Talk:2026 Iran war

:I don't object to this at all, as long as there is still a brief mention and explanation of the operations here on this page. [[User:HarvardJock|HarvardJock]] ([[User talk:HarvardJock|talk]]) 23:18, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

:I don't object to this at all, as long as there is still a brief mention and explanation of the operations here on this page. [[User:HarvardJock|HarvardJock]] ([[User talk:HarvardJock|talk]]) 23:18, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

:Is word count and length still an issue on this article? I haven't seen anyone complain about it in a while. Maybe it's not necessary anymore. [[User:HarvardJock|'''HarvardJock🏫''']] ([[User talk:HarvardJock|talk]]) 21:50, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

:Is word count and length still an issue on this article? I haven't seen anyone complain about it in a while. Maybe it's not necessary anymore. [[User:HarvardJock|'''HarvardJock🏫''']] ([[User talk:HarvardJock|talk]]) 21:50, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

::The word count is ~12,300 words, which is within the 9,000-15,000 range for {{tq|the scope of a topic can sometimes justify the added reading material}} ([[WP:SIZERULE]]), however [[User:Lfstevens|Lfstevens]] noted that it would probably be a good idea to trim the article down enough that using {{code|#invoke}} to invoke the citation module instead of using citation templates would no longer be necessary. While it makes no difference to how the references appear to readers, tools like [[WP:ProveIt|ProveIt]] and the [[Wikipedia:Citation expander|citation expander]] gadgets don't work as intended with references that use {{code|#invoke}} rather than a template, which means module-invoking references generally have to be maintained largely manually. {{pb}} To some extent, all refs require some manual maintenance as the automated tools don't always get it right, and module-invoking references will still be subject to automatic error-checking mechanisms which are built into the templates since it's the module that implements them, which makes identifying references that need maintenance easy, but certain tools like the two common ones I mentioned only work when citations used templates rather than invoking the module. – [[User:Scyrme|Scyrme]] ([[User talk:Scyrme|talk]]) 22:16, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

::The word count is ~12,300 words, which is within the 9,000-15,000 range for {{tq|the scope of a topic can sometimes justify the added reading material}} ([[WP:SIZERULE]]), however [[User:Lfstevens|Lfstevens]] noted that it would probably be a good idea to trim the article down enough that using {{code|#invoke}} to invoke the citation module instead of using citation templates would no longer be necessary. While it makes no difference to how the references appear to readers, tools like [[WP:ProveIt|ProveIt]] and the [[Wikipedia:Citation expander|citation expander]] gadgets don't work as intended with references that use {{code|#invoke}} rather than a template, which means module-invoking references generally have to be maintained largely manually. {{pb}} To some extent, all refs require some manual maintenance as the automated tools don't always get it right, and module-invoking references will still be subject to automatic error-checking mechanisms which are built into the templates since it's the module that implements them, which makes identifying references that need maintenance easy, but certain tools like the two common ones I mentioned only work properly when citations used templates rather than invoking the module. In my experience ProveIt interprets module-invoking references the same way as plain text references and citation expander just ignores them completely. – [[User:Scyrme|Scyrme]] ([[User talk:Scyrme|talk]]) 22:16, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

== 17,000 words is too many for one article ==

== 17,000 words is too many for one article ==