User talk:Ynhockey

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When would I be able to contact you on Skype?

Hi there again. I was hoping to discuss some minor issue with you. When would you be available? TheCuriousGnome (talk) 15:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Pushpin map in Template:Infobox civilian attack

I tried to add this feature to that infobox with no luck. Maybe you'll succeed? TheCuriousGnome (talk) 19:30, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Bước nhảy hoàn vũ

Could you remember to help me create Bước nhảy hoàn vũ (season 2)? Please! TanPhat Nguyen ^{talk- -contrb} 04:14, 28 March 2011 (UTC).

POV template needs to be balanced

Please share your knowledge in the discussion page. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 19:46, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 March newsletter

We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Hurricanehink (submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H. Piotrus (submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:13, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 backlog elimination drive report Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating in the March 2011 drive! This newsletter summarizes the March drive and other recent events. Participation GOCE March 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs There were 99 signups for the drive; of these, 70 participated. Interest was high mainly due to a link to our event from the Watchlist page. We had a record-breaking 84 articles listed on the Requests page in March; 11 of these have been promoted to Good article status so far. Several of our recent efforts have received Featured Article status as well, and the GOCE is becoming a solid resource for the Wikipedia community. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog. Progress report Remarkable progress was made in reducing the backlog this month, as we now have fewer than 500 articles remaining from 2009. We are well under the 4,000-article mark for the total number remaining in the queue. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 53% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their April drive has started. New coodinators On March 21, SMasters appointed Chaosdruid (talk) and Torchiest (talk) as Guild coordinators to serve in place of The Utahraptor, who recently stepped down. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your drive coordinators – S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk) and Tea with toast (Talk)

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 14:40, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Template:Lang-he-n

Hi

I see you have changed {{Lang-he-n}} back [1]. Since this template is intended for fixing Hebrew text on Internet Explorer, it should not affect users of other browsers. With your revert, it does again.

I have carefully set my browser to using a serif Hebrew font, but now, text in {{Lang-he-n}} disrupts my browser settings and appears in Microsoft Sans Serif, a font I do not like at all.

I understand that Kwami's merger of {{Lang-he-n}} into {{lang|he}} was not a good idea. But how about the following:

1. Create a new class="script-hebrew-n" in {{Lang-he-n}}:

<span dir="rtl" class="script-hebrew-n" font-size:125%;' lang="he" xml:lang="he">{{{1}}}</span>‎{{#if:{{{lit|}}}|, ''[[literal translation|lit.]]'' {{{lit}}}}}

2. Move the explicit font definitions from {{Lang-he-n}} to MediaWiki:Common.css/WinFixes.css:

.script-hebrew-n {
    font-family:"SBL Hebrew", david, narkisim, "Microsoft Sans Serif";
}

Like this, nothing changes for Internet Explorer users, but users of other browsers no longer suffer from this Internet Explorer fix. -- machᵗᵃˡᵏ👍 11:54, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

I see now that the problem is not only IE, but also Firefox on Mac OS X. I have filed a bug for Firefox: Bug 648248 - Buggy Hebrew fallback font on Mac OS X (you might want to subscribe/comment/rate this bug so it gets more importance and will be fixed sooner).

As far as I can see, Safari on Mac OS X and Chrome on Mac OS X have a correct display of Hebrew text. Is this correct? Apart from Windows browsers and Firefox on Mac OS X, are other browsers affected as well?

In the future, when the problem of Firefox on Mac OS X is solved, the explicit font specifications should be moved to MediaWiki:Common.css/WinFixes.css so they no longer adversely affect other users (as they keep doing now).

In the meantime, I beg you to please reinstall the class="hebrew-script" in {{Lang-he-n}}. This class, which is already present in {{script/Hebrew}} will allow users to fix the incoherent display of Hebrew text at least for themselves, while no general fix is possible. Or much better yet, delete the font list from {{Lang-he-n}} and instead include {{script/Hebrew}} within {{Lang-he-n}}!

I do not understand why {{Lang-he-n}} and {{script/Hebrew}} have different font lists. What is the reason for that? It just leads to incoherent display of Hebrew text, which just looks plain awful. This incoherence is especially striking all four fonts of {{Lang-he-n}} reoccur in {{script/Hebrew}}, and the first three fonts in both templates are identical! So why then are the font lists different? If there is no particular reason, then I strongly recommend that the font lists be harmonized so that there no longer is inconsistent display of Hebrew text. The best thing to do would be transcluding {{script/Hebrew}} into {{Lang-he-n}}, so the font list is only configured in one place.

An illustration for the current inconsistency of Hebrew text display:

{{lang-he-n}}	Hebrew: בֵּית‎‎	{{lang-he-n|בֵּית}}
{{script/Hebrew}}	בֵּית	{{script/Hebrew|בֵּית}}
no markup	בֵּית	בֵּית

On Firefox on Mac OS X, this has three different fonts, Microsoft Sans Serif, Times New Roman and the buggy font Arial Hebrew:

With regard to the font list in {{script/Hebrew}}, I don't think DejaVu Sans should precede Microsoft Sans Serif and Lucida Grande, since it is less complete (I don't know about David, Narkisim, Ezra SIL SR or FrankRuehl). -- machᵗᵃˡᵏ👍 14:08, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Font size is not an issue here. {{Lang-he-n}} and {{script/Hebrew}} specify exactly the same font size.

The issue is that Hebrew text display is inconsistent. This is because {{lang-he-n}} does not use the same font list like {{script/Hebrew}}. The best way to fix this is by changing {{lang-he-n}} so it no longer defines any fonts by itself, but uses the fonts from {{script/Hebrew}}. I think that in this case, transclusion is clearly preferrable. By transcluding {{script/Hebrew}} within {{lang-he-n}}, we minimize the risk of future inconsistent Hebrew display. For the transclusion, {{lang-he-n}} has to be changed to the following:

[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: {{script/Hebrew|{{{1}}}}}{{#if:{{{lit|}}}|, ''[[literal translation|lit.]]'' {{{lit}}}}}<includeonly>[[Category:Articles containing Hebrew language text]]</includeonly>‎<noinclude>{{pp-template|small=yes}} {{doc}} {{merge|Template:Lang-he}} </noinclude>

I don't know about the display on MSIE. MSIE's inability to correctly choose an appropriate font is well known though. What I didn't know before is that Firefox falls back to a buggy font. -- machᵗᵃˡᵏ👍 15:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

I have now taken the liberty of testing the code I have proposed for {{lang-he-n}} on a template that is no longer used anywhere: {{CYchar}}.

As far as I can see, it works perfectly fine, and it solves the inconsistency of Hebrew text:

Template:CYchar	{{CYchar|בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ.}}
בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ.	{{script/Hebrew|בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ.}}

Please do any testing on {{CYchar}} as you please and then copy the code to {{lang-he-n}}. I cannot do this on my own because I am no administrator. It would be great if the display of Hebrew text were no longer as inconsistent as it currently is. -- machᵗᵃˡᵏ👍 17:18, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

If you do not feel comfortable about creating a template transclusion, I can ask Kwami to do it. I hope you have no objections at the proposed change?? It is really an improvement because it makes {{lang-he-n}} use the same fonts as {{script/Hebrew}}, so Hebrew text is no longer displayed inconsistently. -- machᵗᵃˡᵏ👍 16:17, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

It looks like there is progress on the Firefox Bug 648248 - Buggy Hebrew fallback font on Mac OS X! Jonathan Kew has taken an interest in it; I have tried creating a patch. I have proposed the following three fonts as new default fallback fonts for Hebrew text: Lucida Grande, Times New Roman, and Courier New. Do you think these fonts are OK? -- machᵗᵃˡᵏ👍 16:35, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Wilhelma, Palestine

Hi, Ynhockey. I am here because I see on the history of several places such as Sarona and HaKirya you have edited. I have been editing some place names in Israel as well and had a concern about Wilhelma, which I put on the talk page and I have communicated the same concerns with the original author on our talk pages. He (or she) disagrees with my thinking on this and I was looking for another opinion. When you find time, will you take a look at the talk page at Wilhelma, Palestine and comment if you are so moved? Thank you. Snakeswithfeet (talk) 16:05, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Do you have any sources that might shed some light on ["Wilhelma Airport"]? Thanks. Zero^talk 00:28, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

This was my mistake. Thanks for fixing it. Debresser (talk) 00:14, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Multiple IPs removing sourced content from 30 St Mary Axe without explanation

Hi Ynhockey,

A month ago you watchlisted Geography of Israel since multiple IPs were changing measurements without explanation. That article's been fine.

However, 30 St Mary Axe (history) has had multiple IPs removing its sourced "erotic" nicknames with no explanation on Oct 21, Dec 9, Mar 16, 22, Apr 8, 14, and 21. On one of my reverts, my edit summary noted "rv removal without explanation again. All are reliable sources (BBC, Architectural Record (whose June 2004 magazine back issue has an article on the building), and The Spectator". There's no discussion of the subject on the article's talk page and 2 others besides me have reverted the removal over the months, which I just now realized has been going on since last year. Would you semi-protect the article for a period, should I request it from RFPP, or would you suggest another idea? MeekSaffron (talk) 20:49, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! MeekSaffron (talk) 00:00, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

ALA mark

I saw that you edited Arab Liberation Army. Would you mind coming and giving your mind on commons : here. This discussion has been re-opened. Many thanks. Noisetier (talk) 18:29, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks, Ynhockey.

I think both pictures that you found are decisive !

I wonder why current historians don't comment more on this "emblem" whereas they claim we lack "documents" about the intents of the Arab armies.

Noisetier (talk) 07:30, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Happy Passover

Hag sameakh! from Cpt.schoener (talk) 20:08, 23 April 2011 (UTC).See you soon.Ivan.

Asterisks

Ah, sorry. I hadn't realised you were going through and adding them. Number 57 09:38, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Yohanan Danino

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi - FYI - there are more places missing coordinates here, they seem to be right up your lane. --Sreifa (talk) 06:29, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Greetings, I've tried to use the form [2] for entering coordinates for Kafr_Qasim_massacre but I could not it shows the following: coord|0|0|0|N|0|0|0|E|display=title here is the google link [3] any idea why? Kessale (talk) 12:47, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

I've done it manually, now I need to figure out how to delete Kafr Qasim massacre from the list [[4]] Kessale (talk) 02:23, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

I just found out how to remove from missing coordinates category and was able to find coordinates for the following

Kafr Qasim massacre, Al-Dawayima massacre, Arab al-Mawasi massacre, Safsaf massacre, cheers Kessale (talk) 02:23, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Suggested reading

Heya,

I couldn't help but to notice that you have an interest in literature relating to Israel (I haven't taken any user's talkpage off watchlist as I am too lazy), and was thinking you might enjoy some texts by two professors I know (one is an acquaintance, the other is my archaeology mentor) relating to our more... ancient history, but based on archaeology. While it's great to have the State of Israel and learn as much as possible about it (something I must start doing along with my Hebrew studies, but luckily I have an Israeli gf to teach me), it is always good to know our roots. =) So the three works I would suggest you pick up some time are From Eden to Exile and Jerusalem Besieged by Eric H. Cline and The Bible Unearthed by Israel Finkelstein and Niel Silberman. They say Bible on them (mostly because the study is still called biblical archaeology), but it's more examining our history, (which is ofc recorded in the Bible, with, and I don't mean to offend, as this is just my opinion, varying degrees of accuracy depending on how close you are to the reign of Jehoash) through the archaeological record. They're both in English (which doesn't seem problematic), but Finkelstein may have put it out in Hebrew too, not sure. They're both written in a non-boring/actually readable style (if you ever read anything by Amihai Mazar, you'd know what I mean, yeesh). It's absolutely fascinating stuff (and very good stuff for when you get into debates to crush the less informed if you know what I mean. =p), which is why I got into for a degree in the first place. Anyway, you should definitely give them a read some time. =)

Oh yeah, and even though it's very belated: יום העצמות שמח! Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 08:15, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Jaffa Port

it is a part of Old Jaffa. פארוק (talk) 22:31, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Template:Bước nhảy hoàn vũ

Once again, I ask you for help in creating a template for Bước nhảy hoàn vũ. I don't know what is going with the articles, it is always The page title or edit you have tried to create has been restricted to administrators at this time. It matches an entry on the local or global blacklists, which is usually used to prevent vandalism. Thank you so much and I really highly appreciate your helping hand. TanPhat Nguyen ^{talk- -contrb} 03:54, 15 May 2011 (UTC).

{{Navbox
| name = Bước nhảy hoàn vũ
| title = ''[[Bước nhảy hoàn vũ]]''

| group1 = Seasons
| list1 = [[Bước nhảy hoàn vũ (season 1)|2010]] • [[Bước nhảy hoàn vũ (season 2)|2011]]

| group2 = Hosts
| list2 =  {{navbox|child|groupstyle = padding-left:4em; padding-right:1em; text-align:right;
|group1=Current|list1=Thanh Bạch (2010-present) • [[Đoan Trang]](2011-present)
|group2=Former|list2=Thanh Vân (2010)}}

| group3 = Judges
| list3 = {{navbox|child|groupstyle = padding-left:4em; padding-right:1em; text-align:right;
|group1=Current|list1=Chí Anh (2010-present) • Khánh Thi (2010-present)<br/> • Nguyễn Quang Dũng (2010-present) •[[Đức Huy]] (2011-present)
|group2=Former|list2=[[Lê Hoàng]] (2010) • [[Trần Tiến]] (2011)}}

| group4 = Champions
| list4={{navbox|child|groupstyle = text-align:right;
|group1=Celebrities|list1=[[Ngô Thanh Vân]] • ''TBA''
|group2=Professionals|list2=Tihomir Romanov Gavrilov • ''TBA''}} 

| group5 = Alternate versions
| list5 = ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' (International) •''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' (United Kingdom) •''[[Dancing Stars (Bulgarian TV series)|Dancing Stars]]'' (Bulgaria)

| below = [[List of Bước nhảy hoàn vũ competitors|List of competitors]]
}}

Thank you, Ynhockey. TanPhat Nguyen ^{talk- -contrb} 00:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC).

Shach

Welcome to Wikipedia. I notice that you removed topically-relevant content from a Wikipedia article. However, Wikipedia is not censored to remove content that might be considered objectionable. Please do not remove or censor information that directly relates to the subject of the article. If the content in question involves images, you have the option to configure Wikipedia to hide images that you may find offensive. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.

To explain: calling sourced information OR, as you did in this editsummary, is tantamount to censorship of information. Debresser (talk) 23:23, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

יוני שלום

אני ניתקל כאן לא פעם ולא פעמיים בתופעות אנטישמיות. כמו למשל בערך על "הר הרצפים" שאיננו מוכר בתור חלק של מדינת ישראל. רציתי לפנות אלייך בעניין ולשאול אותך מדוע ויקיפדיה האנגלית לא מכירה במזרח ירושלים בתור חלק של מדינת ישראל ומדוע הם כבר הכריזו כאן שהם מכירים במדינת פלסתין שבירתה ירושלים  ? ................. פארוק (talk) 22:06, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

RM alert

The move request at Talk:Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority was closed, so we're now taking suggestions for an alternative. As you were involved in the previous discussion, I'd be grateful if you could contribute to the new one. Please lodge your support for a proposal, or make one of your own. Night w2 (talk) 04:19, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

You speak arabic?

Does this link say that "Majdal Shams" is directly Aramaic? or that it originates from Aramaic? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 19:24, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

You could ask User:Rafy. He speaks both Arabic and Aramaic. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 20:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Talkback (didn't know if you watchlist)

Hello, Ynhockey. You have new messages at Flinders Petrie's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Arieh Sharon

Hi - you tagged a "clarification needed" in Arieh Sharon. What exactly are you looking for? (please answer on the Arieh Sharon talk page, so that other editors might help, if they know.) thanks --Sreifa (talk) 11:16, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Also - did you write Beit Hanoun wedge? or maybe separated it from a different article? there's a clarification needed that you both wrote and tagged.--Sreifa (talk) 11:53, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

May barnstar

		The Modest Barnstar
		This Modest barnstar is awarded to Ynhockey for copy edits of over 4,000 words in the May 2011 copy edit drive. Thank you for your participation! Diannaa (Talk) 01:39, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

War over Water

Hi Ynhockey, I'd be glad to cooperate on improving the article. It is an important subject and we can make a fine article out of it, sources are not lacking. I do have time issues though, I do have to put this off for a few weeks at least. Poliocretes (talk) 12:03, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Excelerator

Hello there, I noticed that you removed an "Excelerator" reference for copyright abuse. Could you explain why please? Thanks Andrew BearJam (talk) 19:21, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Yan, Sorry, Jan, I think I got confused (not experienced here) Andrew BearJam (talk) 11:56, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Borrow you for a short while for a very big favour?

Hiya,

If you're still up, could you look at this [category] and all the sub-stuff and maybe put the links to the articles that are not included in the English category? My Hebrew just isn't good enough. It's for something very important. Thanks very much! Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 21:36, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

i need your help please

yesterday i translated this page ==>> [5] into Hebrew ==>> [6]. now this page is going to be deleted. i want to ask you what is this mean National squares .... ? . is this mean a square ... ? . a street ... ? . a boulevard .... ? . please help me to understand this. פארוק (talk) 19:46, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Why it says "square" if there are showing also streets, avenues, or plazas. can you explain me plaese . פארוק (talk) 22:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Tel Aviv to Lohamei haGetaot on a Saturday

Heya, I know this is a bit odd and totally not Project-related, but would you happen to know the best way to get to Nahariya (getting from Nahariya is easy) from Tel Aviv on a Saturday? I figure you might know, being a Haifen and all (or are you really a hyphen -? :p) I am heading to Tel Aviv on Thursday from the kibbutz, and then need to be back by Saturday night. Last I remember, the trains are not running on Saturday until 22:00, and so that leaves sherutim. You wouldn't happen to know whether I am wrong about the trains or what have you and what time the sheruts are running till, would you? I do not want to have to take a taxi cab all the way to Lohame haGeta'ot. Scratch that, I refuse to be an amerikai friyar and pay some ganav cabbie 700 NIS for anything. I won't be able to reply until 14:00 tomorrow as I am about to go to bed (I wake up at 04:00 and then dig until 12:30). Thanks very much Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 16:44, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify Discussion Invitation

Sumsum2010·T·C 23:39, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Judaism

WikiProject Judaism		An invitation to join us!                                                                                                            If you are already a member of WikiProject Judaism, disregard this message.
		Hello Ynhockey, you're invited to participate in WikiProject Judaism, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about all aspects of Judaism and Jewish Life. You can check out the Judaism WikiProject page for more information about the project and what our goals are. You can join by adding your name here. We hope to see you join us! ___________ -Invited on 1 July 2011 by Magister Scienta.

GOCE drive invitation

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting. This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated. We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". >>> Sign-up now <<<

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 09:36, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Question...

When giving me feedback on the WikiProject Judaism Invite template, you told me to "go over the member list and set aside inactive people." I'm a little confused what you meant by that, also, can I delete users on the list who are not properly linked (their usernames appear in red)? Magister Scienta ^talk 17:59, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Homesh

Could you check the coordinates there? The map contradicts the description in the article. nableezy - 14:09, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Never mind, I think the coordinates that had been in the article were correct; new ones were added to an infobox. I replaced the new with the old, but if you want to still check then great. nableezy - 14:11, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Efrat

See here. nableezy - 12:26, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Category query

You mention Category:Jews in Ottoman and British Palestine was discussed back in 2007. Do you remember where? Thanks. Chesdovi (talk) 12:21, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Region != West Bank

Re: this, I wasn't sure about those regions. What started as one infobox cleanup may have created a mess for the regions... Don't worry, you don't need to clean up after me. I'll check through my edits and change the regions back.

• from 13:50, 9 July 2011 (diff | hist) Sal'it ‎ (fix infobox) (top) [rollback]
• to 18:11, 9 July 2011 (diff | hist) Shim'a ‎ (region) (top) [rollback]

Sean.hoyland - talk 17:07, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Update at User_talk:Sean.hoyland#Re:_West_Bank. Sean.hoyland - talk 17:55, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Template:Location map Israel jerusalem

This location map has as its alt text "x is located in Israel". The map is used for a number of places that are not in Israel (eg Beitar Illit). Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this problem? nableezy - 16:53, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Masada oath

Hi Ynhockey, do you remember me? Well, I'm not here for that reason (I shelved the issue for the moment), but to ask you one question. Do you know if the IDF is still doing that oath at Masada? I'm working on the Spanish version of Masada, and I need one recent source about that oath. Thank you so much, again. Kordas (sínome!) 00:44, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Nihongo sound

Template:Nihongo sound has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. —Farix (t | c) 00:32, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Israel diplomatic relations map

With reference to your request, I have updated and revised the above map which is now here. Apart from adding South Sudan, I have made quite a few other changes. Davshul (talk) 11:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

reflist

I put a couple of refs in the body of the text of the article, Carmit. I've always seen full refs (in other articles) placed within the text. You substituted a "ref name=" in the text and moved the full ref down under the "References" subheading within double braced "Reflist|refs=....". What's the difference? Is this a new standard? Is it just a matter of style or is it better? Please advise. --@Efrat (talk) 14:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Netanya Market bombing

Do you think the subject the article covers is notable enough for the English Wikipedia? Since I know you have a lot of knowledge in the field, I would appreciate any help you could provide in the improvement of the current state of the article, in such a way that it would meet the Wikipedia standards, and/or if you disapprove of it, I would appreciate if you could post an honest opinion on the subject in the talk page of the article. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 16:13, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Good intentions

Hi Yan,

I fail to see the good intentions of your friend Jayjg coming into play in Talk:Beta Israel. Plenty of editors have expressed their opinion that the relevant section should either be removed or entirely rewritten. By your advice I've suggested to bring the endless debate to a fruitful conclusion by rewriting it myself. I thought there was an agreement on that at his talk page. Now your friend sets me deadlines I did not agree to and pretends he doesn't see the other editors who disagree with him.

I would appreciate it if you could step in to end this childish behaviour. We're here to write articles, not to win arguments. Thanks, ליאור • Lior (talk) 06:31, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Help with the page Nahariya

nhockey שלום הפרסום האחרון שלי נועד לתת מידע בנושא אטרקציות בעיר ומקומות לינה, אני לא רואה בשום קטע איזשהו פרסום , כל המלונות הקיימים בעיר נרשמו ולכן אין העדפה לאף מלון, מתקני העירייה פורסמו כחלק מהאטרקציות בעיר, ערוץ היוטיוב הוא אינו פרסומי מפני שהוא ללא מטרות רווח. אנא הסבר לי את המקומות בהם מצאת פרסום ופנה אליי על מנת שאתקנם באימייל: David_keselman@walla.com תודה. If you don't understand Hebrew please send me an Email with the word "English" , thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Keselman (talk • contribs) 08:21, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

List of Israeli Mizrahi Jews and Sephardi Jews

Inspired by this article I recently split and expanded, I decided to create similar articles on the other most dominant groups in Israel. Do you think this article should be split into two or do you think it is better to keep it as it is? TheCuriousGnome (talk) 17:40, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Unconfirmed claims made by secondary sources against the 2011 Israeli housing protests

Please contribute your knowledge on the subject in this discussion. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 19:09, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Are you around?

I am hoping to discuss a few things with you. Please let me know when you'll be available for a chat. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 12:52, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

POV issue

Please share your opinion on the matter here, here, here and here. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 15:53, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi

I'd appreciate any help you would be able to provide in improving this important article. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 03:02, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Template talk:Terrorist attacks against Israelis in the 2000s#Question

In this set of templates - should we keep the general and vague word "Terrorism" in the headline or should we change it to a word (or words) which would help define more precisely the difference between (1) any type of notable attacks committed against Israeli targets and (2) any type of Arab/foreign militia terror attacks and/or individual nationalistic-motivated terror attacks (committed not only by Arabs) committed against Israeli targets. Because I know you have a lot of knowledge in this specific topic I would appreciate if you could participate in the discussion and share your opinion on this matter. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 14:18, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Hangar's site

Would you happen to know the website of Hangar (hangar.co.il is not it)? :p You know, that inexpensive clothing store with the really cool clothes (they might look corny, especially the stuff written in English, but we American archaeologists think they're awesome) Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 01:57, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Immanuel Beit Yaakov controversy

Dear Ynhockey

Can you please help me remove the tags on the Immanuel Beit Yaakov controversy page by specifying what needs to be changed? Thank you

Becky613 (talk) 08:14, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Can you take a look?

I recently created the following articles:

• Murder of Danny Katz
• Murder of Helena Rapp
• 2007 Nahal Telem attack

Please help me improve the quality of these important articles as much as possible. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 12:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Can you take a look?

I received "official warning " for editing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_name_Palestine

Etymology

The name Palestine refers to a region of the eastern Mediterranean coast from the sea to the Jordan valley and from the southern Negev desert to the Galilee lake region in the north. The word itself derives from “Plesheth”, a name that appears frequently in the Bible and has come into English as “Philistine”. Plesheth, (root palash) was a general term meaning rolling or migratory. This referred to the Philistine’s invasion and conquest of the coast from the sea. The Philistines were not Arabs nor even Semites, they were most closely related to the Greeks originating from Asia Minor and Greek localities.The name of the Philistines in their own language is not known; however, the Bible also relates them as the people of "Kaftor" (כפתור in Hebrew, see for example the Book of Jeremiah Chapter 47, Verse 4). "Kaftor" is not of Hebrew or Semitic origin, which supports the possibility that this word is similar to the name they called themselves.

I don't know what is the problem here and why I received this warning from Palestinian editors. If you could help me, I will be thankful How I can ask for protection? User tritomex

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tritomex&action=edit&oldid=452333386

Is Ocenawhile the guy you are referring to? He's not a Palestinian afaik, just pro-Palestinian. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 27 Elul 5771 22:29, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Mistaken map

Hi, This map that you created is not the partition proposal of the Peel Commission. Actually it is proposal A of the Woodhead Commission. The Peel Commission proposal had a smaller Jerusalem enclave that included Jaffa, and it didn't have a Nazareth enclave. I just put scans of the original maps on commons, see File:PeelMap.png, File:WoodheadMapA.png, File:WoodheadMapB.png, File:WoodheadMapC.png. I got these from a printed version of the Woodhead report and also checked that the Peel map is identical to what is in the Peel report. Cheers. Zero^talk 14:52, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Are you familiar with the following events?

During the last day the user Pardes Hanna user added a few more historical events I haven't been able to verify:

The article 1949 in Israel

"20 March - Fifty Israeli soldiers order 1,800 civilians to leave the village of Beit 'Awwa. UN report 7,000 people driven out of area west of Dura."

"31 March - Israeli command car ambushed near Al Qubeiba. All four occupants are killed."

"September - Ar Reina.IDF troops execute fourteen bedouin and one woman suspected of smuggling."

"November - 2,000 bedouin expelled from Beersheba area to West Bank."

The article 1950 in Israel

"31 March - Three Israeli soldiers and two Israeli civilians killed in a Negev ambush."

"Summer/autumn - 2,000-2,500 residents transferred from Majdal to Gaza Strip."

The article 1951 in Israel

"6 February - An Israeli platoon attack Sharafat killing nine, including 3 women and five children."

"20 October - Eastern suburbs of Gaza City attacked by two companies from the 7th Brigade. Dozens killed and injured."

The article 1952 in Israel

"July 14 - Five Israeli watchmen killed by bedouin at Timna."

"January 6 - Fifteen bedouin killed by an Israeli armoured infantry attack on their camp near Bureij Refugee Camp."

The article 1953 in Israel

"February/March - 12 to 15 infiltrators from the Gaza Strip killed when they trigger a 50kg TNT booby-trap whilst trying to steal water pipelines near Yad Mordechai."

"April 22 - IDF snipers in West Jerusalem open fire across the armistice line killing six."

"August 28 - Unit 101's first combat operation. An attack on Bureij refugee camp kills 20 refugees including 7 women and five children."

Please examine these latest additions, verify that they actually took place, improve the wording if necessary and/or add additional reliable sources corroborating these claims. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 15:42, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Please help me examine all of these additions which the user Pardes Hanna has made - he loves adding to these series of articles events that were mostly or only mentioned in various media outlets long after they occurred - especially events mentioned in Palestinian literature or in the books Benny Morris (instead of primary verifiable sources). In addition, it seems to me that main aim of the specific events he usually adds and the main aim of to the way he chooses to write the description of these events, is to slander Israel instead of describing notable events in a objective non-biased way. For these reasons, and especially because in many times it is very difficult to verify the occurrence of these events, in my opinion we should carefully considered rewording some of his additions to more objective descriptions and/or the removal of certain events (mostly events that were not covered widely in the media during the time of their occurrence and that are hard to verify). TheCuriousGnome (talk) 22:22, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Price tag policy (Israel)

Please help me expand and improve this important article. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 18:01, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

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Infobox Israel municipality

The template looks like it defines a "Country" parameter and sets it to Israel. This is a problem because this template is used for the settlements that are not in Israel. Do you have any suggestion on how to resolve this error short of removing the parameter? nableezy - 18:51, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Also, the code that set the region to West Bank when district was set to js has been removed. Would you like to return it or should I? nableezy - 18:56, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Are you willing to help with this or should I try to rectify the issue? nableezy - 14:37, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Following some dispute about WP:WESTBANK and the infoboxes (I think at Maale Adumim, but not sure), code was placed in the template to create a "region" field and to auto-populate that field with "West Bank" if "district" was set to "js" (Judea and Samaria Area). The actual changes can be seen in this diff. The rewrite of the template removed the region field, with the associated logic to auto-populate West Bank if necessary. nableezy - 16:30, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. nableezy - 13:04, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

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נחמן שי

יאן, שלום.

תודה על כך שאתה מעדכן את הדף של ח"כ נחמן שי. באנגלית, שמו של נחמן נכתב: Nachman Shai ולא כפי שאתה כותב. לכן, שיניתי את הכותרת של הדף. אנא החזר את המצב לקדמותו.

במידה ואתה מעוניין לעדכן את הדף, אתה מוזמן ליצור עימי קשר.

תודה,

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דובר ויועץ פוליטי לח"כ ד"ר נחמן שי

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Hi

Moshe Aviv Tower

Height is 235 m. Floor count 67. Anything else that appeard on the net is wrong. The height was varified with the construction company and it is even stated on their own website. http://www.avivcomp.co.il/moshe_aviv_en.asp Tower's absolute height is 252 m, street level absolute height is 17 m.

Please stop deleting my information.

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Hi, I guess latitude and longitude values with two decimal places on the seconds come from some tool or other. But 0.01 seconds is only about 30 centimeters for latitude and 25 centimeters for longitude in the Israel region. Can we start to round them to the nearest second? Correctly rounded seconds give 12–15 meter accuracy, which is more than enough, don't you think? Cheers. Zero^talk 21:30, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

I think it is a pretty minor issue, but if you see me rounding values you'll know what I'm up to. Zero^talk 06:25, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hello Yn. Are you aware of archives of CBS data being available? If so, are they be accessible on the internet? nableezy - 00:02, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Im looking specifically for population data for Katzrin and Magdal Shams for each year going back to 1999. nableezy - 00:24, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much. nableezy - 00:48, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

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Globes and TheMarker

I was about to update the Globes article with the information that Globes.co.il was found to be the number one financial website in Israel, per this. But TheMarker seems to be claiming the same thing for itself, here. Any idea what's going on?—Biosketch (talk) 13:12, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2012 WikiCup

Hello, and welcome to the 2012 WikiCup! The competition officially begins at the start of 2012 (UTC) after which time you may begin to claim points. Your submission page, where you must note any content for which you wish to claim points, can be found here, and formatting instructions can be found in hidden comments on the page. A bot will then update the main table, which can be seen on the WikiCup page. The full rules for what will and will not be awarded points can be found at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There's also a section on that page listing the changes that have been made to the rules this year, so that experienced participants can get up-to-date in a few seconds. One point of which we must remind everyone; you may only claim points for content upon which you have done significant work, and which you have nominated, in 2012. For instance, articles written or good article reviews started in 2011 are not eligible for points.

This round will last until late February, and signups will remain open until the middle of February. If you know of anyone who may like to take part, please let them know about the comeptition; the more the merrier! At the end of this round, the top 64 scorers will progress to the next round, where their scores will reset, and they will be split into pools. Note that, by default, you have been added to our newsletter list; we will be in contact at the end of every month with news. You're welcome to remove yourself from this list if you do not wish to hear from us. Conversely, those interested in following the competition are more than welcome to add themselves to the list. Please direct any questions towards the judges, or on the WikiCup talk page. Good luck! J Milburn (talk) and The ed17 (talk) 17:57, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

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Talkback

Hello, Ynhockey. You have new messages at Talk:History of Israel.
Message added 19:25, 12 January 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Jayjg ^(talk) 19:25, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

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Israeli related articles nominated for deletion

Hi Yan. The user aprock has placed many AfDs on various random Israeli related articles (he mostly states that they need to be deleted because the subject matter is not notable or because there are not enough sources). Please help me save and improve the following articles:

• Reuven Shefer
• Givat Beit HaKerem
• Eyal Kitzis
• Mishmar HaShlosha
• Ze'ev Segal
• Secular coercion
• Religious coercion

TheCuriousGnome (talk) 07:17, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

@Ynhockey, I would appreciate it if you could strike your note on procedural keep where you appear to be assuming that I'm not acting in good faith. Given the fact that you are being WP:CANVASed to participate in these articles and related AfDs, it appears that the disruption is coming from somewhere else besides myself. aprock (talk) 21:36, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review for Pope John Paul II

Hi Ynhockey, I was wondering whether you'd be interested in this? Kind Regards -- Marek 02:52, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Masad, Israel

Hey, what do you make of this?—Biosketch (talk) 10:07, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2012 January newsletter

WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is Grapple X (submissions), due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is Jivesh boodhun (submissions), who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!

The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20.

A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.

• 12george1 (submissions) was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) was the first to score points for a did you know, with Russian submarine K-114 Tula. Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) is also the first person to successfully claim bonus points. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now a good article, and was eligible for bonus points because the subject was covered on more than 20 other Wikipedias at the start of the competition. It is fantastic to see bonus points being claimed so early!
• Speciate (submissions) was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
• Jivesh boodhun (submissions) was the first to score points for a featured article, and is, at the moment, the only competitor to claim for one. The article, "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song), was also worth double points because of its wide coverage. While this is an article that Jivesh and others have worked on for some time, it is undeniable that he has put considerable work into it this year, pushing it over the edge.

We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.

A quick rules clarification before the regular notices: If you are concerned that another user is claiming points inappropriately, please contact a judge to take a look at the article. Competitors policing one another can create a bad atmosphere, and may lead to inconsistencies and mistakes. Rest assured that we, the judges, are making an effort to check submissions, but it is possible that we will miss something. On a loosely related note: If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:23, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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AfD for Chronology_of_diplomatic_recognitions_and_relations_of_South_Sudan

You participated in a related discussion before. The current one is here. Japinderum (talk) 11:52, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Need your help improving the article Violent conflicts involving the Yishuv

Hi Yan. Please help me improve the article Violent conflicts involving the Yishuv (it has been suggested in the discussion page of the article that it should be deleted). This article was created by me as a prelude to the article Wars involving Israel which contains an overview of the wars involving Israel, and as such I believe that this article too would be of great importance to the users whom would also want to get an overview of the violent conflicts involving the Yishuv which preceded the establishment of the state of Israel. I decide to ask for you help since I know you have a lot of knowledge in this topic. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 04:20, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

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MSU Interview

Dear Ynhockey,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC) Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 22:35, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

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