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Is there a reason you use "arb.com" instead of something like "ArbCom"? The .com seems odd, as if it's a website. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 00:13, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:IOHANNVSVERVS, it is just short for arbitration committee; I guess I should have written arb.com., cheers, Huldra (talk) 20:49, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"Prophet Paul" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Prophet Paul has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 April 22 § Prophet Paul until a consensus is reached. 𝔅𝔦𝔰-𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔧𝔢𝔱𝔞? 00:26, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello dear

I missed you. Not ignoring your comment there. But I am very frustrated by what is being done to that page and have pulled back for tonight. Perhaps will join the discussion again tomorrow. Much love to you always. Tiamut (talk) 22:52, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It is really absurd: when the Catholic Church identified Ghattas (and Maria Baouardy) as Palestinian, but en.wp does not? Huldra (talk) 22:56, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The article has long been divided into parts, one for post-Mandate and one pre, as you probably know, to appease the anti-Palestinian POV that Palestine's history does not belong to modern Palestinians, who are somehow different (even though nothing changed except they developed a national consciousness). The pre was was then split off, to further appease those objecting, who felt that even if the two definitions were separated on the page, it was insufficient. And I thought this would put an end to the objections. Marie was listed in the pre-Mandate section because I had not noticed she lived beyond the time of the end of the Mandate. When I tried to add her where she belongs, an editor began objecting that she lacked political consciousness or identity, a bizarre claim because the basis of the split was chronological, and not to suddenly apply a political litmus test to every remaining entry at List of Palestinians. The definition for that section never changed (I only rephrased it once the split was made to reflect its reduced contents) and no one really objected to how the post-Mandate section was defined before. Now that they got what they wanted, they are challenging the very existence of the remaining page. It is very painful really, the lack of respect for Palestinian identity and the right to define themselves. Tiamut (talk) 23:17, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I feel sick to my stomach. Tiamut (talk) 23:21, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I am baffled by this, in the 16th and 17the century writing there were no Norwegians. None. If a Norwegian achieved anything, they were called "Danes", eg Peter Tordenskjold,Ludvig Holberg. Not until the (late) 19th century, they were "Norwegian" again, or Danish Norwegian. Like the Battle of Dynekilen; 90% of the sailors were Norwegian, but if you look at the writing for the first hundred years after the battle, they always wrote that "the Danes beat the Swedes". National identity didn't really come before the 19th century, spurred by the Napoleonic wars.

Same for many other countries/Nationalities, eg all the Italian masters; Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio; does anyone care which city-state they came from? They are alle in List of people from Italy And List of Polish people includes people like Joseph Conrad (who even wrote in English). Golda Meir's "there are no Palestinian people" was just wishful thinking, not reality. We just have to work, work, and work against those who are trying to turn wishful thinking into reality on wp, Huldra (talk) 23:46, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I am sick to the stomach; I caught a bug a few days ago. The worst is over now, but I still have a bucket by my bed, just in case I vomit again, :( Huldra (talk) 23:54, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear Huldra, I am sorry to hear about the bug. I do hope you recover fully soon.

Yes, very few states with a strongly defined national belonging (or even a passport) existed within their current borders before the 20th century. And ten years ago here, before the scholarship built articles attesting to long-term widespread use of Palestine to refer to the region, many were still trying to Gold Meir it. Now they want to redefine/appropriate it, as she tried to do. Tiamut (talk) 00:05, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]