Wikipedia talk:Notice board for Israel-related topics/Archive 1

Archive 1

SHABAS

The following is copied from Portal talk:Israel as I think it is more relevant here. (Or maybe it should be going straight into the to do list without discussion.) jnothman ^talk 01:01, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm posting this here since I don't think it will get much attention on WP:RA. Basically there is still no article on the prison service, SHABAS, and I think that's pretty bad. It's possibly the most important Israel-related article that still doesn't exist. The other one being Education Minister of Israel (there is a Finance Minister of Israel even though there's nothing about the ministry itself). I don't think many Wikipedians work for SHABAS, or there would've been something, but anyone who knows anything about the prison service, please create an article; it would be greatly appreciated. -- Y Ynhockey || Talk Y 07:56, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

You can also take information from he:שירות בתי הסוהר.

Idi Amin

I have some questions concerning some information that was added to the Idi Amin article on the polish wikipedia. Some annonymous guy claims that Idi Amin made an official visit to Israel and was awarded an Israeli paratrooper badge/award. He also claims that the Israeli goverment suppoprted the "early" regime of Idi Amin. I was unable to confirm or deny any of these claims. Can you help? Mieciu K 11:25, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

True, if you check out the english site Idi Amin, you can see his paratrooper wings on the portrait appearing on the money. --Shuki 13:45, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

I see a paratrooper badge (ugandan, british or israeli?) but I still do not know when and how he got it and who gave it to him. Mieciu K 16:50, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Standard naming scheme

Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Regional notice boards#A uniform naming scheme. Zocky | picture popups 00:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Some articles that can be translated

Here's a short list of articles about people which don't exist on EnWiki yet, but do on HeWiki:

• David Bloch-Blumenfeld (or David Bloch) (he:דוד בלוך-בלומנפלד) - politician, former mayor of Tel Aviv
• Azriel Carlebach (he:עזריאל קרליבך) - journalist, founded of Maariv (created by User:Sharaith)
• David Frishman (he:דוד פרישמן) - journalist, poet, writer
• Uri Nissan Gnessin (he:אורי ניסן גנסין) - Hebrew-language story writer (created by User:Charles Matthews)
• Chaim Levanon (he:חיים לבנון) - politician, former mayor of Tel Aviv
• Moshe Leib Lilienblum (he:משה לייב לילינבלום) - Zionist, member of Hovevei Zion (created by User:Dfass)
• Alexander Marmorek (he:אלכסנדר מרמורק) - doctor, Zionist
• Samuel Mohilever (he:שמואל מוהליבר) - religious Zionist, member of Hovevei Zion (created by User:Ynhockey)
• Igal Mosinzon (or Yigal Mosenzon) (he:יגאל מוסינזון) - writer, playwright
• Mordechai Namir (he:מרדכי נמיר) - politician, former mayor of Tel Aviv
• David Remez (he:דוד רמז) - politician, head of Histadrut
• Israel Rokach (he:ישראל רוקח) - politician, former mayor of Tel Aviv
• Menahem Sheinkin (he:מנחם שינקין) - Zionist, one of the founders of Tel Aviv
• Yosef Sprinzak (or Yosef Shprintzak) (he:יוסף שפרינצק) - politician, head of Histadrut, head of Knesset (created by User:Ian Pitchford)
• David Wolfson (or David Wolfsohn) (he:דוד וולפסון) - Zionist (created by User:Ynhockey)

-- Ynhockey ^(Talk) 22:02, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Help with translations

I'm currently working on a script intended to create short articles on political parties on a variety of wikipedias simultaneously. However, in order for the technique to work I need help with translations to various languages. If you know any of the languages listed at User:Soman/Lang-Help , then please help by filling in the blanks. For example I need help with Hebrew. Thanks, --Soman 12:14, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

New template for articles needing Hebrew script

I have created a new template {{Hebrew script}}, to tag any articles about a place, name, or concept originally written in the Hebrew alphabet, but which does not include that version in the article. It adds these articles automatically to Category:Articles needing Hebrew script, where people knowledgeable in Hebrew can sort them out. The idea was based on {{Arabic}}. Rigadoun (talk) 17:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Jewish WIKIVERSITY

NEW: On Wikiversity there is now a "Jewish Studies School." Will it become a "duplication" of many things on Wikipedia? What should it's goals and functions be? Please add your learned views. Thank you. IZAK 09:09, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Jew Year's Eve

There is an article up for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jew Year's Eve which describes a social event claimed to take place in many cities the day before Erev Rosh Hashanah. Someone has posted some sources to back up the claims of the article but they are all in Hebrew:

• http://www.ynet.co.il/yaan/0,7340,L-20716-MjA3MTZfNDY1MjI2ODZfMTQ4Njg3MjAw-FreeYaan,00.html
• http://www.ha-lool.co.il/magazine/article.asp?id=357
• http://www.tam.co.il/26_12_97/tar1.html

Could a Hebrew-speaking person look these up and comment at the AfD as to whether they support the accuracy of the Jew Year's Eve article? Thanks! --Metropolitan90 03:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Article deleted. It's too bad some people tried to make it personal and try to make the discussion into the legitimacy of the event in question. --Shuki 20:28, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Hatikva

Hello. I went to this page and based from what I read at [1], the title might be wrong. I was wonder how you guys determined the spelling of the article title and if it should be moved or not. Thanks. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 19:19, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Revisionist Zionism

Talk:Revisionist Zionism#Removed cited material: Can someone understand what is going on here? Amoruso's explanations are doing nothing to alleviate my confusion. I tried contacting Zero who, like me, is a very experienced Wikipedian who is active on that page, and he replied, "'Fraid there's nothing to understand. Amoruso is here as a self-appointed representative of Etzel and Lehi. He is not interested in Wikipedia rules or processes."

I'm not particularly interested in staring into Amoruso's soul. I'm interested in understanding the purported reason for the removal of material. It seems to me that significant, well-cited information has been removed from the article. People are allowed to hold opinions, even extreme opinions, even repellent opinions, and remain active in Wikipedia. But it does not exempt them from the usual rules about editing articles. He has removed material that appeared to me to be well cited. He has given what at least has the form of a rationale doing so, but I literally don't understand his stated rationale. I'm not that interested in his deep motivations: I'm interested in whether the stated rationale is comprehensible to someone; I'm assuming good faith, but I've given up on his ability to explain his rationale in terms I will understand. Can someone here make sense of this and help sort this out? Thanks in advance. - Jmabel | Talk 16:16, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Zaki, Israel

Could someone take a look on notability of this person? It is currently on {{PROD}}. It should be also renamed. Pavel Vozenilek 13:25, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

DYK

The DYK section featured on the main page is always looking for interesting new and recently expanded stubs from different parts of the world. Please make a suggestion.--Peta 02:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Yemach shemo vezichro

Could someone take a look on this newly created page about a Hebrew expression? Pavel Vozenilek 17:19, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Help on Palestine Communist Party

I'm trying to expand the section on the early history of the PKP, but at this point I'm just getting more and more confused. I've encountered 2 separate sources, with somewhat contradicting info. In Early Communism in Palestine, Fred Halliday, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Winter, 1978), pp. 162-169, the following picture is presented:

• MPS formed in 1919
• MPS becomes MPSI (what would have been the full name of MPSI?)
• MPSI becomes Jewish Communist Party in 1921
• Jewish Communist Party splits in 1922, PKP and CPP are formed
• PKP and CPP unite in 1923

In The Palestine Communist Party 1919 - 1948, Joel Beinen, MERIP Reports, No. 55 (Mar., 1977), pp. 3-17, doi:10.2307/3010830, there is a somewhat different picture. MPS gives birth to PKP in 1922 (no mention on MPSI or Jewish Communist Party). Minority leaves PKP at its founding congress, in 1923 there is reunification.

Would there have been any connection between the Jewish Communist Party in Palestine and the Jewish Communist Party in Russia at the same time? (for example sections of the same international structure?)

Any clarifications on this would be welcome. --Soman 19:27, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Chaim Weizmann

Does anyone know why the Chaim Weizmann biography has been moved to a page under a name he was not known by, i.e., Haim Weizman? See, for example Jewish Agency for Israel, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Weizmann Institute, First President of the State of Israel. --Ian Pitchford 10:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

User_talk:Number_57#Chaim_for_Haim, User_talk:Shenme#Chaim_-.3E_Haim. Bukvoed 12:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not convinced by these. The man was known as Chaim Weizmann and anyone searching the literature would have to use that name. --Ian Pitchford 12:31, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

User Number57 has taken the liberty to unilaterally redirect/rename a few pages, some of with are Naomi Chazan, Chaim Landau, Chaim Bar-Lev. I also do not agree with this move. --Shuki 15:33, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

That's good to know. I really think encyclopedia articles should have as their titles the names generally used in the relevant literature. At best any changes in standard transliteration should just be mentioned in the body of the article. To me it almost seems sacrilegious to change the name of someone of Weizmann's stature! --Ian Pitchford 15:59, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

While I generally agree with Number57's reasoning on other transliteration issues, here I have to agree that Chaim Weizmann and not Haim Weizman is correct. Weizmann is a German last name, and he is more Yiddish than English. Moreover it's more common (especially among reputable sources). I support moving the article back to Chaim Weizmann. -- Ynhockey ^(Talk) 16:57, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, on reflection it looks like I was a bit hasty with the Weizmann move (seeing as his name apparently was spelt consistently with a Ch during his life). When it does get moved back, may I also suggest that Ezer Weizman has another "n" added to his name for consistency's sake (seeing as they are the same family, having differing surnames would be a bit strange!). Anyway, I still stand by my other moves to Haim (Herzog, Landau and Bar-Lev) who are more contemporary, and the latter at least appears to be consistently spelt with an H is the English Israeli press. Number 57 20:43, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Azeri Waffen SS Volunteer Formations

Hello. Azeri Waffen SS Volunteer Formations is continuously having its information removed and its role in WWII (such as in Warsaw) and its part of the Nazi German Army being diminished or removed.Hajji Piruz 00:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Hindus who make pro-Jewish edits will get blocked indefinitely

I was User:Librorum Prohibitorum. I had disputes mainly with two editors (Administrator Dbachmann (talk · contribs), and Hornplease). Now the admin Picaroon (talk · contribs) has blocked me indefinitely, claiming I was a Hkelkar sock without any evidence at all. He has done this witout even leaving a message or explanation somewhere. If you look at [2], I don't edit the same articles. In my last edit I was writing something positive about Jews, and in another edit I was also commenting on Hornplease's biased anti-Jewish reasoning. This is the only reason that I can think of that someone would think that I am Hkelkar. Picaroon (or the editor who asked him to do this) thinks that every Hindu editor who says something positive about Jews must be a Hkelkar sock (Hkelkar was a Hindu-Jewish editor). This is a grave Adminstrator abuse. Librorum Prohibitorum2 (talk) 15:39, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Removal of Israeli References from Za'atar

There is currently a RfC on the TALK page of the article Za'atar. There seems to be some debate as to whether Israeli references belong in this article. Several WP:SPA and IP addresses have continually and habitually removed them stating that they are combatting a "Zionist agenda".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Za%27atar#RfC:_Removal_of_Israeli_References

-- Nsaum75 (talk) 15:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, man, don't tell me they've moved on from hummus. The Great Zionist Food Wars of 2008... <eleland/talkedits> 17:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Second Intidafa

On WP:WNBI#Second intifada we've noted that several Second Intifada related articles have fallen into disrepair. Contributions would be welcome. -- Nudve (talk) 15:35, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

An Invitation from the Philippine Wikipedia Community

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AFD for List of commercial goods allowed/banned for import into Gaza

Another unnecessary AFD for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of commercial goods allowed/banned for import into Gaza with failed arguments like WP:INDISCRIMINATE.

Official response by Israeli courts against the file suit by Israeli Human rights organisation Gisha

• http://www.gisha.org/index.php?intLanguage=2&intItemId=1217&intSiteSN=143&OldMenu=143
• http://www.gisha.org/index.php?intLanguage=2&intSiteSN=119&intItemId=1798&OldMenu=13
• http://www.gisha.org/index.php?intLanguage=2&intSiteSN=119&intItemId=1795&OldMenu=13
• Extended List of Banned/Prohibited Goods confirmed by Israeli courts by Gisha.
• http://www.gisha.org/UserFiles/File/publications/Obstruction_and_obfuscation.doc

I also help updating table with Gisha list. Kasaalan (talk) 13:48, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

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