- Oh boy... this wiki-world is quite something. Pleas pardon the confusion on your colourful and tidy page. I don't quite get this system yet. It will take quite some time to do so. But so be it. I hope this does not infuriate you in any way, there is no harm intended. Just erase the contributions herein if they ought to be elsewhere. Regarding this passage, I wonder how on earth this is not valid sourcing since this is a public statement by an organisation. The passage you were iritated by is located between quotation marks which follow here: "In fact the original exchange between the journalist Ofer Adaret and Prof. Johan Galtung has been made available online[1] and shows that Ofer Adaret manipulated and twisted Prof. Galtung's statements by adding quotation marks and emphasis to words which Galtung never sent to him and by omitting essential qualifiers such as "hate-literature" which Galtung expressedly used in the original exchange." Have you verified the reference provided with the claim and looked into the document? If yes, please tell me how the claim made in the sentence preceding the reference is not corroborated by the juxtaposition of the primary email exchange and the article published subsequently by Ofer Adaret. I admit it takes quite some time to do it throughly but it is selfevident. There are words in the article published by Ha'aretz which are not in the original interview and there are important positions in the original interview which Adaret simply ignores. To stay away from ad hominems, one has no choice but to blame bizarre journalism for such an outcome. So please help me by explaining how this claim is not adequately sourced(Factification (talk) 11:49, 3 May 2013 (UTC))
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- Well let me try this response thingy here. Thank you for your welcoming me to Wikipedia and thank you for your help. Sincerely. I wonder whether you could have intervened in a somewhat more detailed manner? More concrete? More constructive? And somewhat more delicately? I find it remarkable that ALL sentences I added have been erased, including those sourced with references as you rightfully demand from me. A peculiar form of contribution yours, which has been to erase and wipe out entirely. Is that the standard and norm with wiki? This is a sincere question by a novice. Just as one will not burn an entire forest because of one befallen bush, I would have understood if you had singled out the problematic passages and encouraged me to improve upon them or done so yourself. As you gather, I do not quite understand your method of operation here dear Iselilja. Well Well. Let us see how this develops. I shall improve upon my wiki skills and see how far that takes my efforts at completing the information given in that section on Galtung. You see, I have spent quite some time on that page trying to add more information rather than substract or erase what was there before. Always taking care to add the sources. Let me see what I can learn and improve. I hope you will remain fair. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Factification (talk • contribs) 11:12, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Factification, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to Johan Galtung does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.
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