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COI?

At this venue I don't really how to ask you this any less vaguely than, Were you at any time or are you currently involved with either of the groups International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network or Jews Against Zionism? I have reason to believe the answer's yes, or I wouldn't be asking. If you answer affirmatively, I'll thank you for your forthrightness and weigh the implications. If you disregard the query or answer no, I'll probably pursue the matter more discreetly at another venue.—Biosketch (talk) 12:08, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

My interests are open, and discussed elsewhere on Wikipedia; I make no attempt to hide them. I am indeed a member of Jews Against Zionism (the secular group, not the religious group of the same name). I am not, and never have been, a member of IJAN, though I know the people involved and have attended meetings with them. I do not intend to explain here my differences with the group. RolandR (talk) 12:18, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

That's fine, it wasn't my intention to pry into your personal views, just to establish if there are potential COI issues with your editing of some articles.—Biosketch (talk) 12:43, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

This has been discussed at length in the talk pages for Israel Shamir and Gilad Atzmon, and related noticeboards. You might find it enlightening to read these. RolandR (talk) 12:45, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

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Hey RolandR, how are you doing? I answered you up, on my talk page. DBaba (talk) 04:39, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

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You may find this amusing

Turns out I'm you. Or at least User:Off2riorob thinks so. I've asked for a checkuser here Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/RolandR just to confirm what you and I both already know. Goodwinsands (talk) 23:22, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

I didn't find it plausible, then was reminded of past suspicions he actually might be "retired" User:Spaceclerk. Just posted this. User_talk:Goodwinsands#Suspicions_sock_of_User:Spaceclerk. CarolMooreDC 15:15, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

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That anon account you've been warning.

Please see WikiTruther (talk · contribs · count) who posted a rather more aggressive version of the same text. I don't know whether you (or your talk page watchers) have noticed any others in this group.

HaHagana1948 (talk · contribs · count) has also been actively making a WP:POINT today but need not be the same person.--Peter cohen (talk) 00:14, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure if WikiTruther is the same person as the IP, who seems to support the groups he has been adding, while WT opposes them. And I certainly have suspicions about Hagana, just waiting for confirmation. RolandR (talk) 08:22, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

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Request

Hello Roland. Could you please check these edits. I have already seen one instance of the IP being less than truthful in their claims about what sources support, as seen here, but since I do not know Hebrew I dont feel comfortable restoring that source without knowing that it supports the material. Thanks, nableezy - 06:03, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

First look -- it appears that the link is broken; currently it displays the current front page. So the text should not be deleted, but tagged; I'm sure I can find the source later (through the internet archive, if not at Haaretz). RolandR (talk) 08:20, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

And I have now spent all of thirty seconds finding the correct url and reverting this mistaken edit. RolandR (talk) 09:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Roland, nableezy - 15:08, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

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[1] - looks familiar. Dougweller (talk) 11:51, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it's probably Anglo Pyramidologist (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). RolandR (talk) 14:26, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

He's tried to out me and is restoring unsourceable material. I started an SPI. Dougweller (talk) 17:12, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Which looks like it might be rejected. Dougweller (talk) 22:19, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

I can see why. Although I think that this is probably Anglo Pyramidologist, there aren't any smoking guns in the diffs, and it seems that Checkusers are reluctant to investigate without more. In this case, it's necessary to look at the editing pattern as a whole, and SPI isn't really equipped to do this; they prefer quick and unequivocal evidence. Which I'm sure will be forthcoming in a couple of days if this case is rejected. RolandR (talk) 00:19, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

And just seen that he has been blocked in any case for harassing and attempting to out you, which makes the SPI a moot point. RolandR (talk) 00:21, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

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Seasons greetings

Hi Roland. This seems like a good time to apologize for my mistaken SockPuppet template. I was clutching at straws and totally mistaken (fishing with the wrong bait) - Happy holidays and good luck to you and yours for, and throughout the new year 2012. - Rob - Youreallycan (talk) 15:48, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

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Nishi edit

I honestly do not think Nishi inserted "agada" into Netzer's username on accident.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 18:36, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

I do. It's easily done, if you accidentally move your cursor before typing, and then don't realise, or can't see where it happened. I've certainly done this several times, on Wikipedia and elsewhere. Assume good faith! RolandR (talk) 18:56, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

The context of the situation precludes me from presuming that "agada" (the username of another editor that Nishi was criticizing) was inserted into that username as a mere accident.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 21:43, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

If Nish has a problem with it, he'll let Roland know. I was going to correct the error myself, so thank you Roland for sparing me the trouble. nableezy - 21:48, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Uh, strewth, stone the fucken crows! I saw RR's courtesy edit at a glance and only noticed that Michael's handle had been divided with part of his name a line down and didn't even realize I'd put Agada's name into Michael's until I caught this brouhaha, since I have Roland's page bookmarked from the old days when instant reverting of attacks was necessary. TDA, I appreciate close reading, paranoid reading indeed is a technique one had to acquire obligatorily in certain streams of litcrit in the good old days - but the error is explained. I could get my nephew to sign a statuatory declaration, confirmed by a notary, that on the 26th of December, noting how my 'mouse' was looking like the one towards the end of The Green Mile, and my keyboard (ACER) on the blink, half blurred alphabet, half cigar ash, and how sluggardly I worked the computer, quietly dropped into a hi-tech store the next day and brought me the logitech Wireless Combo MK320 keyboard I began using today. I couldn't use the sprightly mouse, hyperactive, which proved to be faster than speedy Gonzales and made clicking around and editing even more arduous, until his younger brother showed me how to go to the control panel, hit mouse, and slow the speed to minimum. Even writing on it is disastrous since the back, end, page up page down commands are keyed differently. That probably accounts for the error. But, of course, you're not obliged to believe me. In any case, Roland, thanks. Best Hanukkah and NY wishes your way. CheersNishidani (talk) 22:34, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

It is not paranoid. When I make mistakes like that it is as if I had started typing normally only in the wrong place. However, this one time you did not capitalize Agada's username as opposed to all the other times his name pops up in your edits on that AE case.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 23:42, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Oh come on, give us a break. If Nish had wanted to make a point (which I'm sure was not the case, and in any case I can't for the life of me see what point such vandalism could make), he would surely have entered this in the visible part of MN's name, not the (hidden) wikilink, when all that could be seen was a broken url. You're not just paranoid, you apparently think Nishidani is stupid and incompetent. But his entirely credible explanation bears out my immediate assumption of innocent mouse/cursor error. RolandR (talk) 00:23, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

TDA. Don't take 'paranoid' negatively. My best, dearly lamented, friend was a 'paranoid' reader and listener, diagnosed (wrongly) 'schizophrenic' (see the works of Felix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze). For him there was no such category as 'the accidental' and the unintentional had its covert intents. I spend 30 years in his exhilarating company, and learnt an enormous amount from his way of deconstructing my behaviour. If I used here what I intuit in many edits and comments everything I acquired from that almost psychiatric relationship, other editors would be extremely uncomfortable, embarrassed, and I would be banned. I stick to a the discursive mode everyone and the rules restrictively favours, and am comfortable with this, sinced wiki is not my real life.

He summed up his worldview once thus:'If I walk out the door, and am hit in the head by a stone from someone aiming at someone else, the 'fact' remains that I, somehow or another, must also have willed myself to be hit.' Endless Tuscan nights were passed disputing the philosophical probability of this. So he would have said, like you, that my writing 'agada' there must be put into my psychoanalytical debt account, as motivated. Agada or someone fixed a few weeks ago an edit I made where I disturbed the infobox stuff at the top of the page. Well, I know how that happened. When I open a page, having read overnight comments in the diff history, I use a search box to get to the comment I wish to respond to immediately. My computer is slow in summoning the search box into view, slower than me: as soon as I click for the search box, I start typing in the keyword, which however then pops up as a comment at the top of the page I opened. I usually perceive this, but at times miss it, and AgadaU fixed one of these bloops. There are several others my work methods are prone to. Whatever, I don't see what purpose would be gained by intentionally confusing Michael and Agada by that ineptly meaningless confluence you think I engineered (their discursive profiles are as different as chalk and cheese). But as I say, the one manageable thing of our being in the world is to try to act ethically, not to convert everyone else to one's view of reality, and you are not obliged to assume my good faith. Shit happens, as a gentleman in the Pentagon once remarked: in this case, I smell no stench of excremental incidents (incidence) on my conscience, though you are welcome to feel that there is something fishy about my explanation, and that a contrived 'odour of sanctity' covers something whiffily malodorous in the state of mind of Nishidani :) Nishidani (talk) 07:53, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

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Naming Conventions for Locations in Jerusalem

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Abusive user

Thanks for your message on my talk page about Pjnkkt. I have replied thee. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:15, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

...and replied to your latest comment. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:20, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry: I didn't think you were born yesterday, and I thought the answer was almost certainly "no", but there was just the remotest chance. For example, for all I knew he might have started out with a relatively reasonable email, to which you replied, and only become abusive later. This must be a real annoyance for you, and I hope it can be stopped. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:29, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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Revolutionary Communist Party

Dear Roland. You questioned the claim that the Campaign Against Militarism was the only left-group that protested alongside British Serbs over Nato attacks on Yugoslavia. I have clarified that it was attacks in 1994 referred to, not the later Nato attacks as part of the Kosovo war. In 1999 many left wing organisations did join protests. In 1994, none did apart from the Campaign Against Militarism, that I saw. Sincerely, Murray McDonald — Preceding unsigned comment added by Murray McDonald (talk • contribs) 17:19, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

I know for a fact (because I was there) that the International Socialist Group/Socialist Outlook demonstrated against Nato attacks on Serbia, while at the same time supporting self-determination for Bosnia and Kosova. There were occasions when some Serbs objected to our presence on demos, because of our work in International Workers Aid; but we (and other left groups) were there. RolandR (talk) 18:41, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

'Being there' is not quite the same thing as 'marching with'. If you were selling the pamphlet Bosnia 1994: Armageddon in Europe: Why Socialists Support Multi-Ethnic Bosnia Against Serbia's War perhaps it is not surprising that some Serbs objected. The demonstration in London against the Nato intervention organised by Serbs was not in favour of secessionary movements. Are you quite sure that Socialist Outlook supported that demonstration? Sincerely Murray McDonald (talk) 18:23, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm not going to take port in a political discussion/argument with you here over events nearly 20 years ago. The issue is that you need to find a reliable source for your assertion in the article. I have not removed this unsubstantiated and disputed claim, but I have restored the "citation needed" tag. Please do not remove it again without providing a reliable and verifiable source. RolandR (talk) 01:25, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello, please help

Hi RolandR, I have just opened an wp:spi on User:Twafotfs (see here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ledenierhomme), I believe that they are a sock puppet of User:Ledenierhomme; however, I'm not sure whether I have done this correctly. Would you please let me know if I have done this the right way. I've messaged you because you have contributed most within that investigation. I thank you in advance for any potential help.Turco85 (Talk) 03:43, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

By the time I looked at this, the account had already been blocked as an obvious sock. Next time you come across one of these (and you will), it might help to give a couple of diffs so that the accounts can be compared. It's also worth noting that the account is also edit-warring over other favoured Ldh targets, such as Amanda Lindhout. RolandR (talk) 09:16, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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Hey Roland. If you get anymore nasty emails or encounter any more sock accounts, I would greatly appreciate it if you also sent me a message of the accounts. Thanks. Elockid ^(Talk) 19:06, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Are you sure? Every day? RolandR (talk) 19:07, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Yup, I don't mind. Elockid ^(Talk) 01:33, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

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Staged settler violence

I have sourced the paragraph to the JPost. Is this satisfactory?
Best Wishes AnkhMorpork (talk) 22:32, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Well, it's better than an unspecified and undated reference to "Arutz Sheva". But it's an opinion piece by a known propagandist, so I need to look at it more closely to be sure whether this can be considered a reliable source. I will leave your text in the article for the moment, while I check it. RolandR (talk) 23:26, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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Edit summary

Hello, Roland R. You recently reverted me at Karl Marx with the edit summary, "Berlin's ethnicity is absolutely irrelevant here." Since I find your edit summary somewhat confrontational, permit me to explain why I mentioned Berlin's ethnicity. Slrubenstein removed several categories identifying Marx as Jewish with the bizarre comment, "he was not Jewish according to Jews." My mentioning that Berlin was Jewish was simply a way of pointing out to Slrubenstein that he was factually wrong on this point, not a way of suggesting that Berlin's ethnicity is relevant at all. The relevant issue is that Berlin's book, which does call Marx a Jew, is a reliable source. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 21:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

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		I, User:Jehochman, award User:RolandR the Defender of the Wiki Barnstar for stopping a campaign of ethnic POV pushing or sneaky vandalism by a disruptive editor. Jehochman Talk 00:22, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

resource request

Hi,

I've uploaded a scan of the book chapter that you requested at the resource exchange. You can find a link to the file at that page. Best, GabrielF (talk) 18:02, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Marx and categories

I've put a note on Marx's talk page about the categories. Basically, I think we can and should treat categories differently than claims within the body of the article, and would support their reinclusion. To my mind, having categories such as "Jewish philosophers" does not make a mutually exclusive claim about Marx's religious, ethnic, or other identity in the same way that the language of the article text does. If a category can be said to be relevant, then that seems like enough justification for using these handy organizing tools.
(As a side note/explanation: although I reverted twice, I didn't really see myself as edit-warring. The categories had been restored more than a fortnight ago by Slrubenstein, and I was simply re-restoring them after their sudden, brusquely explained removal by another editor new to the discussion (and WP in general). To me that seemed to override the lack of consensus on the lengthy talk page discussion.) Cheers, Sindinero (talk) 19:36, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't agree; I think the categories are inappropriate. In what way was Marx a "Jewish philosopher"? What reliable source so describes him? He was indeed a philosopher, and of Jewish origin; but to combine these, in the absence of a reliable source, would be unacceptable synthesis. I regret that Slrubinstein is no longer with us; I would have valued his contribution to this discussion, but sadly we must continue it without him. But in any case, you and another editor were clearly edit-warring over this, irrespective of the merits of the edit itself, and this has to stop. RolandR (talk) 20:23, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I guess I still disagree that categories should strictly adhere to the same standards (concerning e.g. synthesis) that the article text should. What reliable source describes Marx as a "Marxist journalist," for example? Categories are provisional and heuristic; that's why they're useful, and should be used unless they're actually incorrect. I don't think any reader would take the presence of a given category as constituting a strong identity claim. In any case, in the absence of consensus either way, and barring a clear guideline in the policy on categories, I'm happy to yield on this issue. I'd just be surprised if this is actually standard practice on WP - a lot of other articles I've seen (e.g. Emma Goldman) seem to use categories in the more capacious, provisional way. Either way, thanks for your response. Sindinero (talk) 22:15, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I wouldn't describe Marx as a "Marxist journalist" either. After all, Marx himself stated "I am not a Marxist". And I haven't edited Emma Goldman at all, but would also argue there against any ethnic categories. RolandR (talk) 22:21, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

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I'm all for the renaming of the article List of converts to Atheism I know the wording is awkward and doesn't exactly sound right but I have to say, it beats the hell out of List of people who used to be religious but now are atheists don't you think? I've removed the PROD, feel free to message me when you've thought of a better name for the article. Ncboy2010 (talk) 22:44, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

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Sources?

Are you blind? [2] /print-edition/opinion/murder-is-not-theater This is an opinion piece. [3] This Page is an antiquarian - possibly outdated - usergenerated website brought to you by an archive. It was mirrored from Geocities in the end of october 2009. I would recommend you self revert. Darkness Shines (talk) 20:41, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

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Ya'ir Stern

Hi Roland, Can you shed any light on Talk:Avraham Stern#Bernard_Stamp? I recall you have family connections. Do you have any contacts who would know about this "radio interview"? Thanks. 11:32, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

I sent a copy to your jaz email address. Zero^talk 01:12, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

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User:ElliotJoyce

Hi Roland. I see you've had the pleasure of meeting User:ElliotJoyce. Please don't Wikihound him.

By the way, please see WP:ANEW#User:RolandR reported by User:ElliotJoyce (Result: ). I guess he forgot to notify you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 23:30, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Mr. Shabazz. Also, how do I go about notifying someone when I report them?ElliotJoyce (talk) 23:33, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

You simply leave them a message informing them that they're being discussed on a noticeboard. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 23:36, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

All right, thanks.ElliotJoyce (talk) 23:41, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

sorry

Accidentally rolled back an edit of yours. Reverted myself. Just a mis-click, sorry about that.--Cube lurker (talk) 16:12, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

No problem, I assumed it was an error. RolandR (talk) 16:16, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

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Judge James Gray

See Talk:James_P._Gray Someone you might have fun helping work on since he's Pro-two state/Palestinian- justice before peace guy and is probably Libertarian Party Candidate for Vice President in US with former governor Gary Johnson. More conservative than me, but good to see him talking the talk and walking the walk. CarolMooreDC 15:20, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

I've never heard of him, and not that keen on the Libertarian Party. Looking at the link you post, I see that he wants to "de-radicalize" the situastion -- which is the last thing I would want to do anywhere! And, as I hope you realise, I am anti-two states. So thanks, but I don't think there's anything useful I could add. RolandR (talk) 15:34, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

A bit overly enthusiastic this AM after too much coffee. Didn't know you were versus two state. I'm for the 100 state solution myself, independent communities networking as they please on justly acquired land. 8 Years ago his position freaked out the Zionists in LP but I guess they've had to adapt. So progress exists. CarolMooreDC 05:28, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

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The article marked as ARBPIA article

So 1RR probably applies I think you should revert yourself but maybe better would fix the sentence if you feel that is not summarize properly the criticism--Shrike (talk) 08:22, 17 May 2012 (UTC) .

And I have made just one revert. RolandR (talk) 08:29, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thanks for your contributions, RolandR. SwisterTwister talk 02:21, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

I award barnstars to users who have been contributing to fields such as vandalism and fixing articles. I saw you've been active in these and I thought I would give you an award. SwisterTwister talk 17:18, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Socialism (as referred to in the article) in the USSR is no more.

Why should we not be using the past tense as in:

The most prominent example of a planned economy was the economic system of the Soviet Union, and as such, the centralised-planned economic model was usually associated with the Communist states of the 20th century, where it was combined with a single-party political system. In a centrally planned economy, decisions regarding the quantity of goods and services to be produced are planned in advance by a planning agency.

The most prominent examples of planned economies currently are: North Korea, Myanmar and Cuba.

The Soviet Union has largely been reformed since 1989.

Proplib (talk) 17:44, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Because this is a section on planned economies, not on the Soviet Union. There is still interest in and discussion about planned economies, and in this discussion the most prominent example still is (not was) the economy of the SU, and this model still is (not was) associated with the Communist states. RolandR (talk) 17:52, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Ok - still is the best example of a planned economy as the the SU was before its collapse. I'm with you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Proplib (talk • contribs) 18:42, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

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FYI - 74.198.*.*

Hi. This editor has made a report at WP:ANI about Palestinian people and I have mentioned your name as one those who have reverted his edits. Mathsci (talk) 04:44, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks ...

I hope you are doing well. Tiamut^talk 18:59, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Email

Hi Roland,

You sent me an email right? If you're wondering why I'm asking, it says the email might not be from you, so just making sure. . Elockid ^(Talk) 20:35, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I did. The copy that was forwarded to me said the same thing, I don't know why. Perhaps because it came via Wikipedia, not directly from my account? I've also written to Oversight about this. RolandR (talk) 20:41, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Translation

Dear User:RolandR, I would like to ask you if you kindly agree to translate the article Israel Tsvaygenbaum from English to Hebrew. Thank you. Sincerely, Boxes12 (talk) 13:43, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry Boxes; I am able to translate well from Hebrew to English, and to make short contributions in Hebrew, but I think that for this you need a native Hebrew speaker. You can find a list of possible candidates here. RolandR (talk) 14:19, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your advice. Best, Boxes12 (talk) 15:33, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

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Hebrew assistance

The phrase תורתו אומנותו has been anglicised into Torato Omanuto; is this correct, I am unsure about the 'ma' part in Omanuto. Ankh.Morpork 22:14, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

That seems right to me. "mu" would also be unsatisfactory, and "ma" is consistent with other transliterations from Hebrew, such as mazeltov, or Mahane Yehuda. Why not add the IPA version, to prevent ambiguity? RolandR (talk) 23:16, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I thought there might be shva under the mem and not a patach. Ankh.Morpork 23:22, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

It's neither; it's a kamatz. RolandR (talk) 23:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Cheers, thanks for clearing that up. Ankh.Morpork 23:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

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