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First Battle of Gaza was a Warfare good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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On 12 November 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to First battle of Gaza. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Too many words, too much detail

Latest comment: 10 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

What actually happened and why is buried under a mountain of minor "facts". Needs simplyfying into the main what, why, how to make it meaningful and readable. Rcbutcher (talk) 09:10, 26 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Gday, yes I agree with that. User:RoslynSKP has been one of the main contributors; however, they are currently no longer active (in this field at least). Anotherclown (talk) 09:26, 26 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Does the first sentence of the lead actually make sense?

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I'm reluctant to mess with it while it's on the front page but...

"during the first attempt by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), which was a British Empire military formation, formed on 10 March 1916 under the command of General Archibald Murray from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Force in Egypt (1914–15), at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War" - during the first attempt to do what? The sentence wanders off into an explanation of the EEF and appears to have lost its object? KJP1 (talk) 11:38, 26 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

"Five cities of the Palestine Alliance"

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This odd expression presumably refers to the five cities of Philistia. Mporter (talk) 04:19, 31 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Move discussion in progress

Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Gaza War (2008–2009) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 02:20, 12 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Too many words, too much detail

Does the first sentence of the lead actually make sense?

"Five cities of the Palestine Alliance"

Move discussion in progress