User talk:PalestineRemembered/Evidence

It has become extremely difficult to produce articles on the ME as if they'd been written from NPOV
There is an atmosphere of WP:OWN surrounding many other articles on the ME. Modifications from actual or potential critics of Israel, no matter how well referenced, will be summararily reverted. Talk will sometimes ensue, but policies (particularily WP:OR, but also WP:RS) will often be invoked by experienced editors in ways that seem counter-intuitive.
 * 1) Jib (village) - apparent "collusive wiki-stalking" of this editor to her new article after just 2 days. Pointless, edit-warring and illiterate interference with this work in progress at "all you siad on Talk is that you're reverting becuase you think this is better. That's not enough. Plsu you'r eusing the wron gname - it's Giv'on hadasah". See  for misogynous aggression and removing requests/warnings. This editor is suffering similar treatment in at least 3 other articles.
 * 1) First Aliyah - POV removing what you don't like, no matter the relevance and reference, in 5 small steps that nobody will notice.
 * 2) Battle of Jenin - re-inserting faulty tertiary source instead of freely available secondary source.
 * 3) Deir Yassin massacre - re-inserting foreign-language sources.
 * 4) Benjamin Netanyahu - deletion of well-sourced references to his calling Palestinians a "demographic problem".
 * 5) Lehi - re-inserting doubt where none exists.
 * 6) Zionist political violence - removing undisputed, well-known incidents that clearly belong in the record.

I could also mention much (perhaps more) material that has been inserted into the encyclopaedia that is of dubious provenance.
 * 1) Convoy of 35 - claims of "killed captured soldiers" still in article despite a long (2,350 words) discussion by careful editors indicating there is no reliable account of this claim

Or material inserted into the articles to smear living people, in breach of Biographies of Living People or at least, deeply unpleasant to the Living Person concerned.
 * 1) Norman Finkelstein - 15,500 words of discussion to impose a version of WP:OR which says that an unsupported accusation of Holocaust Denial cannot be described as unsupported. (Other serious problems here, though some are from hit'n'run editors).
 * 2) Naeim Giladi - weeks of time-wasting attempts to link this Iraqi Jew to white supremacists et al. eg

(Please tell me if any of the above are unclear or not notable. I propose modifying this list as I find other or "better" examples, I trust this is acceptable to the Community and to the Committee).

Damaging attacks will be levelled against "dissenters"

 * 1) The accusation triggering this ArbCom. (This was more personal and more damaging than some commentators have appreciated).

"Dissenters" participating in this ArbCom do so in an atmosphere of fear

 * 1) There are a number of examples of this, just in the statements presented in this case. I don't feel it would be right to reference them.
 * 2) People "defending" me have been personally attacked. I may reference these attacks later if I can have confidence I'd not be accused of "personal attack" myself.

"Dissenters" edit in an atmosphere of fear

 * 1) (I think I have seen a number of examples of these, I will have to return here to include them or will delete this section).

Wikipedia "Personal Space" invaded and abused
Please note - User talk:PalestineRemembered is acting without "Wikipedia knowledgeable" counsel, or almost any assistance - please excuse anything badly phrased or assertions I might regret making. This entry is a "work in progress", I trust that this is acceptable to the process.
 * 1) Speaking personally, edits have been made to my TalkPage (and even UserPage) which look very much like invasion of personal space for the purpose of intimidation. I'm not pointing at anyone, but I feel this should be better policed.

It is not clear to me why I'm named as an "Involved User". I'm only "involved" since there was a "Community Noticeboard" discussion about my participation in the project, and some users felt this "discussion" was running out of control. I don't really feel that what happened on the "Community Noticeboard" was anything to do with me. All the points I'm making above would be better discussed in a more collegiate fashion in another venue, but (particularily given the invasion of my User and Talk Pages) I don't feel I have any where safe to carry this out. PalestineRemembered 08:57, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

PS - when I update the above, which I may wish to do many times, should I leave only the "last edit time and date" after each effort?