Talk:Haifa/Archive 2

Sycaminum
Haifa was apparently formerly known as Sycaminum. Is this a Roman name? Drutt (talk) 18:48, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sycaminum is the Latin form of the Hebrew name Shikmona, which was to the south of historical Haifa and originally a different place. It is the site of Elijah's cave.
 * —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.68.95.65 (talk) 15:20, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Recent edits
It appears that a new editor has added undue weight information sourced to Ilan Pappe, also deleting information about contemporary mass media reports. I tried to revert the edit, but was myself reverted. This is basically a violation of several policies and guidelines:
 * 1) Undue weight—talking about one of the events during the battle of Haifa in 1948 which is not outstanding clearly does not belong in the main article about Haifa. There are two much more specific articles—History of Haifa, and Operation Bi'ur Hametz which is where this stuff should go. Since I have the book that Pappe cites here (Carmeli Brigade in the War of Independence), I have no problem objectively adding the information myself without Pappe's bias (see next points).
 * WP:NPOV and WP:FRINGE—using a fringe historian boycotted by at least one major academic institution for a WP:REDFLAG statement. I do not have access to Pappe's work, but the current wording in the article is not entirely true to the original source (Zadok Eshel), which explains how the Jewish forces acted on intelligence information to pick one target to shell in order to cause the enemy to panic (out of many targets they shelled before and after), and this was not a "culmination" of anything. Again though, this entire explanation is very interesting and should go into the specific articles.
 * 1) Removal of sourced information—self-explanatory.

My suggestion is simply to revert to the original version without changes, and insert the information about the shelling into Operation Bi'ur Hametz. —Ynhockey (Talk) 23:56, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Pappe is an academic historian, so it's not clear how adding his material is UNDUE. Why don't you just restore the material that was removed? SlimVirgin  talk| contribs 00:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Who was he boycotted by, and for what red-flag statement? SlimVirgin  talk| contribs 00:59, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Perhaps my wording about being boycotted was imprecise—he was not technically boycotted, but certainly shunned in the University of Haifa, in regards to the Teddy Katz controversy which I'm sure you are familiar with.
 * The redflag statement is fairly obvious—in the material you added (I know you didn't add it, but since you reverted to that version, I'm assuming you are standing by it 100%, including the content removal), Pappe alleges that the shelling "culminated" in indiscriminately targeting a marketplace, a civilian meeting place, and don't forget the allegation of threatening the Arabs to leave or else. Both are very serious accusations that, although they have some basis in truth, require much more explanation, including from the sources that Pappe gets his information from (one of which I have). It is undue weight in this article, and in no short summary of the battle of Haifa have I seen mention of either accusation.
 * About removing/restoring material—the same question goes back to you; you made no attempt to keep any of the previous relevant due weight content. Generally in content disputes the proper course of action is to revert to the original version until the dispute has been resolved (no consensus always defaults to the original version), which I did and you did not. It doesn't really get any simpler than this.
 * —Ynhockey (Talk) 01:22, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Please be mindful of BLP. Ilan Pappe is an academic historian whose work is perfectly legitimate, even if disliked in certain quarters in Israel.


 * I want to ask how you feel you can remove secondary-source material from several academic sources, and replace it with primary-source material from the Economist and Time magazine that aren't even fully cited. That's not acceptable.


 * If you feel more needs to be added, then please do so, but there is nothing UNDUE about it. All you had to do was combine the material you wanted with the material you didn't want, which I have now done. SlimVirgin  talk| contribs 01:36, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * On the contrary I feel that less materials needs to be added. If we write everything we can possibly get about Haifa in this article, it will be a megabyte long (or more). This is why we have History of Haifa and Operation Bi'ur Hametz. There is no point in expanding one point in the history of Haifa to ridiculous proportions. This is called undue weight. You will notice that there are now four paragraphs about the 1948 war (constituting about 1/3 to 1/4 of the history section), and if your suggestions to add more material is acted upon, it will probably be half. We need to take things in proportion and improve the article as a whole, not just adding as much material as we can section-by-section. This is the same problem as in the artilce Lod, where you sought to add a lot of material about the Palestinian exodus, eclipsing all other events in the history of Lod. This is not how it should be done. If you may have noticed for example, in the original version the contemporary media reports (not primary sources, as you claim) were in a footnote, not the main text, in order not to clutter the flow of the main text. Now that has changed. —Ynhockey (Talk) 10:47, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, I am the editor being discussed and the reason I changed the text in the article is that the original wording was very vague, to the point of giving to a casual reader the impression that while once there were a lot of Arabs in Haifa, something happened that no-one exactly knows about (theories abound), they're gone now. I made the changes to clarify that the Arabs were expelled using force which is the accurate and neutral account, as Ynhockey above also seems to agree. Concerning the alleged Arab orders to leave, I can't quite follow why they should be mentioned in the article, if we conclude that no such orders were given. It would be simpler to just omit mention of the non-existent orders since they obviously didn't play a part in 1948. There were, to the contrary, Arab instructions for the Palestinians to stay and fight for their lands. One way to compress the clutter that Ynhockey mentions would be to compress the Arab orders to leave section to, for example, "Allegations that Arab forces would have instructed Arabs to flee Haifa have proven to be false", with the same sourcing as we have now.  --Dailycare (talk) 13:03, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Question for Ynhockey
You may have missed my question, so I'll repeat it here in case it gets lost in the discussion above. The question was: how can you justify removing secondary-source material from several academic sources, and replacing it with primary-source material from the Economist and Time magazine that isn't even properly cited? SlimVirgin talk| contribs 13:39, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I have already answered your question, but will again answer it because you never seen to read what I write. I will answer in several points:
 * Removal of academic sources: What several academic sources? Do you mean Pappe? Look at the diff again; I did not remove any other sources. For the reason why I removed Pappe's opinions on the matter, see WP:FRINGE and WP:REDFLAG (and please read my previous comments again).
 * "Replacing it with primary-source material"—you must be misunderstanding the difference between primary and secondary sources. The mass media is not a primary source. How is it a primary source?
 * It is true that the original version was not properly cited (the Economist part, anyway). This has nothing to do with the issue though; when an editor inserts new controversial material, the burden of proof that this material belongs lies with that editor, as I have already explained in a previous comment. As for my position on the actual content (Economist + Time), I wouldn't mind if it was also removed.
 * —Ynhockey (Talk) 16:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


 * 1. Pappe is an academic historian. The RS noticeboard decided that he is a reliable source. I know of no sources other than Israeli ones who have attacked him.


 * 2. The mass media from that period does indeed count as primary-source material.


 * Please don't remove Pappe from articles again. His research is needed if our articles are to be neutral, and he has specifically looked into what happened at Haifa. Have you read his work? SlimVirgin  talk| contribs 17:11, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

SV: I have made this request a number of times from you: please dial down the belligerency. There's no reason to start a section with a user name and then proceed in a semi-mocking tone ("you may have missed my question...") to address a well-reputed admin. Let's be a bit more civil towards each other. As for the underlying point, the most that RS discussion board concluded, was that Pappe should be accepted for his fringe and extreme theories and all his claims must be attributed to him within the main text. As he's in the position that he is, his pronouncements are ipso facto notable. However, regarding substantive subject matter, his position should be given the proper weight. Most of his findings are strongly disputed by mainstream historians and no article should mislead otherwise. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 08:38, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * provide a "mainstream" historian that disputes what we cite him for here and add that if you feel there is not proper balance. nableezy  - 08:40, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Haifa is a mixed city?
90% jewish and 10% arab christian would hardly be a mixed city. Who writes this stuff? I also see on the city website that it is a multicultural city, hardly true with these figures.

When I visited Haifa, I was told by the tour guide that Christians, Jews, and Muslims get along, i.e. coexist peacefully and in a friendly manner, to a greater extent than in most other parts of Israel. Is this true? Is there anything concrete we can say (and cite to a reputable source) about this? Thanks. LordAmeth (talk) 14:46, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Biblical times
The second paragraph says that the city has a history dating back to Biblical times. What's that? The time when the manuscripts that conform the Old Testament were written. The time of Adam? I think that "Biblical times" is a frequent expression in English, but not valid as a temporal reference for an encyclopedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.42.250.70 (talk) 13:08, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Black Panthers
This article refers to the "Black Panthers", but I think it links to the wrong "Black Panthers". Also, I think there's some kind of mistake, as the Israeli "Black Panthers" (according to their wikipedia article) didn't exist in 1959, the date of the event that this article connects to the Black Panthers. The cited article from Haaretz doesn't list the Black Panthers as being specifically involved in the 1959 incident, but mentions them in connection with later incidents. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.40.178.2 (talk) 01:25, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Poor sources
Some of the sources in this article should be replaced if possible. In particular tourist guides and company web sites are especially unreliable as sources of history. They are in it to promote their own interests, so they are prone to present interesting myths even if scholars dismiss them. (Company websites might be ok for the activities of the company.) I note for example: Zerotalk 03:11, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * www.tour-haifa.co.il (etc) — company web site
 * www.gav-yam.co.il — company web site
 * Footprint Travel Guides (I have a replacement for this)
 * Mideastweb.org — self-published source
 * www.timeanddate.com — highly reliable on time zones, sunrise times, etc, not on what it is used for here
 * www.ddtravel-acc.com — company web site
 * Haifa foundation — what is this?

biased
the article reflects too much the zionist narrative. there isn't even the arab name of the city, not even the israeli name in arab transcription. this kind of shortcoming continues, esp. in the section about the history of the town.--Severino (talk) 17:13, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree, this article should be reviewed. -- mo -- (Talk | #info | [[image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|22px]] ) 09:43, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds reasonable. So we need arabic name and etymology mentioned in lead and discussed (sentences) in etymology  section. Can someone source and add this? Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:34, 19 May 2011 (UTC)


 * The Arabic name IS "Haifa." That said, this is the first time in my entire life I have ever seen an article tagged towards a specific ethnicity. It's like a shout out to make the article less scholarly and moar ethnic. 108.65.0.169 (talk) 17:21, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I added some more info and sources to the etymology section. I think it cold still use more work, bt it is a bit more comprehensive than it was.  T i a m u t talk 19:09, 21 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay then, can other issues be specifically itemised below so each can be discussed? Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:34, 19 May 2011 (UTC)


 * (i.e. let's try and see if we can navigate this calmly and collaboratively) Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:38, 19 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help Casliber, I believe that the official languages there is Arabic and Hebrew (as can be seen in the coat of arms and other around Israel). I just want to make sure that this article is truly neutral and if someone who is not Muslim or Jewish or Christian visits this page (for example someone in China), I think he should have a clear article without thinking it is too Jewish or too Muslim. I want to make sure the article stays clean (as with other Israel/Palestine related article). -- mo -- (Talk | #info | [[image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|22px]] ) 14:12, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I guess this is a good place to start - is there any information on the arabic page regarding arabic name and derivation that can be sourced and added? I can't read arabic. Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:49, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I agree that the Arabic writing should be in the lead section, but beyond that I can't see any bias. To those saying the article is biased: please elaborate on where you believe the bias lies. —Ynhockey (Talk) 23:29, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

There is more that can be added regarding the Arab history of Haifa, such as a description of how it changed from majority Arab to majority Jewish during the Mandate period. However I don't see this as serious and I propose to delete the tag if no convincing counter-argument is posted here in the next week or so. Zerotalk 04:54, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah I was waiting for more stuff myself, it's a big tag to stick on a GA - it'd actually be good to give this a shove towards FAC (timely with wikimania in Haifa too this year...) Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:56, 21 May 2011 (UTC)


 * The "Early history" section seems to be hgely problematic. It mentions only Tell Abu Hawam and not Tell es-Samak (Sycaminum). There were two ancient port cities located in what is now modern Haifa. One at the foot of the Carmel mountains and one at the opening of the Kishon River. Both seem to have been abandoned before Efa or Caiapha was established in the Roman period. I can see why the editor tagged the article for bias based on hat section alone, which gives too much space to biblical narratives, and not enough to scholarly works and archaeological evidence. I will try to fix some of it up, but help wold be appreciated.  T i a m u t talk 20:18, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * By the way, Tell el-Semak is also known as Haifa al-'Atiqa. The nucleus of the modern city of Haifa was established by Daher el-Omar in 1764-5 by taking the population of Haifa al-'Atiqa, then a hamlet of about 250, one and a half miles to the east to a new fortified site, after which he laid waste to Haifa al-'Atiqa (Atiqa means "old" or "ancient", probably so named after the move).  T i a m u t talk 20:55, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Sources to mine

 * Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: a historical encyclopedia by Michael Dumper, Bruce E. Stanley (pp. 159-162)  T i a m u t talk 17:01, 21 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Historic cities of the Islamic world by Clifford Edmund Bosworth (pp. 149-151)  T i a m u t talk 17:12, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae addendum by Moshe Sharon (pp. 99-104)  T i a m u t talk 16:35, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Benjamin of Tudela
Tiamut cites the PEF quarterly report of Jan 1876 (not 1875; there are two reports in the same file), which says (page 17), "the town Caiapha or Caiaphas (the modern Haifa), which Benjamin of Tudela makes to have been founded by Caiaphas the high priest,". The edition of Benjamin's travelogue I have (Adler, 1907) apparently doesn't say that at all. Benjamin wrote (page 19) "From there it is three parasangs to Haifa, which is Hahepher (החפר) on the seaboard, and on the other side is Mount Carmel, at the foot of which there are many Jewish graves." The editor says in a footnote that "the land of Hepher, 1 Kings iv. 10 is probably meant". The Hebrew text in Adler (page כא) notes some variations between manuscripts at this point. I don't find Caiaphas in this source but he could be somewhere with a name I don't know. Zerotalk 02:40, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for looking into that further Zero0000. Either PEF was wrong, or they are using another manuscript. Anyway I'll keep digging. Finding some strange confusion surrounding Haifa in ancient times, its names, its relationship to Sycaminum (also possibly Shiqmona?) As soon as things begin to make more sense, I'll add more to that section and begin to address some of the problems in the history section.  T i a m u t talk 16:16, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Weird. This source says Eusebius' Onomasticon used Caiaphas Civitas to refer to Haifa (or Hepha). Other sources quote Eusebius (Onom. 108, 31) when discssing Haifa: "There is a town Sycaminus on the way to Ptolemais from Caesarea, also named Hefa." The same source disptes that identification. But this one accepts it as valid, noting further that Sycaminus is Shiqmona and this is all attested by archaeological evidence from Tell es-Samak (also called in Hebrew Tel Shiqmonah). See also this.
 * Anyway, do you have any insight as to how the first source gets Caiaphas Civitas out of Eusebius? I'm still looking for infomation of Benjamin of Tudela and the Caiaphas claim. This source attribtes the emergence of the name Caiaphas for Haifa to the Crusaders themselves. Its like a neverending trip through the rabbit hole.  T i a m u t talk 17:03, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * No luck with Eusebius. I looked in two editions (Greek and Latin with notes in German) but I couldn't find anything.  I found elsewhere a place "108, 31" that probably refers to some other edition of Eusebius (a page number and a paragraph number).  Meanwhile, I found that John Maundeville (1322) says there was "a good city of the Christians called Caiphas, because Caiaphas first founded it; but it is now all waste".  Perhaps our PEF writer mixed Benjamin and Maundeville?  Zerotalk 21:42, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Maybe. What should we do? Source and attribute the Caiaphas founding idea to Maundeville directly? Take it out altogether? And/or look around some more? I wonder now too about the Eusebius Caiaphas civitas reference. Not sure how to proceed.
 * The article needs a lot of work though. To be honest, I'm not sure it deserves GA status at present. It is missing qite bit of information, and gets some of it does have wrong. (Even before my additions :). Anyway, I'll keep trying to fill in the blanks, time permitting.  T i a m u t talk 22:16, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Maybe itemising the main omissions as you see them would be a start? And folks can work from there. I am not familiar with the city (apart from visiting for half a day many moons ago...) Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:29, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll try, but its a little complicated.


 * Sources listed under the section "Poor sources" need to be eliminated and replacements need to be found.
 * agree, and I think others on the page would too. That shouldn't be too hard. Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:38, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Wherever the article pretends that Haifa's history as a city under that name dates back beyond the 1st century, this needs to be changed. There were predecessor sites to Haifa to be sure, and one of them Sycaminus even merged with the first Haifa at some point. But to pretend these were the same as the modern Haifa of today is embellishment. Also, the history section tries to pretend that settlement by the same group of people was continuous, when in fact it was not. The article currently does not mention, for example, that almost all the inhabitants were massacred after the first Crusader conquest. Problems like this should be fixed by reviewing the "Sources" section on this page and checking the entries for Haifa there against what we have.
 * Related to this are the problems in the "Early History" section which identifies Tell Abu Hawam as the progenitor of Haifa. This is misleading. While Tell Abu Hawam is located within the vicinity of modern Haifa, it was never named Haifa, and was abandoned long before Haifa emerged as a name for a place at a wholly different site in the 1st century. Tell es-Samak is much more central to Haifa's history and it is not mentioned in our "Early History" section (though it is obliqely alluded to by the mention of Shikmona (the Hebrew name for Sycaminum or Sykaminos. In general, the updated "Etymology" section needs to be checked against the "History" section.
 * The section on the 1948 war gives undue weight to Zionist narratives that the Arab poplation fled on orders of Arab governments. I see that people have tried to address this before (from a review of this page). I think the suggestions made there on how to deal with it are worthwhile pursuing.  T i a m u t talk
 * There are other problems. But that's a start.  T i a m u t talk 15:38, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Indian troops
The article says "....by Indian horsemen of the British Army after overrunning Ottoman positions armed with spears and swords". Under a close reading of the grammar this would mean that it was the Ottomans who were armed with spears and swords, but it could be slightly careless editing and it was really the Indians who were so armed. Which is correct? Diomedea Exulans (talk) 21:24, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * The source says the Indians were armed with spears and swords. But the story has "romantic myth" written all over it. Zerotalk 07:39, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

William of Tyre
lived in the 12th century, but his writings are dated here to the 6th century. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.8.105.225 (talk) 12:38, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

December 1947
A few editors want to insert the text "On 24 December 1947, 4 Jews were killed in Haifa by Arab snipers." with the source "Gilbert, Martin (2005). Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-35901-5". Here is why it is not reasonable. 1. The source is a weak tertiary source that has the form of a book of pictures with a few words per page. Even if the author wanted to present a balanced view (which he obviously did not) the format simply doesn't allow it. 2. The information is highly misleading. In fact there was a ongoing violence from all parties during December. Here is a summary of fatalities reported by the Palestine Post, usually on the following day. (NB: I did it very quickly and probably missed some and made mistakes.) I'm leaving out countless shootings, bombings, etc, that didn't kill anyone.
 * Dec 2: 1 Jew
 * Dec 6: 1 Arab
 * Dec 8: 5 Jews, 1 Arab, 1 Brit
 * Dec 9: 9 Arabs, 2 Jews, 1 Brit (3 Arab deaths from wounds not reported until Dec 11)
 * Dec 10: 1-2 Arabs, 1 Brit
 * Dec 11: 6 Arabs, 1 Jew, 1 Brit
 * Dec 13: 1 Jew, 1 Brit
 * Dec 21: 1 Arab
 * Dec 24: 4 Jews, 4 Arabs
 * Dec 25: 10 Arabs, 2 Jews
 * Dec 26-27: 8 Jews, 8 Arabs, 2 Brits

Even on the 24th of December, as many Arabs as Jews were killed, and in total for the month more Arabs were killed. So kindly stop the nonsense. Zerotalk 09:10, 3 August 2015 (UTC)


 * So why did you decide to include only one incident in the article? It seems POV--ISavedPvtRyan (talk) 01:03, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The largest and most significant incident should be mentioned. Significant because it had a profound effect on the progress of the conflict. The other incidents were similar to what was happening all over the country and were not unique to Haifa. I put in a one sentence summary, but because Haifa was no different to lots of other places, if anything less violent than Jerusalem or TA-Jaffa, it is hard to find a single source that summarises the Haifa experience. Zerotalk 01:34, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * An update. I rediscovered my copy of Gilbert's Atlas and found that he did mention most of the events above.  In particular, the fact that 4 Arabs were killed in the same day (in what he calls a "reprisal") is mentioned at the same place.  I hope that those who kept inserting only half of what Gilbert wrote have the (feeble) excuse of not actually consulting the source. Whoever first aded it does not have that excuse. Zerotalk 09:32, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

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New York Times article about Arab culture in Haifa
See... WhisperToMe (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20:58, 8 January 2016 (talk • contribs) 12:58, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hadid, Diaa. "In Israeli City of Haifa, a Liberal Arab Culture Blossoms." The New York Times. January 3, 2016.

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Outdated info
I noticed, particularly in the Tourism section, that information & figures are given from as long ago as 2005......surely in the past 12 yrs, there's been updates? I know nothing about this subject; was just looking up something. Is there someone more conversant with the subject matter who can find more current info? ScarletRibbons (talk) 07:45, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

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Correction of Search Link
If one goes to the Wikipedia homepage and types in "Haifa", the link that appears with the photo is captioned "Haifa City in Palestine". I am not familiar with where that entry is logged for purposes of correction, but would request that it be corrected.One-Off Contributor (talk) 05:27, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Problem corrected--erroneous entry in Wikidata listing.One-Off Contributor (talk) 06:03, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

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Haifa is a mixed city?
90% jewish and 10% arab christian would hardly be a mixed city. Who writes this stuff? I also see on the city website that it is a multicultural city, hardly true with these figures. —75.159.96.176 20:34, 2 July 2013
 * The IP seems to propose that ten percent is insignificant. Not so.50.111.24.41 (talk) 12:49, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

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Air pollution
the quality of the air in haifa is notoriously bad with relation to the rest of israel due to certain factories present, should mention this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.66.17.64 (talk) 15:09, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

According to recent studies, air pollution in Haifa is not actually worse than in othr large cities in Israel. Idanbhk (talk) 21:20, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Twin towns list is not accurate
Here's the list (Haifa Municipality), of the official twin towns of the city of Haifa. The List is not accurate: https://www.haifa.muni.il/CityHall/The-City-Secretary/Pages/Twin-Cities-List.aspx

I removed the cities which not have been recognized by Haifa's Municipality as twin cities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.142.2.230 (talk) 10:26, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Incorrect expressions in the «Education» section
Hello!

Unfortunately, I cannot edit that myself. In the «Education» section it is written about “The Michlala Leminhal College of Management”. I doubt that The Michlala Leminhal is the official English name of the institution, as it just means in Hebrew “College of Management”. I have found in internet such form: “Michlala Le-Minhal (College for Management)”. Can somebody change it to this or similar version? Otherwise, it sounds like “The College of Management College of Management”.

Thanks, Rijikk (talk) 08:03, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Boy Scouts
Does anyone agree that it is a shame to loose this image from Haifa in the 1940s? I am partisan since I was lent this photo by Julie-Ann - Dr MacQueen's daughter. My arguments would be about what its content reveals: I didn't know there was a big enough Maronite community in Haifa to field a 39 strong Scout troop. Or the popularity of Hitler moustaches amongst some Arabs at that time. The argument that it is on lots of other pages already is to ignore that the total number of views of those pages less than 50/day. I know I tend to stretch the limit of relevance with some of my photo/map edits but looking at the number photographs of Israel's modern buildings ... Talking of Dr MacQueen: who wants to know about the history of STDs in Israel/Palestine? Hint: did some one say Sarafand? Anyway sorry to see it go. Padres Hana (talk) 20:55, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi. I moved picture here, which is far more appropriate, so image is not lost. It's not very related to Haifa itself. Also the Maronite community in the city is very small. We need more space in article. Sorry.--Watchlonly (talk) 16:07, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry - 1922 census has just over 4% of population as Maronite. Enough to get a seat in the Knesset? Padres Hana (talk) 21:08, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

People of Haifa
Someone with edit privileges should add Gene Simmons. He was born in Haifa and is pretty famous. Besides, it's always fun to add musicians since it's something many people can relate to.
 * It's done. Thanks for your input.--SoaringLL (talk) 15:37, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 July 2021
haifa in palastine Wafaasherifgomaa (talk) 11:07, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:37, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Haifa Then-and-now
Would be cool if this article included a link to the Haifa History Society (http://www.haifa.org.il), which is a non-profit that does a lot to further integration and preserving the city history in their giant and highly-advanced media archive. Could also include a link to the "then and now" collection of photos they have published, which show the past vs the present: http://www.haifa.org.il/BRPortal/br/P102.jsp?arc=671134 — Preceding unsigned comment added by BillShearim (talk • contribs) 16:28, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 October 2021
Change reference no 56 link to "https://www.upliftingwords.org/post/abdul-baha-the-master" please. The current link is old. CarmelHomes (talk) 07:10, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The old link still works, there is no need for this change. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 07:14, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

"HAIFA" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 May 2021
Hayfa is a city of Palestine, not israil. İsrail is not a state, Palestine is. That fact is accepted by Great Britain. 81.215.239.22 (talk) 14:16, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:19, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * You are right, İsrail is not a state, Israel is! Chxeese (talk) 23:44, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
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Mount Carmel and the Kishon River are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
1 Kings Chapter 18:19- mount Carmel 1 Kings Chapter 18:40- brook Kishon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.176.251.46 (talk) 04:16, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 April 2022
Change from:

==See also==
 * Haifa Pride
 * List of people from Haifa
 * Wikimania 2011
 * List of clock towers - Haifa has an Ottoman clock tower next to the El-Jarina Mosque and the Saraya (government house), inaugurated c. 1898-1900

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==See also==
 * Haifa Pride
 * List of people from Haifa
 * Wikimania 2011
 * List of clock towers - Haifa has an Ottoman clock tower next to the El-Jarina Mosque and the Saraya (government house), inaugurated c. 1898-1900

Request: clear Remove Template, Suggest moving the Authority control template location to the bottom Takuyakoz (talk) 10:54, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Terasail [✉️] 21:09, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

‎Incorrect expressions in the «Education» section
Hello!

Unfortunately, I cannot edit that myself. In the «Education» section it is written about “The Michlala Leminhal College of Management”. I doubt that The Michlala Leminhal is the official English name of the institution, as it just means “College of Management” in Hebrew. I have found in internet such form: “Michlala Le-Minhal (College for Management)”. Can somebody change it to this or similar version? Otherwise, it sounds like “The College of Management College of Management”.

Thanks,Rijikk (talk) 11:44, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Patria Disaster
In 1940 the Hagana placed a bomb on the SS Patria in the harbor of Haifa to stop the deportation of jewish migrants. 267 people died. See Meir Chazan: The Patria Affair: Moderates vs. Activists in Mapai in the 1940s. 5glogger (talk) 15:15, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 6 April 2023
In demographics, there is a line stating:

"significant portion of the immigrants from the former Soviet Union either lack official religious-ethnic classification or are Non-Jews as their mothers were not Jewish (Jewishness is passes down through the mother.)"

The reference is not related to this content, so I couldn't check what was meant by "as their mothers were not Jewish" as this is ambiguous and seemingly unrelated to the content.

At the very least the last line is grammatically incorrect.

I recommend deleting this whole section unless a valid reference is found Chaimish (talk) 22:20, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ — No part of the sentence appears to be supported by the source, so I have removed it. Popo Dameron  ⁠ talk  10:28, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Wild boars
Haifa stopped culling wild boars which increased their prevalence in many of Haifa's neighborhoods, regardless of countermeasures such as fixating trash cans. Some cases of wild boar attacks were reported. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vollach (talk • contribs) 01:08, 21 April 2023 (UTC)