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Thank you

And thank-you for inspiring the researching and reorganization of Tikkun Olam by your additions of Rav Hirsch and Rav Kook! I look forward to your future contributions on that article and others. Kol tuv, Egfrank 17:58, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Moshe Shmuel Glasner

Hi. Thought I'd ask you about the connection betw Rabbis Glasner and Berkovits here, if that's ok with you. If not, I apologize and am glad to pick it up on the article Talk page. Anyway, the article text goes: "extremely similar to that of Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits." The footnote says: "An examination of Rabbi Berkovits's works leads to the unmistakable conclusion...." I'm wondering who made this examination and drew this conclusion. If it's you (i.e., Wikipedia editors), then it sounds like original research. If it's Hazony, then let's just say that this is Hazony's conclusion. See what I mean? Thanks. Be well, HG | Talk 23:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

:Greetings, thanks for your prompt and nice reply. I appreciate the situation and empathize with you. Still, let me stick to your question: I would ask you then, is there any way to document all of this, without running afoul of original research? I'm afraid that we need to stick with reliable sources (which are mainly secondary sources, esp major media and scholarship). Wikipedia is merely a tertiary source. So the various emails and correspondence of our editors is not relevant. Don't forget, the reliable sources also help us identify what is notable for inclusion in an article. Until somebody publishes something about the relationship between these rabbis, it isn't within our policy framework to put it in the article. Even an unpublished letter from Rabbi Berkovits himself would not be relevant. Sorry about that. Ok? Thanks. Pls reply. Kol tuv, HG | Talk 23:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

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In the News

  • WikiProject Good Articles is doing sweeps over all our current good articles to ensure they still meet criteria. For more information and how you can help, check out WikiProject Good Articles Sweeps.
  • GA status for the article Jew has been put on hold pending a few minor revisions. A list of things that need to be done to return this top importance article to its proper status can be found here.
  • Jerusalem is a Featured Article Candidate! Go forth, my people, and !vote!

To Do

  • One new Judaism-related article was created this month, the long requested Hebrew Punctuation. Thanks to Epson291 for creating it. Remember, folks, there are over forty standing requests for Judaism articles, so whenever you get the opportunity make sure to go create a few.
  • In the right column you will see a listing of our most popular articles. All of these articles got 170,000+ page hits in the past month, and they should be on everyone's watchlist so we can keep them vandalism-free.
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Yes, folks, we're moving on up. This newsletter is now the newsletter for both WikiProject Judaism, WikiProject Jewish History, and WikiProject Kabbalah. In the future, I may split them, but for now I think we'll be just fine with one. As always, any questions or comments should be directed to me, L'Aquatique.

A Special Dispatch

Just a note, not aimed at anyone in particular. By order of the administrative cabal, it is officially not cool (and possibly dickish) to call someone an anti-semite when they aren't being anti-semitic. Anti-semitic is a very charged word, and it's important only to use it when you're absolutely sure it applies, lest it become the subject of a Godwin-esque law. Remember Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

In the News

  • A new class on the importance scale has been added- C Class- which covers articles better than start but not quite to B Class yet. It is up to the WikiProjects to decide whether to adopt them or not. Currently, there has been little discussion within our Projects, so if you feel strongly either way be sure to note so at your Project[s].
  • There is a proposal to reword the section on NPOV regarding religious articles. Please see Wikipedia_talk:NPOV#Religion section - Disputes between historians or scientists and religious_views to weigh in.
  • Thanks largely to the efforts of Xyz7890, a new navbox has come into being featuring Halakha topics. See: Template talk:Halakha to join in the conversation about how it can best be improved.

To Do

  • The Simple English Wikipedia is beginning a project of creating and improving articles related to religion, including Judaism. At the present time, volunteers are needed to propose our most important subjects for articles to be created. The official working list is here and a more extended list is here. If you are unsure of proper topics, you might try checking our lists of top importance level articles: Judaism and Jewish History. (WikiProject Kabbalah currently doesn't have such a list)

:*[Simple English] WikiProject Christianity is considering running a monthly drive wherein two or three top importance articles from English Wikipedia are simplified and moved over to S.E. They have extended an offer to work with us in creating a similar project for Judaism related articles. For questions or volunteer opportunities, please contact User:John Carter.

  • WikiProject Kabbalah is in dire need of an article rating system for quality and importance. If you are familiar with that system and have some time on your hands, please create one. It could also use some infoboxes...

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Article Cleanup Lists

User:B. Wolterding has generously offered us use of his bot to generate lists that show which articles of ours are tagged for cleanup. You can read more about this service here: User:B._Wolterding/Cleanup_listings and if you would like to take him up on his offer, contact him on his talk page.

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  • There is a collaboration drive to get Holocaust in Lithuania to good article status. For information about how you can help, see the talk page or contact User:Piotrus.
  • WikiProject Kabbalah's only Featured and Good articles have been removed from the WikiProject, on the grounds that neither article (Diane Keaton and David Beckham, respectively) actually mention the subject's affiliation with Kabbalah. If you have sourced information linking either of these people to Kabbalah, please add it so the articles can be returned to the WikiProject.
  • After a rather heated discussion, there are now two barnstars for use by the Jewish WikiProjects, {{tl|The Jewish Barnstar}} and {{tl|The New Jewish Barnstar}}, and you can choose which one you would like to use.. Remember: barnstars are for rewarding users who are doing good work on the project or on Judaism, Jewish History, or Kabbalah articles, and anyone can give anyone else a barnstar. If you see a user who you thinks deserves a thank you, give them a barnstar!

To Do/Help Requests

  • If you have some spare time on your hands, we could use an article about a Kabbalah scholar named Moshe Idel. According to HG there are quite a few sources easily available, you can contact him if you have questions. Be sure to nominate it for DYK if the finished article is eligible.
  • The folks at Shimon Peres need some assistance from someone familiar with both the Hebrew calendar and language to help them figure out the subject's birthday. If you can help, please see Talk:Shimon_Peres#Birthday.

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[[Civil disobedience]]

Hi there - I've removed the text below from the article on Civil disobedience. I wanted to post here to explain why; Firstly, it's not really a reference (that is, something people can go an independently verify if they mistrust what the article says). I suppose it could be changed to refer people to the material that led you to your conclusions, but for the second reason I removed it; it is by its own admission original research. Hope this makes sense. - TB (talk) 19:31, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

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The following observation regarding MKs Pines-Paz and Shai, is based on User:Sevendust62's own personal reading of Pines-Paz and Shai, based on the general phenomenon described by Epstein. However, neither Epstein nor anyone else (as far as User:Sevendust62 knows) explicitly cited Pines-Paz and Shai as demonstrating the phenomenon described by Epstein. It is User:Sevendust62's personal opinion that Pines-Paz and Shai clearly and undeniably demonstrate Epstein's phenomenon of communism-inspired absolutism in the guise of misleadingly Western liberal terminology, but this reading of Pines-Paz and Shai may be disputed by others, who will perhaps feel that they (viz. Pines-Paz and Shai) do not demonstrate Epstein's phenomenon.

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:I completely understand. The reason I put that reference there was precisely in order to notify others that it was original research. I didn't want the quotations from Pines-Paz and Shai to be juxtaposed with the material on Feiglin and Epstein, without others being notified that the juxtaposition itself was "original". Sevendust62 (talk) 21:20, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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Reliable sources

Hello Sevendust62,

please check Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources, Wikipedia:Independent sources and Wikipedia:Third-party sources. A representative of a political organization is not a neutral, third-party source, because he is connected and tied to the subject (i.e. the faction) itself. He speaks for the party/faction, but is not a reliable source for information about it. Third-party, or independent, and therefore reliable sources are sources from outside the movement. Kind regards --RJFF (talk) 23:07, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of [[Eliezer Samson Rosenthal]]

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