User talk:Ilanaguttman

Welcome!
Hello, Ilanaguttman, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome!
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Tutorial
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Manual of Style

Birthright
To answer your question, as phrased in the editsummary of this edit. According to Wikipedia policies and guidelines, a "criticism" section may be written on anything and anybody which has been criticized in a notable way, if reliable sources are provided. See Criticism for the pertaining guideline. If any editor would want to restore that section, ultimately it would be restored, and nothing you can do about it. If not that I know you personally, I would have done so myself, because your removal of the "criticism" section is in opposition to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, prohibiting the removal of sourced, relevant and non-slanderous information. Debresser (talk) 17:31, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia's Criticism policies also state that the criticisms:

Do not present the material in a way that over-emphasizes it   Always present positive viewpoints along with any negative information to give balance

This is subjective and I believe that the criticism section was too large and was presented in a way that over-emphasizes it. Moreover, it did not always present the other side. I believe that the present state of the Criticism section is more fair and balanced because it also presents Birthright Israel's statement about the critics' claims. ilanaguttman (talk) 08:37, 26 June 2012 (GMT +2)