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Rushdie and Israel

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In light of the picture of Rushdie with Pres. Peres, does anybody know anything about Rushdie's political opinions regarding Israel? I think it would be interesting in the article.

Matter of WP:Due and WP:Relevance.

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Similar to other aspects, info about his awards is already extensively highlighted in the lead, despite an entire section dedicated to it. Therefore, details of Rushdie's five marriages and divorces have received controversy and are highly relevant due to their media coverage and impact on his public persona and legacy. They provide context to his life, warranting their inclusion upfront. StarkReport (talk) 08:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality

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Hi, sorry for my ignorant and silly comments on this. However, I find the current lead sentence pretty distracting, and imo, we should either change the descriptor to "Indian-born" (as what we've already done to Albert Einstein) or omit it (as what we've already done to Elon Musk, Tina Turner, Paulina Porizkova, etc).

Regards, Thedarkknightli (talk) 12:45, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The lead already states that he is an "Indian-born British-American novelist". Kerdooskistalk 15:43, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kerdooskis: well, I mean, imo, we should either trim the descriptor to simply "Indian-born" or omit it. Thedarkknightli (talk) 16:00, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Thedarkknightli: Wasn't this discussed already at great length in an RFC that you started a year back? Abecedare (talk) 16:20, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Abecedare: yes, we did reach a consensus that him being born in India is lead-worthy through that RfC; conversely, there isn't a consensus that we should trim (or omit) the descriptor, is there? Thedarkknightli (talk) 17:03, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please read the discussion and the sources cited therein. I think this is getting tendentious and hope that if you wish to restart the discussion, you'll present some sources and better arguments than that you find the particulars of Rushdie's transnationality, which is central to his literary output, "pretty distracting". Abecedare (talk) 17:29, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]