Talk:Dayr Muhaysin

Page name
Shouldn't the page name be Deir Muhaysin, like Deir Yassin? Also, could you provide an Arabic spelling in the lead? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:49, 8 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Deir and Dayr are both transliterations of the same Arabic word (which means "monastery"). Both versions have existed at least since the 19th century, with Deir always more common. Around the 1990s (I don't remember the details) there was a move in academia to standardize the transliteration of Arabic and under the proposed scheme the correct version was Dayr. Many academic journals and books started to use the new system, but it seems to have not caught on very much and Deir is still much more common than Dayr. Zerotalk 23:47, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the information. The pronunciation key in Deir Yassin says Deyr. I think we should do the same on this article. Yoninah (talk) 00:14, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Reliable Source
User:Huldra, first, the author of this book is NOT Yitzhak Tabenkin, but rather Joseph Tabenkin. Your last edit summary on this page alleges that an edit in which a book was cited was not a "reliable source." The book was published by the "Tabenkin Memorial," in Ramat Ef'al, by Joseph Tabenkin, the commander of the Harel Brigade during Israel's War of Independence. The book is available in Israel's public libraries, including the Hebrew University Library. If you feel, for any reason, that the source is unreliable, I suggest that you consult the Wikipedia "Reliable Sources" forum and ask them.Davidbena (talk) 03:53, 25 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I am sorry about my edit line...my edit lines are often messed up. I am not sorry about the deletion, see Reliable_sources/Noticeboard, Huldra (talk) 20:34, 25 July 2018 (UTC)