Talk:Kfar Ahim

Palestinian vs Arab

 * Ok, you change from Palestinian village to Arab village, with the edit line: "Clarify; all villages pre-1948 were Palestinian" (which did not clarify anything for me....)
 * Now, the one source about this (Khalidi) is called "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948." It is not called "All That Remains: The Arab Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948," or "All That Remains: The Arab Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948".
 * We should follow what WP:RS calls them, surely? And to say that all Palestinian are Arab, is a bit like saying that all Englishmen are European; we don't go around changing all "English" identities  into "European", do we?  Huldra (talk) 20:29, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I will respond fully to this in a few days when I have access to a computer. In the meantime, I think it was clear in my edit summary that this is referring to a pre-1948 village, so "Palestinian" is meaningless in terms of the ethnicity of the villagers - "Arab" is clear, correct amd was the term commonly used at the time (hence e.g. 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine). Number   5  7  07:06, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
 * That it was "the term commonly used at the time (hence e.g. 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine)" is simply not relevant; we don't call, say Willa Brown a  "negro"  (even though she  was called so in the 1940s), we call her  African-American. It is really insulting to continue to insist on calling the Palestinian villages for "Arab", when the  WP:RS  calls them Palestinian. I'm willing to go for a RFC on this, Huldra (talk) 20:58, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
 * To compare using "Arab" with "negro" is one of the most derisory arguments I've ever heard made in this topic area, and the bar had been set pretty low. Almost as bad as is picking a source that uses the terminology you want and insisting that it's therefore what we should use (I recall this being a tactic of an editor who is thankfully no longer active). Given the dominance of pro-Palestinian editors in this sphere, an RfC is useless unless it's limited to outside editors, otherwise the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Number   5  7  12:04, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * And I was hoping we could avoid name-calling? As for "picking a source that uses the terminology you want", please tell me which other sources there are, which list the Israeli settlements on the 1948-villages lands? (Sources in English, that is; I don't read Hebrew or Arabic.) I honestly have no idea about any other source, than Khalidi. As for RfC, I don't agree with you about "the dominance of pro-Palestinian editors", but I would be quite willing to accept a RfC with only "outside editors"; I think they will go with what  WP:RS shows, Huldra (talk) 20:43, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
 * What name calling? You know as well as I do that we do not have to use the specific names used by sources – we go by what is acceptable to call things in Wikipedia's voice. For instance, Wikipedia calls the country "Ivory Coast" despite the fact that some sources call it "Cote d'Ivoire". It would not be acceptable for an editor to start using "Cote d'Ivoire" in an article about something to do with that country on the basis that the source they are using calls it that. "Palestinian" is not a helpful term here because it does not clarify to the reader whether it was a Jewish or Arab village (it seems to be being shoehorned in as a WP:POINT) – and, as such, the main article about this subject is List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus, not List of Palestinian towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus. Number   5  7  07:56, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Given the huge number of articles in which the same issue arises, one of you should start a RfC; and meanwhile not make bulk changes. Zerotalk 09:37, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I looked at all the uses of "Palestinian village" in the thousands of books and papers on my computer and the only ones I could find that used "Palestinian village" for a village of Jews were a few about the Byzantine period. Maybe I missed one.  I'm not convinced by the argument that "Palestinian village" is ambiguous.  On the contrary, I'm certain that every reader will know exactly what the intended meaning is. Zerotalk 09:46, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

RfC: Arab vs. Palestinian?
This issue concerns all the  Palestinian villages depopulated in the  1948 Arab-Israeli war, and all the Israeli settlements which were built on their lands after 1948. The "standard" text book  used here is:

Should these villages be called "Arab" or "Palestinian"? Or perhaps "Arab Palestinian"? I have argued that they should be called "Palestinian", as that is what their source say, and that is what is most unambiguous. Another editor (Number 57) has argued that   ""Palestinian" is not a helpful term here because it does not clarify to the reader whether it was a Jewish or Arab village." Outside views are welcome. Huldra (talk) 20:31, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Just to clarify, these are not Israeli settlements, these are villages in Israel proper. That is one of the reasons why Palestinian is a problematic word here, in addition to those outlined above. Also, I believe RfCs are meant to be worded neutrally, yet the opening sentence above has the preferred wording of the editor who started it. Number   5  7  09:51, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I see that you are doing exactly what Zero0000 asked us not to do; the is: going around making  bulk changes of all "Palestinian" into "Arab". And that, after this RfC was opened:, , , ,   , , , , , ,   Please stop. Im astonished to find  such  behaviour in an admin. Huldra (talk) 17:04, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm simply changing back all the ones you changed recently. Could you address the non-neutral wording of the RfC please? Number   5  7  02:40, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I have NOT changed/inserted any of these after I started this RfC! But you, after you had commented on this RfC, then you go on a changing spree, changing the wording into your own preferred wording. I cannot even imagine how you think this is acceptable behaviour? And if you think the wording of this RfC is wrong, the please feel free to suggest a change. Huldra (talk) 20:45, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Removing the words "Palestinian" and replacing "Israeli settlements" with "villages". But the RfC has had numerous responses already with this biased opening gambit. I hope the closing admin takes this into account. Number   5  7  08:31, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, this RfC is, when all boils down to it, about whether we should use  Palestinian or  Palestinian Arab  or  Arab, isn't it? Huldra (talk) 22:59, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I suggest that will reword the RFC to be neutral according to the requirements.I think we shouldn't use  "Palestinian" as it suggest that the village territory belong to Palestinian State.-- Shrike (talk) 15:15, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Hhhhmmm, what?? What about Palestinians in, say,  Lebanon, do people perceive that they live in a territory belonging to the Palestinian State? Of course not. A large part (around half) of all  Palestinians  live  outside Israel/Palestine, and I think most people are aware of that. (And that those Palestinian people living in Lebanon mostly came exactly from these Palestinian villages we are talking about.) : basically, what Number 57 and I disagree about, (see all the above diffs), is whether we should write  Palestinian (My preference), or  Arab (Number 57 preference)


 * Having said this, I'm not saying that my wording for this RfC is perfect, and I'm absolutely open for any concrete suggestion as to improvement. We could, e.g., instead of  "Israeli settlements", call them "Israeli kibbutz/moshavs", as virtually all of them were just that?  Huldra (talk) 17:04, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Palestinian, that is the commonly used term, it is the term used by the source and the term linked to. I see no ambiguity or likelihood of confusion, however if clarification is needed, Palestinian Arab would clarify. I think 'Arab' alone is more misleading, suggesting people who wandered in from an adjacent country! Pincrete (talk) 22:12, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment just a note; while my first preference is Palestinian, I could live with Palestinian Arab. What I find completely unacceptable is Arab. Huldra (talk) 23:58, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - The word Palestinian is not limited to the modern state of Palestine or for that matter Israel. Arab is too general a term, the people described were Palestinian Arabs at the time.  nableezy  - 23:47, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Palestinian village (first choice), Palestinian Arab village (second choice). Responses to arguments: (1) Although Jewish villages in the mandate period were Palestinian villages strictly speaking, it is almost impossible to find this usage in either published sources or common parlance. Therefore there is no case that "Palestinian village" is ambiguous or misleading. (2) I simply don't believe that any reader will believe a reference to a Palestinian state is intended. Zerotalk 07:49, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Palestinian Arab. Arabs of Mandatory Palestine. We can't say "Palestinian refugees" came from "Arab villages", but not say the same with "Palestinian villages". The best way to write it is "Palestinian Arabs". After 1948, they are "Israeli Arabs", Arabs of Israel. The residents of the Palestinian Territories, are automatically refered as Palestinians.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 21:18, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Palestinian villages. The context makes it clear that they are villages once inhabited by Arabs. Borsoka (talk) 04:30, 14 January 2017 (UTC) Palistinian Arab villages or Arab villages. (as per below) Borsoka (talk) 11:59, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * But there is no context in the majority of cases as the articles simply state something along the lines of "XXX was built on land that had belonged to the depopulated Arab/Palestinian village of YYY". With your preferred option, it will simply say "XXX was built on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of YYY", giving no clue that this refers to an Arab village unless the link is clicked on. Number   5  7  08:31, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I may have no deep knowledge of the events. Could you mention a case when a non-Arab village was depopulated in Palestine during the war? Borsoka (talk) 10:46, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, there are several – see Jewish villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war Number   5  7  11:50, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * That is pretty disingenuous, as all the cases we are talking about involves Palestinian Arab villages replaced with Jewish settlement. It seems that some people have an allergy towards the word "Palestinian"; they are only "Arabs";  that way they can "go back" to where other Arabs live......To repeat: the only time "Palestinian village" was used about Jewish villages, was back in Byzantine times, while what we are talking about is the 1948 depopulated villages.Huldra (talk) 12:27, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Please read and apply WP:Civility. Sorry, I do not want to make any more comments in this discussion. Borsoka (talk) 12:49, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * And this is not only a borderline PA (accusing other users of being disingenuous for a start) it is also wrong. I have no issue with the word "Palestinian" and have no issue with saying that the Gaza strip ans the west bank are Palestine. But we are writing an encyclopedia for future generations who may not be aware of out peculiar political causes. A time when there may well be a wholly independent Palestinian state. Moreover I no more think "Arabs" should get back to "Arabia" then I think Jews should all go back to Judea. I ask you to strike this comment.Slatersteven (talk) 12:46, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but the main source we use for these places is called All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. It is not called "The Arab Villages Occupied and Depopulated" or "The Palestinian  Arab Villages Occupied and Depopulated". Another much used source is  Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced. I have asked for sources which use a different name, (and do not use the name "Palestinian"),  but none have been given. Still people insist on calling them "Arab". I thought Wikipedia policy was to go after what  WP:RS tells us?   Huldra (talk) 14:44, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * There is not such concept as a "main source" on Wikipedia, and you have still not struck your offending comments.Slatersteven (talk) 14:53, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, there are some main sources we use in this instance, and they are the sources I mentioned above. (These sources might, actually probably will, be changed in the future, when new sources are published/get known.) And as I said, they all use the words Palestinian Villages.
 * And things said can hardly be offending, if they are correct, can they? I don't know how much you know about Middle East history (or Middle East propaganda), but people like  Joan Peters, and her From Time Immemorial is quite widely spread. (In short: their theory is that the majority of the expelled Palestinians in 1948 were recent immigrants, who had only come to Palestine because of the opportunities that the  Yishuv had given them). Therefor they consequently use the word "Arab" instead of  "Palestinian". And it was writing like that which I had in mind when I wrote the above. (And if you have not heard  about Joan Peters and other writers who follow her, I think I can assure you that everybody editing in this area has.)  Huldra (talk) 22:59, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * It does not matter who Ms Peters is, a PA is a PA, and is against our rules..Slatersteven (talk) 10:42, 15 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment (please help an uninvolved ed), exactly what is at issue here? If the villages were in Palestine they are Palestinian villages (in the same was Southend is an English town). The people who lived there can be either called Palestinian (and in Southend, English) or Arab (SOS, White) or PAlestinian Arab (in SOS English white). It depends on what we are writing. From context we are talking about (in effect) one ethnic group being moved on (correct?), so in that context it is the ethnicity that matters, not the nationality.Slatersteven (talk) 10:40, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, we are talking about an ethnic group being moved (i.e. Arabs rather than Jews). Also, pre-1948 "Palestinian" would have referred to both Jews and Arabs, whereas this is specifically referring to Arabs (see e.g. List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus). Number   5  7  11:50, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, for one thing; we should never use Wikipedia as a source. (So the title of List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus is really irrelevant (Actually, thanks for reminding me: it should probably be changed)). And as mentioned above, the only time "Palestinian village" was used about Jewish villages, was back in Byzantine times, while what we are talking about is the 1948 depopulated villages. Huldra (talk) 12:27, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not using Wikipedia as a source, I'm pointing out names we already use on Wikipedia because we aim to be an internally consistent encyclopedia. Number   5  7  16:09, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Two wrongs do not make one right. Huldra (talk) 22:59, 14 January 2017 (UTC)



Slatersteven (talk) 14:54, 14 January 2017 (UTC)



This enough sources?Slatersteven (talk) 14:55, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I cannot see all of these sources, but if/when they use "Arab village" for a certain place, then we can use that for that certain place. This does not change the fact that in each and every case (or diff) quoted above (see notes [11] - [25]), the source said "Palestinian village"....I am being criticised for changing what is on Wikipedia to be consistent with what the cited sources are saying, but I confess: I am completely unapologetic about that.  Huldra (talk) 22:59, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * A quote form a source


 * "Over a period of two years, from 1947-1949, the Zionists demolished 419 Arab villages and depopulated the Palestinian Arabs in those towns. When the state of Israel was established in 1948 it became apparant that this Zionist policy was a systematic state-sponsored program to replace Palestinians and their land with Jews and Jewish villages."


 * So no sources do not agree on the use of the term.Slatersteven (talk) 10:44, 15 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Follow what the individual independent neutral reliable sources say. Softlavender (talk) 11:00, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * They are saying both.Slatersteven (talk) 11:07, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * No, there is only one citation in this specific article, and it says "Palestinian", at least in the title. The individual page is not visible. Softlavender (talk) 11:25, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * But there is more then one source in this RFC, so are we just rejecting all sources but the "authorized" one?Slatersteven (talk) 11:28, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * To put it another way, should we add or change the source to reflect the alternative wording?Slatersteven (talk) 11:34, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * We follow the individual independent neutral reliable-source citation used in the article on the sentence referred to. In this case, there's only one. Softlavender (talk) 11:43, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * And if I add a new one does this change? What if someone changes the source?Slatersteven (talk) 11:46, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * This argument simply isn't true though. We go by what is acceptable in Wikipedia's voice, not what a specific source states. For instance, we have chosen to have Taiwan known by that name on Wikipedia. An editor cannot edit an article that mentions Taiwan with a source that refers to it as the Republic of China and insist that "Republic of China" has to be used there because that's what the specific source being used calls it (see here as an example). Number   5  7  11:54, 15 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Palestinian, per Nableezy and others. And also because they were part of Mandatory Palestine before being depopulated, and so were de facto Palestinian. If need be, "Palestinian" can link to "Mandatory Palestine", if there is any further need to clarify that what was Palestine then is Israel now. Also, per WP:EASTEREGG and MOS:SUBMARINE, the wikilink for "Arab" should not be piped to "Palestinian people". -- Softlavender (talk) 12:04, 15 January 2017 (UTC); edited 12:22, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * That doesn't address the issues that there were both Arab and Jewish villages being depopulated and that Arab clarifies the situation. The piping issue can be easily dealt with by removing the link. Also, are you aware you have broken the 1RR rule imposed on this topic area? Number   5  7  12:15, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * This RfC is not about enumerating or differentiating the ethnicities of particular villages. If you want to use that as an argument in your own rationale for your own !vote, feel free. Also, if you additionally want to note (in the wiki article) the ethnicity of the village before it was depopulated, you can, if it is accompanied by a reliable citation, but that is a different matter from this RfC, which is how to term it in the phrase "_____ village". Softlavender (talk) 06:01, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * If it's not about ethnicities, why are you suggesting that Palestinian should be used? If we wanted to take all ethnicity out of it, the phrase should just be "villages" with no other word required. Number   5  7  16:42, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Palestinian is not an ethnicity (not in this context), it's a nationality; the name of the geopolitical entity was Mandatory Palestine and the residents of the Palestinian Territories are automatically referred as Palestinians. If we want to designate which villages or communities or peoples within Mandatory Palestine were Arab or Jewish (i.e., designate their ethnicity), then that's a different point and can be noted in another, additional, phrase or word. Softlavender (talk) 02:04, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * But the fact is that it is an ethnicity as well as being a nationality (the RfC proposal has the specific link), so it would need clarification when used. In this set of articles, it would be far easier just to say Arab as this is the point being made (i.e. depopulation of Arab villages and subsequent use of the land by modern villages in Israel) by the inclusion of this detail. Number   5  7  04:01, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * No, there's no "point being made"; Wikipedia is simply reporting facts based on sources. The fact is that this was a village in Mandatory Palestine, which was depopulated after 1948 when the state of Israel was created and became an Israeli village (moshav) rather than a Palestinian village. It seems that you are the one who wants to make the point that it was an ethnically Arab village; if you want to add in that information as an additional separate word or phrase or fact then be bold and do so. Or !vote in this survey and state how you would like it to read and be linked. This conversation seems to me to be going around in circles and I'm repeating myself, so I will likely not respond further, especially when the consensus is to use the word "Palestinian". Softlavender (talk) 14:01, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I am not !voting because my position is made clear in the text of the RfC question itself. However, I really think you have midunderstood what this RfC is about. The choice is effectively whether the villagers are referred to as Palestinians (hence why Huldra's link is to the article on the ethnic/national group not Mandatory Palestine) or Arabs; the point regarding the ethnicity is being made whichever is used – the question is which is the most appropriate word to describe them. Which do you think is preferable? Number   5  7  14:15, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, I realised I never addressed the EASTEREGG issue. "Arab village" would be better linked to List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus rather than Palestinian people. The link target of Palestinian people is also problematic because some Arabs from depopulated villages became internally displaced people and are today Israeli citizens, not all of whom idenify as Palestinian. Number   5  7  18:07, 7 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Palestinian You have to go with the most common term used in contemporary sources. Changing it to a term that an individual editor finds personally more acceptable - that's called Original Research. Go with the sources - we're encyclopaedia editors, not revisionist historians writing a newspaper article for the popular press. If the contemporary sources say "Palestinian" (and they do) then that's what we go with. Exemplo347 (talk) 22:52, 15 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Palestinian, per the sources.CuriousMind01 (talk) 20:40, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Arab, We tend to look upon "Palestinian" as a more modern word, even though that was the regions name for hundreds of years. I think Arab is better, because it clerly shows non-Jewish usage. L3X1 Complaints Desk 13:23, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Palestinian. It's what recent sources use, and its meaning is clear to most readers. Maproom (talk) 08:48, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Arab or Redo RFC with a neutral question the RFC is by itself not a valid RFC as the question is loaded by the proposer. A valid RFC MUST only contain a question or request for a comment, not an argument by the proposer. Sir Joseph (talk) 01:33, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Reopened
I closed this RfC on February 14 as follows: Number 57 objected to the closure on the basis of the RfC not being neutrally worded. While I observed that concern in making the close, it was a concern expressed by only two of the ten editors after a month discussion and the opening wording, while not ideal, did not IMO rise to the level of invalidating the entire process. That said, given this is a sensitive topic, I don't think there's any harm in reopening this if it might prompt a more thorough discussion on that point. I have undone my previous closure. DarjeelingTea (talk) 21:58, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
 * By breadth of support, 6 editors support using the term "Palestinian", 2 support the term "Palestinian-Arab", 1 supports the term "Arab" and 1 has expressed an alternate opinion. Policy based arguments are all of roughly equal value. The consensus is that villages depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israel War should be called "Palestinian".
 * Comment. No RfC is ideally worded according to everyone.  Is there any evidence that most of the people who responded failed to understand what the question was?  It seems to me that most, if not all, understood the question quite well. That should be the criterion for judging whether the wording was unacceptable, especially when the result is very clear as it was here. Because of that, I think it was unnecessary to reopen the RfC on the basis of a complaint from someone whose opinion lost by landslide. Zerotalk 01:11, 15 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment: In my opinion this is merely another bad-faith WP:BLUDGEONing maneuver (evident throughout the RfC) by to get his way in spite of overwhelming consensus to the contrary. Softlavender (talk) 02:33, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Zero and Softlavender - while I enjoy helping out with clearing the backlog of unclosed RfCs and have, thus far, had no complaints with my closures, I'm not willing to go out in a blaze of glory to enforce any determination I make, which is why I reversed my close when an Admin directly requested I do so. If one side in this dispute feels reopening the RfC was unnecessary, however, WP:CLOSECHALLENGE might provide a route to have that decision appealed, though I don't know for sure. I'm afraid I can provide no additional assistance on this article, but wish both sides here the best of luck. DarjeelingTea (talk) 03:28, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I never doubted you were trying to do the right thing here. Just one comment: since Number57 is deeply involved in this RfC, the fact that he is an admin is irrelevant, just as it is irrelevant that I am also an admin for the same reason. Zerotalk 05:40, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Yabbering away like a folletto while using argumentum ad hominem. Quite misleading to find it here. ACMPODC (talk) 12:51, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I understand it's theoretically and procedurally irrelevant. However, it's not practically irrelevant when you're an editor caught between two admins, one of whom is telling you it's wrong if you do "action X" and the other who is telling you it's wrong if you don't do "action X". It turns me into Josef K. I'm hoping you can both agree to omit me from further discussion on this article. Best of luck to you all. DarjeelingTea (talk) 06:29, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I think it's a very valid concern to take into account to participate in a non-neutrally worded RFC. It taints the process. Sir Joseph (talk) 01:34, 28 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Please note that an RFC on this page can only be for this article. If you want an RFC to work on all pages regarding villages, it must be placed in a central location and advertised prominently. (as per prior RFC's where multipage came up). That being said, I do have a question, if you are saying this village should be called Palestinian Village, and not Arab, how would you then call a Jewish village that was depopulated? If you call those Jewish Villages, then these villages should be called Arab Villages. Sir Joseph (talk) 01:30, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not aware of any rule that general RfCs must be in a central place. Provided they are advertised in central places such as project pages, they can be anywhere. Zerotalk 02:58, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * That is what I was told by admin, unless I misunderstood, regardless, this RFC was not advertised to the best of my recollection. It was just on this page. Sir Joseph (talk) 03:08, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * It was advertised on Wikiproject Israel and Wikiproject cities at least.  Also at ANI. Strangely I can't see it at Wikiproject Palestine. Zerotalk 04:27, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, but regardless of that the RFC itself was not setup correctly, the question was loaded, saying that "the standard textbook we use" as if if there's any other source, it is discounted, so don't bring it into the discussion. In general, an RFC needs to just be "do we do x or y" without any commentary. It should have theoretically, been formatted with the RFC template so that automatically a more broader and outside opinion would have happened, but that is obviously not a requirement. Sir Joseph (talk) 04:37, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I purposely did not advertise this on the Israeli or Palestinian WikiProject pages, but only on ANI, as it was my understanding that both  User:Number 57 and myself wanted fresh,  "new" eyes on this (if I have misunderstood Number 57 on this, then I’m sure he will correct me.) As for the rest, it has been answered so many times, that I’m  sure experienced editors can make up their own mind,  Huldra (talk) 20:56, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * But a fresh pair of eyes will read the question and then assume that only that one source is valid, and then if someone either found another source, or posted about a source, that would be discounted. That's why the RFC question needs to be extremely simple or it ends up being a complicated RFC or one that just gets closed or overturned. In the future, you should use the RFC template which sets up the RFC and then automatically sends out notices to those people who signed up for commenting on things. Sir Joseph (talk) 21:15, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I cannot imagine anyone would close this RfC without reading every single word on this page. (And half of this page is about other sources.....it is sort of difficult to miss??) As for the rest, I have never said that there are only one valid source (as it would be rubbish to say so), and anyone is of course free to bring along any other source, as long as it is  WP:RS. As for using the  RFC template; ok, but looking at the present open RFC it doesn't seem as if many are using it? (And I confess I am unfamiliar with this template myself.) Huldra (talk) 21:44, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * It's very easy to find sources using "Arab village", e.g. this or this, but that doesn't really matter because the issue is not what a selected or selection of sources say (which can always be chosen to get the result desired by an editor seeking to push a certain viewpoint), but what is appropriate to use when writing in Wikipedia's voice. Number   5  7  22:58, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * All you need to do is add, I used hist because that places it in the history and geography section. Sir Joseph (talk)  21:50, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ....mmmm, I thought AAlertBot did much of that?  Well, not place it in  the history and geography section, but it did place it in the WikiProject Cities and WikiProject Israel? Huldra (talk) 22:16, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The rfc tag creates an RFC and then notifies people who signed up to be notified of RFC's within that subject area. It will also then automatically alert if it's open more than 30 days. From what I see with AAlertBot, it would do that, if the RFC tag is in place. Sir Joseph (talk) 18:14, 7 March 2017 (UTC)