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Alger Hiss

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert a single page more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) At least two editors disagree with the edit you have repeatedly made to Alger Hiss, and reasons have been given in the edit summaries. As I say in my most recent edit summary, if you want to argue for this edit you are more than welcome to do so in the Talk:Alger Hiss page. KarlBunker 02:53, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Jenin

Your outrage at the claims made in this article are understandable. But we need to stick to the WP policy on, for instance, "Original Research", "Synthesis" and the rest of it. The fact that others are less careful doesn't allow us to get away with anything. Pace yourself, look at the information available, and concentrate on getting good information into the articles of the encyclopedia. There's masses of it out there - and it would be scandalous if other editors are able to keep it out indefinitely. Regards, PalestineRemembered 22:52, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

good word

i just thought i'd give you a good word for what seems to be a fair edit that advances the article. i may play with it some in the future to be less "numbered", but in general, i feel this edit was constructive.^[1] Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 20:18, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

p.s. as we discussed on talk, if you plan on using the problematic title of AI, then you should also include the title of CAMERA. Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 20:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

question - is it safe to say that i can archive this section? Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 06:59, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CAMERA article is entitled "A Study in Palestine Duplicity and Media Indifference"

I do not know what Camera article you are referring to. Blindjustice 21:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article in question is entitled "A Study in Palestinian Duplicity and Media Indifference" - and contains such gems as "despite copious evidence of their blatant lying ... refuting their fictitious 'massacre'". Needless to say, we should never be using such very poor material in the encyclopedia, it's clearly not an acceptable RS. (But it's further proof that the "No Massacre" thesis is a "Minor View"!) PalestineRemembered 11:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note

your recent edits have exceeded the definition of POV and i suggest you avoid what could be regarded as vandalism in the future. Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 02:20, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Careful

Your recent edit on Battle of Jenin - [2] - was a serious violation on POV, as you've added WP:WEASEL words ("some") to describe interpretations of secondary sources

There have been many reports about atrocities reported in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz. Ignoring these reports has made this an unbalanced article giving undue weight to the Israeli government narative and zero weight to the Palestinian narative. I was just trying to add balance.

and added a Palestinian report submitted to the Secretary-General quote ("Many credible sources have reported about atrocities committed... it is probable that a massacre and a crime against humanity might have been committed in the Jenin refugee camp") under a "However, the UN report contained the following" descriptive, giving the Palestinian submission a a UN validation quality it does not posses. Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 03:05, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"However, the UN report contained the following" is a direct quote from the report from the UN web site.Blindjustice (talk) 20:06, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No it isn't - see source. Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 20:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Type of sources

Hi. I noticed in your edit summary, for Battle of Jenin, you mentioned primary and secondary sources. Though I don't know you, I hope you don't mind my recommending the Wikipedia policy about primary and secondary sources. Maybe this seems counter-intuitive, but a key point is that "Any interpretation of primary source material requires a secondary source." This is because the encyclopedia is mainly a "tertiary" source that depends on solid secondary sources, and because the interpretation of primary sources would draw us into original research, i.e., to be avoided. If the topic concerns media coverage of an event, then you are right to see that a given media report like Ha'aretz is functioning as a primary source, which therefore means that we should rely on secondary sources that put the Ha'aretz and other coverage into the proper context and analysis. I say this without prejudicing whether your proposed finding ("evidence of massacre") is correct or not. See what I mean? Hope this is useful. HG | Talk 16:10, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

I am no longer using an anonymous login, as per suggestion. Also, I have edited many articles, not just the Battle of Jenin. Concerning the Haaretz source, it is important because a high ranking member of the Israeli government would not talk about a 'massacre' based on a mere rumor, and in fact, the article continues with statements by the Israeli armed forces stating that over 100 Jenin fighters and civilians had already been killed, again implying that a massacre was in progress and expressing fears of international reaction. Israel did initiate a public relations campaign to deny that a massacre occurred, by retracting or downplaying previous statements indicating otherwise. Omitting sources which would tend to support the contention that a massacre occurred is most definitely POV, since this is a major point of controversy concerning this article. Contrast this with non-reliable sources being used to support the contention that a massacre did not occur, such as the Washington Times article concerning alleged Palestinian verification of a low death toll. The original of the Washington Times article has been removed from the internet, so indirect links from pro-Israeli blogs are used. Using a search engine reveals NO OTHER MAJOR AMERICAN NEWS OUTLET with content on the web ran the Washington Times story. Yet this questionable source remains, while the Haaretz source is deleted. I was just trying to restore NPOV.

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Request reason:

I am still blocked. The following message appears when I try to edit a page: Editing from 68.37.255.64 (your account, IP address, or IP address range) has been disabled by Swatjester for the following reason(s): POV pushing, edit warring, and vandalism on Battle of Jenin and others.

Decline reason:

I am declining on the basis that the IP in question is a residential IP that has focused solely on disrupting middle eastern articles for over a year. Therefore, it is highly probable you are that IP and should remain blocked. — MBisanz ^talk 02:36, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Blindjustice (talk) 00:11, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I specifically disabled anon-only on this block because I was certain that this IP was a sockpuppet of some user, logging out to avoid detection. Surprise surprise, it was. According to your unblock request above, you haven't learned from your POV pushing and edit warring, and that you intend to do it further. Accordingly, this account should be blocked as well. ⇒SWATJester ^{Son of the Defender} 18:07, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Topic Ban

Under the provisions of the Palestine Israel arbitration committee, this account is topic banned from articles relating to Israel/Palestine for 60 days from the cessation of the above block. ⇒SWATJester ^{Son of the Defender} 01:51, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

No link is provided concerning "Palestine Israel arbitration committee," so I am unable to know what provision you are referring to. Also, no reason given for contention that an important citation from a reliable source^[1] is POV. Also, I have edited pages other than on Israeli-Palestine issue, so statement that I have "focused solely on disrupting middle eastern articles for over a year" is not correct; and some of my edits were not "disrupting", "edit wars", or "POV," since they were incorporated into articles without objection. Administrator User:Swatjester is biased by his/her own POV and should recuse.

Decline reason:

This is what he's referring to, and it's pretty solid reasoning for the block and topic ban. — Daniel Case (talk) 13:35, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		This Barnstar awarded to an editor I always thought was careful and scholarly. I see no evidence, and no attempt at documenting, that your IP was "POV pushing, edit warring, and vandalism on Battle of Jenin and others" as claimed. I would have disputed that if I'd been offered the opportunity, as I feel sure many others would have done. I know of no policy that says that, once having opened an account, you would be required to edit under that accont sine die. There may come a time when Wikipedia ceases to be "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit" - but there's been no public announcement or discussion to that effect so far. PR^talk 19:31, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Survey vote request

Please vote in survey over whether to include text in History of the the Islamic Republic of Iran

Text and dispute is at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&diff=274961453&oldid=274952179

Arguements

found in edit summary and at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran#Deletion_by_KneeJuan

Thank you --BoogaLouie (talk) 21:10, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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NPA

Saying another editor's constructive edits are "Vandalism" would be a personal attack. Please retract this baseless accusation. Icewhiz (talk) 08:45, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The total deletion of an edit is NOT constructive, the removal of reputable sources is vandalism.

The wholesale deletion of relevant information, along with its reputable sources, is indeed vandalism.Blindjustice (talk) 22:10, 11 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=150051%7CPeres calls IDF operation in Jenin a 'massacre'

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