here are usually attributed to a group of 50-100 men who attack multiple women. ET seems to be smaller scale (although more frequent.) Lfstevens (talk) 23:19, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As said, this is about a government practice respectively means of oppression. IN so far its begin is closely related to Egypt and the history of the last decade. The behavior spread to young people and to other countries. The term has been described in various research papers. I would call the Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks as proof of concept that Zeitgeist is global and any sort of invention happens at different places, good or bad. But Taharrash is an established term and will stay so, it just enters the german language. Polentarion Talk 01:58, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No, no, Polentarion, Taharrush wouldn`t be suitable, because the group (gang) aspect would be missing. Please let us talk about taḥarrush jamāʿī = Taharrush gamea. 79.251.107.180 (talk) 22:06, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming

Taharrush would be much more suitable, as Taharrush gamea is only a part of the story. Taharrush al ginsi (adds the sexual aspect) but Taharrush embodies all. Polentarion Talk 00:11, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As I said in this edit soon reverted by User:Gamaliel, a more suitable name for this topic would be the English equivalent "group/gang harassment", maybe specifying "street/outdoors/in public" like the "public sexual harassment" found in the first sentence of the article "Abdelmonem 2015b", because such a universal definition of the topic, without an implied reference to Arabic culture in the name, will in my view make it easier to avoid racism and get a neutral, balanced article. In fact it seems to me that the current title "Taharrush gamea" is just a way to mean "Sexual harassment by gangs of Arabs" without being clear that the topic is so unacceptable. Oliv0 (talk) 19:53, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
"Collective harassment" is my proposal--Dans (talk) 20:11, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If you plan to remove this page just because "Taharrush Gamea", a single phrase that describes the essence and intentions behind this reprehensible practice far better than any alternative terminology in English, appears to stigmatize a specific culture, you may as well delete "Karoshi" too, which encapsulates the entire essence of the overwork phenomenon as it is endemic in Japanese culture.

PLEASE don't give in to INSANE political correctness. I hate to think Wiki also jumps whenever somebody yells "Boo!" or "Islamophobia!" at it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.53.92.13 (talk) 05:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is not our decision. We have to call it what our sources say we have to call it. We don't get to make up terms. Lfstevens (talk) 22:53, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Lfstevens: WP:NEO says "it is preferable to use a title that is a descriptive phrase in plain English if possible". Any proof that "gamea" has been really used in English before the recent events in Germany? (not just as "and by the way this is how it is called in Arabic") — in fact it may even be a mangled form of the "gamae" used in the title of a Finnish reference in the article, since this looks more realistic as an Egyptian pronunciation if we start from the standard Arabic jamāʿī. Oliv0 (talk) 09:19, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Is the term in common use in Arabic sources or is it a neologism there, too? If it is "the" way the practice is described in Arabic, then it seems as though it should be OK as the title here. Lfstevens (talk) 16:20, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
In Arabic تحرش جماعي taḥarrush jamāʿī (Egyptian pronunciation of last word diversely shown by Finnish and German references as gamaʿe or gameʿa respectively) means "collective harassment", so it is no more a neologism in Arabic than "collective harassment" or "group sexual assault" are in English. Oliv0 (talk) 08:27, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Luckily more and more English language sources call it by that name. Zezen (talk) 13:16, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Taharrush wouldn`t be suitable, because the group (gang) aspect would be missing. Please let us talk about TaHarrush jamâ'î / Taharrush gamea. 79.251.107.180 (talk) 22:01, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Hvd69: you have just "corrected Egyptian pronunciation" from game'a to gamāʿī, which seems to make gamae or gamea a misprint in the first sources, now propagating with Wikipedia's help: are you sure, can this pronunciation be found in a source? (not copying from Wikipedia, so preferably previous to the article creation) I had asked yesterday on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Egypt#An Egyptian Arabic pronunciation, maybe there are experts there (I could not find a template to call for expert opinion, if somebody knows how this works here on the English WP, please do it for me, thank you). Oliv0 (talk) 09:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Oliv0: Absolutely sure. The only difference is in the specific Egyptian G sound. Listen to an Egyptian TV reporter's pronunciation of "at-taharrush al-gama'i" ("the" collective sexual harassment) here at 0:16: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJcz-EKVjPY Hope this helps. --Hvd69 (talk) 22:24, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you ! Oliv0 (talk) 07:23, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Revert

Another editor incorrectly reverted my addition of the attacks in Sweden, while correctly asserting that the source did not use the term. However, the term describes those attacks as much as it does the others that remain in the article. Thus the reversion makes no sense. I do not edit war, but I would appreciate comments from other editors. Lfstevens (talk) 20:30, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This issue has been widely reported in Sweden, but with no indication that it has been organized or that it's related to Arabic culture. Here's a background summary in Aftonbladet.[6] A festival worker published a debate article denying that the purpetrators were immigrants or refugees.[7] So how exactly are you associating these two articles?
Peter Isotalo 20:39, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sweden's Prime Minister is associating immigrants with incident, I'm just citing him. And press reports:[8].E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The term is being used in Swedish reports: [9], [10], [11]. I do not see that anyone is accusing Arab men, but they are saying migrants, refugees. this story is developing fast, these usages may postdate Perer Isltalo last look at recent sources.E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:14, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The first source is Nyheter Idag and is widely considered sensationalist and it only mentions Germany. The third one is Samtiden, a newspaper that is owned by the Sweden Democrats and is hopelessly biased.
Only the second one, Norwegian Fedrelandsvennen seems to make any connection, but it's unclear since it's behind a paywall. It's also not a news article but an opinion piece.
Peter Isotalo 21:24, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I can't really judge reliability of Swedish and Norwegian sources, but something like "considered sensationalist", "hopelessly biased" (in your opinion) or "behind a paywall" is generally not a sufficient reason for excluding sources. Also note that you already violated WP:3RR rule on this page. My very best wishes (talk) 21:46, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
and the connection between the sexual assaults by groups of young immigrants in Sweden and those in Germany is also drawn: [12] by The Guardian, that hopelessly biased, fiercely pro-immigration newspaper. Really, we can't exclude a paper owned by a major force in Swedish politics such as Sweden Democrats. It is part of the conversation.E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:44, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Party media are normal business in a lot of European countries. I would include as well a see also on the 2000 puerto rico parade incidents. Polentarion Talk 19:02, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Expert commentary

So here's the first comment from a Swedish-language source that interviewed people working for HarassMap in Egypt.[13] The term is simply the Arabic words for "group harassment" but not a specific cultural practice. Sexual harassment is a huge problem for women in Egypt, but there's no indication that it's organized. The only exception is what happened during the 2011 protests which was politically motivated violence.

Peter Isotalo 21:40, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No one claims that it is an "organized" practice. It's a cultural practice. And the question at issue is how this term is being used in contemporary European discourse. Words and phrases cross borders and shift meanings. I think the usage in this: [14] BBC article is especially pertinent, coming as it does form a German government report. But, truly, the behavior is real. Groups of young men do surround and forcibly grope young women. As I have said above in this discussion, I would prefer an English term. And a term that encompasses the bad behavior of young men of sundry ethnic backgrounds. But I am finding myself unable to dismiss the deluge of reporting now using this term in this way, in more than one country and several languages.E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:50, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I have no trouble changing the title as long as it is specific to this multinational phenomenon. The scale of the Cologne events suggests at least a flash mob level of organization is present, but we need sources to make that call for us. Lfstevens (talk) 22:13, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I provided some real sources which can be used to cover HarassMap en detail. The term is much more than the Arabic words for "group harassment" and started as a government practice. IN so far its begin is closely related to Egypt, but the the behavior spread. Polentarion Talk 01:48, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Edit war

This piece is showing all the unfortunate signs of other controversial articles with lots of reverts. This is a terrible way to work. It wastes much time and generates lots of stress without helping the readers. I propose that substantive changes be hashed out on Talk before they go into the article. I expect lots of other editors to show up given the currency of the topic and I hope that everybody will welcome them rather than tossing out good faith efforts without discussion. Cheers! Lfstevens (talk) 22:37, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

German article

I have provided some scientific sources on the article in the deWP and made it nearly AfD safe. While the German article still has some issues (and an ongoing afd), its now more on the WP snow side. I will add some of my foundings here as well. The article here lacks e.g. the Egyptian political cloud and historical background.Polentarion Talk 00:11, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a tabloid article or Actually academic

The use of the term seems highly controversial for one.

Academic sources do not exist. References prior to the tabloid news frenzy before 2016 do not exist on the internet.

Is this article being written as a News article? Does it follow WP:NOPOV ? Does this align with WP:NOR ?

Pranav (talk) 12:22, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

PLease read the current version. Academic sources exist and have been introduced. Polentarion Talk 16:33, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It looks NPOV enough to me. Zezen (talk) 16:49, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge of Rape in Egypt into this article (closed)

Rape is not the adequate word. The article lacks scientific sourcing (which us available) and does not cover the political intentions of sexual harrassment being directed against female activsists in the public space Polentarion Talk 16:31, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep the page as it is. We do not need an English word for this, there is no English equivalent. No not merge this with any other page. SlowIsSmoth (talk) 18:37, 14 January 2016 (UTC)SlowIsSmooth[reply]

Sorry, maybe I have used the wrong template. I would prefer to reduce Rape in Egypt to a redirect. Polentarion Talk 18:56, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    • Point is the largest part of Rape in Egypt is not about rape. In so far lets close it. This is a case where WP:Merging Overlap applies, since we have two or more pages on related subjects that have a large overlap. Moving content to a suitable article is policy based and -informed. Polentarion Talk 19:57, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I meant to reduce Rape in Egypt, as said and start to use real sourcing overthere. E.g., as mentioned in the Taharrush sources, the penal code has no working paragraph on rape, an not much (till 2014, due to a Taharrush case on a Law University campus) against harrassment. The victim is always in danger to be accused of adultery. Taharrush - molestation - is a everyday experience for any woman in a public space. Polentarion Talk 21:35, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see no justification for moving content here. It would be far more appropiate to move rape in Egypt to sexual assault in Egypt to get wider coverage and merge part of this article elsewhere. This article is mostly about European perceptions about sexual violence by non-europeans. It's about a term as used in the European press and politics more than any actual cultural trait or even sexual harassment or assault as such. Peter Isotalo 14:28, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Report of the Ministry of Interior in NRW, official translation of Taharrush gamea

We already have some quotes (BBC, FAZ and others in the article of an official report of the NRW Ministry of the Interior to the parlamentary committee in charge. Its available online at the Ministry, Stellungnahme des Innenministeriums an den Innenausschuss des nordrhein-westfälischen Landtags, Bericht des Ministeriums für Inneres und Kommunales über die Übergriffe am Hauptbahnhof Köln in der Sylvesternacht, Düsseldorf 10.1.2016, 15 pages, Letter of Innenminister Jäger to the Parlamentary Presidium and the Comittee of the Interior. Caveat: This is German, even worse, its official German. It describes „Tatbegehungsform sexualisierter Gewaltstraftaten durch Gruppen in Verbindung mit Eigentums und Raubdelikten“ (Forms of committing sexualized crimes by groups in connection with theft and robbery) under the Modus operandi Taharrush gamea, the latter being translated into gemeinsame sexuelle Belästigung in Menschenmengen, I would express that as joint sexual harrassment in large crowds. I still prefer the Arab expression, but you got now a translateable Euroean term for our common article. Polentarion Talk 23:52, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This term is too unwieldy to use here. Zezen (talk) 13:18, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Happy enWP then. The deWP has an ongoing fierce fight about the transcription. Polentarion Talk 15:32, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe we should also introduce the German police abbrevation NAfri (north african multiple offender)? -- Amtiss, SNAFU ? 00:46, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why not Egypt page?

Seems to me the article's focus is in Egyptian society, politics media and culture, and allowing its specificity, why not move it to a paragraph about crime in the Egypt article? even the translations of the arabic words are in the Egyptian dialect characterized by the use of "G" as the phonic equivalent of the Arabic letter "ج" instead of "j" in classical Arabic. Happy birthday Wikipedia and community.

Amanouz (talk) 15:13, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Amanouz. The wrong transcription in the BKA report spread quickly, probably it gets a neologism. Fight in deWP is ongoing as said. Best wishes to you. The article in Egypt could use some extension based on the sources quoted here. Polentarion Talk 15:36, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Several days and dozens of edits later, the article is still mainly talking about Egypt — both on the terminology and on the phenomenon itself. The paragraph "Terminology and background" is a lengthy discussion of mob and other sexual violence in Egypt that suddenly draws a direct line to Cologne, Germany. The presented link is weak and needs to be critically reviewed. The paragraph "Description" again returns to Egypt. It remains totally unclear how spefically Egyptian, Arab or universal this whole phenomenon with its German-coined name really is. --Hvd69 (talk) 11:49, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why?

just a question: since this is english wikipedia why constantly use the term "Taharrush" instead of "harassment" throughout the article? I thought the novelty here is the "collective" aspect of it? harassment in itself is by no means a new or an untranslatable ethnic concept that has to use an un-english word to convey its meaning. --Amanouz (talk) 15:42, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I juts came from the deWP, we have now a serious article about Sexual violence in Egypt and newsticker prone Bullshit for the Taharrusch. I had intendend to keep that different, but such is life... Polentarion Talk 20:35, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Taharrush = harassment. The group aspect is jamai (gamea, "collective"). This important article (lemma) is about Taharrush jamai (Taharrush gamea). 79.251.107.180 (talk) 21:48, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

79.251.107.180 selective reading of this page --Amanouz (talk) 17:53, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Incidents in Stockholm and Istanbul

Shouldn't those incidents also be included? I think at least western press draws parallels to Cologne and Cairo. E.g. [15] [16] [17] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ketil (talk • contribs) 12:51, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Stockholm incident had been reverted because it did not mention the article topic taharrush gamea "by name", which I see as a reason for #Renaming to "a descriptive phrase in plain English" as per WP:NEO. Oliv0 (talk) 13:16, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Right, I don't find a lot of heavy-weight international media who use that particular term about the Stockholm incident. Some local ones are [18] and [19] and [20]. There should be many sources drawing parallels between Cologne, Stockholm, Helsinki, etc though - so perhaps the page does need a different name, after all. Possibly the term is more frequently used by sources critical of immigration and/or islam? Ketil (talk) 09:21, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Daily Mail article [21]

According to an article in the wide-circulation British newspaper Daily Mail of 19 January 2016 [22], Tahharush is an established and rising trend: "The Arabic gang-rape 'Taharrush' phenomenon which sees women surrounded by groups of men in crowds and sexually assaulted... and has now spread to Europe. The Arabic term 'taharrush' roughly translates to 'collective harassment'. It refers to sexual assaults carried out by groups of men in public places". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.102.145 (talk) 12:36, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In fact of course the Arabic term تحرش taḥarrush only translates to "harassment, molestation" (from حرش ḥarasha "provoke, scratch", akin to Hebrew חרש ẖarash "carve, plough"). Oliv0 (talk) 15:03, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
PLease take the controversial careeer of the term in Egypt into account. Scholarly treatment see Abdelmonem. Polentarion Talk 19:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 In Egypt, they call this the “Circle of Hell.”

another name: http://www.thenation.com/article/exploiting-egypts-rape-culture-political-gain/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Empiricus-sextus (talk • contribs) 20:47, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it refers to the theme of our fine article about taharrush gamea. Indeed, several times "circle of hell" has been used: دائرة الجحيم , as in Arab language hell is جهنمية jahannam. We should (as we`ve done) use the term Taḥarruš ǧamāʿī (Taharrush gamea). 193.175.48.228 (talk) 11:36, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Source suggestion

In case it's helpful, this article – Sandra A. Fernandez, "Male voices in a Cairo social movement", Égypte/Monde arabe, 13, 3015 – looks interesting. The journal is published by the CEDEJ.

It discusses efforts to combat al-taharrush al-ginsy, or taharrush (sexual harassment). Although it describes 14 forms of taharrush, such as comments and stalking, it mostly discusses the group violence and calls it "mass taharrush" (التحرش الجنسي الجماعى). See paragraph 9. SarahSV (talk) 21:11, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This التحرش الجنسي الجماعى transcribes as at-taḥarrush al-jinsī al-jamāʿī (the gang/collective/mass sexual harassment). Oliv0 (talk) 07:21, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Oliv0. So you're saying our version is more to the point, is that right? To view them next to each other:
Our article begins: "Taharrush jamaʿi (Arabic: تحرش جماعي‎ ..."
The source calls it التحرش الجنسي الجماعى
SarahSV (talk) 19:20, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As Taharrush jamai (several German authorities wrote: "Taharrush gamea") always includes Sexualized violence, it is not necessary to say "taharrush jinsi jama'i (التحرش الجنسي الجماعى at-taḥarrush al-jinsī al-jamāʿī). I think it is just too complicated to write "تحرش جنسي جماعى / taharrush jinsi jamai", but it is very ok to prefer the short (and well known) "تحرش جماعى" = "taharrush gamea". 193.175.48.228 (talk) 11:39, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality

The page has been edited extensively and the AFD closed since the neutrality template was put on the page. Can anyone specify what = if any - issues with neutrality remain?E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:07, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see any reason for it. If people see problems with it, it's better to work on improving it. SarahSV (talk) 20:05, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrite suggested

By the main author: "The BKA paper is the main source" s/he says in the AfD (BKA = federal police in GER). He also mentions 2 FAZ (german right-of-the-middle newspaper of record) articles stating the term has made a "weird career", by cultural scientists or comparable persons. -- 77.64.190.242 (talk) 16:55, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and politics

This article has been pretty eye-opening with regards to how easy it is for dedicated groups to capture Wikipedia and use it to push an agenda. It is frankly baffling that a word which literally just means "collective sexual harassment" has been Otherized and made to seem like a rampant phenomenon exclusive to Arab/Islamic culture, somehow different from when the 'civilized' world does it. By refusing to translate it and opting to transliterate instead it is elevated to a reified, static concept exclusive to the Arab Other. It is akin to transliterating the Spanish word for "gang-rape" and turning it into a Wikipedia article to make it seem an alien phenomenon, exclusive to the Hispanic world, somehow 'different' and far removed from our normal conception of gang rape, which occurs everywhere in the world. All of which of course serves certain groups. This article is fundamentally political; fundamentally racist.

The fact that this article only appeared in the post-Cologne environment; the severe dearth of any academic research on this issue; and the fact that no counterpart in the Arabic WIkipedia exists is pretty damning. If anything at least I now realize how political an act Wikipedia editing can be; it is no longer the pure collectivist human endeavour I thought it was. Thanks for reading.

209.226.10.166 (talk) 17:56, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Giving a FN for these claims: FAZ.net (german) (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung): "Angesichts der Karriere jedoch, die der Begriff „taharrush gamea“ jetzt in Deutschland macht, sind ägyptische Frauenrechtlerinnen irritiert: Aus einer simplen Vokabel für sexuelle Massenübergriffe ist ein scheinbar genuin arabisches Kulturphänomen mit eigenem Wikipedia-Eintrag geworden. „Taharrush“ bedeutet Belästigung, „gamea“ gemeinschaftlich. „Man kann die sexuellen Angriffe auf dem Tahrir-Platz aus vielerlei Gründen nicht mit den Ereignissen von Silvester in Köln vergleichen“, schrieb die Aktivistin Mariam Kirollos auf ihrer Facebook-Seite. Des Klischees vom triebhaften Orientalen sei sie wirklich überdrüssig."
Translated: "Regarding the career of the term "taharrush gamea" now in Germany, egytian feminists are confused: A simple vocable has apparantly become a genuine arabic culture phenomenon with its own WP entry. Taharrush means harassment, gamea collaborative. >>You can't compare the sexual attacks on the Tahrir place with the incidents in Cologne out of several reasons<<, the activist Mariam Kirollos wrote on her Facebook page. She is really sick of the cliché of the libidinal (or compulsive?) orientalic."
-- 77.64.190.242 (talk) 00:28, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
"This article is fundamentally political", yes, because violence always is political. "This article is ... fundamentally racist", I don`t agree. The article is well done, and offers important information. Nobody is talking racist, nobody says: 'The men of this or that ethnic group are born rapists and will always be bad to women.' 193.175.48.228 (talk) 11:50, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We are facing with a political struggle between two anti-racisms. Some people want to rape any women, not only women from their own race (supposing that races even exist); some people want to jail/hang/whatever any rapist, not only rapists from their own race (supposing that races even exist). It's a conflict, indeed. But racism isn't involved. By the way, I don't see how being against rape could be racist: there are women of all races (supposing that races even exist). Except if you don't include women... Do you, 209.226.10.166 ? Pldx1 (talk) 12:33, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Revisions to lede by Al-Andalusi

This edit is problematic. It removes what appear by my reading to be several good sources, and introduces cn and rs tags for dubious reasons in what appears to be an attempt to discredit the article rather than improve it. These massive, messy revisions should be discussed on talk and I would advise Al-Andalusi to follow WP:BRD. --Sammy1339 (talk) 18:30, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Where do you see those sources mention "Taharrush gamea"? Al-Andalusi (talk) 18:31, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
They all mention Taharrush and describe this phenomenon in detail. Wikipedia articles are about the referents of words. Your literalistic interpretation seems to be pushing a point. --Sammy1339 (talk) 18:33, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well it doesn't work that way. We need references that explicitly reference "Taharrush gamea". Otherwise it is WP:SYNTH. Al-Andalusi (talk) 18:36, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Al-Andalusi: The sources very clearly indicate that the phenomenon is also known simply as taharrush, a claim you questionably tagged as needing a citation. Your addition of these markers to the lede of the article is a 3RR violation and I encourage you to self-revert. --Sammy1339 (talk) 20:44, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nope. Tags do not need consensus. I've raised my concerns here. Al-Andalusi (talk) 20:45, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The reason you cite for this diff which also violates 3RR reflects an apparent refusal to acknowledge that the topic of the article really exists as a specific cultural phenomenon. It does, as thoroughly established by many sources. Consensus on this matter was established in the AfD discussion. I again encourage you to self-revert. --Sammy1339 (talk) 20:50, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You claim that it is 3RR because? this is a new change. Also, your claim that is "exists as a specific cultural phenomenon" is dubious and not backed by the cited sources. All I see in the sources are instances and discussions on sexual assaults that have been misused in an effort to characterize this as a "cultural" problem. If the term "Taharrush gamea" is "thoroughly established" by the sources as you wishfully claim, then you wouldn't have been so personally threatened about some editor tagging the article in questionable places. Wikipedia is not a democracy, and no amount of votes in any AfD discussion will make the claims made by this article more right. Just because a bunch of butthurt euro-supremacists decided to invade the discussion and impose their POV on Arab/Muslim countries, using the ill-cited German Police report and other blogs as their main argument, it does not make this article more truthful. Al-Andalusi (talk) 21:23, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not threatened. For sources establishing this is a real phenomenon see my comment at the AfD discussion. Your pointy insertion of tags and removal of statements based on your personal interpretation of the subject is editwarring, and your decision to continue making these changes instead of seeking consensus on talk is a 3RR violation. I again encourage you to self-revert. --Sammy1339 (talk) 21:29, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Non of your sources are academic. Yours are all news stories. Besides, they are all recent, which goes to show that it was not known as a phenomena before that. To quote WP policy: "Any exceptional claim requires multiple high-quality sources". So where are all your quality sources for this "cultural" phenomena claim? As for my edits, you are making false claims here. The tags should stay until the issues are resolved. I created separate sections for each of my concern, and you are yet to address any of them. Al-Andalusi (talk) 23:41, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

butthurt euro-supremacists was new to me, I did some work on Eurafrika by chance ;) . I would prefer you adapt your style, al-andalusi. The lede need some polishing but not by editwarring. MOst of Sammy1339 sources are academic by the way. Polentarion Talk 01:39, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've clarified in the lead that the transliteration taharrush gamea stems from a German report. But the term transliterated in other ways includes Egyptian and other sources, and the sources are describing the same phenomenon, so I'm not sure what the objection is. SarahSV (talk) 02:02, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I would prefer to reduce the amount of men and allegation to hell in the lede. The 250 guys for Logan are not the normal thing. Its better to describe harrassment as an everyday experience of women in Egypt (the Nation was quite outspoken already in 2013) and group harrassment as a (comparably new) form of it. Polentarion Talk 02:11, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This article isn't about the everyday forn of harassment, though of course that can be added for context and history. This is about mass harassment, which is either a new thing or an old thing recently named and brought to public view. SarahSV (talk) 02:15, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The new thing here is is that it happened by groups of strangers, in public space, and under the protective cloud of a mass festivity or ralley. Rape or molestation was - till now - more a thing between people that had a certain relation or a slight notion of each other, less (but often breaking news) with complete strangers. Therefore better "group" instead of "mass" and focus on the role of denial of the public space. The Logan case is extreme, but a group of three till twelve gropers around a victim is worse enough, as in the Cologne cases or at tahir. The circle of hell etc refers to the everyday experience, committed by bystanders in public transport, e.g. busses. Regards Polentarion Talk 02:29, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"gender group harassment"

Where is the source for gender group harassment? Al-Andalusi (talk) 18:38, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, but when it was removed, you restored it. Ditto with some of the other issues. SarahSV (talk) 02:07, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jadaliyya reference

The Jadaliyya reference does not even reference "Taharrush gamea". Added fv tag. Al-Andalusi (talk) 20:07, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Often known simply as taharrush

Reference needed for the following claim: "Often known simply as taharrush

Al-Andalusi (talk) 20:13, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As this is wrong, I removed it. We had long discussions about this claim of a user, using sources for this claim which told something totally different. --77.64.190.242 (talk) 00:30, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
my fault: the discussions mentioned have taken place in the German WP. --77.64.190.242 (talk) 12:52, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Quilliam's quote

Tagging the following for POV:

According to Farhana Mayer, senior researcher at the Quilliam Foundation, taharrush is a symptom of a misogynous ideology in which women are punished for being in public.

"Quilliam Foundation" is a questionable organization to begin with. Also, the claim that women are being "punished for being in public" is a POV that needs to be backed by other sources before it can be presented in the lede as a general conclusion. Finally, the wording "a misogynous ideology" is a bit conspiratory. What is this ideology that is being referred to? we never know. Al-Andalusi (talk) 20:27, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, we do know. The misogynist ideology is an extreme sexism that says women on the street are fair game. SarahSV (talk) 22:32, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To quote it with the background Quilliam Foundation is appropriate. Polentarion Talk 01:30, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hala Kindelberger, an Egyptian woman doctoral candidate living in Germany, explains the religious motivation of Arab mass sexual assault:
"This catastrophic thinking has resulted in religious insanity that says girls should be taught their place in the streets and public spaces, to push them into donning the veil and push them out of the public sphere. Their rationale is that if women feel safe on the streets, they will be tempted to commit the sin of immodesty. By that virtue, harassment becomes a noble religious goal." [1] 41.177.172.61 (talk) 11:05, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2016/01/13/arabs-sexual-harassment-in-germany-and-its-effect-on-merkels-plans/

Further sourcing

The deWP has now two articles, one about Sexual violence in Egypt and the other, rather short one, about Taharrush_gamea and its specific career (transcription included) in the German environment after New Years eve in Cologne. Polentarion Talk 01:30, 22 January 2016 (UTC) Some of the sources added or discussed recently:[reply]

Polentarion, thank you, this is very helpful. I'll start reading through them. SarahSV (talk) 02:06, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

This edit is very problematic. This article isn't about harassment in general, but about this mass phenomenon, and the digital penetration isn't unusual, but is what the women have been reporting. It's not clear that the point about flirtation is correct. It stems from another source, not the Nation. If you read the other article, you'll see how poor a source it is for that point.

I can't revert again, so I'll have to stop work on the article for now. With each edit I'm building on the previous one – adding material, removing repetition, swapping poor sources for better ones, etc – so it's difficult to work when people keep reverting. SarahSV (talk) 02:28, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

My biggest issue is about The mass assaults, which can involve hundreds of men attacking one or two women, usually occur under the protective cover of large gatherings, typically protests and public festivals. Background see abaove, ist about groups, not about masses. If you propose a better lede here, I will insert it, as I am not within the 3R range so far. Polentarion Talk 02:32, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
SV's source:[24] does appear to support this statement. In particular it makes the even stronger claim that the victims "often" find themselves trapped in a mob of hundreds of men, while SV only said the assaults "can" involve this. --Sammy1339 (talk) 02:44, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Far from anything I would call a reliable source for a lede. Logan maybe went through that but, part of the hundred guys chased her security away, not the person herself. Its far from being physically possible. Polentarion Talk 03:02, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand your point, Polentarion, especially "part of the hundred guys chased her security away, not the person herself." Logan was attacked by around 200 men. Other women report mass attacks too. There is a video in the article of such an attack starting in 2006.
This article is about those incidents – a "hive mind" of men engaged in sexual violence against one woman or a small number of women. Why would Al Ahram not be a reliable source? [25]SarahSV (talk) 03:13, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Al Ahram? Sorry, are you kidding? The hell story is far from anything I would call a reliable source for a lede, the newspaper clearly biased due to the political blame game in Egypt. They use a collection of various cases for one day. Never ever! Polentarion Talk 03:02, 22 January 2016 (UTC) PS.: For the physics, see Kissing_number_problem PPS.: There are reasons why we uses "Sexual violence in Egypt" and not "Rape in Egypt" for the second article on taharrush. The actual problem here was about a dozen till about 20 guys, attacking single women as couples and smaller gatherings, fixing the men, groping the women and stealing valuables. NGOs in Egypt report about the political cloud, but not about hundreds of men around one woman. I never would use a regime outlet like Al Ahram, God beware. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polentarion (talk • contribs) [reply]
Al Ahram, founded 1875, is a good source for: "Women in Egypt have called it the "circle of hell." Not sure what you mean about not a good source for the lead. Leads don't need sources (see WP:LEADCITE), and certainly don't need special ones. Not sure what you mean by the physics problem, or when you said earlier that women in Egypt tend not be raped by strangers, and so on. SarahSV (talk) 03:46, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Plonk. Next time the British Sun ? Sorry, I am out of this. Polentarion Talk 03:55, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It isn't comparable to the Sun. Sources have to be appropriate, and for that sentence that source seems fine. If we find a better source contesting the "circle of hell" issue, then of course that's a different matter. I've been looking at Al Ahram''s coverage of the harassment issues, and nothing is jumping out as inappropriate. Please post examples if you disagree. SarahSV (talk) 04:11, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Circle of hell

I would like to restore to the lead:

Women in Egypt have called it the "circle of hell."[n 1]

  1. ^ Fathi, Yasmine (21 February 2013). "The circle of hell: Inside Tahrir's mob sexual assault epidemic", Al-Ahram.

Sourced to: Fathi, Yasmine (21 February 2013). "The circle of hell: Inside Tahrir's mob sexual assault epidemic", Al-Ahram.

Another source: Patrick Kingsley (5 July 2013). "80 sexual assaults in one day – the other story of Tahrir Square", The Guardian: "'We call it the circle of hell,' said Bahgat, who herself narrowly escaped assault this week."

Are there any objections? SarahSV (talk) 05:57, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Another source: "Circles of Hell: Domestic, Public and State Violence Against Women in Egypt", Amnesty International, 2015:

  • "Cover photo: Street art depicting an attack on a woman by a mob of men, referred to by activists as a 'circle of hell'."
  • "Activists have called the attacks 'the circle of hell', referring to how the mob drags the woman or girl into the centre of the group while attacking her" (p. 9).
  • "Activists have likened the attacks to 'the circle of hell'. Such attacks lasted from a few minutes to over an hour, until the women were rescued or the perpetrators abandoned them" (p. 41).

SarahSV (talk) 06:56, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As there are no objections and several RS, I'm going to restore the sentence. SarahSV (talk) 00:56, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Looks well-supported - I'm not sure why this phrase was objected to. --Sammy1339 (talk) 02:16, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Circle of Hell refers to the theme of our fine article about taharrush gamea. Several times "circle of hell" has been used: دائرة الجحيم , as in Arab language hell is جهنمية jahannam. We should (as we`ve done!) use the term Taḥarruš ǧamāʿī (Taharrush gamea). 79.251.105.10 (talk) 17:00, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 22 January 2016

Taharrush gamea → Collective sexual harassment in public places – as per WP:NEO "it is preferable to use a title that is a descriptive phrase in plain English if possible". Defining the topic clearly in English will avoid edit wars and WP:3RR violations due to sources giving different meanings to this new phrase taharrush or taharrush gamea (a distorted form of the Egyptian pronunciation taḥarrosh gamāʿi), implying or not Arabic/Muslim culture, or hundreds of people, or strangers, or government/flash mob coordination, etc. Oliv0 (talk) 14:30, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose. The applicable policy is Wikipedia:Article titles. The phrase "collective sexual harassment in public places" currently gets two hits on google.com, both connected to this requested move. That is not a term readers will search for.
    Readers will search for "taharrush gamea" (462,000 results; taharrush: 1,070,000 results) and its variants, because of the news coverage. I wouldn't mind moving this to a different transliteration of gamea, but that's a separate discussion. Taharrush is the term most used by the sources for this phenomenon, English-language and otherwise, so that should be in the title. SarahSV (talk) 17:03, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This terminology does not reflect the sources, and frankly, this proposal strikes me as an attempt to obscure the subject. On Wikipedia at least, reality should trump political correctness. --Sammy1339 (talk) 17:10, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, at least for now. "Taharrush" appears to be the common name at this time. If a different term becomes the common name at some point down the road, then it would be worth revisiting. Faceless Enemy (talk) 17:41, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Most of the text shows special information about Egypt. So this should be split from the parts describing the invented lemma "Taharrush gamea", and the news carear of the term can be explained better and it could be linked to related topics like the proposed one. -- Amtiss, SNAFU ? 00:40, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. We have a special phenomenon, and an object for soci(ologic)al / scientifical investigation. Besides, it is a matter of journalism. Everyone may read the word (Taharrush jamai / taharrush gamea) in the newspapers, and Wikipedia should offer information. See this source here, Bangladesh: Taharrush Jama'i : From Cairo to Cologne, and Damascus to Dhaka The Daily Star (Bangladesh) 79.251.113.123 (talk) 17:56, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Stuttgart, Germany; Salzburg, Austria; Helsinki, Finland; Kalmar and Malmö, Sweden; and Zurich, Switzerland. Pretending that all this places are in Egypt seems surprising. Perhaps searching all these places on a map could help. Pldx1 (talk) 22:20, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Subheadings

Wuerzele, I removed the subheadings you added to the Europe section, because there was text that didn't belong in them. The section would have to be rewritten a little if we want to split it up. SarahSV (talk) 07:22, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

can you please wait until I make the next edit please? I wasnt finished!!! --Wuerzele (talk) 07:23, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, what a mega massive edit. Only now I see you didnt just do the above, but also removed my explanation of eve teasing under see also. there is nothing wrong in adding a note to a see also.
i think this is unfriendly and smells like WP:ownership. especially in teh face of not replying when pinged on Talk :COI! here you respond as if I hit your nerve and I didnt even ping you.
User:SlimVirgin Dont bite newbies on a site they've never been before. --Wuerzele (talk) 07:30, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wuerzele, three things. First, the section was left making no sense. Second, adding subheadings to Europe will make it appear that most of this happens in Europe, whereas most of it happens in Egypt (and exactly what happened in Europe has not been established yet). Third, Eve teasing is in the "violence against women" template, so there's no need to repeat it in See also. It's also not clear how related it is, if at all, but that's a separate issue. SarahSV (talk) 07:36, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]


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