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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Ramat Shlomo. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. nableezy - 13:34, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

You have been reported to the edit-warring noticeboard. You can see this here. nableezy - 14:21, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Reverting

Hi. It looks like you did do a handful of reverts which is not cool. Sean Holyland is level headed so I would assume there is an OK reason if he did so. Nableezy should not be making more than one revert in 24 hours according to Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles and he will probably stick to that. As a newer user you should familiarize yourself with the possible sanctions just to make sure you don't fall in to any bad habits. Realistically, there is something wrong if it can't be handled on the talk page after one revert anyways. Welcome to Misplaced Pages (a couple months late with this greeting obviously) and try to have a good time. Edit wars are bad but let me know if you ever need a hand finding sources.Cptnono (talk) 15:24, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

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Israelites

Thank you for your recent contribution to the article Israelites. As I've made a major set of edits there, I would value your comments on the Talk page about these. Thanks...PiCo (talk) 06:47, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for contacting me. First, I should point out that discussion about an article should be on that articles talk page - it gives other editors a chance to join in. Second, let me say I'll value your input to the article. On the etymology of "Israel" we have to rely on quality sources, as always. But I don't regard this as a matter of great importance. What I'd like to do is to have more on the meaning of "Israel" and "Israelite" in modern Judaism - discussions of ancient history are dry and uninteresting, and it's certainly not my intention to try to prove that the bible is either true or untrue. In a very real sense it's truth lies in the theological, spiritual sphere. Israel, as I understand, is a community of those called to God, and not dependent on biological descent. Yet there are other views. If you can help on this aspect, I think you'll be making a great contribution. A suggestion: let's start by gathering some decent sources. I have to go to sleep now, but I look forward to hearing from you tomorrow (my tomorrow, that is). ~~