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Concerns about NPV and the May Golan page
This is the original version of the page Avaya1 created for May Golan. Avaya1 keeps deleting good faith edits to this page and reverting to some variation of his original version. And, I feel his version does not have a NPV (particularly if it is being read by an English speaker who is not familiar with Israel), let me just mention a few of my concerns:


 * Avaya1 adopts the (far) right wing framing of calling people illegal immigrants, while I am not saying this is wrong, a more NPV approach would be to at least link to the Wiki article which explains the issue (AVAYA keeps deleting the link) or to note on the page that many Israelis (and many human rights organizations) claim these people are asylum seekers and make clear that is a disputed term
 * Avay1 doesn't mention that Otzma Leyisrael (the party she was originally affiliated) is a party which is widely described as being racist''' and/or following Kahanism, and he often deletes the link that would explain this issue, and reverts/deletes anyone who adds even a sentence of context
 * The tone of parts of the article and the sourcing feels like it is written for promo purposes, for example this sentence "May Golan is a common guest on political panels on television channels in Israel. She has also been interviewed on international media organizations like the BBC Reuters, Fox News, I24News and RTI." This entire sentence was unsourced and feel like puffery the main purpose of which  seem to be positioning her as someone non-Israeli media should interview'''  And, whenever it is deleted from the page Avaya1 restores it without providing a source.
 * Arguably May Golan is most notable for having made statements such as Africans learn to rape people it is their culture, she is proud to be called a racist and saying she won't eat in restaurant run by African because they are full of tuberculosis and AIDs Avaya1 keeps editing these statements off the page, and again it feels like important information an English speaker would want to have
 * Overall I am concerned that the way this article was written it feels like the intent was to promote her career and legitimacy to non-Israeli media who might not be familiar with her actual situation in Israel

And, when anyone tries to change this, add more detail, deleted unsourced non-encyclopedic claims, Avaya1 keeps returning it to his version.

I find the above troubling, personally I am not interested in getting into an edit war, perhaps someone else will have more luck getting this page into shape and/or addressing these concerns

Really important to be Neutral about Israel-Palestine Issues particularly re groups like Otzma Yehudit
I am concerned that Avaya1 editing regarding Otzma Yehudit and incidents related to it is not in keeping with our commitment to WP:NPV and would welcome your advice. I have seen several examples of this in Avaya1's work across multiple pages, but I will highlight just one page. This is the version of a page Avaya1 created for May Golan who ran for the knesset on the Otzma Yehudit ticket (note this is not the current version of the page after editors such as myself worked on it, but it is the page Avaya1 created before anyone else edited it), I find  the Avaya1 original version troubling for multiple reasons:


 * Avaya1 describes her as conservative, whereas most neutral observers would describe someone running as part of Otzma Yehudit as being far right or even extreme far right (keep in mind American Israel Public Affairs Committee hardly a left wing group, has said they will not meet with anyone from Otzma Yehudit). I realize she recently switched to Likud, but Avay1 wrote this before the switch
 * Avay1 doesn't mention that Otzma Yehudit is a party which is widely described as being racist and/or following Kahanism nor does Avaya1 link to the wiki article on Otzma Yehudit (it is is almost like Avay1 doesn't want English speakers to realize she was a fringe figure in a fringe far right party)
 * Avaya1 adopts the (far) right wing framing of calling people illegal immigrants, while I am not saying this is wrong, a more NPV approach would have been to note that many Israelis (and many human rights organizations) claim these people are asylum seekers and make clear that is a disputed term
 * The tone of the article does not feel in keeping with being an encyclopedia it use phrases such as "May Golan is a common guest on political panels on television channels in Israel. She has also been interviewed on international media organizations like the BBC Reuters, Fox News, I24News and RTI." This entire sentence was unsourced, and its main purpose seem to be positioning her as someone non-Israeli media should interview
 * It repeatedly reference Hebrew City (seemingly implying it is important), it seems like a small insignificant NGO
 * Arguably she is notable for having made statements such as Africans learn to rape people it is their culture, she is proud to be called a racist and saying she won't eat in restaurant run by African because they are full of tuberculosis and AIDs - strangely Avaya1 does not emphasize any of these or similar statements.
 * I am also concerned that the way this article was written it feels like the intent was to promote her career and legitimacy to non-Israeli media who might not be familiar with her actual situation in Israel

Also, when other editors have tried cleaning some of this up, someone (using anonymous IP editing) has been reverting or re-editing the page to try to minimize the Kahanist / extremist connections.

I find the above troubling, and it appears to me Avaya1 has done similar non-NPV editing on multiple occasions - any suggestions? NYC.Geek (talk) 15:31, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Really important to be Neutral about Israel-Palestine Issues particularly re groups like Otzma Yehudit
Hi Avaya1 I am concerned that your editing regarding Otzma Yehudit and incidents related to it is not in keeping with our commitment to WP:NPV. I have seen several examples of this in your work across multiple pages, but I will highlight just one page. This is the version of a page you created for May Golan who ran for the knesset on the Otzma Yehudit ticket (note this is not the current version of the page after editors such as myself worked on it, but it is the page you created before anyone else edited it), I find  your original version troubling for multiple reasons:


 * You describes her as conservative, whereas most neutral observers would describe someone running as part of Otzma Yehudit as being far right or even extreme far right (keep in mind American Israel Public Affairs Committee hardly a left wing group, has said they will not meet with anyone from Otzma Yehudit). I realize she recently switched to Likud, but you wrote this before the switch
 * You don't mention that Otzma Yehudit is a party which is widely described as being racist and/or following Kahanism nor do you link to the wiki article on Otzma Yehudit (it is is almost like you don't want English speakers to realize she was a fringe figure in a fringe far right party)
 * You adopt the (far) right wing framing of calling people illegal immigrants, while I am not saying this is wrong, a more NPV approach would have been to note that many Israelis (and many human rights organizations) claim these people are asylum seekers and make clear that is a disputed term
 * The tone of the article does not feel in keeping with being an encyclopedia you use phrases such as "May Golan is a common guest on political panels on television channels in Israel. She has also been interviewed on international media organizations like the BBC Reuters, Fox News, I24News and RTI." This entire sentence was unsourced, and its main purpose seem to be positioning her as someone non-Israeli media should interview
 * You repeatedly reference Hebrew City (seemingly implying it is important), it seems like a small insignificant NGO
 * Arguably she is notable for having made statements such as Africans learn to rape people it is their culture, she is proud to be called a racist and saying she won't eat in restaurant run by African because they are full of tuberculosis and AIDs - strangely you do not emphasize any of these or similar statements.
 * I am also concerned that the way this article was written it feels like the intent was to promote her career and legitimacy to non-Israeli media who might not be familiar with her actual situation in Israel

Also, when other editors have tried cleaning some of this up, someone (using anonymous IP editing) has been reverting or re-editing the page to try to minimize the Kahanist / extremist connections.

I find the above troubling, and it appears you have done similar non-NPV editing on multiple occasions.

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 * Hannah Riley Bowles; Nathalie Laidler-Kylander; Steven Strauss, (2015), MARKETING – A TOOL TO CREATE PUBLIC VALUE, Harvard Business School Press
 * Nathalie Laidler-Kylander; Steven Strauss; Laura Wining, (2015), ON YOUR BIKE! USING MARKETING MIX TO DRIVE SUCCESSFUL BICYCLE SHARING PROGRAMS IN EUROPE, Harvard Business School Press
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 * Silicon Alley 100, 2010
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Selected Bibliography

 * Hannah Riley Bowles; Nathalie Laidler-Kylander; Steven Strauss, (2015), MARKETING - A TOOL TO CREATE PUBLIC VALUE, Harvard Business School Press
 * Nathalie Laidler-Kylander; Steven Strauss; Laura Winig, (2015), ON YOUR BIKE! USING MARKETING MIX TO DRIVE SUCCESSFUL BICYCLE SHARING PROGRAMS IN EUROPE, Harvard Business School Press
 * Strauss, Steven; Sundjaja, Kristy; Johnson, Eric; Gandhi, Meghana; Wong, Victor; Yoo, Jennifer (2012). Fashion.NYC.2020. NYCEDC.
 * Strauss, Steven; Sundjaja, Kristy; Robinson, Peter; Chen, Andrew (2012). Media.NYC.2020. NYCEDC.
 * Sundjaja, Kristy; Strauss, Steven; Chen, Andrew; Gratzke, Peter; Yoo, Jennifer (2012). Edutech.NYC.2020. NYCEDC.
 * Strauss, Steven; Brindisi, Francesco; Gratzke, Peter; Peach, Fiona (2011). NYCEDC Innovation Index. NYCEDC.
 * Steven Strauss et al (2008), Convergence of Insurance and Capital Markets, World Economic Forum
 * Steven Strauss et al (2008), The Financial Development Report, World Economic Forum

Selected Honors and Awards

 * Silicon Alley 100, 2010
 * Institute for Study of Business Markets, 1999 Doctoral Support Award Competition Winner

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