Talk:Eden Golan/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Removing the origin section until there is consensus here - this is a BLP issue

Per WP:BLP the infobox should not put forward a highly contentious claim while we are discussing it. Per that policy, I am removing it for now, and there needs to be a proper process of discussion here before it is added back - if it is. (I personally highly doubt it will remain, but that's for a discussion.) Jimbo Wales (talk) 08:10, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

I'll further note that the issue of ambiguity of the "origin" parameter is well-known and a discussion has been started here about potentially changing it.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 10:36, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

@Jimbo Wales I've got no idea what's going on here and why this has become such a critical issue. There must be some sort of ulterior motive at play, but for the life of me, I can't imagine what it is. Why is it so critical for some that she be labelled as Russian Israeli and not just Israeli? If you find out, please enlighten me. MaskedSinger (talk) 15:04, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

@Jimbo Wales also we could be stuck in a Terminator like loop here.

For instance, if you look at the article on 11 March, she's described as a Russian-Israeli singer. There's no source for that. So when the Eurovision was happening, journalists came to this article, saw she was described as Russian Israeli, described her as such in their article and John Connor was born. MaskedSinger (talk) 16:45, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 May 2024

Change Russian-Israeli singer to Latvian-Israeli singer.

Her father is Latvian, and not Russian, they only lived in Russia for a while before moving back to Israel. Making Eden a high likely holder of dual citizenship of Latvia and Israel.

Keeping in mind, if Eden is Russian and a carrier of dual Russian citizenship as mentioned from other edits, she wouldn’t be able to enter the EU, as there’s limitations on Russian passport holders or even as dual citizenship when it comes to entry into the EU.

Eden’s full family tree has been published on the Jews of Latvia page. 2A03:EC00:B1A2:3F73:948E:8C68:DC74:3F9 (talk) 04:29, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Eden explicitly stated in a recent interview with Mako.co.il that she is not Russian. It couldn't be more clear: "Some say I'm not Israeli enough and call me Russian, but I'm the most Israeli there is," She emphasized, "... there was always this part that 'I'm 'Eden Golan', I'm not Russian and I'm not part of them, I'm Israeli." [1] Gardenchef19 (talk) 04:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

I do not see any good reason to put her as Latvian, seeing only one of her parents is Latvian (her mother being Ukranian). We also cannot speculate on any dual citizenship page, especially not on a BLP page. It has already happened multiple times that a low quality source on her citizenship has been removed. Besides it is unclear (at least to me) if her dad has had the Latvian nationalty, or whether Latvian refers to his ethnic background.

The Facebook page does not seem to cite any sources, and random Facebook accounts are not reliable sources.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 08:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

References

Can we please collect all sources relating to her nationality?

I think it would be very helpful if we can bring together all the sources - reliable sources in particular - relating to her nationality. We have a good source from her saying quite clearly that she is not Russian and does not identify as Russian. I think some sources casually call her Russian but those passing references probably are not good enough to contradict her own very specific and public claim otherwise. There's a fair amount of banter about her parents being from Latvia or Ukraine - but are there sources for that which would shed more light on the issue? Jimbo Wales (talk) 16:57, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

I've butted out from the discussion because at a certain point you get tired of reading seventy-squandillion comments per day from Twitter users brigaded to this page, on why everyone who edits this page is an agent of some foreign government or otherwise bigot, but I'll say Speederzzz has done a superb job of collating them in section 8 of this talk page. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 17:10, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I think with the current restart of the debate and the end of eurovision it would be good for me to update the list of sources with more recent sources (which, considering the booing she received and the criticism the Israeli delegation has gotten for their conduct, I assume are plentiful).

I have an important meeting tomorrow, so I am unsure if I can update it then, but I think before the weekend I should be able to expand the current list to incorporate post-eurovision sources.

Would it be preferable to readers if I simply update my list, make a new one and reply to my old list or make a new section?

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 22:02, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Given the mess on the talk page (from twitter brigading, as noted) a new section might be advisable, with that updated list. Do you read Hebrew? I can look at Hebrew sources using Google translate, but it's hard to find them.

I think one relevant thing would be whether there are reliable sources regarding the nationality of her parents, which add a lot of information to the situation.

Here's an entirely different scenario - we used to refer to Hilaria Baldwin as Spanish-American and even said in the Infobox that she was born in Mallorca. And no wonder as many sources [2] [3] [4] said so. So, early press mentions calling Eden Golan "Russian-Israeli" don't necessarily determine the matter, especially she is herself quite clear that she is not Russian at all. --Jimbo Wales (talk) 15:38, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

I sadly do not speak Hebrew, I used to be able to transliterate it, but that is a long time ago. If there is a hebrew speaker (and perhaps a russian speaker for the other side of the bar) who would be able to help that would be great.

My biggest fear about the whole situation is that perhaps some citogenesis is going on, as you seem to insinuate. I of course have no proof of that, although as a last resort I could try contacting some writers of "Russian-Israeli" articles to check. Been a bit hesitant to mention it in case it starts a whole new discussion and derails the talk page even more.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 18:20, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Russian citizenship

She has Russian citizenship according to the Times of Israel, Russia Today and Euronews. [5] [6] [7] This is a universally accepted fact, so why have you removed this without any sources to back up your claim that she doesn't? @Zohariko1234: Makeandtoss (talk) 08:32, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

@Makeandtoss I cited an interview for Ynet where she explicitly says she doesn't have Russian citizenship. Shouldn't she herself be the premier authority on this? She is certainly a more reliable source on the subject than some state owned outlet like RT. Zohariko1234 (talk) 09:13, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Not really, there is an obvious self-interest in hiding one's citizenship. You can elaborate that she has stated so in the body, but to remove the sourced information that she does indeed have Russian citizenship from the body and the lede (as cited by European, Israeli and Russian media) without providing a RS that does not explicitly negate the claim, is not the best way in my opinion. Makeandtoss (talk) 09:24, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

there is an obvious self-interest in hiding one's citizenship - spot on. WP:MANDY feels incredibly applicable here.... ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 13:58, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

I assume that by linking to a humorous essay you are only joking, but just in case let it be said that it's not appropriate for us, as Wikipedians, to judge that someone is lying based on it being in their self-interest to do so. (In this case, even that seems like a wild stretch.). We do, however, judge the quality of sourcing, and RT as a source is extremely dubious as a state-sponsored propaganda outlet.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 15:41, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

My comment is indeed intended to be humorous and I have no disagreements on the reliability of RT, but I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility given the other country in the discussion here were booted from the competition she participated in. Given the cloud under which that happened, people would respond poorly to that. Not a question of judgment and not impacting my votes which have been based on the convincing arguments of others, of course. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 18:49, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Can you clarify how you see she has Russian citizenship? Is it the "Russian-Israeli" designation? I'm personally unsure if that is enough to include citizenship but I could be wrong. RT is considered not reliable so there is no use in bringing it up (on top of that there is the fact most europeans cannot visit the website).

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 12:18, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

@Speederzzz: Indeed, the Russian-Israeli label is a clear indication of dual citizenship according to standards of ToI and Euronews. As for RT it explicitly states: "who holds dual Israeli-Russian citizenship". Despite RT's unreliability this just shows that this information is universally accepted as fact. Makeandtoss (talk) 13:40, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

I would say that RT's unreliability specifically doesn't show it is an accepted fact, simply because RT has lied/misrepresented in the past.

This next part isn't meant as suspicion but probably just my own incompetence: Where did you find the standards of ToI and Euronews? Because I can't find one for the ToI and the Euronews one is mostly vague languages like "we will represent all sides of the story fairly" and such.

I think we need some pretty indisputable statement of her citizenship to counter her own words, even if there are reasons to doubt her personal statement.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 14:45, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

@Speederzzz: RT has no interest in lying about some random singer's citizenship status. Nor does an Israeli or European news sources. ToI and Euronews and media generally refer to people exclusively using their citizenship status. Furthermore, taking an interview, a primary source, reading her denial in it and then using it as fact without commentary from a secondary source, is also original research. We have no RS saying otherwise and this fact should not be disputed by OR. Makeandtoss (talk) 16:14, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

I am unsure if "generally refer to" is strong enough in this case. Barred nationalities (Albanian-American, Moroccan-German, Dutch-Suriname) do not always refer to nationality in the media. Assigning a citizenship that could cause negative attention (thanks to the war) without indisputable evidence might bring negative attention to Wikipedia.

I would say that RT has a reason to claim her as Russian, since countries often like to claim popular figures as theirs. A symbol of their cultural impact so to say. Unsure if that is what is happening. Honestly don't care, RT isn't reliable so the whole discussion is kinda useless. (But if I didn't have useless discussions, I would have to fill my free time with something else :P)

So yeah, generally I'm extra cautious because of BLP and because if the vagueness/multiple uses of barred nationalities.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 17:15, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Neither ToI nor Euronews mention citizenship, they refer to "The Russian-Israeli star/singer". There is no reason to suppose they are not referring to ethnicity and/or career beginnings - (one can be a Russian singer, without being a Russian). I can't access RT, so don't know how explicit it is, but that is hardly a reliable source anyway. Pincrete (talk) 04:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello, my name is Eddie and I am the father of Eden Golan.

This entire issue is simply outrageous! Eden, like the rest of the family, does not and has never had Russian citizenship! Never! Our whole family and Eden are all Israeli citizens! We lived in Russia due to my work and had visas! Neither we nor Eden had Russian citizenship!

We have already contacted the editors of this site several times, the issue was corrected, and yet someone there keeps bringing this misinformation up again and again! Enough already! We're fed up! Don't the editors who keep writing this nonsense have anything better to do? Don't you have more important things to focus on? How many times do we need to correct you and you keep at it! Enough is enough!

I am once again making it unequivocally clear: Eden is an Israeli singer! She does not have Russian citizenship and has never had Russian citizenship! The fact that Eden lived in Russia for a few years does not make her Russian or a holder of Russian citizenship!

Is this finally clear to you now?! 147.235.146.145 (talk) 21:05, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

opening rfc regarding "russian"

Sibce @Tataral insist to put Russian and since the majority is against, I suggest to open rfc about the subject. 46.116.251.199 (talk) 08:24, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Archiving

The talk page guidelines suggest starting archiving above 75 KB, we are currently at 126,5 KB. Is there someone willing to set up a bot to archive some of the dormant discussions from the beginning. I am not confident enough to attempt it myself and possibly make a big mess here haha

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 12:43, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Done, 45 day timeline, should be picked up in the next few days. Mdann52 (talk) 06:35, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks!

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 07:27, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

She is not Russian

As you can learn from her name, she is not Russian. Her name is very Israeli. She defines herself as Israeli. She was born in Israel. She only has Israeli citizenship. Hebrew is her first language. Her family origin is from Lithuania and Ukraine, not Russia. Her father (and previously her grandfather) worked in Russia. Therefore she lived with her family in Russia, yet keeping her Hebrew name, despite antisemitic experiences she went through. So what makes her Russian? The fact that she had to immigrate there as a child? The fact that she made a living as a singer in Russia on a variety of TV platforms certainly does NOT make her Russian.

There is a much more distinct case. The singer Tamer Nafar is an Israeli citizen. He lived his whole life in Israel. He only has Israeli citizenship and no other. Speaks great Hebrew. He even live in "Israeli Heroes" street (רחוב גיבורי ישראל). However, he is not defined as an "Israeli rapper" but as a "Palestinian rapper". Not even as an "Israeli Arab" or "Israeli-Palestinian". Just Palestinian. This absurdity exists, only because he defines himself as Palestinian. He does not have Palestinian citizenship. He never lived in the Palestinian Authority (which is very close to his home). He simply chooses to live in Israel, and calls himself Palestinian. Nafar's self-determination is not more important than Golan's. Otherwise its just a bias. Pacifico (talk) 23:12, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Well said! There is clearly something else at play here. MaskedSinger (talk) 05:38, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

I personally don't think necessarily is something nefarious going on, I've seen similar problems come up in the past on BLP pages. Usually there are two camps, those that believe we should respect the wishes of living people and those who believe some sort of objective knowledge/truth must be given priority over the personal requests of the subject. Sometimes it's just people with a specific interpretation of the rules, sometimes it is the personal belief of someone that they believe they can support with Wikipedia's policy. There are certainly situations of bad faith, I have seen those reading talk pages before, but I think a large part of the desire to describe her as Russian-Israeli can be put down to the fact that many sources have described her like that.

I don't think it will help to solve the current conflict to be so suspicious of other editors and it might feel to pro-"Russian-Israeli" editors like you are casting WP:ASPERSIONS.

(Also do we have to start a new topic every time a new editor finds this page, we now have about 12 topics on the same question, which feels a bit silly)

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 07:56, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

@Speederzzz Please explain to me why anyone would be so invested in this? So adamant she is Russian-Israeli as opposed to Israeli? You say there are 2 camps but here they are one and the same - her wishes equalss the objective truth. And I've already said here above, it's not many sources, it's the same source many times. What most likely happened is that writers came here, saw her described as Russian Israeli and then referred to her as such in their piece. There are your sources.

Sure there can be debate about the facts and how they should be presented, but put this to the side and ponder why some are so insistent she be described as Russian-Israeli? What's in it for them? Clearly there's something otherwise there wouldn't be 20 threads about it on the talk page trying to get common sense to prevail. What exactly is going on here but more importantly, why? MaskedSinger (talk) 08:53, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

I can't speak for anyone else and I don't like to speculate, but people really do get way to emotionally involved with random Wikipedia articles and certain edits. I believe I read an Essay on it but I can't find it. There should be no reason why I am at this article, I boycotted Eurovision (one day The Netherlands will have its revenge) but I'm still here.

I genuinely think that the people who argue that it should be Russian-Israeli believe in the points they make. I think they feel that they are supported by RSs (and believe the recent "Israeli" sources are simply only pointing to citizenship or the country they represented).

Wikipedians aren't always 100% rational people, I certainly am not. So I think it is best to be civil and let the process work itself out (or help it a little bit). I hope something comes out of the BLP noticeboard brings something useful.

It could also be that I just miss context, so have any of the "Russian-Israeli" editors crossed paths with you before on this sort of topic? Is this a larger trend? What would they have to gain if they tried to push this without actually believing it to be right? What do you think the alternative goals would be?

You don't have to answer, of course, I just feel like you are very suspicious and I don't fully get it. But you don't owe me an explanation! I'm just trying to understand the conflict.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 12:20, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

its some sort of WP:ADVOCACY] but what for - i couldn't tell you. Whenever there are disputes, I don't look at the what, I try to understand the why. And I just don't get it. What does making her Russian achieve? Who gains from this? Russians? People who are Anti-Israel? Not clear whats to gain from this. We can go round and round in circles, but what she herself should have the final say. MaskedSinger (talk) 16:41, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, after reading more stuff on BLP problems and thinking some by myself, I think it is important to respect people's wishes, especially on the front of self-identification. Without a Russian citizenship, the Russian-Israeli connection seems to mostly be due to being identified with Russia rather than as Russian. In that case I think it not very fair to favour some sources over others (or interpreting sources in a certain way) to identify her as something she doesn't want.

Purely because I can't think of a nefarious reason to do it, I think it's not an agenda. Wikipedia has a lot of rules, and you can often argue many points through interpreting the rules in one way or another. There was a time when I was leaning more towards Russian-Israeli but it wasn't because I had it out for her. I simply thought that that was the appropriate text, supported by arguments and sources. (I wasn't very confident in my opinion so I tried not to argue too hard for one or the other position)

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 16:55, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Since October 7, wikipedia has been out of control. Frightening reflection of the world we live in. MaskedSinger (talk) 20:18, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

lets be honest. There is a majority against classifying her as russian, but @Tataral insist to put the Russian.

He also falsely claims that there is a consensus for duch claims. This is all the while he should know there is no. 46.116.251.199 (talk) 04:55, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

There is clearly some canvassing going on, probably via social media. We can't have the same debate each time an IP sees something on Twitter or Facebook and complains here, without contributing any policy-based arguments. It has been clearly demonstrated that she is described as Russian-Israeli by reliable sources and that her connection to Russia (including professionally) is at least as strong as her connection to Israel, where she moved one and a half years ago. --Tataral (talk) 01:13, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Do you think that if you keep repeating something over and over again, it might come true? MaskedSinger (talk) 04:07, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

@Tataral, as usual you ignore from the fact that many sources also describe her only as Israeli.

You also ignore from the fact that she was born in Israel and not in Russia. You also ignore from the fact that none of her parents are Russians. 46.116.251.199 (talk) 05:49, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Just to support your canvassing statement, some time ago I came across this: [8] A reddit threat about this page. It's old now, but it definitly shows there has been attention to it outside of Wikipedia.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 07:57, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Well I have not seen anything outside Wikipedia regarding this page.

The attention is mainly due to eurovision.

Also there is nothing in the link that is canvassing.

Anyway, currently there is vast majority against calling her Russian and we have tataral that force his opinion 46.116.251.199 (talk) 10:27, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

The canvassing thing isn't even in dispute at this point. All through Eurovision posts like these went up accusing us of every form of bigotry/hidden agenda under the sun for... using an infobox category. Now that's seeped onto the talk page with nuclear-level awful faith accusations of "tormenting", and that editors on this talk page are "closet antisemites" or involved in this discussion for some sort of nefarious reason. Comical. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 11:34, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

It is better you respond to the rfc. 46.116.251.199 (talk) 06:06, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Updated sources lists

I tried my best finding english language sources, post-eurovision. As I expected, the "Israeli" list now contains a bunch more generally reliable entries. The "Russian-Israeli" list mostly features lower reliability certainty articles and the word is often used only in the image description. The balance seems to have shifted to "Israeli".

Sources using Russian-Israeli

Link	Source	Reliability	Further notes
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/israel-eurovision-contestant-eden-golan-palestine-protests-svbr0cfb3	The Times	Generally Reliable
https://www.voanews.com/a/israel-threatens-eurovision-pull-out-if-entry-vetoed-/7501892.html	Voice of America	Generally Reliable
https://www.voanews.com/a/israel-to-revise-eurovision-entries-said-to-allude-to-hamas-attack-/7511788.html	Voice of America	Generally Reliable
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/12/israel-unveils-new-eurovision-entry-after-original-song-rejected/	PinkNews	Generally Reliable
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/4/israel-agrees-to-revise-lyrics-of-song-rejected-by-eurovision	Al-Jazeera	Generally Reliable	I consider it generally reliable , since I do not count Eden as being part of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/israel-revises-song-lyrics-to-avoid-disqualification-from-eurovision-dwyu0ik7	The Jewish Chronicle	Generally Reliable
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-eurovision-singer-eden-golan-upbeat-despite-scrutiny/	Times of Israel	Seems Reliable	Reliability disputed on charges of anti-semitism, but comes across as reliable on other topics: One Discussion. Also uses Israeli in another article
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2024/03/07/eurovision-accepts-israeli-entry-after-lyrics-edit_6596075_30.html	Le Monde	Seems Reliable	Not to be confused with the Generally Reliable Le Monde Diplomatique
https://www.barrons.com/news/israel-says-eurovision-accepts-new-entry-after-lyrics-edit-c011f6f8	Barron's	Seems Reliable	Discussion on reliability
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/05/02/eurovision-israel-contestant-eden-golan-warned-to-stay-in-her-hotel-room	EuroNews	Reliability Unknown	Partially funded by Hungarian state, connected to Orbáns government (known for restriction of freedom of the press)
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-says-eurovision-accepts-new-entry-after-lyrics-edit	The New Arab	Reliability Unknown	Have an editorial policy but I do not know about their quality of work
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/israels-eurovision-song-approved-after-lyrics-revision-191464	Hürriyet Daily News	Reliability Unknown	People seem to disagree on its reliability quality of work
			Sources beneath here are post-eurovision
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240511-eurovision-in-gaza-s-shadow-as-israel-competes-in-final	France 24	Seems Reliable	Uses only in image description
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/eurovision-s-charged-political-history-1.7203127	Canadian Broadcasting Company	Seems Reliable	Uses only in image description
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/greta-thunberg-israel-eurovision	National Post	Seems Reliable	Uses only in image description
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-buzz/eurovision-2024-israels-performance-netizens-allege-fake-cheers-during-eden-golans-song-article-109989908	Times Now News	Reliability Unknown	highly advice reading the wiki page on it since there is very little discussion, I get mixed signals from the page. Associated with Reuters but has had multiple controversies and ethics problems.
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/eurovision-song-contest-israel-eden-golan-b1156685.html	Evening Standard	No Consensus	Uses: “Russian/Israeli”
https://www.newsweek.com/israel-eurovision-contestant-eden-golan-booed-cheered-loudly-videos-show-1899600	Newsweek	No consensus	Uses Israeli in text and Russian-Israeli in image description.

Sources using Israeli

Link	Source	Reliability	Further notes
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-796121	The Jerusalem Post	Seems Reliable	A discussion containing points on The Jerusalem Post
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-eurovision-security-fears-malmos-jews-mute-celebrations-for-israels-eden-golan/	Times of Israel	Seems Reliable	Reliability disputed on charges of anti-semitism, but comes across as reliable on other topics: One Discussion. Also uses Russian-Israeli in another article
https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/bkcyd0pza	Ynet	Seems Reliable	one discussion that seems to think Ynet is reliable and another that seems to agree
https://forward.com/fast-forward/590006/israel-will-officially-participate-in-eurovision-after-its-latest-song-submission-is-approved/	The Foreward	Seems Reliable	Support for reliablility
https://www.jns.org/eden-golan-touches-down-in-malmo-ahead-of-eurovision/	Jewish News Syndicate	Reliability Unknown	Some consider it reliable, some too biassed and/or too derivative. A discussion on its reliability
			Sources beneath here are post-Eurovision/during Eurovision
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg67w7gdqvqo	BBC	Generally Reliable
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2024/05/11/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-eurovision-finals-where-israels-eden-golan-competes/?sh=62f2b3947148	Forbes	Generally Reliable
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/finland-liverpool-sweden-israeli-instagram-b2542853.html	The Independent	Generally Reliable
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-05-11/ty-article/.premium/eurovision-reaches-its-grand-final-as-gaza-war-tensions-steal-the-spotlight/0000018f-683a-de93-a1af-7c3afe010000	Haaretz	Generally Reliable	According to WP:RS often has a political slant
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/may/10/israeli-singer-eden-golan-says-eurovision-is-safe-for-everyone-video	The Guardian	Generally Reliable	Is a video
https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/golan-reaches-the-heights-israels-eurovision-champion-returns-home-proud-and-resilient-n4ul91sb	The Jewish Chronicle	Generally Reliable	Refers to Eden as “the Israeli singer”
https://apnews.com/article/eurovision-israel-eden-golan-protests-23304985ecffe31100968b020dfc23f3	Associated Press	Generally Reliable
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3262472/who-eden-golan-controversial-israeli-eurovision-singer-who-just-came-5th-raised-russia-20-year-old	South China Morning Post	Generally Reliable	In their “style” section
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/10/eurovision-israel-eden-golan-protests/dff7383e-0eb7-11ef-ae0a-a6870885518d_story.html	The Washington Post	Generally Reliable
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2024/05/09/eurovision-singer-eden-golan-israel-palestine-protest/73631618007/	USA Today	Generally Reliable
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/israel-eurovision-singer-eden-golan-booed-rehearsals_uk_663c7daee4b07664ada0de86	The Huffington Post	Generally Reliable outside of Politics	I consider this outside of politics
https://www.foxnews.com/world/eden-golan-israeli-eurovision-contestant-surrounded-boos-applause-tight-security-finals	Fox News	Generally Reliable outside of Science and Politics	I Consider this outside of politics.
https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/music/371261/israeli-singer-eden-golan-advances-to-grand-final-of-eurovision/	The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles	Seems Generally Reliable	Information on reliablility
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/eurovision-song-contest-sees-boos-cheers-and-tighter-security-for-israels-contestant	PBS	Seems Reliable
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-800879	The Jerusalem Post	Seems reliable	A discussion containing points on The Jerusalem Post
https://www.timesofisrael.com/eden-golan-sings-october-rain-her-disqualified-eurovision-song-at-hostage-rally/	Times of Israel	Seems Reliable	Only uses Israeli in image description. Reliability disputed on charges of anti-semitism, but comes across as reliable on other topics: One Discussion. Also uses Russian-Israeli in another article
https://www.newsweek.com/israel-eurovision-contestant-eden-golan-booed-cheered-loudly-videos-show-1899600	Newsweek	No consensus	Uses Israeli in text and Russian-Israeli in image description.

If you find more articles, feel free to send a message on my personal talk page. If someone speaks Russian or Hebrew and can share what those sources say, that would be very valuable.

PS: I think it might be time to start archiving some parts, the length of this page is becoming a bit silly. If anything, with the posting of the updated list I think it is valid to archive the old one. Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 19:48, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

@[[User:Speederzzz|Speede First of all, thank you very much for your research, I happen to speak Russian and Hebrew, and I would like to give a few insights into the question, first of all, when we title Eden as Russian/Israeli/Russian-Israeli, what are we referring to here? nationality, place of birth, citizenship, current location, descent? the answer to this question will have a great impact on how we label her, I now have another thing to say, I have the answer to her nationality, she is ISRAELI, she identifies as Israeli, source: https://www.mako.co.il/tv-the-next-star/season10-articles/Article-e63d0715f646d81027.htm

She has said in numerous interviews, including in the rising star TV series that she is Israeli, she moved to Russia only because of her father's business, she also said she had a foreign accent when speaking Russian, which is why she sings a lot in English in the Russian Golos (Голос) series she said she studies in an online school, she didn't attend a Russian school, and also, a funny remark, both the Russian and Hebrew Wikipedia agree she is ISRAELI

"Эден Голан (ивр. עדן גולן‎; род. 5 октября 2003, Кфар-Сава, Израиль) — израильская певица, представительница Израиля на конкурсе песни «Евровидение-2024» с песней Hurricane, заняла 5 место и 2 место по голосованию зрителей."

"עדן גולן (נולדה ב-5 באוקטובר 2003) היא זמרת-יוצרת, רקדנית ומפיקה מוזיקלית ישראלית." Doctorbeak (talk) 11:34, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

and if I may add something else, when you say someone is Russian-Israeli it sounds as though you're either referring to their citizenship, nationality or origin, but Idk what the Wikipedia policy on this topic is, if you really have a problem deciding how to label it, Idk, Email her? it might be the best solution at this point Doctorbeak (talk) 11:38, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

There is indeed a problem in "what does Russian-Israeli" even means? Because it can refer to citizenship, but we have no evidence of Russian citizenship. It can mean heritage, but her parents are from the former soviet union. (It is possible that the sources simply used the Pars-par-toto of Russia to mean Soviet Union, but we cannot know their intention unless we ask.) It could just mean a national connection, however she states she doesn't feel that way, but there argument to be made that it isn't a case of self identification (although I am unsure how that is seen in the wikipedia community). The multiple interpretations are, I think, at the base of this discussion.

I am unsure if "Russian/Hebrew Wikipedia uses X, thus X is right" is strong enough to stand on its own, as wikipedia citing wikipedia would create some problems I can imagine. It does give a certain signal. (I am very happy I had an obsession with writing systems in my teens, so I could still transliterate what you wrote haha)

I personally think the current situation (Israeli with a clarification for the use if Russian-Israeli in a note) is satisfactory, now that most new and reliable sources describe her as Israeli (and her Eurovision performance outshines anything she has done in Russia).

I think the only thing we can do to make consensus even stronger is if we get some good sources from Russian and Israeli sources that describe her instead of her describing herself, just so we avoid whether WP:ABOUTSELF or some other policy is applicable here. (I would say this falls within the bounds of ABOUTSELF but I don't have much experience with making those judgements so take me with a grain of salt on that point).

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 12:11, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

@Speederzzz I mostly agree with you.

Btw, I didn't mean to cite the Russian/Hebrew Wikipedias as sources, I was merely joking about the strange situation.

In the meantime, I found this Russian source:

https://www.1tv.ru/shows/golos-deti-5/talents/eden-golan Doctorbeak (talk) 15:38, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm sadly unable to read that page, probably part of the EU anti-russian media law/situation(?) So you'll have to do the boring part (writing what they use and if you consider them reliable).

I think we gotta wait and see if others agree too, and if that's the case change Hurricane (Eden Golan song) from "Russian-Israeli" to "Israeli". I sadly have made only around 100 edits, so I can't change it.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 18:43, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

@Speederzzz

This source is from her time in Russia, they mentioned her to be from Israel, so I suppose if by giving her a label we are discussing her origin, we have a Russian source saying her origin is Israeli

the text in the source:

"Эден

Голан

14 лет, Израиль. «Мы переехали в Москву девять лет назад из-за папиной работы. Мне очень нравится Россия, тут очень приятные люди и очень красиво, особенно зимой. Я не хожу в школу, я учусь в интернете. Меня хвалят за доброту — я всегда помогаю, если что-то случилось. Я очень трудолюбивая: у меня есть цель и я к ней иду»." Doctorbeak (talk) 21:19, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

All of this is besides the point. Russian-Israeli is a specific designation of citizenship. News websites do not need to list all citizenships of every person they are talking about. We have three sources, highly relevant and two relatively reliable ones, saying she is a dual citizen of Russia and Israel. On the other hand, there are no sources denying that except an interview. There is no justification for the removal of this reliably sourced piece of information. Makeandtoss (talk) 13:43, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

We do? Can you tell me which ones so I can add it to the list/whether I missed that while making the list. I'll put the citizenship in the Note part. I think updating this list would be better than making a new one every so often.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 15:17, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Per this sourcing and due to the statement of the subject, I support removing the discussed mention of Russia. I think that some of the articles referring to it are suffering from Citogenesis. FortunateSons (talk) 07:58, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

It is reliably sourced that she is a Russian-Israeli singer. We can explain the circumstances of her birth and how she moved to Israel as an adult, but she spent practically her entire childhood in Russia and had a years-long career as a public figure/musician there before moving to Israel. Removing the Russian connection constitutes nationalist editing. The descriptor Russian-Israeli has been stable for a long time and is preferred by reliable sources, and shouldn't be removed without consensus for only describing her as Israeli – a consensus that it seems is highly unlikely to emerge. --Tataral (talk) 14:46, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

But we now also have reliable sources calling her Israeli, as you can see from the updated list there is a difference in pre- and post-eurovision, with R-I dominating pre-eurovision, but now I is dominating. So it definitely isn't stable in reliable sources. Besides that, whether she is R-I or I has not been too stable in my opinion. There have been times where I dominated and R-I dominated. For the last few days it has been I, but before that it was R-I for a few days. I definitely agree the Russian connection should stay, I am just unsure whether "Russian-Israeli" or "Israeli who spend most of her youth in Russia". I'm honestly fine with both, but my believe that R-I is definitly right has been weakened with the new RS favoring Israeli.

P.S. edit: I see you changed it back, so when I said currently I mean previously.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 15:27, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

We do not measure stability in terms of days. She has been described as Russian-Israeli for ages, months. This was only changed without consensus for short periods of time, usually without proper sources, by editors disagreeing with the sources. It shouldn't be changed without a consensus for describing her as only Israeli. She was an adult when she moved to Israel one and a half years ago and had had a seven-year long career as a public figure in Russia by then. While she was born in Israel, she left before even starting primary school. All her ancestors hail from the state that was the Russian Empire prior to the Russian revolution, she herself only lived in Moscow (outside of Israel). Both her parents were born Soviet citizen, at least one of them with a connection to Moscow. The fact that her more distant ancestors may have lived in other parts of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire doesn't change that. She has an obvious connection to Russia, also professionally and as a public figure. One and a half years ago it would have been absurd to describe her as Israeli, given that she was a woman who grew up in Russia and who was active in Russian TV shows and who left Israel while still a kindergartener. --Tataral (talk) 16:37, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

It's fine that all these sources say xyz, but there's a lot of misinformation about this. Instead of us trying to come to a conclusion based on what we think, or based on our interepretation of what the media has reported, why don't we try and implement what she wants.

In https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/eden-golan-israels-eurovision-entry-determined-to-perform-in-the-face-of-death-threats-i8lx5bsj she says: While a star in Russia, she experienced antisemitism there. Reflecting on her time there, she says: “I always felt like an outsider there; I was never really a part of them.”

This is consistent with other interviews I've heard from her where she considers herself to be 100% Israeli and 0% Russian. No one disputes that she lived there for a chunk of her life, but she doesn't regard herself as Russian let alone Russian Israeli. And so she was a citizen, living there as a kid, but if she doesn't want to be labeled as such, should we still force our pedantry on her?

On top of this, the lede is horribly skewed. It should be more along the lines of : She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Hurricane", which finished in fifth place. Born in Israel, Golan moved with her family to Russia at age six.

Lachlan Murdoch spent most of his formative years in the States but is described here as Australian. MaskedSinger (talk) 20:56, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes, of course, we label her as a Russian citizen per RS even if she denies or would not like to be associated with Russia. This is irrelevant. WP is written based on what reliable sources say, not based on what people would like to think of themselves. Makeandtoss (talk) 08:54, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

You can't believe that. Surely? What if the reliable source is wrong? Still go with that?

What we deem here based on these sources trumps what the reality is?! Please explain to me why this is so contentious? @Makeandtoss, please let mw know why is it so important that she be labeled as Russian? MaskedSinger (talk) 09:26, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Because WP reflects reliable sources. We have three sources from three different region: Israel, Europe and Russia saying she is a dual citizen. And I have found further sources now reflecting universal consensus: [9], [10], [11]. Just as Shireen Abu Akleh is described as Palestinian-American. Makeandtoss (talk) 09:38, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the 2nd VOA article, I'm going to add it to the list too.

I do however think "universal consensus" is a bit extreme, since we have many documented cases of reliable sources leaving out the Russian part.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 10:03, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't think leaving out the Russian part is a contradiction. I think it is normal. Just like how describing a photon as a particle does not negate the fact that it is also a wave. Plenty of articles to describe Shireen Abu Akleh as only Palestinian. [12] [13] Makeandtoss (talk) 10:10, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Are you aware of how fallacious your logic is?

If somewhere a person's birthday was put as March 2 and thus in articles everywhere on sites that are reliable sources it says the birthday is March 2, you'd say the birthday is March 2. What if thats a mistake and its actually March 22, you'd still say March 2 as thats what the sources say? Because this is whats happening here. Most likely one of the wire services said "Russian Israeli" and this is why all the other articles say it. It's not x different sources, it's the same incorrect source x times. MaskedSinger (talk) 11:02, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

One can have only one birthday. But one can have multiple passports. How is that even a good analogy? Makeandtoss (talk) 11:46, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

1) First of all, you're wrong. There's more than one calendar ;)

2) Passports doesn't equal nationality. If I'm Greek and I get a Peruvian passport from one of my parents even though I've never set foot there, that makes me Peruvian? Then again I could be born in Spain, move to Italy when I'm 12 and even though I'm now 23, I consider myself Spanish. Point is, how can you or a journalist define someone else's nationality. It's up to the person themselves.

What I don't get with any of this is why it's so important to you. Why do you care what nationality she is? What's in this for you? MaskedSinger (talk) 13:02, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Please refrain from personalizing this discussion and focus on Wikipedia guideline, namely WP:NATIONALITY: "The opening paragraph should usually provide context for that which made the person notable. In most modern-day cases, this will be the country, region, or territory where the person is currently a national or permanent resident." Makeandtoss (talk) 13:34, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

She is notable for being Israeli.

On WP:NATIONALITY it says:

The simplest example is someone who continued to reside in their country of origin:

Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 [O.S. October 22] – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman.

This is what we have here - born in Israel and lives in Israel.

then it says: Finally, in controversial or unclear cases, nationality is sometimes omitted.

But yet because an Al jazeera article from AFP that says shes Russian Israeli, you're going to contradict the said same guidelines you refer to?!?! MaskedSinger (talk) 13:44, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

She did not continue to reside there, she was raised in Russia and rose to prominency there. Her nationality is neither unclear nor controversial, we have five reliable sources attesting to her dual citizenship. Please also read WP:NOTGETTINGIT. Makeandtoss (talk) 13:48, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't know why you have to torment this poor girl. What for? MaskedSinger (talk) 15:00, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Also: "Most likely one of the wire services said "Russian Israeli" and this is why all the other articles say it. It's not x different sources, it's the same incorrect source x times." this is your personal opinion that is not supported by source. Makeandtoss (talk) 11:46, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

There is an essay on this topic: Verifiability, not truth. Unless we find a verifiable source finding that the others have made a mistake/have copied each others mistakes, we can't use it as proof.

You could try contacting the author of one of the "Russian-Israeli" articles and see where they got it from. Of course private communications can be hard to verify on its authenticity, but that could be a start (or not).

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 12:32, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

You continue to put misleading claims.

Just to make it clear, soviet union is not equal to Russia 46.116.251.199 (talk) 08:26, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

At a glance

I understand there's been a lot of fighting here. I don't know the context. But does the second sentence in the lead have to say that she moved someplace when she was six? That's not really notable; why isn't it just relegated to her Early Life? Zanahary (talk) 09:27, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I think that part has to do with the larger "Russian-Israeli" vs "Israeli" discussion that has been going on. Some other wikis also have it in the lede I believe. If you think it should be changed I do recommend you inform yourself on the earlier discussions since changes to anything in how her origin is described can be very sensitive.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 11:25, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes I understood it as the product of the dispute. But readers don’t know or care about that, and that’s not the point of an article’s lead section. That she moved at the age of six is not the second thing anyone wants to know about her. It should stay in the body, not the lead. I read the discussions and this is my stance. Zanahary (talk) 16:22, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I want to preface this by saying that I am firmly, 100% in the camp against describing her as "Russian-Israeli" and in favour of describing her as solely Israeli. She's made it very clear that she's not Russian. However, this isn't really the point of your question so I'll stop here. To answer you, I personally believe that this information is relevant in the lead to give context for her career in Russia.

If there's no mention of her moving to Russia as a child, it feels odd to me, from a reader's point of view, to read about her participation in the Russian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and the Russian edition of The Voice Kids. As a reader, I would be confused as to why she didn't participate in the Israeli editions of those if I didn't have an explanation that she had moved to Russia. Bizarre Bizarre^{Talk modern to me} 01:24, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

I think the obvious implication of her Russian career is that she lived in Russia for that time, with no need to explain at what age she moved where. Zanahary (talk) 05:53, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

People can participate in song contests in other countries, like Glennis Grace who participated (and almost won) America got talent while being Dutch and living in the Netherlands. Perhaps the exact age is not too important, but it might help to not confuse readers to just tell them why she participated in those Russian shows instead of any Israeli shows. I don't think it's fair to just assume readers will think she moved. Here in the Netherlands we have quite a few singers who are mildly well known here, but are very famous in Germany. So becoming famous in another place and participating there doesn't (at least for a segment of the readers) automatically infer that they lived in the country they participate in competitions and are famous in (especially if we remove any mention of age).

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 07:48, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

If she’s notable for her career in Russia, then her having lived there is secondary context to the notable information. Zanahary (talk) 08:36, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

I think if the lede leads people to do a double take (wait if she's Israeli, how come she's participating in these Russian competitions) then something has gone wrong. Perhaps "She participated in ... while living in Russia" Might be a good middle ground between too detailed and too vague? Although I'm unsure of the exact wording. Her life in Russia is a large part of her life is explained and elaborated upon in two places in the article (early life and career), so it should, in my opinion, at least be mentioned (and not implied) in the lede.

Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk me) 08:55, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

wonderful question! MaskedSinger (talk) 11:25, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I think it is important not to mislead the reader, but I think this principle also hold regarding not confusing the reader to think that her ethnicity or citizenship is Russian.

But that is exactly what this article is doing. ArmorredKnight (talk) 16:43, 24 May 2024 (UTC)