Talk:Yakum

Kibbutz Yakum is an important page in the history of Israel and the story of kibbutzim.

Kibbutz Yakum was the fourth kibbutz established in the country - therefore one of the original templates for future kibbutzim.

Yakum voted for privatization in 1992 - an important page in the change in the socialist society in Israel, and in communal living

Information such as this is vital in weaving a complete story of the history of the State of Israel, as well as the story of the socialist movement and communal society in the country.StevenBirnam 15:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The problem is that most, or all, of what you say above is Original Research and, from the point of view of a speedy deletion, is not included in the article. You need to find some Reliable Sources which state the facts that you have listed above and which indicate the notability of them. Simply being the fourth kibbutz ever is not a clear claim of notability, and neither is voting for privitization unless you can back this up with some sources, certainly your claims that it is an important page and that it is vital to the story of the State of Israel are not claims of notability, they are just claims that you think it is important. Random Fixer Of Things (talk) 23:53, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Note to admins. I don't believe this page qualifies for A7, since a community is not the same thing as an organization in this sense.  Kibbutzes are probably not vaible for A7.  --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 23:51, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * It is not listed as an organization, it is listed as a group. Random Fixer Of Things (talk) 23:53, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Which are types of organizations that A7 explicitly states that it applies to. This feels too much like a town for me to think that A7 still applies to it.  I'm just not sure enough to remove the speedy tag myself.  --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 00:07, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I believe, Lifebaka, you have discovered the core of the issue. Previously, we understood clearly what we referred to when we discussed the kibbutz. But with the official change in definition, and the recent privatization of kibbutzim, the definition has become very murky. What is lacking is a bridge in the Wikipedia definition, between the traditional kibbutz, and the status of several kibbutzim, communal, semi-communal, private, that we have now. Just as kibbutzniks faced the dilemma of how to morf their social and economic status, we too have to adapt. It is I believe, very important to mainain the stories of all kibbutzim, no matter the type, in our encyclopedia, as a barometer, not just of regional change, but of universal social change (the Hebrew Wikipedia site maintains all kibbutzim, whether communal or private, under the kibbutz list, so as to preserve history. I suggest that, given that a list of kibbutzim exists in the English version of Wikipedia, we use that to start with, and define new subcategories for Urban Kibbutz and Privatized Kibbutz (when a kibbutz decides to privatize, we can simply move their name from one subcategory to the other - but most important, we preserve the data on the group/town/settlement, as this is an important part of recording and maintaining history.StevenBirnam 13:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)