User talk:Humus sapiens/archive3

Image Copyright Tags

Hello Humus! I am currently tagging images and I've come across this image: Image:Rishonleyehuda.jpg. I am pretty sure that it qualifies for fair use, but since it is a product of the military it may be in the public domain? I don't pretend to know anything about British copyright laws, so I've tagged this image as {{fairuseunsure}}. If you know better than I could you drop by and tag that image correctly? Or you could leave me a message on my talk page and I'll get 'er done for ya. Thanks! --MaxPower 20:23, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)

Children and minors in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Greetings, Humus sapiens. I find the above title to be far more NPOV than, and as such, vastly superior to the POV title Israeli violence against Palestinian children – you can provisionally count on my support for this supplantation. That said, I am a little concerned that the word "violence against" was dropped since clearly this is the focus of the article. Regards, El_C 10:53, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Interesting, I never took it to imply intentionality so much as a description of violence being directed against (whether accidentally or intentionally) children and minors. But, I am not really in a stage where I can take a firm position either way as I have not been involved in (nor even privy to) these discussions which preceded this specific title change. I should study these prior to making any further comment. At any rate, as mentioned, I am provisionally extending my support for the new title – most certainly over the hitherto title. What I do wish to commend you and the other supportive editors for is merging Palestinian violence against Israeli children with Israeli violence against Palestinian children under the new title. That is something I have argued for all along and I am pleased to see it finally materialize.

Regards, El_C 12:00, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I am glad that Alberuni was banned. Now, to clean up.

Guy Montag 19:02, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Zionism and Racism

Bravo for your talk response!

Perhaps we can collaborate on certain subjects?

Hope to hear from you

Guy Montag 21:08, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Whitewashing Jew

Please do not remove my link that I added on Jew. It is accurate and very informative. Plus it's the number 1 entry you get when googling Jew. VonBluvens 11:01, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Eugenia Ginzburg

Looking for more biographical info on Ginzburg.

Some articles about Eugenia Ginzburg in reference books on Russian Literature mention that she also wrote a couple of short works about growing up in the Soviet Union in the 1920s. Do you know about these? Do you know if they have been translated into English? User:68.12.66.75

I don't remember reading any of those. I can try to find out, but I prefer to read her in the original ru. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 23:28, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Your opinion requested

I'm having an edit conflict with someone on Mizrahi Jew; if you have the time, would you mind expressing your opinion on the subject? Jayjg ^(talk) 21:53, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi Humus, this is just to say thank you (properly) for your support in my adminship nomination, which I really appreciate. If you see me doing anything wrong at any point, or if I can help in any way, I hope you'll give me shout. Best, SlimVirgin 04:41, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)

Recent edits at Hebron

You might want to take a look at the recent edits at Hebron. Jayjg ^(talk) 02:45, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Golan Heights

Hi Humus, thought you may want to take a look at User:Yuber's edits who seems to think that the Golan Heights should not be part of Category:Geography of Israel, take a look at his input...Thanks. IZAK 08:47, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll keep an eye out. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 10:47, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The editors there appear to be applying a double standard; it's quite distasteful and frustrating. Jayjg ^(talk) 05:49, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image:KKK holocaust a zionist hoax.jpg

If you have the information, it would be neat to know what the background of this image is (i.e. when and where was it shot?) That looks better than just "here's some random KKK members", if you catch my drift. :-)

Alternatively or additionally, since you affirm it's fair use copyrighted, giving the original source would be nice. JRM 10:27, 2005 Apr 5 (UTC)

I noticed this image too, and am slightly curious about its origin. I wonder if these are "traditional" KKK, with the Hitler salute and the Holocaust denial emphasis they're acting rather more like Neonazis.--Pharos 10:52, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I have scanned it from a (rather thin) library book about Neonazis, and just as you, I was looking for some specifics but unfortunately none was given. I can try to borrow the book again and at least provide its title/page. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 08:06, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Israeli West Bank barrier

Would you mind weighing in on a dispute I am having with User:Majestiq at Israeli West Bank barrier. Jayjg ^(talk) 01:10, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hasid-stub nominated for deletion

Shalom Humus: I have nominated {{Hasid-stub}} (Template:Hasid-stub) for deletion. Please see Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion#Template:Hasid-stub [1] for reasoning and for your input. Thank you. IZAK 07:41, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Robert Maxwell

Hi, you may want to look at some pathetic "editing" at Robert Maxwell. Thanks. IZAK 08:23, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hamas Image Description

In reply to [2], Thanks for doing that! I'll try to add a similar description to the Fatah image as well. --MPerel^{( talk | contrib)} 06:28, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

Many Languages

Thanks for your acknowledgement. And no, I don't know all these languages but languages are a hobby of mine, and Jewish topics are always of interest. Slovak is a Slovic language, so it seems you might be correct, I will continue to research. I have now made all the entries initial cap. I have also added Arabic and Farsi, I just had to figure out how to display text right-to-left. Grika 14:05, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User:Islamist

You'll probably find the edits of User:Islamist enlightening. Jayjg ^(talk) 02:26, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Vote to delete Sefer-stub template

Hello Humus, (while you have still not voted concerning {{Hasid-stub}} at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Hasid-stub), another stub {{Sefer-stub}} has appeared concerning Sefer! and so I have gone to the efforts of proposing that it be deleted as well, see Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Sefer-stub [3] Please vote. Thank you. IZAK 10:26, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Deleted external links from Kielce Pogrom

What is wiki procedure for deleting external links anyway? My rationale for editing them was the following: all historical information about the pogrom is included in the texts of two published authors Szaynok and Pogonowski and is nicely augmented by USHM and fantom.com links. Leichter text is not scientific but rather an emotional impression about the event, Hlond's response was one of hundreds which were expressed about the event (or generally about Christian-Jewish relations e.g. John Paul II) between 1946-2005, link to JTA story about the planned commemoration for the site of pogrom is dated (1996) - current info would be welcomed here. Also, JTA story, in light of Szynok and Pogonowski monographs, is not accurate. Link to Anna Williams doesn't contribute anything new to the history of the event - there are dozens of references like that on the internet.

I have been always under impression that wiki standards for writing the articles is impartiality and balance - the same might be applied to external links. I encourage you to read Szynok and Pogonowski texts and then give the reasons for keeping the links I had deleted in. --Ttyre 10:29, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Also, link to the Jewish Virtual Library with Szaynok text was a duplicate. --Ttyre 10:43, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace

Hi Humus:

• The Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace article remains a stub, which is a great pity. This subject deserves to become a comprehensive detailed article because it is a clear demonstration of how Israeli-Arab peace WAS and CAN BE achieved. Often it is just "brushed" aside, or brushed under the carpet, or ignored, even by those writing articles about Jordan, see Jordan#History and Jordan#Foreign relations, and in many other related articles where such an article would be helpful to them as a link with good information. If you are at all able to, please contribute material to Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace. Thank you. IZAK 05:00, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• The same applies to the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty article. See what you can contribute. IZAK 11:49, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Alphabetical order seems to be the rule of thumb around here (but maybe I'm wrong?), is there a policy page that formally says so (or not)--198 05:46, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ok, I see what you're saying, the Jerusalem article does deal with the history of Jerusalem first; although some sort of formal policy should be written down to prevent these problems, nevertheless you could revert me on that page.--198 06:17, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Appreciate your help on Chekhov...

...especially in adding the Russian components to the various names - but why have you removed so much information from the Chekhov article (for example, the fact he was on scholarship at the Moscow University, his last words etc)? Most of the edits are your personal preference in style and are pretty much subjective, and in ironing out the article to be "flatter" I can't see any much gain at all. In fact some of your edits are downright baffling (switching dashes to more confusing commas). I'm sure you mean well, but I'm not sure if I would want to continue with the article biography at the rate which you are attritioning the article without good reason. Mandel 03:18, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

International Law and the Arab Israeli conflict

What are you talking about when you messaged me? I have supported my quotes with the article from Daniel Pipes. It is there to present criticism against the classification of refugees by UNWRA. Zero is being an obstinate ass who doesnt want to offer any reason for his reverts. I have absolutely no reason to believe that my additions are blatantly POV or irrelevent to the article. And until I am offered a reason I will continue to put them in. This is the first time that I request assistance with a noncooperative member and do not recieve it. Please help me resolve the mini revert war.

Guy Montag 09:09, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Template talk:Israelis

Hi Humus, please see current discussion at Template talk:Israelis. Thank you. IZAK 05:19, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Jizyah

There's a fair bit of apologetic POVing going on at Jizyah; you might be interested in taking a look. Jayjg ^(talk) 08:31, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

"Conspiracy theory"

Hi, how is the "conspiracy theory" rename proposal trying to "redifine" the term exactly as you claimed? The Conspiracy theory article is proof that the phrase has multiple definitions already. No rename folks are trying to "redefine" the phrase, we are proposing moving away from it because it is inherently ambiguous and this is leading to POV. Please explain your position if you have the time. zen master T 18:51, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

How is decreasing ambiguity equivalent to making WP a soapbox? zen master T 17:51, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Timeline of Middle Eastern History

• Thanks for your correction. I copyedited a lot from the BC/AD articles, that was from 2nd millennium BC. I corrected it there, too.

You seem to be interested in Israel and the Middle East. If you find more mistakes or have more to add, please help with this ailing article. Ben talk contr 05:30, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Great. I agree with your assessment (that it is ailing) and would start with converting BC/AD (offensive to some non-Christians) into neutral BCE/CE. Looking forward to constructive collaboration with you. Cheers. Humus sapiens←Talk 10:24, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Would be cool to have you as a contributor to the article.

I personally don't care, whether you call it BC/AD or BCE/CE, it is common usage in en: to use BC/AD, but I can understand if it sounds (at least) strange to some people. If you want to change it, do it, but it takes a lot of time to pipe all the links, like [[2nd millenium BC|2nd millenium BCE]]. A good start in removing all the BC/AD stuff would be, of course, to find a better structure. If you have some ideas, let me know, I didn't find anything really convincing on the internet and I don't have any English books here (only Japanese, and I can't read them). I generally like major timeline articles, where you can find all the important events on a glance (though, here the geographical distinction is not quite clear). I took up this article, because it looked so pitiful and because I am interested in the Middle East and its history. I think I copyedited most of the information I could find on wiki and what I googled, and don't have much, like a book, to go on. So, if you have any ideas or find a better structure, let me know. Would be nice, to have a good article on this topic. Ben talk contr 10:48, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Flags at Palestinian territories

I'm having a dispute with an editor who insists on putting in the flag of the State of Palestine at Palestinian territories, with some rather POV captions as well. Since she is very insistent on having the Palestinian flag in there, I have inserted the flag of Israel as well for now, but I don't think either flag belongs, since the final status and ultimate ownership of the territories has not been decided. I'd appreciate your thoughts on the subject. Jayjg ^(talk) 21:44, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Unzionist.jpg

Image:Unzionist.jpg was released into the public domain. It depicts a Zionist using the UN to hang a Palestinian, I think it would be welcome in the Zionism article in order to portray the Palestinian view of the Zionist movement. - Molloy

Public domain is not fairuse, so which is being claimed? And released by whom? El_C 09:52, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Yuber nonsense

He's inserting crap into a number of articles, including Ariel Sharon, David Ben Gurion, and Jizyah. Jayjg ^(talk) 04:26, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Sigh. Sea of Galilee is another. I don't know how to communicate with him, he seems extremely single minded in editing only for the purpose of inserting POV. Jayjg ^(talk) 04:41, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Abif VfD

Hi, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Abif. Thank you. IZAK 06:29, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

Humus, I'm quite touched by your kind welcome and comment, most especially as I just reverted one of your edits, which you made by mistake, I think. That is really, really classy behavior which I doubt I could achieve, and made me feel that staying up all night at Wiki when I needed to work tomorrow was not a waste of time. --John Z 11:11, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Hate site

Please stop reverting well-sourced quotes from the Jerusalem post, Michael Ben Zohar, etc etc. They are not "hate sites".Yuber^(talk) 22:21, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

You don't quote The Jerusalem Post or ben Zohar; rather, you quote from a dubious article on a dubious site which has already been proven to contain false quotes. Jayjg ^(talk) 12:27, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

NPOV

Please check out Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/BCE-CE Debate, Slrubenstein | Talk 00:03, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Vyacheslav Molotov

I accept your verson as a "compromise" between Ruy's and I's versons.--198 03:10, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

VfD

Hi, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Jewish Renegades. Thanks IZAK 15:50, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Deir Yassin cleanup

Hi, The Dier Yassin article needs clean up and imput from more heterogenous sources. I think that we can provide that imput. Would you help me clean up the article?

Guy Montag 05:01, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

IDF Chiefs of Staff articles

Hi Humus: As you can see at: History of the Israel Defense Forces#List of Chiefs of the General Staff, there are no articles about six (out of 18) of the Israel Defense Forces' Chiefs of Staff: (1) Dan Shomron (1987-1991); (2) Moshe Levi (1983-1987); (3) Mordechai Gur (1974-1978); (4) David Elazar (1972-1974); (5) Tzvi Tzur (1961-1963); (6) Chaim Laskov (1958-1961). Are you able to provide some history and information about them? Thank you. IZAK 11:06, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

• This has now been done. IZAK 08:11, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Israel

Shalom Humus: This is to let you know that I have now spent a good amount of time, since receiving your request, leaving the following message on the pages on most of the users and editors that I know of who have an interest in Israel. Hopefully you will hear from them in the coming days and they will help you develop the portal to its fullest potential. I am reproducing the message I posted in its entirety so that you can know how I presented to all potentially interested parties:

Hello....: Please contact User:Humus sapiens who wishes to start a Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Israel See his request below. Thanks. IZAK 08:16, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi IZAK (and everyone else here :), Do you think it's time to create Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Israel similar to Wikipedia:Wikiportal/India, Wikipedia:Wikiportal/New Zealand and other Category:Wikiportals? I'm writing this here because it was you who made those wonderful templates and we don't have a portal yet where we could communicate. What do you think? ←Humus sapiens←Talk 05:26, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

• Hi Humus, it's only me here, but I will pass your message on to "everyone". Yes, your suggestion is excellent, it is certainly time for what you describe, but I have no experience with Wikipedia portals, and if you know how, go ahead and start an Israel portal and I am sure editors of Israel-related articles will support you and join in the effort/s. Behatzlachah. IZAK 05:33, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, friend. Neutrality already got the ball rolling, terrific start. There are time periods when I'm extremely busy, and the coming week is going to be like that, so if you notice me here, I'm neglecting my work. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 08:55, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi Humus - let me know what kind of jelp you need here. Would it help if I put a notice in the Heb Wiki village pump? (most of us are Israelis there). Almog 16:43, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Sea of Galilee

Hi H.S. User:Yuber and I are having a disagreement about information he wishes to insert at the top of the Sea of Galilee article. Would you mind commenting? Jayjg ^(talk) 16:55, 24 May 2005 (UTC) He's quite busy at Jizya as well; please comment. Jayjg ^(talk) 05:47, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

boycott

I try to create article titles which people are likely to look up with the search engine. I think people who want to learn about the boycott will either type in "Arab boycott" or "Arab League boycott." Unless people want to learn about the bureaucratic agency, I do not think people will look up "Office of the Arab League Boycott. . . ." Thank you for the thought though. It's nice that people are reading the article already. Do you know what the boycott was called in Arabic? Dinopup 13:56, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Banu Qurayza

Hi, I received this request: "Banu Qurayza I'd be interested in your thoughts, and if you have time, your help in editing.Briangotts 02:34, 31 May 2005 (UTC)" Are you able to take a look at it, it's also being "disputed". Thanks. IZAK 03:33, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Image:KKK-symbol.jpg

I uploaded a version without these nasty artifacts and in higher resolution to Commons. It has the same file name there. I asked for the deletion of the image version hosted here on en.wikipedia. --KAMiKAZOW 22:49, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Israel or Palestine for the region?

Hi Humus, please see the heated discussion at Talk:History of ancient Israel and Judah#Israel or Palestine for the region? over revisionist attempts to eradicate mention of (ancient!) "Israel" and "Judah" entirely in favor of "Palestine". Please add your views. Thank you. IZAK 11:38, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Proposal to merge Occupations of Palestine

There is currently a proposal to merge Occupations of Palestine with History of Palestine. Since you have done extensive work on this article, I thought you might want to comment. You'll find the discussion at Talk:Occupations of Palestine. Jayjg ^(talk) 19:27, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Konstantin Pobedonostsev passage

Hey, I reverted back to the consensus version, but I'm uneasy about not seeing a source for that quote. Do you know? Best regards, El_C 09:04, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

pobedonostsev's phrase

"Articulated by Konstantin Pobedonostsev, a Russian statesman, the head of the Russian Holy Synod and a known anti-Semite, the policy was designed to "cause one-third of the Jews to emigrate, one-third to accept baptism, and one-third to starve". ("Jewish History of the Russian Federation: From Ancient Times to the Second World War." Heritage Films, Par.13)"

This part of article is not based on reliable sources. There is no evidence that Pobedonostsev said this phrase. "Jewish History of the Russian Federation: From Ancient Times to the Second World War." does not name person, who heard and reported this phrase. Attributing this phrase to Pobedonostsev needs HARD evidence. Otherwise it is libel.

If you search the web, you will find that the phrase has no exact form

"cause one-third of the Jews to emigrate, one-third to accept baptism, and one-third to starve" wiki variant

"one-third of Russian Jews should convert to Orthodoxy, one-third should emigrate and one-third should be killed." www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/051601Choral.shtml

"one-third of the Jews will convert, one-third will die, and one-third will flee the country" www.iona.edu/faculty/dwilliams/130/barnett.htm

Moreover http://www.srpska-mreza.com/History/ww2/gallery.html

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, Europe, edition 1995, page 91, entry: Croatia Quote: Slavko Kvaternik [the second in command to the Croatian WWII fuehrer, Dr Ante Pavelic] explained [on the day of formation of the WWII "Independent State of Croatia", on April 10, 1941] how pure Croatia should be built - by forcing one third of the Serbs to leave Croatia, one third to convert to Catholicism, and one third to be exterminated. Soon Ustasha bands initiated a bloody orgy of mass murder of Serbs unfortunate enough not to have converted or left Croatia on time. The enormity of such criminal behavior shocked even the conscience of German commanders... End quote

http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Ustashe

The Usta?e embraced the Nazi ideology of the time. They aimed at an ethnically "pure" Croatia, and saw the Serbs that lived in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina as the their biggest obstacle. Thus, Usta?e ministers Mile Budak, Mirko Puk and Milovan ?ani? declared in May 1941 that the goal of the Usta?e was: One third of the Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia (ISC) to be catholicized One third of the Serbs to be expelled out of ISC One third of the Serbs in the ISC to be liquidated

So phrase in various is attributed to different people without any evidence. It is surely a libel.

Please remove this phrase from wikipedia article.

Pobedonostsev's quote

"It is not uncommon to see a foreign phrase translated in different ways but carrying the same sense. This is a well-known phrase, so stop removing it. I haven't read Pobedonostsev but will try to find a reputable source, perhaps in Russian."

Well, "to starve", "should be killed", "will die" have really different meanings. It proves that this phrase was just a gossip libelling Pobedonostsev and reproduced by different books and sites without proper check. Adopted by repetition.

What about the SAME phrase, but about SERBS?

Please remove this part of article wrom wikipedia. Don't help to spread the libel.

As a person responsible for most of the article on Pobedonostsev, I support the removal. It's hardly in Pobedonostsev's character to say things like these. -Ghirlandajo 07:36, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Note that I refractored most of the pertinent discussion from my talk page, as well as Ghirlandajo's comment above, to Talk:anti-Semitism. El_C 08:40, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I have found a possible source of this "quotation"!!!

It is "The Melting Pot" play written by Israel Zangwill in 1908.

http://www.vdare.com/fulford/melting_pot.htm The wicked Baron shares his program for the Jews of Russia: "One-third will be baptized, one-third massacred, the other third emigrated here." His American interlocutor says: "We're going to stop all alien immigration." The wicked Baron: "To stop all alien?? But that is barbarous!"

http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/wsharpe/citylit/Melting3.htm (Pobedonostsev defender) --217.117.80.2 13:06, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I have responded at Talk:Anti-Semitism#Pobedonostsev.27s_quote. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 09:29, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

lots of edits, not an admin

Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:41, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer, Rick. Not at this time. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 02:16, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Long verbatim quote from CAIR lawsuit

I noticed that you reverted the CAIR article to re-insert the three-paragraph quote from the plaintiff's lawsuit. Since this has been a subject of revert wars (User:Diglewop has reverted it three times today already) I would ask that you please discuss your rationale on article talk. As stated there, I believe that three paragraphs devoted to this is a disproportionate amount of space, and that a short summary is more appropriate. Of course, feel free to edit the summary if you think it is incomplete. Firebug 01:55, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Radhanites

I've placed the Radhanite article up for peer review [4]. Your comments and criticism would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! --Briangotts 19:39, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Poll at Talk:Terrorism

I've put together a little poll at Talk:Terrorism regarding the "lone wolf" section. Your input would be appreciated. Thx. Jayjg ^(talk) 19:38, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I need some catch up to do. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 09:18, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

David Irving Link

Can you explain the removal of the David Irving link in the ADL article? I am aware that Wikipedia has a NPOV not a Official POV, so this link should be allowed.

That article has more than enogh of "anti-" links. Consider this as a start of cleanup. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 09:18, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Funny you say that, considering there are 8 links to the adl's website.

Stop using encyclopedia to advance your political agenda

Read Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Your political agenda is pretty clear by reviewing your edits--you focus on pushing Semitic propaganda into Wikipedia.69.221.60.181 01:22, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Contoversial Israel-Palestine template prposed

Shavua Tov Humus: I received the following and am posting it here FYI. Thanks IZAK 03:53, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hi IZAK - I would welcome your input on something that I have proposed at WP:WSS/C (the stub sorting wikiproject). I am largely responsible for the split of geography stubs into separate categories. At the moment, Category:Middle East geography stubs is getting fairly large, and the most obvious split of it is to make a separate category for Israel. BUT - and here is where the problem lies - understandably, several of the stubs could be just as easily stubbed with a template for Palestine, especially if they are to remain NPOV, and especially given the volatile claims to different parts of that troubled region.

I am proposing a category called Category:Israel-Palestine geography stubs, with two separate stub templates {{israel-geo-stub}} and {{palestine-geo-stub}} both leading to it. The resulting stub category would be a subcategory of both Category:Israel and Category:Palestine. It is, quite honestly, the only way I can think of to get around this delicate problem.

If you can think of any better way of working this, I would welcome any suggestions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Criteria#Israel-Palestine. Thanks - Grutness...wha? 10:31, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Hi Grutness, thank you for requesting my input. I will respond soon and will circulate your request to others for further input. IZAK 21:32, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • The more voices the better - if you know anyone willing to comment from the Palestinian viewpoint as well, it would be appreciated. Grutness...wha? 23:29, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Christian opposition to anti-Semitism

Hi Humus: Care to copy edit Christian opposition to anti-Semitism? IZAK 6 July 2005 10:37 (UTC)

Image:Peelmap-a.png

Thanks for uploading Image:Peelmap-a.png. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Until a more informative tag is provided, it will be listed as {{no source}} or {{no license}}. Could you add a better tag to let us know its source and/or copyright status? If you made the image yourself, an easy way to deal with this is add {{GFDL}} if you're willing to release it under the GFDL. Alternatively, you could release all rights to it by adding {{NoRightsReserved}}. This would allow anyone to do whatever they wish with your image, without exceptions. However, if it isn't your own image, you need to specify what free license it was distributed under. You can find a list of the tags here. If it was not distributed under a free license, but you claim fair use, add {{fairuse}} but you need to substantiate your claim by explaining why you think it's fair use. If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images by posting to my talk page. If you do this, I can tag them for you. Thanks. RedWolf July 7, 2005 17:25 (UTC)

• Also Image:Peelmap-b.png, Image:Peelmap-c.png

• • Thanks. I branded them fairuse until I find out where they came from. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 08:37, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

==Jewish Solidarity==

You know, you can quit with the threatening promises for my legitimate criticisms. TheUnforgiven 09:34, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

You're one to talk about being banned for wanton revisions, HS. Jeus, 12:07, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Solidarity, brother. --Briangotts 22:56, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Al-Farida, Lebanon pre-1967 war.jpg

Hey Humus. I guess you uploaded Image:Al-Farida, Lebanon pre-1967 war.jpg. Can you make some notes on the image description page about it? Anything you know about the image would be helpful -- when it was published, who was the artist, what do the signs say, or anything else. I'm a big fan of detailed captions -- thanks for indulging me. Thanks for all your contributions, Wile E. Heresiarch 16:41, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Hey Humus Sapiens, I'm a new member here and figuring out how to manage things. Where are you from and how are you involved here?

thanks, -Eliram

Elwan

Thanks for your note, I thought it best to respond here as I'm not going to use the VfD page for a debate. The truth is that there is unnecessary killing on both sides, and innocent children have been deliberately targeted on both sides. I voted to keep the image because it was a simple yet meaningful representation of normal life as a Palestinian in Gaza - a lot of death and destruction. The boy was killed because an IDF soldier deliberately fired a weapon deliberately aimed at a target where there was bound to be additional indiscriminate deaths, and this is documented from the source of the photograph. Palestinians happen to view this as terrorism, especially when it happens frequently as it does, and that's within our rights to do so. There are certainly other photos of dead Israeli civilians on separate Wikipedia pages that one could also argue may have been killed "by accident" by your definition. All images of kids that have been needlessly killed will draw a strong emotional response, and I think you will agree that the whole reason articles such as "Israeli Terrorism" and "Palestinian Terrorism" exist is to score points against the other side. I personally do not care about scoring points against Israel, I think the Israeli government does a good job in that itself. But I do care about conveying as accurate a representation as possible within Wikipedia rules, which is what I always try to do just as any good editor would. Ramallite ^(talk) 18:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Regarding your recent vandalism of Religious persecution by Jews

Humus, one of the neat things about Wikipedia is that is has talk pages. Please see the talk page of your current vandalism project. Todah Rabah. Babajobu 10:15, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Sjakkalle's dictatorial move

Hello Humus: Can you please research and re-open the ridiculous move by User:Sjakkalle. I have sent him this message: Hi Sjak: Kindly explain your math please at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Religious persecution by Jews: 34 "keeps" is better than 66 "deletes"...the "deletes" had almost DOUBLE the votes and you decide against them? This makes no sense! I will call on others to object to your dictatorial move! IZAK 10:59, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Reopening the VfD

• Hi, User:Danny has called for the VfD to be re-opened. See Talk:Religious persecution by Jews#Reopen debate, please voice your opinion. Thanks, and be well. IZAK 12:24, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

new vfd

The prior VFD that you voted at ended with no consensus, a new VFD has been opened at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Historical persecution by Muslims. ~~~~ 18:47, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Well, then, I suppose it's only appropriate to reopen the VfD on the Jews wiki. It was also no consensus, and quite close to a delete. HKT ^talk 19:34, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

That is great! Wikiportal Israel is now my homepage instaed of the wiki main page. I would have never thought to look for it in a million years; I had no idea something like it existed. It's really cool. BTW, how did you guess I'd be interested? Was it my Meir Dizengoff article or my recent comments on the Zionism talk page? Or do you have ESP? Anyway, todah for pointing them out. L'hit! - Sputnikcccp 12:41, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Adminship

I have been nominated for adminship. Hope you will weigh in at [5]. --Briangotts (talk) 23:41, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Political Point Pushing

Wikipedia is an information source, it is NOT a tool to legitimise activities by Israel, people of Jewish descent or otherwise, perhaps living proof that revisionism doesent work just one way? Read Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. --Smirnoff 07:01, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Suicide bombing article

Your recent edit to the article was unconstructive, as you removed quite a lot of information pertaining to the motivations of Hamas. As the article is about suicide bombing, the rhetoric that Hamas uses to draw support is extremely relevant, even if it is crazy and nonsensical - otherwise the article only has quotes from people who condemn suicide bombing. It's obviously the correct moral position, but an enyclopaedia article needs to show both sides - the material on the bombers cannot just be sourced from POV organisations like Palestinian Media Watch. Also, your opinion of Hamas "wanting the destruction of teh Jews by any means", whilst it may be correct, is not shared in many areas of the world.illWill 11:30, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I only reverted becasue you deleted such a large amount of material, including a good source. I don't think that it is true that an inclusion of a quote by Hamas provides them with a soapbox - if they choose to publicly justify suicide bombing then this justification belongs in the article. If you disagree with this justification, then it would probably be better to insert material which contardicts it. In fact, if you check Noitall's recent edit, you will find that he has done exactly that.

Regarding the material that you deleted, it related to the economic and social condition which enable support for suicide bombing to arise. It may not be an opinion which you share, but it is one which is held by a great many people, and on that basis deserves to be in the article to counterweight opposing claims. The section beginning "social support by some..." needs rewording, as it is unsourced and speculative, but it probably needs more material, not less.

Lastly, I don't think the quote from Palestinian Media Watch will ever stand in its current form - it's a quote from a politially biased organisation based on a secondary source, Palestinian State Television - a propaganda mouthpiece which is barely watched, let alone taken seriously, by the population it purports to serve. It is unlikley that PMW will ever count as a primarly source, the fact that they are an organisation of Israeli settlers discredits them as a news source, although not as an opinion source. Thanks illWill 10:27, 9 August 2005 (UTC)