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		The Israeli Barnstar of National Merit
		Jaakobou, You have worked hard to attempt to improve wikipedia's Israel/Palestine related articles. You have made appropriate additions and changes, added sourced content, and dealt with the POV issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I believe you have at many times tried to promote improvement and NPOV in many wikipedia articles, and have greatly improved many articles. You have had to deal with some issues in the past, have faced at times controversial sanctioning, but when you were wrong, you have learned from your mistakes, and improved your editing, and since, you have become a very good editor. For all you have done, you have won my respect, and are in my opinion very deserving of this barnstar. YahelGuhan (talk) 05:25, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK for I'm a PC

arThere you go. Whoever moved your hook nomination to the next update forgot to add your credit in as you can see here. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you. – RyanCross (talk) 23:53, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I looked over this once more, and found out you didn't do any expansion to the article or nominated it, and only made copyedits to it. This doesn't count as a DYK for you. You have to have expanded it. Sorry to have to do this, but I've removed your DYK. Please don't let this discourage you. Do continue your contributions. Thanks, – RyanCross (talk) 03:35, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't aware of this, but no worries; I should be getting a DYK for a different article in a few hours. Cheers :) Jaakobou 04:15, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Archiving I'm A PC discussions

If you are agreeable to it, I am thinking that archiving the citations conversation and the DYK hullaballoo might serve the article discussion better. The anon kept using ou argument as a defense for their bad behavior. Let's avoid the 'monkey see-monkey do', 'little kids following the big kids' lead' problem. I will create an archive but won't archive until I've heard back from you. - Arcayne () 21:05, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't know what the IP has done exactly but archiving usually occurs when the discussion about an issue is stale. I don't think you should archive our discussion at this point in time. I suggest you ask Ryan about this issue since you seem to value his opinion above mine.

Respectfully, Jaakobou 22:42, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Asi Cohen

On 7 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Asi Cohen, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 16:03, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikilawyering and accusations

Jaakobou, please desist from making repeated accusations that I am stalking you, that I am engaged in tendentious editing or that I am violating some other policy with my edits simply on the basis that you disagree with them. Someone can take issue with your general perspective on the world and your competent-but-not-perfect grasp of English, and make edits accordingly, without them therefore being an egregious violator of every single WP policy. As I've said before, the relevant policies here are actually WP:AGF & WP:CIV. I have tried to avoid coming here to make this point, but as you've just done it again on the Battle of Jenin talk page I have no choice. I've had enough of it, and if I need to I'll take it to one of your mentors (if you still have them) or to the appropriate notice board. Thanks. --Nickhh (talk) 08:46, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Note: The above comment came in response to the following diff from the Battle of Jenin talk page. Jaakobou 15:24, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

And also from the last few days this, this, this, this and this, even if this last one is not, at least, as confrontational as all the others. Similar diffs available from previous encounters, which seem to come in clusters every few months or so (not as often of course as they would if I really were engaged in wiki-stalking, as opposed to merely sometimes editing in broadly the same areas) --Nickhh (talk) 16:42, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Image loaded

Thank you for an excellent effort on the historic Tel Aviv photo. I've recovered the bibliographic data and uploaded it to Commons for you. Would you please add in notes about your edits? The image is loaded as Image:Tel_Aviv_carrying_bricks.jpg. Best regards, Durova 23:26, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Cheers, Jaakobou 14:26, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Battle of Jenin

See this for Ashley's plan for neutralizing POV; please weigh in ASAP. Thanks! :) Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 01:11, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Will try and accommodate the concerns as best as possible.

Cheers, Jaakobou 10:09, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Tundrabuggy

You commented recently on my talk page about Tundrabuggy's behaviour in wikistalking me on articles relating to ancient Babylonian history. Unfortunately he's continued this behaviour, having blown off all the comments and advice from others about his conduct. I've therefore raised the issue at WP:AN/I#User:Tundrabuggy. Please feel free to contribute to the discussion. -- ChrisO (talk) 20:32, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm thinking it might have been premature and mostly an issue of the grief caused by not breaking off current disputes for a while (I know it's difficult to put it in perspective when there's feuds going on at 5 separate articles). I left a proposition with a canvass related trouting. Let me know if I missed something though. Jaakobou 02:31, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Shaike Levi

On 3 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shaike Levi, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 06:53, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Major edit then minor edit

Regarding your edits to Rashid Khalidi - if you make a major edit and then a minor edit, can watchlisters notice the major edit you've made? Thanks, Andjam (talk) 11:56, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I believe they can. You just click the history button.

Cheers, Jaakobou 11:59, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

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Rashid Khalidi

Thank you for your work yesterday, adding important information to this page. Unfortunately, Wikidemon has removed the material. A move that is in violation of the three-revert rule. He has a history of aggressive editiong and threats of blocking people who disagree with him. Also, he removes evidence of his behavior from his talk page.

There are two important new pieces of evidence re: Khalidi's PLO connecitons.

1) The Los Angeles Times is backing its 1976 description of Khalidi as a PLO spokesman with a new story describing Khalidi as, “a renowned scholar on the Palestinians who in the 1970s had acted as a spokesman for Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization.”

2) A truly persuasive report has surfaced on martin Kramer’s blog. It comes from Pacifica Radio. According to Kramer:

Khalidi is given an affiliation by the narrator five times, as follows (with the elapsed time in parentheses): • "Rashid Khalidi, interviewed in Beirut, is an official spokesperson for the Palestinian news service Wafa" (7:34)

• "PLO spokesperson Rashid Khalidi" (11:45)

• "Rashid Khalidi, official spokesperson for the PLO" (21:00)

• "Rashid Khalidi, interviewed at the headquarters of the PLO in Beirut" (29:57) • "Rashid Khalidi is the leading spokesperson for the PLO news agency, Wafa" (32:51) I listened to the program (Kramer has the link) and found his citations to be accurate.

I believe that these two sections should be added to the article as footnotes and that the lead of the PLO Connection section should read as the Los Angeles Times reads: “acted as a spokesman for Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization.” With Khalidi’s denial at the end of the section. The Los Angeles Times did not print something like this at this moment in time without serious consideration. Historicist (talk) 20:41, 3 November 2008 (UTC)Historicist

Heyo Historicist,

1. If a fellow editor is in violation of a policy and ignored outside commentary, there is room to consider a report at a relevant forum (WP:ANI, WP:AN3).
2. The second source seems like one which should not be used regardless of how persuasive it sounds. If the content is accurate and notable enough for a bigraphy, it can be expected to be found on a wiki-reliable source per WP:RS.

Cheers, Jaakobou 22:56, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

We are discussing wording again on Rashid Khalidi and the PLO connection. You had suggestions last time concensus was attempted.Historicist (talk) 17:44, 19 November 2008 (UTC)Historicist

I'll probably only have time to give it a look tomorrow. Jaakobou 17:58, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Still going, and going, and....Historicist (talk) 14:47, 20 November 2008 (UTC)Historicist

Carlos Latuff in Russian

Ok, I will add information.--Mosn1 (talk) 17:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Inappropriate comments?

Well, thank you for clarifying about comments; however, please note that Nickhh and another fellow - Nishidani - have been deleting factual content (as distinguished from links) that I have added to the 'Hezbollah' page. The subject matter is the level of support for the terror organization in Lebanon. 'Hezbollah' has lost popularity among numerous Lebanese since its 2006 war with 'Israel', occupation of Downtown Beirut, and invasion of Beirut and the Druze villages of Mount Lebanon. These are facts. But the guardians of the reputation of 'Hezbollah' -- Nickhh and Nishidani -- see otherwise and make it personal (referring to this contributor as "Abbas Whoever"). Obviously, that is a sign of their distress, which makes suspicious of their motives to say the least.

I would like to invite you to take a look at the content that they thought is inappropriate (in the history page of 'Hezbollah').

Fastabbas (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 13:01, 7 November 2008 (UTC).

I'll try and give it a look, but my time is limited these days. Don't be discouraged, use maybe WP:3O and other suggestions from the WP:DR. If you honestly feel persecuted and bullied, you can try WP:WQA and/or WP:ANI - but it's better to try and resolve the issues through DR first and move on to other areas only if that fails. Jaakobou 19:34, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Note noted

I appreciate your comment and will take it to heart, as best I can; it is my tendency. I expect nothing less from you and your tendency. Different opinions should not become an obstacle to collaboration on an article so important to both our povs; you for your reasons, and me for mine.

Many individual differences will arise, and will be discussed cordially. My view is, simply put, it takes more than the inclusion of one pov to approach NPOV. I see the current presentation as one or two threads, among several others, which must entwine to make the neutral article LOI should be. The recent warring in the lede and in current political usages, causes me worry, however, because I view it as less than cordial and contrary to wiki-policy. These edits were not discussed cordially and are not currently allowed on the page for some reason. I can not agree with that interpretation of wiki-policy and NPOV, considering RS and V, et.al. Personally, my level of rhetoric tends to be minimal when there is collaborative progress toward an NPOV presentation. You get your points and others get theirs; there is more than one side to the story. Concerning my usage of ‘asymmetric support,’ please note that I do not use such inferences without an relevant RS behind them. In this case, I decided that might be too provocative at this stage of the discussion. From my pov, an NPOV description of LOI is absolutely necessary. If we do it correctly we should both get what we want, and Misplaced Pages gets what it demands. Regards, CasualObserver'48 (talk) 11:05, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

WP:AE

I have reported you to WP:AE for your disruptive talk page comments at Q-D-S. I am tired of your soapboxing against Arabs and Muslims, and your following me around to areas where I am happily editing quite productively until you jump in with your incendiary and provocative commentary. Feel free to comment there. Tiamut 18:21, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

I have absolutely nothing against Muslims and/or Arabs. I still believe that my noting that, militant groups who tend to call their endeavors "holy" are a not relevant enough for a "see also" link on the Q-D-S article, was not soapboxing but a fairly reasonable and certainly not an anti-Muslim argument. Let me know if you feel otherwise and I'll think of ways to rephrase this argument in the future.

Coridally, Jaakobou 23:00, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Final warning

Jaakobou, I have previously spoken to you about disruptive talk page conduct. If the problem persists, I'll give you a 1 month ban from I-P articles. PhilKnight (talk) 19:14, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Phil, please see my comment in the AE thread. I have to disagree with your assessment of the situation - I don't think Jaak has done much wrong here. This is a content issue at the minute, and it should be dealt with via content RfC or mediation. We don't need to start banning editors just yet. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:22, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Comment

Hi, Jaakobou. Re this comment: please comment on content, not on the contributor. I don't know the circumstances and you don't give diffs, but it seems quite possible to me that the difference could simply have been that Timeshifter happened to disagree with what you wanted to do, and agree with what the other editor wanted to do. I suggest putting any comments about editor behaviour on user talk pages to leave the article talk page clear for content discussion. I've also put a comment on Timeshifter's talk page, among others. ☺Coppertwig(talk) 23:10, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Seems like good concerns but not sure the discussion was understood. My response given here. Jaakobou 23:18, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your understanding response and for your willingness to consider my concerns. It's possible that I didn't understand all of the discussion. ☺Coppertwig(talk) 23:25, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Quds

Hi Jaakobou - I'm sorry I missed your ping the other day on IRC. I have a feeling it may have been about the Q-D-S issue. My advice would be that this is an argument you are unlikely to win - as I think you've seen in the discussions on the Q-D-S talkpage. Think of these disputes as costing capital, "editorial capital" if you will. You have a limited amount of this sort of capital, less even than most editors because of your history, and you should share it out very carefully and only when you have a very strong argument. Avruch 17:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, regardless of other matters, could you provide a sanity check on the content issue?

Basically my argument is that there are many groups that use a word (Quds) and the word is derived from the root Q-D-S. Inclusion of these groups into the Q-D-S article would be even worse than adding companies that use the word "International" into the International article since this is not even the 'Quds' article but rather an article about the root of the word Quds.

Let me know what you think, Jaakobou 21:53, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm not at all an expert in the field. But reading over the arguments on the discussion page, I did find those presented by Tiamut to be the more convincing. If the see also were linking to a page solely devoted to militant groups my conclusion would likely be different, but that isn't the case here. Your analogy to the International article is inapt, I think - the Q-D-S article is about a linguistic root, and while it wouldn't make sense to link to every use of the word "international" it does make some sense to link to uses of the linguistic root and even derivatives. The article text shouldn't (and, of course, doesn't) include a list - but a see also is a small compromise to make, and it isn't unreasonable. Avruch 22:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Should the see also be added a list of Israeli people who are also nicknamed Kadosh or all the brands of Kidush candles? (hint: no). What is the encyclopedic value in linking a bunch of people/groups/universities/etc that merely use a word that is derived from the root? I can see (and have suggested) a list of words that derive from the root, but not all the people who use one of these words.

p.s. thanks you for taking to time to address my point, something which was refused on the article talk page. Jaakobou 08:39, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

cat:OAF

Gee. That's just too easy for words, isn't it? Thanks, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:34, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

And that's even easier! Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:38, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

1. McCain, Palin demand L.A. Times release Obama video, By James Rainey, October 30, 2008, Los Angeles Times
2. "The Gun and the Olive Branch: The Palestine Liberation Organization," produced in 1979 for Pacifica in Berkeley, California.