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Deb 22:25, 18 October 2007 (UTC)reply
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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)reply
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,
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Talk 23:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)reply
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 Even an unpublished letter from Rabbi Berkovits himself would not be relevant.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,
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Talk 23:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)reply
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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. -
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<ref>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.</ref>
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".
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