Gilad55

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December 2013

For your recent edit to Category:Jews, in blatant disregard of the discussion and the heavy disagreement on WT:JUDAISM. Debresser (talk) 15:14, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

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February 2014

Your recent reverts of my reverts of 3 "Jewish" articles go against the conclusion of the discussion from December 2013 (see above). One more such revert, and I will ask to have you banned from all Judaism related articles. You go against the Wikipedia principle of consensus and engage in edit warring. I hope you understand this will not be tolerated. Debresser (talk) 13:28, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Category:Canadian people of Jewish descent. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Iryna Harpy (talk) 06:22, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing without further notice.

No consensus

Gilad55, there was a long discussion on Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism about whether "people of Jewish descent" categories could be categorized as "of Asian descent" which you well know of because you were a participant in it. There was no consensus and, if anything, there was a slight majority favoring removing the "of Asian descent" categorization, particularly for people in North American, South America, Africa and Australia. Neither side can claim that it is acting based on consensus because opinion was divided. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:38, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

That is why the recent (relatively speaking, for categories) addition of these categories by Gilad555 and Evildoer187 can safely be removed as having been shown in that discussion as a no-consensus change. The idea of Evildoer187 that the result of "no consensus" means we keep everything the way it was at the date the discussion ended is a misunderstanding of the concept "no consensus". Debresser (talk) 22:17, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

You misunderstand that you never achieved consensus for removing the cats either. The discussion was divided, and no consensus was achieved in either direction. You had no right to remove those categories.Evildoer187 (talk) 23:40, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Evildoer187, you are working on the premise that the categories weren't contentious and didn't constitute WP:OR in the first instance. Contributors have the right to remove original research... or are you implying that POV interpretation is a substitute for verifiable and reliable secondary sources? --Iryna Harpy (talk) 03:48, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Not if they don't have consensus for removing it. How am I supposed to attach a source to a category anyway? I will gladly do so, if allowed. And how is classifying People of Jewish descent as People of Middle Eastern descent "original research"? And if what you say about the inclusion of those cats constituting original research is true, then why did we even have that long and protracted discussion in the first place? Evildoer187 (talk) 08:25, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Well, the original question posed at Wikiproject Judaism was not Middle Eastern descent but the fact that some "of Jewish descent" categories had the parent category of "of Asian descent" or "of Southwest Asian descent" which meant that a person who was a "Mexican of Jewish descent" would be categorized under greater parent category "Asian people" (along with "North American people"). This was the question I posed on the project page and then it went off the rails into arguments about Jewish identity and DNA. It was meant to be a simple organizational question that people invested more meaning into a simple category assignment, as if it was defining Judaism itself.

This is not about articles written about Jewish history, ethnicity and culture, it's just how articles and categories are arranged, categories are a navigational tool. Meaning, if a reader is looking for people who are "Canadian people of Jewish descent" would they look for them in the Asian parent categories? I don't think so. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:47, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps not "Asian descent", but certainly "Middle Eastern" and "Southwest Asian" one should expect to find cats relevant to the Jewish diaspora. In any case, I am only concerned with accuracy, not with people's pre-determined expectations on where they could find such cats.Evildoer187 (talk) 05:01, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Potential inclusion in a Dispute Resolution case?

Hi, Gilad55. You appear to have been silent for a while on the issue of categories. As I've become involved and the issue it at an impasse, I thought it best to take it before a WP:DRN in order that an experienced, neutral party can assist in mediating. I don't know whether you wish to be involved in the process (everyone named has to 'show up' at the DRN before it can go ahead).

Please let me know ASAP as I intend to present the case tomorrow. Incidentally, don't worry about the fact that it sounds so formal. The function is not to reprimand anyone, just to try to come to some sort of consensus or suggest alternatives. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 03:56, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Sure, include me. Thanks Gilad55 (talk) 19:00, 3 March 2014 (UTC)Gilad55

Shall do. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:28, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Gilad55. You have new messages at Iryna Harpy's talk page.
Message added 05:45, 4 March 2014 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:45, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Holy Land during Byzantine rule

Category:Holy Land during Byzantine rule has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. GreyShark (dibra) 17:29, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

May 2014

Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

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FYI

Somebody re-opened an old discussion in which you took part, and you are therefore cordially invited to partake in the discussion at Category_talk:People_of_Jewish_descent#Middle_East_category_Rfc. Debresser (talk) 13:24, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

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