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Hi - didn't mean to sound harsh or anything (and I apologize if I did); I appreciate your note. It is always useful to abide by WP:NOR and WP:RS in contentious articles such as these. This is especially true since (in my opinion) Palestinian defamation is common on Wikipedia just due to the fact that editors comfortable with defamation outnumber those who aren't!! Anyway, I look forward to your edits. One more thing, make sure your edits belong in the appropriate article. For example, edits that have to do with politics and history of the peace process may be more suitable in political articles such as Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Al-Aqsa Intifada, Palestinian National Authority and the like. The Palestinian people article is meant to be a non-politicized article about the history and culture of a people without the political debate. Of course, this is easier typed than done. Regards, Ramallite (talk) 19:37, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Angela. Thanks again for all your help. I have now made some progress in working on the NCDD wiki. I was wondering, is there some way that I could arrange to have admin privileges? Also, i was wondering, is there some way to prevent changes to the wiki by other users, at least until I have managed to finish some of the initial work? Obviously, at some point it will be open to editing by many others, but I would like to hold off on group editing, , especially by general users, for the time being, until it is somewhat ready for editing. So i appreciate it.
By the way, how worried should I be about random users finding it? I have a feeling that at some point Google may pick it up, since it is on wikia. Are there any general wiki link pages which currently link to it? I ask only because like I said, I feel it's not quite ready for open editing just yet.
By the way, when you reply, you can reply here, but could you please leave a note on my talk page, to let me know you have replied? Also, in general, one of the best ways to reach me is by leaving a note my talk page at wikipedia, letting me know to check the talk page somewhere else. Thanks for all your help. I appreciate it. -- Sm8900 01:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
At this moment, a massive conflict is breaking out at the following page, in an arbitration proceeding, at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Allegations of apartheid/Workshop, a subpage of Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Allegations_of_apartheid.
A group of editors has been developing an article entitled Alegations of Israeli apartheid."
In response, a group of more even-handed editors attempted to build a set of article detailing and highlighting alleged "apartheid" in other countries.
In response the editors of the Israel-apartheid article are now accusing the editors who worked on articles about all the other countries of POV, when it is the editors of the Israel article who are most guilty of a warped unfair POV focus on one country to the exclusion of others.
Currently, the ArbCom case has degenenerated to accusation and counter-accusation. This was inevitable, sicne ArbCom refuses to address cointent dispute, and only addresses user conduct, forcing even well-meaning, goodfaith editors to level accusations at each other.
Your help is vitally needed. Please go to this proceeding and insert your comments indicating support for those who seek to preserve balance at Wikipedia by applying this method of inquiry equally, by applying the "aparetheid" analigy to a variety of countries equally, instead of only to Israel.
If you wish, you may also demand that ArbCom or some other body address content disputes, so that this cycle of accusation and counter-accusation will not remaion the only real means of addressing disputes.
Thank you. -- Steve, Sm8900 03:01, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
::sorry, we're not creating any article called "Semite." Please don;t come here with any sweeping pronouncements or huge oratory. i'm referring to both of you. CasuaklObserver, why are you telling us what the political (Zionist) forces did or did not do? You seem like a pretty positive, humble guy. I like your overall attitude. however, you really need to think about whether any article on a single intellectual concept should require such a broad, layered justification. this is an encylopedia, not a righter of historical wrongs.
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