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WP:Fringe tag

I suggest that you restore the tag. Al-Andalusi (talk) 21:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Morvarid Karimi AfD

There is no page to comment on the Morvarid Karimi AfD article, only the closed discussion for the first nomination. I think you may need to re-nominate it for deletion rather than relisting it? Cheers! Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 00:54, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

@Grand'mere Eugene:, yes, would need to be a new AfD as the previous one was closed as no consensus.Icewhiz (talk) 04:12, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

"Not reliably sourced"

Hello Icewhiz, I took the liberty of reverting your change as there are multiple sources reporting this: one, two, three, four, five etc. etc. with actual photo evidence. It's preposterous to me to remove this paragraph claiming it's "not reliably sourced". If you have any doubts about this please raise this point on the Talk page. BeŻet (talk) 14:24, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

The rules state: If an edit is reverted by another editor, its original author may not restore it within 24 hours of the first revert made to their edit. You haven't reverted a change I made, you've removed a section that was a result of multiple edits, and thus yourself created an edit, not a revert. I've reverted your edit, I haven't restored a revert, hence no rules were broken. There are plenty of sources that describe what happened there, including TeleSUR, hence there are clearly grounds for further discussion here which I suggest you start on the Talk page instead of removing a whole section like this. BeŻet (talk) 14:44, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

I will give you the benefit of the doubt as to what "reverting" means, but I will introduce my suggested change from the Talk page. BeŻet (talk) 14:55, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Such an introduction would still be a revert. If you want to introduce this - please stick to what actual RS say. Icewhiz (talk) 14:58, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Could we expand it for a DYK?

I just started Shmuel Krakowski. I wonder if there's enough material to DYK him? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:45, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

The problem is source wise that it is Yad Vashem + an interview with him (+maybe possibly a book jacket). e.g. short English Yad Vashem obit, more detailed Hebrew Yad Vashem obit, and this Interview in Hebrew (Yad Vashem). So basically - we could translate the Yad Vashem page in Hebrew to English, but I'm not seeing at the moment better source material (there might be some - Hebrew is worse than English online - locating Hebrew sources from 1960-2000 online is actually rather spotty). He passed away in September 2018 - there might be a chance this will trigger publications in the next few months - in which case it would be better to base this off those publications. @Ehud Amir: created the Hebrew wiki page in September - I assume off of the Yad Vashem obit/profile - unless I'm missing something. Icewhiz (talk) 09:41, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

If you need me to translate some material about Krakowski from Hebrew to English, or to inspect and revise a Google translation, I'll be glad to do so.Ehud Amir (talk) 09:55, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

blp Bartlett

hi I left a reply could you please clarify your position , thanks Govindaharihari (talk) 07:55, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Done. Icewhiz (talk) 08:01, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Question

Hi, in this edit summary you wrote; "Nope. Result of AfD was a merge - not a partial merge. Project consensus in SHIPS does not override policy. Either this is spunout as a full list - or it is in here as a list" - could you point out which policy you are referring to? Thanks - wolf 13:22, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

The result of the AfD was a merge of a list (which would be notable standalone) to the main article. A merge means merge - names, dates, etc - wikifying a few names in the prose does not meet the definition of a merge.Icewhiz (talk) 17:36, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Oh, I get that is how you see it. It's just that you make this sound both very narrowly construed and absolutely mandatory. You also specifically used the word "policy" to support your comments (and ∴ your edits). I was just wondering which policy you were referring to. If you wouldn't mind telling me, I would sure appreciate it. Thanks again - wolf 19:21, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Merge means merge, as per, umm, WP:MERGETEXT, WP:MERGE.Icewhiz (talk) 19:30, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

While I appreciate the quick response, neither of those pages are, umm, policies. They aren't even guidelines. They are "information pages". Now, even though they're "unvetted" and only have "limited status", I'm sure they have some useful tips and advice. But I'm really only looking for the "policy" that you specifically mentioned in your comments. I would just like to give a read so I can better understand just what it is you are relying on to support your comments and edits, both on the Nevada page and here. I really don't want to take up any more of your time than is necessary, so if you could just tell me the name of that policy (or link it), I would, as I said earlier, really appreciate it. Thanks again - wolf 20:00, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

I linked to an information page - yes not policy - but also higher in the totem pole than an essay. AfD consensus is expected to he followed, the notion that a prose mention of names was sufficient was rejected (this was the delete arguement). Merge outcomes (and this is really basic - again per WP:MERGE) refer to a cut and paste merge of all or some (e.g. avioding duplicates) of the content from the merge source to the merge target. Icewhiz (talk) 20:08, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Ok, sooo... there is no policy. Got it. Let's move on. I'm well aware of the WP:PG hierarchy, from policies, like wp:consensus to essays like WP:Don't lie, (btw, glad you mentioned the importance of acknowledging consensus, we'll get back to that later). I also know that sometimes editors will say "as per policy" when reverting, even though there isn't an actual policy supporting said revert. But, hey... this is really about the merge, right? So let's discuss that. The thing about the AfD consensus was that there wasn't really a consensus. Here are the closing admin's comments; "Given that support for merge, delete and keep is about the same, we must conclude that there is consensus to not keep but also no consensus to delete. This leaves a merger as the most consensual outcome."
There were 8 contributors to that discussion, the !votes were;
"keep" (2), "keep or merge" (2),
"merge" (2) and "delete" (2).
Not exactly an landslide in any direction (or much of a turn-out). But, the closer went with "merge", (and if you read my comments, I wasn't against that), which means merging the content of that article, which consisted of 26 names and nothing else, into the Nevada article. I don't see anything that says the content must remain as a list (no exceptions!). Five of the names were already in the article's prose. Going by your research, I added the other 14 "notable" COs to the prose, and then removed the list, as per the consensus ar WT:SHIPS. (I said we'd get back to that). We can adhere to the consensus of the AfD, including adding the other non-notable names to the prose, which would mean all the content from the AfD article would now be added to the Nevada page, and therefore merged. With that, we could then remove the list (which would then be all duplicate content) and we would also be adhering to the consensus (well, partially at least) of the SHIPS Project, to add COs to the article body and avoid having lists of COs instead. Seems like a win-win scenario, no? I'd be happy to add the remaining names to the article prose right now so we can put this whole matter to rest and move on to other things. What do you say? - wolf 22:26, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

The list also contains dates. And no, your suggestion above would not reflect the outcome of the AfD.Icewhiz (talk) 04:19, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

OK, When I add the remaining Captain's names, I'll also add the dates for all 26 of them. Everything from the original article will then be merged to current one. Problem solved. - wolf 06:49, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

If most of the content of the merge source is retained, and changes are merely formatting, I guess that would fall under merge broadly construed. Icewhiz (talk) 06:53, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Well good, I'm glad we worked it out. It was nice collaborating with you. Have a nice day. - wolf 09:07, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Birthright Israel

Your latest revert there might be construed as a WP:ARBPIA3 violation. For which I reported VanEman BTW Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#VanEman. Debresser (talk) 20:36, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

I do not quite see how - seeing this was reverted forst on 12 Oct, and I did not edit in 5days. However I self reverted.Icewhiz (talk) 20:47, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Because any revert can not be undone for 24 hours in ARBPIA3, not just your revert. Debresser (talk) 18:59, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

The "original authorship" applies to content added by an editor. If editor A add, editor B reverts, there is no restriction on editor C.Icewhiz (talk) 19:06, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

You are right. I always get so confused with these rules. In general, I hate the atmosphere of bureaucracy that started a few years ago. By the way, 24 hours passed. But first see the talkpage for a worthy suggestion. Debresser (talk) 05:39, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

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Shocking

Take a look at the story in [2] (p. 208). I find this attempt to make profit from Holocaust shocking. Do you think we can describe this somewhere? I wonder if the term 'Holocaust profiteer' exists. Particularly shocking is the fact that this is not a war-time (or shortly after war-time) practice, this is something that's happening right now. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:38, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

I actually am not shocked - seems par the course for photo copyright. Are you aware of the travel agency cartel? [3] Icewhiz (talk) 05:07, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Reply

Dear Icewhiz,

Thank you for getting in touch. You write on my Talk page:

RE this - I don't want to engage on this in the article - I don't want a high-drama conflict over this. However, the Nazi system of badges included marks for all non-German internees. You can take a look at the wiki article - Nazi concentration camp badge (or this book or this book on Buchenwald), which has some examples - Dutch Jews, Dutch, and French - and this is also of course off-wiki - e.g. Imperial War Museum - French political badge or this Nazi Dachau chart which explains the various markings - note the P for Pole on the bottom and T for Czech (Tschechisch in German). The Nazies were genocidal. They were also meticulous and highly bureaucratic (a bureaucracy that progressed throughout the war - e.g. the tattooed inmate numbers were a later "innovation") - the camp badge system was meant to assist camp guards. I think the article would be better organized if it were focused on those Nazi crimes that were motivated by Nazi racism towards Poles (and there are several such striking examples) - as opposed to Nazi depravity (or in the case of badges - hellish bureaucracy) - which was directed towards most people in Europe - but I leave this observation in your hands - I don't want the drama involved. Icewhiz (talk) 06:52, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

That makes two of us: I don't want the drama either. This is why I very rarely get involved in sanctioning requests, and often swim away, which is always an option before going to WP:AE, etc. Drama is also why I have drawn down my involvement in this entire project: spending months seeing off a troll on a mission, and his mirrors, until they're eventually permbanned was not my idea of time well spent, when there are so many beautiful things to do in the real world. In this particular case,[4] whether your rationale has merit or not is superseded by how one needs to conduct oneself with consideration for other users, aka consensus. I believe that you have enough capacity for emotional intelligence to know how your edit is likely to be perceived by peers in an open forum: you deleted the illustration of a racist Nazi German concentration camp badge designating an ethnic Polish inmate, from an article about anti-Polish sentiment, on the grounds that it is "irrelevant". This is going to look very wrong to most users, let alone any drama. Please be mindful that it would only be made worse by the fact that peers can see your record of conflict in the subject area of Jewish issues (including those overlapping with Polish history), especially given that you are in the midst of an AE discussion in the area right now [5]. As far as I'm aware you have been sanctioned in these areas before; our community's intention behind these sanctions is not to play a game of who is in the wrong or in the right, who gets caught out and who doesn't, who lost or won a clever argument. It's for the sanctioned user to become more aware of those around them, and as a deterrent for others not to mimic the sanctioned behavior. As a friendly colleague, I'm asking you to step back from the brink and adjust, because I believe you can achieve great things. -Chumchum7 (talk) 08:36, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

This is not what I said in my edit summary - if you quote me - quote me in full. If there is anything sanction-able here it is inserting unsourced OR/SYNTH into the article - please cease repeatedly mentioning sanctions without basis (and in this instance - mentioning an unrelated discussion). In my TP post to you - I merely wished to provide you with sources on the nationality markings on camp badges (since your edit summary of Racist, genocidal regimes putting people labelled by ethnicity in concentration camps is a clear example of anti-ethnic sentiment. It would be Anti-Belgian, anti-English, anti-French, anti-Dutch, and anti-Norwegian sentiment too. As WP:ARBEE rulings are especially strict on Nazism, I recommend you take this up at a noticeboard to check wider consensus first - seemed to be uninformed regarding the marking of several other nationalities in the camps (all of which were marked by a nationality letter), and I will note - not a valid rationale for reversion, but rather a personal opinion) - do with this information as you may. HOWEVER - as I do not wish to invest additional time here, particularly due to the drama involved here (and in this case - for a minor SYNTH/OR problem - the information itself at least being factually correct though containing a misrepresentation via omission of context and being SYNTH due to lack of sourcing tying this to the article) - I have truly said my last word on the subject. Icewhiz (talk) 09:04, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

You also might want to think why Francophobia doesn't (and shouldn't) have an image like this, and Anti-Dutch sentiment doesn't (and shouldn't) have an image like this (a whole collection of different letter badges - can be seen here). However - up to you. Icewhiz (talk) 09:14, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

As I say, one should ask a wider forum of users to see what the consensus response would be to these questions. For what it's worth, my contribution to such a discussion would be that the reason why French and Dutch badges have not been added to equivalent pages is most likely because there were no racist Nazi German policies against the French and Dutch, unlike their alleged Untermensch such as Poles, which encountered planned genocide, as the verifiable sources show. In any case, the absence of pictures of these badges from French or Dutch pages doesn't by itself prove that consensus wouldn't accept them being there. Pictures indicating far more vague and far less sinister sentiments are already included after all. It's noticeable that by their nature all choices about illustrations, like infoboxes, tend to come from users rather than sources; so they're more reliant on perceptions of common sense and consensus. -Chumchum7 (talk) 10:12, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

I would suggest you base inclusion (for this, and other photographs) on sources making the connection - not personal assertion that it is "obvious" or "clear". Note that infoboxes are supposed to be cited - or clear summaries of the article (which is cited) - and photoes (and moreso captions - photos do have a self-work exemption for copyright reasons, captions are like any other article text) are not exempt from the usual sourcing / OR / SYNTH requirements. As for citing lack of consensus (where such lack of consensus is indicated by a single editor - the reverter) - this is not, by itself, an argument for reverting back in un-sourced OR. However, I am done with this at this time (I got involved in the wall of text between you and another editor on the talk page, and it seems it just went on from there becoming a bigger wall on the article talk page - and now here) - please keep this off my talk page. Icewhiz (talk) 10:18, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Proverb article

I hope the current revision addresses all your concerns of OR or NPOV. If it does not, please, list them for me - either here with a ping, or on my talk page, or in a new article section, listing each sentence you consider problematic. If there's any content missing you think should be included to balance the article, I trust you can add it yourself. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:16, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

In my view, the following are problems with the article, listed by order of rising severity:

OR - the title and quote are OR - they are not present in this form in available English translations. This is a minor issue - as it is quite close to various forms that are used.
OR / factually incorrect - "It was also used by non-Polish authors; for example in addition to Križanić and Krman, " - none of the cited authors "use this" - but rather they mention this as a Polish/Latin saying on the situation in Poland. (corrected).
Notability - the phrase itself (of which there are several variant forms - some of which are tied together via SYNTH/OR into the article as being synonymous), as opposed to "Paradisus Judaeorum" (which is discussed in the literature), is not independently notable. The lack of notability is actually demonstrated by the sourcing in the article - which for mentions of the full phrase relies on pre-20th century sources. We have an open RM on the title.
Neutrality - the article does not properly reflect that this is an antisemitic polemic which is saying that Jews (and in other forms - heretics at large - "paradisus haereticorum") are treated "too good". This is not a tangential issue - this is the main use of this saying, throughout the ages.

Icewhiz (talk) 07:26, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

1 and 3. I do think that the full phrase is notable, as it has been discussed in a number of sources. You can take it to AfD if you think only the I/JP part is notable, but I think the fact that it was subject to an in-depth academic treatment by Kot (~20 pages), plus at least several paragraphs by other scholars, is sufficient to show it is notable.

2. Fair enough, I see you've corrected those issues yourself, and I don't intend to restore the prior wording of those parts.

3. I hope you can expand on those issues. The sources I see don't seem to lend themselves that easily to that type of critique, IMHO, but if you think they do, or found better sources, well, I believe expansion is the best way of solving such perceived undue coverage issues.

4 . I'd appreciate your thoughts on what would be a neutral hook. I think the one proposed by StarryGradnma seems quite neutral, don't you? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:03, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

At this point I'm mainly waiting for the RM to conclude. If this remains on the non-notable full saying - I will take this to AfD. As for StarryGradnma's hook - inclusion of a highly antisemitic saying on the main page (the title of the article - being the full phrase) - requires explicitly spelling this out. Icewhiz (talk) 07:20, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

I've added a quotation about the original text anti-Jewish meaning to the lead. Does it address your NPOV concerns? As for the notability, see my recent talk page post. We are dealing with three items: a poem, a proverb, and a two-word construct. I think the proverb, as the best known of the three, is the best to build the article around. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:40, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

No - as it doesn't say anti-Jewish (or Semitic) in the lede. As for notability - I see how the two-word construct (Jewish/Hebrew paradise in various permutations) is notable - as it is discussed in a secondary manner with some depth. The full phrase, is in my view of the sources not notable - as I see it you have possibly 1-2 sources discussing the phrase in a secondary manner at a length that can be considered of some length - the rest of sources either being PRIMARY (e.g. 18th century collections of Latin sayings/poems) or brief 1-2 sentence mentions. Icewhiz (talk) 12:39, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

You are welcome to edit the lead yourself. As the quote states that the poem was critical of Jews, I don't know what more do you want. As for notability, thank you for pointing out it is notable, as what you describe above meets minimum GNG requirements perfectly. PS. On second thought, I've added a link to antisemitism to the lead (anti-Jewish redirects there, I think we can agree that we don't need to link to the pipe, right?). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:04, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

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Removal of content from multiple ghetto articles

As I've shown in Sosnowiec Ghetto and Nowy Sącz Ghetto, the content you removed is actually not that hard to verify. I am afraid that quite a lot of content you removed from other Ghetto articles is also easy to verify. Could you double check the content you removed, at least cross-reference the names with YV online database and their The Encyclopedia of the Righteous Among the Nations book? (I assume you'd concur those sources are reliable). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:43, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

I removed content that was not cited or cited to unreliable sources. I will also note that ghetto articles (or Wikipedia in general) is not a place to WP:COATRACK WP:UNDUE primary victim or righteous accounts that are not covered in a secondary manner by sources on the ghettos. In some of these, over 50% of the article was to such primary accounts which are not present in sources covering the ghetto itself in detail as a topic- e.g, the USHMM encyclopedia of camps.Icewhiz (talk) 04:59, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Different sources focus on different aspects of this, fortunately, WP:NOTPAPER so we have room for various details. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:00, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

The USHMM encyclopedia prefers sometimes Russian/Belarus sources (Brześć Ghetto), so it doesn't know about ethnic Poles. Xx236 (talk) 12:35, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Antisemitism of Soviet partisans

See Talk:Soviet_partisans#Antisemitism. Right now this is a dimension totally missing from the article. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:52, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

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Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Arrow Cross Party

Please edit.Xx236 (talk) 09:16, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

You have admitted you don't read pages regarding the Holocaust. Xx236 (talk) 10:14, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

What in particular needs attention?Icewhiz (talk) 10:43, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

I have listed a number of problems on their Talk pages.Xx236 (talk) 11:44, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

I think that is regards to Hitler and Himmler there are a number of editors with better expertise than me and that the articles are well watched and edited (as far as Wikipedia goes, of course....) - it is also a careful balancing act (as a huge amount of material is available on both). However, the Arrow Cross Party seems in need of some editor TLC (as many less traversed WWII topics - in particular topics that modern nationalists are inspired from) - I placed it on my watchlist (to begin), and I may edit it. Icewhiz (talk) 12:56, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

The structure of Himmler is wrong, The Holocaust outside WWII, too short Holocaust and too long Germanisation, too little about economy (Monowitz added after my suggestion). Adolf Hitler - Nazi Germany describes the period before the war. So no expertise is visible.Xx236 (talk) 12:56, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Wannsee Conference. Is Encyclopedia Judaica of low quality?Xx236 (talk) 09:39, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

jewishvirtuallibrary is generally lower quality than a mainstream academic book (it may be better for npov than a book by a fringey author, but generally lower). For lesser trodden topics it maay be ok, but for Wannsee there should be no lack of better sources. What is good with JVL is that it is all online.Icewhiz (talk) 10:09, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Laurence Rees is competent, but not academic.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Xx236 (talk • contribs)

But he is a recognized historian. I would personally - without looking in depth at the merits - prefer Rees in a published setting to JVL. It also doesn't really matter - as you don't need two citations to support the content - Diannaa didn't change the text, merely removed a citation - and you don't need more than one citation for content that is not controversial (and saying 8/15 had doctorates doesn't sound too touchy). Icewhiz (talk) 10:52, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Police Battalion 309 doesn't describe their crimes, so I have copied from Great Synagogue, Białystok.Xx236 (talk) 10:17, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Economy of Nazi Germany - no Holocaust. Very strange.Xx236 (talk) 12:52, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm not sure the Holocaust per se was a major contributor to the economy of Nazi Germany (they did pilfer alot of Jewish property, but they also expanded quite a bit of resources to kill Jews and others). However, what I do find disturbing in the linked article is that while slave labour (which also includes Holocaust victims - but was much wider than just the Holocaust) gets a section - the very high mortality rate of the slave laborers is not covered. Icewhiz (talk) 12:59, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare by Gotz Aly describes the economy of the Holocaust. Short version "The Holocaust, then, was not just a result of the ideology of anti-Semitism but also of the policies of plunder that won the regime the support of the vast majority of the German people".[6] Similar opinion [7].Xx236 (talk) 13:09, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Nazi pilfering of property is a bit "over sold" in my mind (yes - there are sources). I'm actually more concerned with mortality of slave labor as a whole - I guess I understand why it isn't in there - it seems difficult to get an estimate for this (other than it was high) and the numbers also include "work to death" schemes (in, out, or "grey zone" Holocaust) - I've looked and have been unable to find a good source (there's lots of stuff down in the weeds - estimates for specific locales, and particular anecdotes (e.g. V2 workers) - but I don't see a good source for this). Icewhiz (talk) 13:12, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Slave labor is very general. Some workers were accepted as members of family by German farmers. Some men were hanged because of Rassenschande. Some workers participated in underground activities and were killed or imprisoned. Newborn childen of female workers were killed (starved).

http://www.polska-niemcy-interakcje.pl/articles/show/34 Polish study

http://www.expolis.de/schlesien/texte/maas_pl.html Polish translation of a German text.

Xx236 (talk) 09:40, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Would you write Renia Spiegel? [8], pl:Renia Spiegel, de:Renia Spiegel.Xx236 (talk) 10:14, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Re: Richard C. Lukas page edits

Hi IceWhiz,

I saw your notes on the noticeboard, and I understand the COI issues--the editorial content versus factual. What concerned me was that someone had removed Lukas's award by the Jewish Anti-Defamation League (B'nai Brith), which I put back in, as that showed that many Jewish historians did agree with--and appreciate--Lukas's work. Norman Davies's credentials had also been taken out, so I added those again as well. These parts are important because, as you may or may not know, Lukas's book, The Forgotten Holocaust, stirred up controversy among some Jewish historians, but not all other historians agree with the criticism. The book in no way seeks to take away from the Jewish experience of the Holocaust, but to focus on the Polish experience as well, and how Poles and Jews related to each other during WWII. To your point, I can have Dr. Lukas provide quotes and/or actual documentation from historians who disagree with Engel, instead of a blanket statement that they disagree with him. I'll take another look over the page to make sure it complies with the COI issues. Thanks for your feedback, and let me know if there is something else that needs to be adjusted. White Eagle 70 (talk) 17:22, 4 December 2018 (UTC)White Eagle 70

@White Eagle 70:, any information you add - also rewards - needs to be backed up by a WP:RS. Please also read WP:COI and WP:DISCLOSE if needed in a manner pursuant to policy. Icewhiz (talk) 17:26, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Ok, please note that the facts on this page are backed up by reliable sources and published work. Also, it is correct to say that Lukas is the first American historian to write on this topic (the Polish experience of WWII), which is what made The Forgotten Holocaust groundbreaking. Before him, there were Polish historians who wrote about it. But it IS actually the first English language book of this kind. That is a true, factual statement. Thank you for the information about editing. White Eagle 70 (talk) 20:27, 4 December 2018 (UTC)White Eagle 70

Siedlce Ghetto

You remove but not write anything good about Polsih people. Even the Yizkor book seems to be unreliable, maybe antisemitic? Xx236 (talk) 12:43, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

I remove it since to was sourced to a WP:SPS Mark Paul - who is not reliable. If there is a reliable source - it can be restored. Note that most Yizkor books are regarded as WP:PRIMARY - being witness accounts (there are exceptions) - it is usually best to use secondary sources analyzing them and not the yizkor books themselves. Icewhiz (talk) 12:46, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Help with sourcing on AIG

Hey Icewhiz! Hope you're doing well. I raised a question over at the AIG talk page but have yet to get a meaningful reply. I remembered you're part of WP:FINANCE and really helped me with sourcing issues for FASB. If you've got the time, could you take a look? My concern is that any sources I've found for the information are all future-facing and don't reflect the event actually occurring. If I could find a suitable source I'd suggest a rewrite, but in the absence of one, would it be appropriate to remove the content in question?--FacultiesIntact (talk) 00:51, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello! Just wanted to drop you a friendly note to see if you got my message over at Talk:American International Group. I know things can get a little hectic this time of year. I appreciate all the feedback you've given me, and I'm curious to hear your opinion.--FacultiesIntact (talk) 23:57, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi - I saw - but I disagree (I think it is relevant) with you and didn't want to repeat myself - letting other folk chime in there. Icewhiz (talk) 10:15, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

There hasn't been a whole lot of activity over there. Do you think it'd be appropriate to open an WP:RFC? I'd also be interested in hearing from some others.--FacultiesIntact (talk) 02:24, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

You could do that. Not sure you'd see a whole lot of participation, but it might garner some interest (possibly the Russia angle will drive up participation). Icewhiz (talk) 06:36, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Editing Israel-Arab conflict ban

I just want to ask why do you prohibit users who edit about the Israel-Arab conflict. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pixarkid101 (talk • contribs) 16:04, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

@Pixarkid101: It is not me. Please read WP:ARBPIA3#500/30 and the full case there to see Arbcom's reasoning.Icewhiz (talk) 17:01, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Strange edit of yours

[9] There are Jews who are Christian, Muslim or Buddhist.I myself have partially Jewish(Ashkenazi ancestor from 18th century) background and I am an atheist.Let's not dicate our articles based on some religious hardliner beliefs.--MyMoloboaccount (talk) 22:10, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

I, concurrently, wrote on the article talk page, please respond there. There is no indication this individual (Christian at birth, one parent a convert) identified or presented himself as partially Jewish. We generally do not racially classify bios.Icewhiz (talk) 22:18, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Please help to remove the picture of Birkenau camp misused by a denialist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2018_December_13#File:Toeben.jpg Xx236 (talk) 07:17, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Do you really accept such pictures? http://www.toben.biz/ ?Xx236 (talk) 08:12, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

I actually found the link to toben.biz (which was in our article and I removed) as much more problematic. Also the infobox there was a big problem (as it did not present what he was known for). As for the photo itself - I think it is ironic (a convicted Holocaust denier photographed before a camp!) and if at all negative to Toben when presented in a neutral article. I am aware that Toben uses this as propaganda (in the course of his denial) - but our article is not doing so (and nor should it!). Presented outside of the context of advocating denial, I don't see how the photo itself advocates denial nor expertise - if at all it exhibits denial.Icewhiz (talk) 08:17, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Blanket reverts

This is disruptive. Forget that you slyly put in "Israeli-held" instead of Syrian, in your zeal to protect Wikipedia from including links to Israeli occupation of the West Bank, your blanket revert also removed archive links to sources in the article. Kindly do not make such blanket reverts in the future. nableezy - 10:15, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Good morning. Please do avoid personal attacks.Icewhiz (talk) 10:29, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

That edit was disruptive. There is no personal attack. Please avoid making disruptive edits in the future. nableezy - 10:34, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

No - what is disruptive is nominating articles you do not like for AfD with no policy legs to stand on. Reverting challenged edits without discussion - as you have done in a number of articles is disruptive as well.Icewhiz (talk) 10:38, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

So, removing archive links to webpages, thats what exactly? Good editing? No policy grounds? WP:NOT is a policy, sorry. Im unaware of any challenged edits I have reverted without discussion. nableezy - 10:44, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018

Hello Icewhiz,

Reviewer of the Year

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Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

Voting for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards is open until 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2018. Why don't you vote for the editors who you believe have made a real difference to Wikipedia's coverage of military history in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:17, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Because it seems like you need to be reminded...

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WP:HOUNDING

Since youve seemingly admitted to it, if you continue to follow my contributions for the sole aim of opposing my edits I will seek administrative redress. Thank you for your cooperation. nableezy - 15:43, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

No, I have not admitted to this. "correcting related problems on multiple articles" is correct use of editor history.Icewhiz (talk) 16:34, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Sure buddy, this isnt an admission. Regardless, you do it again off to AE we go. nableezy - 16:36, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Changes on Iran page

Hi Icewhiz,

The heavily political paragraph on current Iranian government should not be in the introduction. See Spanish, or Italian wikipedia pages on the country. See English wikipedia pages on any other country. Political and government related topics are never discussed in the intro.

Rahdar Danesh (talk) 05:11, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

That is incorrect. Political issues are often discussed in intros when relevant - see 3rd and 4th paragraphs in North Korea. Icewhiz (talk) 06:27, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Then that page needs to be edited as well. Extensive political arguments (and counterarguments) are not commonly present in intro. Finding 1 other example out of many does not prove a norm.

Rahdar Danesh (talk) 16:25, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

One of many. See Syria, Sudan, or (to break the run on S) Myanmar. The inclusion of such material in the lede is a per-country decision based on how sources cover the topic.Icewhiz (talk) 16:29, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

For Sudan, Syria, and Myanmar there are brief description about the facts of the "civil wars", there is not any argument for or against the parties involved in the civil wars. Inclusion of political viewpoints is inappropriate in the intro, those should be discussed in the politics section.

Rahdar Danesh (talk) 20:46, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

The human rights in Iran are not a political viewpoint, but rather documented sourced reality per secondary RSes. There is not hard and fast rule on this matter. The question of whether it is appropriate or inappropriate (or more to the point - DUE or UNDUE) - depends on the country and situation in question. Icewhiz (talk) 05:56, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

The paragraph is not only about human rights, rather about a range of issues. The paragraph is clearly assuming a position against a political entity. It would make sense to limit such discussions (for or against governments) to the "government and politics" section. Rahdar Danesh (talk) 14:40, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Per what policy? Icewhiz (talk) 14:57, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

"Government and politics" need to be discussed under "government and politics" section to highlight neutrality. Comparison with other languages on the matter may show a cultural bias which is against WP:NPOV, see Anglo-American focus in NPOV/FAQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/FAQ#Anglo-American_focus. Furthermore, it is common sense to discuss a topic under its appropriate title. "Agriculture" should be discussed under "agriculture". It it is not good writing/organization to put a full paragraph about it in the intro, other language pages on the same country and English pages on other countries can be used to understand the relevance and appropriate weight of a topic (such as politics) in the intro. Rahdar Danesh (talk) 23:16, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Certainly they should be discussed in the body - that does not preclude a summary in the lede.Icewhiz (talk) 04:57, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

That would be against writing organization if you put everything in the intro. Over-emphasis on politics on one single country is against NPOV. Compare to other languages (for the same country) and compare other countries to see over-emphasis in the intro. Rahdar Danesh (talk) 19:22, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Other countries cover political and human rights in the lede. There might be some place for a trim - shorter summary form.Icewhiz (talk) 19:25, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy Saturnalia

		Happy Saturnalia
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:58, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Best wishes for this holiday season! Thank you for your Wiki contributions in 2018. May 2019 be prosperous and joyful. --K.e.coffman (talk) 22:35, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Noël ~ καλά Χριστούγεννα ~ З Калядамі ~ חנוכה שמח ~ Gott nytt år!

SMS Vulcano

Hi, in case you didn't know, there may be a dispute between sources on the date of launch-the Polish-language Wikipedia page says 1844. Blythwood (talk) 01:48, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Ha - (I think) I was not aware of the plwiki entry (which keeps on surprising me (positively) in terms of quality and npov). A year (which can be a few months) might just be the difference between the launch date and entering service date. I am fairly sure that the source I am citing says 1843 - but there might be some source variance (I recall seeing other minor details varying somewhat - I tried to use the sources I trusted more (qualiyy and depth of coverage).Icewhiz (talk) 04:58, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Season Greetings

Merry Christmas Icewhiz

Hi Icewhiz, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
May next year be prosperous and joyful.
–Scopecreep ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 11.02, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

apology. I thought the dates were for the mythical mistress, not the real king. editing while tired.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:12, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
No worries - the article was and is a mess - and you have improved it overall. :-).Icewhiz (talk) 19:17, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Question for help

May I please ask a question for help from an experienced user? How do I interlink from Wikipedia to Wikimedia Commons Upload Wizard? Thank you--Wyn.junior (talk) 16:38, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

You mean to a file uploaded to commons? The file will be available under the same name in Wikipedia. You can then use the following in Wikipedia to link to it:

[[File:Steamship Star of the West, with reinforcements for Major Anderson, approaching Fort Sumter.jpg|thumb|Steamship Star of the West approaching Fort Sumter]]

(see example above). Icewhiz (talk) 16:43, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for answering. I am trying to redirect some pages from Wikipedia to Wikimedia Commons Upload Wizard because this page is not very accessible.--Wyn.junior (talk) 15:39, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

What specifically are you trying to redirect? Because that doesn't quote make sense to me (unless this is some policy page?). Icewhiz (talk) 15:41, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

I am trying to make it easier for people to Upload Files.--Wyn.junior (talk) 16:17, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

If you want to create an off-site redirect (to another Wiki).... I'm not sure how you do that. If you just want to link - well normal square brackets work (and there a way to create an interwiki link - not sure about commons). Probably best to ask someone versed in markup - I'm not really sure how to do what you want to do. Icewhiz (talk) 16:21, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

icewhizz

you are operating in bad faith and propagandising wiki content and, imo, should be sanctioned. who do i complain to? Msjenniferjames (talk) 04:17, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Please WP:AGF and WP:NPA. Thanks. Icewhiz (talk) 12:02, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions for American politics

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Pamela Geller

Did you even read Simon223's edit summary before you made this revert, or read the two separate bits he had restored? Why remove both? I don't know if that was lack of care, or tendentiousness, but it wasn't good. Bishonen | talk 22:05, 15 January 2019 (UTC).

I did. One bit was sourced to a blog (Atlas Shrugged - yes hers, but possibly UNDUE and FRIND concerns), when we have no lack of secondary sources covering her. The other bit was sourced to the SPLC, which we usually attribute. Geller should probably be described as right-wing or far-right - but this should be based on the way she is described in the majority of secondary sources (which per my check seem to focus on Islamophobia and not the right/left divide - e.g. this BBC profile does not contain far right - though it is highly critical of her (bigoted in the headline)).Icewhiz (talk) 04:40, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

And I will note - language not supported by the cited SPLC source (which I checked now) - which seems like a rather big issue.Icewhiz (talk) 05:06, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

And, it would seem, that this misrepresentation of sources (the cited source dìd not say this) and BLP vio was rejected at an RfC - diff. If there was anything tendentiousness there - it was the misrepresentation followed by IDHT that lead to this RfC (with an obvious result). Icewhiz (talk) 06:59, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Help

Hi, sorry if I did something wrong. I opened the arbitration request as a genuine case.

I have edited in good faith even if poor. I have only just passed 100 edits so help rather than going straight after me would be helpful

Apologies again. I'll not bother editing anymore Alex Tiffin (talk) 10:47, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Help

Hi, sorry if I did something wrong. I opened the arbitration request as a genuine case.

I have edited in good faith even if poor. I have only just passed 100 edits so help rather than going straight after me would be helpful

Apologies again. I'll not bother editing anymore Alex Tiffin (talk) 10:48, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Which source?

Please answer.Xx236 (talk) 12:50, 18 January 2019 (UTC) The book about post-war literature. Typical manipulation.Xx236 (talk) 12:58, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

I answered on the article tp.Icewhiz (talk) 20:18, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

An invitation to discussion

I kindly invite you to the discussion on Template talk:Infobox election#The Bolding issue to decide whether to bold the winner in the election infobox. Lmmnhn (talk) 19:17, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

I try to stay clear of MOS issues (I let the style aficionados duke it out, I do try to follow MOS to the best of my very limited ability but I probably make many mistakes and I (almost) never contest one style over another.... This is a hugely important part of the project for some editors - just not me). Icewhiz (talk) 08:06, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

John Radzilowski

Please explain the reason for seeking to delete this page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AK Piast (talk • contribs) 22:43, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

I explained in my nom - IMHO, failing WP:NPROF amd WP:GNG.Icewhiz (talk) 04:30, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for leading me to a new tool to measure readable prose size - XTools

Icewhiz, thank you for making me learn something new. I was writing to you asking how you determined prose size for Israeli occupation of the West Bank, and listing how I thought it could be done, when I looked again at Wikipedia:Article size, and right there under the paragraph for readable prose was a link to the tool XTools. I tried it on the Israeli occupation article, on the Beatles article, and on a very long list article, and I was amazed at what it showed. The Beatles article took over a minute to chew through, but showed a readable prose under the 100,000 suggested split limit, while the very long list, the largest article in Wikipedia, showed a prose of 51 characters, which is how I interpreted what it meant to be readable prose vs. tables and lists. Mostly you don't care about this, I would imagine, so basically, this is a thanks for leading this horse to water. Mburrell (talk) 21:48, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Try installing User:Dr pda/prosesize (also there) - it lets you measure on revisions as well (and not just the current rev - which is all I managed with XTools). I think both have issues in some cases (e.g. in the occupation article it doesn't count the notes as prose - well since notes are usually refs or small notes.... not 50k+ of text.... and in some cases counting tables does make sense...) - but they work better than dumping into an external word counter (which is a fall back for exceptions).Icewhiz (talk) 21:53, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

ADL

The RFC you started has been finished could you implement its decision --Shrike (talk) 07:29, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Done. Icewhiz (talk) 07:35, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

WP:AE

Please check WP:AE, Huldra (talk) 22:38, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Israeli law in the West Bank settlements

On 2 February 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Israeli law in the West Bank settlements, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Amnon Rubinstein coined the term "enclave law" to describe Israeli law in the West Bank settlements? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Israeli law in the West Bank settlements), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Yiddish newspaper AFDs

Hi, I appreciate your finding sources for Maalos and Beleichtungen, but I just wanted to say that it's unlikely someone will take the time to fill in the references so the articles won't end up at AFD again. The creator of Maalos has already said that he doesn't have access to the internet; he just comes up with the sources and hopes someone else will write the article for him. Yoninah (talk) 18:02, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Yes - but it does have a crosswiki and is a useful stub - even if poorly sourced. I can throw refs in the articles for their existence. @תנא קמא: is a new editor, and yes - he has internet filter limitations. He does need to learn the ropes. But he also brings an important voice - how many editors whose mother tongue and main language is Yiddish, and edit Wikipedia, do you think we have? Close to zero - or I'd say one. The stuff he is creating is mostly notable - it just needs to be reffed better.Icewhiz (talk) 18:11, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	Well done for keeping cool and calm in Talk:Pamela Geller#Discussion. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me \| my contributions} 11:58, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Amen! I came here to give you exactly this award after reading at Talk:Ahed Tamimi the remarkable civility and coolheadedness with which you discussed the actual textual content of sources and steadfastly kept the conversation focused on achieving accurate, neutral coverage of things that have been published about the topic. Keep fighting the good fight! -Bryanrutherford0 (talk) 03:12, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Argument with R9tgokunks

Please see WP:ANI#Icewhiz and R9tgokunks. Nyttend (talk) 13:13, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

AFD (apology)

Hi Icewhiz. I just wanted to reassure you that I was not thinking of you at all when I mentioned the IP. But as I was rereading it I realized I ought to go back and CE to make clear that they proposed the deletion of the page. But then there was a pile-on of edit-conflicts while I was trying to fix it, so I gave up. Actually, I like the story about the lab computer that anyone could have edited from better, because I think it no great crime that the IP added some info to that page about the game. So no, I wasn't targeting you at all, and I'm sorry that my technical misuse of nominated when I should have said proposed may have felt like I was slinging mud at you. SashiRolls ^{t · c} 15:37, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

No worries - it was clear to me you were referring to the PRODing IP - it just was not clear from the language (PROD being a proposal, not a nomination). I do think it is unlikely the same person is behind the IP today (which geolocates to a university) in relation to 2016 - shared use and user churn.Icewhiz (talk) 16:00, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Arbitration advice

Hi! First of all, I want to thank you for your comments on my talk page.

I've now been unblocked, and I'd like to ask for your advice regarding the arbitration enforcement of articles related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. If I'm able to edit an Israel-related article (even though I've not yet reached 500 edits), should I assume that it's not related to the Arab-Israeli conflict unless I think the opposite is likely? VwM.Mwv (talk) 12:15, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

@VwM.Mwv: I just left a long list on your talk page. The short answer is no, you may not assume that. Many pages that are conflict related are not ECP protected (someone needs to request that - and existence of the blue ECP protection is spotty - particularly in new pages or less visited pages). The lack of presence of an ARBPIA header in the talk page also means nothing (users place that manually) - though if it is present - it is a strong indication editors think it is conflict related. I would generally assume, as a rule of thumb, that anything that mentions Israeli in conjunction with Arabs/Palestinians (in almost any context) or regional conflict - is conflict related. The 500/30 line is enforced harshly - and particularly so towards users who have already been at AE. So if it somehow remotely sounds related - assume it is related.Icewhiz (talk) 12:25, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Got it! 👍 VwM.Mwv (talk) 12:29, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

User:VwM.Mwv Just to clarify you may not edit talk pages relating to the conflict too till you reach 500 edits as per sanction that was put by admin --Shrike (talk) 14:53, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

notifications

When you mention somebody, it is polite to notify them. nableezy - 16:27, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

When they are the subject of a discussion, generally I would agree, yes. Icewhiz (talk) 16:37, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

So start doing it please. nableezy - 17:37, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

There a reason you continue to decline notifying me when you bring me up? Hell, you dont even mention my username to avoid that notification. nableezy - 01:22, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

I was querying a user regarding their action - not yours.Icewhiz (talk) 03:31, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

About me. Anyway, the fifth or sixth admin you bring this up to might take your side on this finally, who knows. But try to give me the opportunity to respond please. nableezy - 03:40, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

A solace, pehraps

As I commented on AE, I used to be much more active in conflict resolution (and conflicts...) long time ago. It was stressful, and I am very glad I was able to change my attitude and these days I find wiki much less stressful. We don't have to save the world. Things will work out. Relax. Take a WP:CUP of tea, and check out my mini-essays here: User:Piotrus/Morsels of wikiwisdom. I wrote them around the time I decided to change my attitude and retire from 'the fight'. I have to say I am much happier these days than back then. Cheers, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:00, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Something about AGF if someone (say, myself) challenges content as a misrepresentation of a source / OR - AGF is to assume they are correct unless you have verified vs. The sources:

I do have access to sources (including Polish) - and when I make such a statement it is based on finding at least one bit that has not been verified.
My initial revert was based on such a finding - and I said "OR, misrepresentation of sources"
I also had a very strong hunch of possible copy pasting from a SPS - I had evidence to this effect - but I did not say so initially since this required more evidence for an assertion of fact.
I have subsequently spent quite a bit of time both verifying exactly what was copy pasted and what was paraphrased (in part, inaccurately vs. the SPS) - and after I did that, I asserted that as well.
I have also compiled additional inaccuracies (or assertions that do not appear in the cited sources) - all this at quite some investment of time.

BRD (as well as reducing conflict and tension here) - would be to reinstate challenged material only after you actually verified each bit you return. Thank you.Icewhiz (talk) 05:08, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

BTW - I have for the most part (aside from touching one article that has been absent attention for years, and contained an issue that popped up on a text search) - been sticking to lower stress stuff - been doing lots of AfD work (a few of which popped a smile across my face - dealing with more arcane topic at semi-random is something I enjoy)..... I suggest you take a long hard look at User:Icewhiz/Illustration and consider what you would have done if you spotted this in the work of a student or colleague. Icewhiz (talk) 07:07, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

I think we can both agree that deleting spam is low-stress enjoyable activity (outside of the realization how much of this garbage is out there). Regarding the sourcing, I will review it in more detail when I have more time, but as you might have noted I myself removed the sentence about 'Jewish fraud' (through not because there were sourcing issue, but because it is simply irrelevant - sure there was Jewish fraud, and proportionally more Polish fraud, because it is reasonable equal % of any ethnicity will commit fraud, so what? Undue, irrelevant, offtopic, coatrack, sigh). But it seems to me you are mostly suggesting plagiarism issue, rather than falsification of sources. And when it comes to the translation, well, determining what has been plagriarized and what is simply summarized is a major pain. I honestly doubt dealing with plagiarism through translation is anyone's good use of time, since it is just a variation of copyright paranoia. Technically, it may be a problem, realistically? I for one do not intend to spend my time on this particular issue, I'd rather hunt and nominate some more WP:CORPSPAM :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

While I challenged this on sourcing (misrepresentation of what was cited (and despite the ref-bombing - I checked much of it) + miss-attribution in that Mark Paul from which this was based on (+citation copied as is) was not cited as a source - Wikipedia:Plagiarism) - there are in fact severe WP:FRINGE / WP:NPOV / WP:V issues. this begins with the mundane (non-POV) fact that there were several decrees/laws (Feb(?IIRC) 1945, May 1945, March 1946) replacing one another. And continues with the assertions in the fragment being different from any mainstream English academic work in the field (as well as non-English works whom I am familiar with - e.g. the cited Klucze i kasa leads one to a different conclusion from reading it). While there are varying POVs on Polish restitution - what's currently in the article is simply outside of the ballpark. You can look at the multiple sources I sprinkled through my AE report, or perhaps at the rather short summary (two paragraphs) here:

"Although the decrees regarding the status of abandoned and allegedly ownerless property confiscated by the Germans, published in the beginning of 1945, did not mention Jewish property as a distinct category, Poles and Jews alike clearly understood that one of their primary goals was to prevent Jewish property from returning to Jewish hands.19" Under the emerging category of ‘abandoned property’ (mienie opuszczone) fell all assets belonging to Polish citizens and organisations that had been confiscated during the war by the German occupiers, and others properties whose owners were absent for different reasons. According to the new legalization, those properties, as well as properties belonging to German citizens and institutions, were to be automatically nationalized.20 The fact that in occupied Poland only Jewish property as such was officially confiscated by the Germans, along with the unprecedented extermination rate of Polish Jews, suggested that ‘abandoned property’ was in many ways tantamount to ‘Jewish property.’21

"The severe limitations placed on the possibility of reclaiming private property only further emphasized the extent to which the new legislation affected the status of Jewish property. In contrast to the pre-war law that allowed second-degree relatives the right to claim property, under the new, postwar regulations only the original owners or direct heirs could ask for restitution.22 In light the scale of the destruction of Polish Jewry, regaining Jewish family assets was to become an almost impossible task. Jewish leaders understood this problem very well and led the protests against the new legislation.23 Polish officials did not try to conceal that the change in the inheritance laws were aimed mainly at preventing the restitution of Jewish property.24 As the then Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs explained of the new legalization in October 1945: ‘We will not permit some foreign Jews, for instance Argentinian Jews, to inherit property in Poland.’25 In internal discussions regarding the formulation of the new laws, some of the participants argued that their purpose was to prevent the concentration of too much wealth in the hand of ‘unproductive and parasite factors’ and to preclude the inheritance of property by ‘distant relatives in Argentina who engage in despicable jobs.’26"

From: Weizman, Yechiel. "Unsettled possession: the question of ownership of Jewish sites in Poland after the Holocaust from a local perspective." Jewish Culture and History 18.1 (2017): 34-53..

So while I had challenged this as a misuse of a PRIMARY 1947 source (whose statement isn't wrong - just misleading - since there are two BIG IFs in the statement that precluded return of the vast majority of property (owner/direct descendant, and "state control" - which included state control of property confiscated by the Nazis)), OR / misrepresentation (not in source or counter to the source), and Wikipedia:Plagiarism (as demonstrated in User:Icewhiz/Illustration) - the problem lies also with the content which does not conform to mainstream coverage. Icewhiz (talk) 07:50, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

On a lighter note - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Argos (dog) (closed just now as speedy keep now, so no canvassing concerns) - cracked a huge smile on my face yesterday - had fun looking into the research performed on the canine friend of Ulysses. Icewhiz (talk) 08:44, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Ha. May I suggest copying those finds from AfD to a 'further reading' section in the article proper? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:50, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Your mentee needs some serious mentoring

Because this isn't inflammatory at all... Yunshui ^雲 _水 10:10, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

re: KPK

Interesting. I wonder if they'd be notable. It has been a while since I looked into far right orgs, TBH none has really become relevant to my editing since Vilnija ~10 years ago... which now that I look at may need some NPOVing again, sigh. PS. Ping User:K.e.coffman, who also may be interested in stubbing an entry in KPK. It is always nice if an outcome of some dispute leads to more content, IMHO. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:17, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Alfonse Pogrom

I've expanded the article and I think it would make an interesting DYK. I'd appreciate it if could check it for possibly NPOV issues, and if you have any suggestions on which hooks, feel free to suggest them. PS. My current hook idea is "...that the Alfonse Pogrom, a riot involving mostly Jewish workers and underground in Warsaw, 1905, led to debates and reforms related to prostitution in Poland? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:24, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

(ec) I would suggest, per NOENG, relying solely on English publications - in this case there are a good number of academic sources, in English, covering this in depth - since this was a unique event, involving the Bund (organized labor), as well as sexual slavery there really is no lack of academic English sources (as this is subject matter of interest). If we do this - then meeting V / NPOV will be easier. In terms of NPOV - "rioting" may be incorrect (the Russian police, who tried to organize a counter-pogrom described this in this manner - but I think good sources here differ a bit in usage - e.g. "series of attacks" - this was very organized). The connection to the Russian-wide 1905 revolution needa to be stressed (as it is in the sources). There are also issues with "pogrom" - it is probably the COMMONNAME (following the local presss) - but techically possibly inaccurate - I see some sources scare quoting this.Icewhiz (talk) 04:42, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

In terms of hook - I'd be careful with "riot" - and I think the current hook is boring or not hooky - though it will work. Bund organized labor is probably better than the socialist dialect of "workers". Perhaps a hook on the Bund member trying to save his sister. Or the Bund attacks leading the Russian police to try (and fail! Warsaw was well outside of the Russian "pogrom zone" - true during the Russian period and also during WWII (the major Jewish-Polish violence being well to the east)). This was a really interesting event - and a hooky hook might hook in many readers.Icewhiz (talk) 04:48, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

e.g. maybe hookier: ... that 3 days of violence in Warsaw ,known as the 1905 Alfonse Pogrom, were possibly sparked by a Bund activist trying to save his sister from sexual slavery? Icewhiz (talk) 04:55, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Same but shorter: .... that in 1905 three days of violence in Warsaw were possibly sparked by a Bund activist trying to save his sister from sexual slavery?Icewhiz (talk) 08:47, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Very disappointing

I am working hard, in a bipartisan manner, to fix a long running issue. If you wish to pick up the mantle, please go ahead. If not, please don’t stand in the way. I asked you for something very small, to avoid encouraging others to turn this into a partisan-style vote. Why did you choose to take an adversarial position on this?

Onceinawhile (talk) 15:49, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

The title you suggested is not close to being factual (or neutral). I actually agreed with much of what you had to suggest (e.g. a common prefix). This discussion might have gotten off to a better start had a "pre discussion" involving more than two editors been aired in a relevant WikiProject or on the page. As it is - you are laying down a concrete proposal - instead of trying to take "baby steps" towards building consensus. As someone who actually agrees with some of what you are trying to accomplish, achieving one at a time, might be more productive -

Consensus on how many sub-articles (frankly - I would leave the present parent/two subs - and open this up later).
Consensus the different sub-articles (if there is more than 1) - should have a common prefix.
And after 1&2 - consensus on the prefix and suffixes.

A friendly suggestion. And you might get my support for much of it. So far - you're dickering with me over how I format my response (which was rather standard) - instead of discussing substance. Icewhiz (talk) 16:02, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

It is factual: the key facts about the war are that it was primarily in 1948, was in a place then known as Palestine, and during the war Israel was created. Personally I think that the correct terminology is 1948 Palestine war, but I was/am willing to compromise on being too purist if it will help reach a solution here.

I did have a pre-pre-discussion here: Talk:1948_Arab–Israeli_War#Start_of_the_war?. It wasn’t advertised.

My post today is intended to be a widely participative pre-discussion. That is exactly why I find your “vote” so unhelpful. It risks turning a pre-discussion into a vote. You might think I could have made my post more flexible, but that is simply a judgement call as to what might catalyze the most interaction and thought.

As to your advice above, I think it is very sensible. I was planning to start with a simple merge debate until I read the merge debate in the archives from many years ago, which was a mess. Sure, consensus may be very different today, but I found it hard to believe there will be consensus for merging. There’s nothing inherently wrong with having the sub-articles, as I think you are implying as well.

So I propose that, after the current discussion has run its course, to skip your first step, and go straight to your second.

Onceinawhile (talk) 19:07, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Yes - merging is a whole big can of worms (and alot of editing) - keep it separate. I would propose (after you get a whole lot of responses every which way) - "can we agree on X, X Y, X Z? X, Y, and Z TBD if we agree on this principle."Icewhiz (talk) 19:17, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Technical

Re: [10]. Visual explorer cite will format the book ref nicely, I use visual mode often for handling or refs, much better than manual tempalate filling. But for books, I in fact use https://reftag.appspot.com as for some reason our VE book cite won't recognize page numbers, which reftag will (just make sure to copy the page link, not the search link, from GBooks). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:46, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

I type this in via hand (or copy paste part of it - e.g. the title, authors) and edit in source mode - it is easier for me to work without an additional tool for this. Hard to teach old dogs new tricks. Icewhiz (talk) 05:59, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Polish Center for Holocaust Research

Ymblanter put in PC protection; I went ahead and blocked that range for a bit: it has an extensive block record for POV edit warring. Ymblanter, maybe semi-protection is warranted for this, and if you're any good at rangeblocking, feel free to expand it if edits are coming from just outside of it. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 19:04, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

I added a week semi, since disruption continued. If it resumes after a week, we will need a long-term semi.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:08, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@Ymblanter:, @Drmies: - it does seem to me wider than jist this article. The 64-bit IP from around NJ has been active on Naliboki massacre (which in far right media is used as a trope) - though recently the same edits have been picked up there by a Polish 32-bit. Also in November on Koniuchy massacre (similar trope - in both cases real events, the trope is over emphasizing Jewish participation in Soviet forces and using these as a counter-example to any Polish wrongdoing - someone analyzed this in a phd I can drag up). Also Katyń Memorial (Jersey City), Steven Fulop - and a few more I do not remember (A few months ago I had the feeling they were following edits and would come up to revert once or twice. Other than that - they stick to an article and edit-war over the same content for years - at a low pace - e.g. in Naliboki they are trying to insert (as a source for "Jewish") a photograph from lamoth musuem which just shows a bunch of partisans in the forest - not addressing the specific event - see Feb 2019, March 2018, Feb 2018. They are very persistent on some articles they pick - I can scratch my brain for more if that helps?Icewhiz (talk) 20:44, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

I semi-protected the Naliboki article (indefinitely--I don't see the point in us returning periodically to mop up every time some neo-Nazi comes by). I looked at the others but they seem to be OK so far. That mayor, Fulop, if that gets vandalized again, please report at RFPP or tell me. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:51, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Will do. Not neo-nazis - Polish nationalists are quite distinct - and very much hate Nazis (and communists). Naliboki village is a sad story - a few months after the Soviets killed many of the menfolk (many of whom were in the Home Army in parallel to heing in a Nazi sanctioned self defense unit) - the Nazis destroyed the village and killed most of the inhabitants as a reprisal for a Polish attack.Icewhiz (talk) 21:58, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Derek DeGrate article

Hi. thanks for your feedback on the Derek DeGrate article. The article does actually have independent resources in its references. The article was not written to "praise" the subject but to provide insight on musicianship and achievements. Kingtd1 (talk) 07:35, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

I only deletion-sorted it (so that others may comment) - the subject matter is outside my expertise, so I did not comment other than place it in relevant listings. If you want to make a case for retention - then commenting at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derek DeGrate is the correct venue. Icewhiz (talk) 07:37, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Eric Walberg

Ever heard of him? Looks like a non-notable Middle East expert, new page, created by the experienced editor who created Death of Mohammad Habali , not by an SPA.E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:39, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Looks like a fringey writer. Liked the bouncing bunny in Tehran on his twitter though. Suspect not notable, though hard to assess while on my tablet. Might have a notability shot via AUTHOR if the books are reviewed.Icewhiz (talk) 20:54, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, tho I really did mean, Have you ever heard of him? It seemed odd for such an experienced editor to create a page with so little sourcing. The book reviews I found are, with one exception, in FRINGEy places.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:51, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

He seems to interview on RT and Iranian media - and used for quotes there. That might be the prompt here.Icewhiz (talk) 20:12, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Intimate Violence

Why don't you read? http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140102719170 Xx236 (talk) 14:29, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

I actually have read bits of it + their journal articles prior to it being published (on the same topic, went into the book). They are an interesting read. I created a small bio for Jeffrey Kopstein after using one of the journal articles (I picked up that habit from Piotrus - if I see an author that passes NAUTHOR / NPROF - I create a small stub/start article if we do not have one).Icewhiz (talk) 20:08, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Re: Your Edit on Jewish Bolshevism

Hey,

Noticed you undid my recent revision. I wanted to check with you whether you felt that it was correct to note "that four out of the six members of the first Bolshevik Executive Committee were Jewish" while removing the second bit. Let me know your thoughts.

Cheers,TorontonianOnlines (talk) 22:29, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

WP:UNDUE and not from a RS. You are citing a piece in Occidental Observer (republished in unz.com). Major red flags given nature of source.Icewhiz (talk) 22:40, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

I thought that the reference was from a book, merely republished on UNZ, no? TorontonianOnlines (talk) 00:49, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

In this case, clearly no.Icewhiz (talk) 04:54, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Let me be more precise. The work that I was referencing is: "Jewish Dimensions in Modern Visual Culture: Anti-Semitism, Assimilation, Affirmation," as published by Brandeis University Press. Here's a link. How exactly is this not a reliable source? TorontonianOnlines (talk) 06:59, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Your edit misrepresented the source, as the source merely quoted Ball to illustrate aspects of Ball's own writing.Icewhiz (talk) 07:05, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Okay I can concede that the source may not be perfect. However, the racial composition of the party is not a matter of opinion. See also: "The Role of the Jews in the Russian Revolutionary Movement", in Slavonic and East European Review, 40 (1961-1962): 167, reprinted in Essential Papers on Jews and the Left, ed. Ezra Mendelsohn, New York University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8147-5571-2, p.321. & Jonathan Frankel's "Prophecy and Politics: Socialism, Nationalism, and the Russian Jews, 1862-1917" published by the Cambridge University Press. Clearly, it is an indisputable fact that the Jews had a disproportionate representation in both the leadership of the Bolshevik party and the Russian Communist movement as a whole. On Wikipedia itself, it already has a great page on Arkadi Kremer which cites him as "a Russian socialist leader known as the 'Father of the Bund' (the General Jewish Workers' Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia). This organisation was instrumental in the development of Russian Marxism, the Jewish labour movement and Jewish nationalism." Also take a look at Central Committee elected by the 7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks). TorontonianOnlines (talk) 07:21, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia, following most or all reputable sources, generally does not diverge into "racial composition" discourse. Icewhiz (talk) 07:26, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

If it is a fact that the majority of the Bolshevik leadership were Jews, then how is it can be alleged that stating this is an "anti-Semitic canard." If Wikipedia does not discuss "racial composition" then that entire article should be removed. You can't have it both ways. The article as it stands, alleges that it is false that the Jews were disproportionately represented in the Bolshevik party. That is not accurate as numerous sources demonstrate both on and off the encyclopedia. Either the article needs to be corrected (in order to accurately reflect the historical reality) or needs to be removed (if racial composition discourse does not belong on Wikipedia). Moreover, nearly every biographical article on any individual discusses their ethnicity on the site. Furthermore, the articles that I have referred you to make note of the Jewish ethnic background of mentioned individuals. As a side note, I feel it would make sense to take this discussion to the article talk page? TorontonianOnlines (talk) 07:33, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

The majority of sources treat this as a false claim, though one dating back many years. Making this claim usually requires various acrobatics - for instance asserting that Vladimir Lenin was "Jewish" based on one grandfather being a Christian who converted from Judaism. Icewhiz (talk) 07:40, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Lenin is commonly regarded as Russian AFAIK. It was a revelation when it came out that he was part-Jewish but that's by-the-by. Let's see what's confirmed for sure going down the list of the elected members of the Central Committee (1918), according to the existing Wiki articles 7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Leon Trotsky, Yakov Sverdlov, Grigory Zinoviev, Grigori Sokolnikov, Mikhail Lashevich, and that's just from a cursory examination and relying solely on Wikipedia itself as a source. Even as is, 5/15 is not insignificant. TorontonianOnlines (talk) 07:59, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

It depends on which particular grouping of Bolsheviks (e.g. where on the rank structure, which event) you take, and furthermore one must take into account that Jews constituted a large percentage of the bourgeoisie and proletariat classes (from which the revolutionaries came) themselves in Western Russia.Icewhiz (talk) 08:03, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Naturally, there would be fewer of them following Stalin's purges. However, the early days of the Bolshevik party and its precursor in the face of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party were definitely heavily involved with the Jewish community. Do you have any data on that? I would be curious to take a look. TorontonianOnlines (talk) 08:10, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Well, the General Jewish Labour Bund was, for a time, part of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. The Jewish community, at the time, was rather sizable in (then) Western Russia (Pale of Settlement. Icewhiz (talk) 08:19, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Certainly. Do you not feel that that connection may be worth noting? I have looked at the talk page of the Jewish Bolshevism article one more time and it appears to me that there is little that can be done to fix it. The process seems doomed because of the following circularity:

A: Article presently claims that it's an anti-Semitic canard to say that Jews were disproportionately represented in the Bolshevik party.

B: To look into the actual ethnic backgrounds of the early Bolshevik party leaders is inappropriate on Wikipedia (partially due to OR and partially because the Jewish Bolshevism article is about the 'canard' and not about the potential historical reality of Jewish overrepresentation in the leadership of the early Bolshevik party).

C: Therefore, the Jewish Bolshevism wiki article continues to allege that the disproportionate number of Jews in the leadership of the early Bolshevik party is only a conspiracy/'canard.'

I hope that you have found our conversation diplomatic and interesting. I truly hope that I have succeeded in conveying to you the point that I am trying to make. TorontonianOnlines (talk) 08:35, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

As sources generally treat this as an antisemitic canard, so do we. While I suppose research into the "racial composition of the party" is of interest to some, we generally follow Wikipedia:No original research on Wikipedia. Icewhiz (talk) 08:40, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks for the civil discussion. Have a good night. TorontonianOnlines (talk) 08:48, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

CIS RfC

Hey, we've interacted before and I've always appreciated your editorial point-of-view, especially on issues of anti-semitism. Was hoping to get your thoughts on my response to you at the CIS RfC you recently commented on. I can elaborate more here but my point is that I was worried the anti-semitism charge was being misconstrued in that instance without sufficient backing from RS. That's not really a jab on the SPLC or its hate group designations more broadly--this is a more targeted issue. Would definitely appreciate your thoughts. ModerateMikayla555 (talk) 18:10, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Commented there.Icewhiz (talk) 18:25, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

The anti-semitic and white nationalists charge is more of a "guilt by association thing" - the more significant (in my eyes) is the SPLC condemmning publications (as nativist) by CIS. The guilt by association being supporting evidence, possibly strongly so.Icewhiz (talk) 18:29, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

That makes a lot of sense, I appreciate your explanation. ModerateMikayla555 (talk) 18:34, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Controversies

What is wrong with the information that I added? Please give me detailed explanation so I could fix it.

Bluffer8 (talk) 3:50, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Poor source, badly written, and a from a source with a rather extreme POV.Icewhiz (talk) 04:30, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

I have not made that up. There are plenty of sources since this topic was widely commented and described by the biggest media in Poland like Polish Television:

https://www.tvp.info/41683047/gontarczyk-zarzuca-naukowa-mistyfikacje-publikacji-na-temat-historii-zydow

including national news program called Wiadomości:

https://wiadomosci.tvp.pl/41695049/kolejne-klamstwa-na-temat-polski-i-polakow

the biggest radio in Poland - Polish Radio:

https://www.polskieradio.pl/321/1222/Artykul/2275685,Piotr-Gontarczyk-zarzuca-publikacji-Centrum-Badan-nad-Zaglada-Zydow-naukowa-mistyfikacje

https://polskieradio24.pl/130/4503/Artykul/2277079,Naukowa-mistyfikacja-%E2%80%93-publicysci-o-badaniach-nad-Holokaustem

well known newspapers like Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat and others:

https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/historia/aktualnosci/artykuly/593189,dalej-jest-noc-holokaust-zydzi-ipn-afera.html

https://dorzeczy.pl/historia/96376/Zydowskich-policjantow-z-getta-zamienili-na-polskich-Odkrycie-historyka-poraza.html

https://www.wsieciprawdy.pl/sieci-naukowa-mistyfikacja-pnews-3949.html

or even Google News:

https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqOQgKIjNDQklTSURvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoTUtFUWpiaHJyR2tvQU1FY2pLUXVUcElOMEpLQUFQAQ?hl=pl&gl=PL&ceid=PL%3Apl

What would you say if I change (or add) the sources, moderate and temper the content of my section and fix the grammar? Would it be OK? The material I would like to add is honest, respected and professional opinion of professional historian. This opinion is not more controversial than what is already published in the article about Jan Grabowski, so why to hide it and censor?

Bluffer8 (talk) 1:26, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Media ìn Poland is not a RS on the topic, since 2018, as due to the Holocaust law Polish journalists are unable to publish material on the complicity of the Polish nation or state. "In February 2018, parliament passed a law criminalizing claims of Polish complicity in crimes committed during the Holocaust, carrying a potential prison sentence of up to three years. Following an international outcry, the government softened the law, making it a civil offense punishable by fine but not incarceration."Freedom house 2019.Icewhiz (talk) 04:44, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

User:Bluffer8, don't listen or be intimidated by the above nonsense. If Icewhiz really wants to argue that Polish sources are wholesale unreliable he can always go to WP:RSN and make that argument. But he won't.Volunteer Marek (talk) 04:50, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

WP:ONUS on you VM. Polish media, despite recent changea, is still usually reliable for most topics. It is not reliable on the narrow topic of WWII history (since 2018) due to the Polish government placing restrictions on allowed discourse.Icewhiz (talk) 04:55, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

No, it's actually not. WP:RSN <--- Here. Go there. Try it.Volunteer Marek (talk) 04:59, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

WP:ONUS on you to show a source is reliable.Icewhiz (talk) 05:00, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Lol, no. ONUS my ANUS. It is NOT up to me to show that an entire country's sources should not be disqualified from being RS just because ... because you said so? It kind of is ONUS on you to explain why you are trying to ban sources on essentially ethnic grounds, even though this time you've made up an excuse for it.Volunteer Marek (talk) 05:59, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

We generally disqualify media from certain countries - e.g. Russian media - due to state control or repression. In this particular instance, the problem with Polish media, to the legal situation created by the Polish government, is limited to a narrow topic area. Icewhiz (talk) 06:01, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Well, no, we actually don't. But whatever. RSN. The idea that it's me that has to go to RSN and ask "gee whiz guys, are Polish source reliable or are they wholesale unreliable" is absurd. You can try to pull this stunt if you want to. But you know you'll be laughed out of there. So you won't. Stop bluffing.Volunteer Marek (talk) 06:07, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

I never said Polish sources were "wholesale unreliable". I was very specific - Polish media sources, from 2018 onward, are unreliable on the topic of Holocaust history as Polish legislation - the "Holocaust law" - prohibits publication of mainstream views regarding Polish Holocaust complicity. This is quite similar to the situation in Russia in regards to limitations there on publications on WWII history.[11][12] Icewhiz (talk) 08:01, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Sources on the Polish law and its effects on discourse, abound: Holmgren, Beth. "Holocaust History and Jewish Heritage Preservation: Scholars and Stewards Working in PiS-Ruled Poland." Shofar 37.1 (2019): 96-107., "But international public opinion has rightly seen the museum takeover and the new law as shameful attempts to rewrite history. Much of Polish opinion, which is critical of the government, shares this view. Gebert, Konstanty. "Projecting Poland and its past: Poland wants you to talk about the “Polocaust”." Index on Censorship 47.1 (2018): 35-37., Belavusau, Uladzislau, and Anna Wójcik. "La criminalisation de l’expression historique en Pologne: la loi mémorielle de 2018 (Criminalizing Historical Expression in Poland: Memory Law of 2018)." Archives de politique criminelle 40 (2018): 175-188.. "This act, which met with harsh international criticism, was once again revised end of June 2018. These revisions are part of a broader strategy by the current national-conservative government led by Law and Justice (PiS3) party, which aims to impose nationally as well as internationally a specific vision, how Polish history shall be publicly presented and commemorated, first of all with regard to World War II and the socialist period.. Hackmann, Jörg. "Defending the “Good Name” of the Polish Nation: Politics of History as a Battlefield in Poland, 2015–18." Journal of Genocide Research 20.4 (2018): 587-606.. Icewhiz (talk) 08:09, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Doesn't matter. It's still ridiculous nonsense. Try WP:RSN. You want to make a blanket declaration on non-reliability unilaterally? No. Try WP:RSN. You won't because you know your position on this is silly.Volunteer Marek (talk) 14:07, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Censorship/repression of journalists is a grave RS concern. However, as I believe we should be following using higher-quality (preferably academic, and per WP:NOENG - in English when available) sources - I don't quite see the point in launching a RSN discussion on the matter. WP:ONUS to show a source is reliable isn't on me regardless. Icewhiz (talk) 14:10, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

" I don't quite see the point ..." Riiiigggghhhhtttt.Volunteer Marek (talk) 14:52, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

For someone who has requested that "one more time - you are NOT welcome on my talk page. Do not post here again" - you're awful chatty on mine. Regardless, I believe this particular discussion on censorship in Poland and Russia, both countries enforcing their particular narratives on WWII via law, and implication of such Polish and Russian censorship/repression on WP:RS status of media in said countries has run its course over here. Icewhiz (talk) 15:32, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

So what you are saying is that Polish sources are not valid because you have found some criticism of Polish media and ruling PIS party? It is easy to find criticism of any media any party, even those from the left side. I do not understand your remarks about the law that was a suggestion and has not been applied - it seems off topic. And by the way - one of the sources I gave (Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat) is owned by Axel Springer SE and Riniger - German and Swiss companies. So once again - please tell me what you think about my suggestion about adding sources and moderate content of the new section. Bluffer8 (talk) 23:30, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

All these sources, even those critical of PiS, fall under reach of the "Holocaust law" and thus are unable to report freely on the subject of Polish Holocaust complicity.Icewhiz (talk) 03:40, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

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Problem with adding information to article

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Bluffer8 (talk) 14:14, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

COI

The Steven Strauss article has a problem with COI. The article seems to be created by its own subject. After removing WP:OR and promotional material, the subject of the article appears to be editing it with two different new accounts (one an IP). I don't have much time to deal with this at the moment. As you are on the COI noticeboard this week, I don't know how I can continue to discuss it with him on talkpage, when he ignores it. Or if I should report the self-editingon the COI noticeboard? I assume I should revert the edits made by the editor with COI, and try to explain the policy again on the talkpage? Thanks! Avaya1 (talk) 20:26, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

@Avaya1: - be careful with the COI allegations absent evidence (e.g. you should say "may have COI"). COIN would be the best place to raise this. Another issue here is that they turned the BLP article (on an academic) into an ARBPIA page. New editors aren't allowed to edit this topic per WP:ARBPIA3#General Prohibition - I reverted them + asked at RfPP for the page to be placed under ECP. There's definitely way too much content there based on a single op-ed by the subject - I would presume that if he is notable - he is more notable for more than just this op-ed. Name is difficult to WP:BEFORE - but I would also suggest checking if he passes our notability threshold (if not - AfD) - but you need to do a through BEFORE for that. Icewhiz (talk) 20:58, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. Have you read the full history of the article and the talkpage? The talkpage has been edited by what may be the subject of the article, in a manic way, after I made the initial changes, so it looks a bit confusing now.

The article seems to be written and created by Strauss as a CV/self-promotional piece. I came and edited it to remove that content and to add a few sentences about Israel (the latter is the unimportant issue here). Then subject of the article may have created a new account, and now an IP, and wrote a lot on the talkpage, as well as continued to edit the article. The subject can discuss the article on the talkpage, however, they should not continue to edit the article after they were informed about this. They need to wait for other editors to make those changes (not continue to edit the article which is about themselves). The problem is only the continued editing of the article.

Removing the Israel related content is not the issue. I agree it might not be notable enough to include. The issue is that the subject of the article should not edit their own article (or ignore this, and create new accounts to continue editing their article). How the article is edited after that is surely another matter, but it should not be edited by the subject of the article.

I believe the subject is notable. The idea that it is not notable comes from editor who may be the subject of the article. The issue here is simply one of self-editing an article about yourself, and continuing after being informed about the guidelines against this. They should refrain from editing the article themselves, and discuss any changes they want to the article on the talkpage only. Avaya1 (talk) 21:20, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

I raised the notability issue since it wasn't clear to me - if you think he is notable - that's that. (If he wasn't - then AfD is often a good solution to promotional non-notable or borderline-notable articles). The self-editing - at COI/N, or possibly AN/I. Also if he's editing as 2 accounts and an IP (and you have proof to that effect) - that could be seen as socking - WP:SPI would be the venue for that. I didn't read the entire talk page (I did peek - saw it was one big mess) - I did respond to the article being an ARBPIA article at the instant I was looking at it (following the IPs edits - half of it was devoted to one recent Israel related op-ed - an odd proportion given the subject is notable for other fields). Icewhiz (talk) 21:31, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Also - you didn't leave a warning on the IP and editor's talk page - I did so now (a generic user warning on COI - informing of the policy - but nothing beyond informing). Icewhiz (talk) 21:37, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks again. The talkpage was empty before I touched the article. After I saw Strauss may have written his own article, I edited the article to remove some of the self-promotional content and added a few sentences about Israel (the latter may or may not be good edits by me - it's not relevant). Within hours, a new editor registered (who is likely the subject of the article, like the editor who created the article), and wrote many paragraphs of comments on the talkpage, against the edits. That's the reason the talkpage appears to be a mess - it was empty before. I replied twice to him, and he has answered on the talkpage multiple times (which is fine), and changed the subsection titles (which is confusing). I never raised notability concerns with the article (I believe the subject is more than notable enough for an article). This has been raised only by the new editor who appears to be (like the old editor) the subject of the article.

It would be great if you, or another editor, could carefully go over the whole history of the article, and look at how it was a few weeks ago. I tried to remove self-promoting content, which was based on primary sources. Whether my edits are correct or not, I think it's inappropriate for the subject of the article to register a new account and IP, and use that to continue editing their own article, which they had created. In the COI guideline, it says they should only discuss the article on the talkpage? I've tried to explain that to him on the talkpage. I admit my edits may be imperfect and need to be corrected. But they should be corrected by an editor without COI.

The COI editing is also not a problem, if it's done by people who are unaware of the policy. But after they've been made aware of the COI policy, that's when they should stop editing the article. Avaya1 (talk) 21:46, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Generally yes - if you have a COI (auto-bio or any other COI - e.g. working for pay (another bag of worms) or relation to the subject) - you're supposed to not edit the article directly (with the exception of possibly fixing spelling mistakes - and even then... best not) - and stick to talk only (+ clearly indicated your COI). I haven't examined the article in depth yet (I did watchlist it) - however sometimes it isn't the same person - e.g. you can have someone create the article initially for PROMO reasons, and subsequently an interested party (e.g. the subject themselves, a relative, colleague, anyone) might step in later if the article changes or if there are developments. Icewhiz (talk) 21:55, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Icewhiz Thank you for the notification so I know this conversation is happening. It might expedite things if you look at the Strauss page before Avaya1's deletions, please see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steven_Strauss&oldid=884476592 I assume you are an experienced enough editor to spot a promo page.

Addendum just to be clear - I am not claiming the page pre-Avaya1 was well written, indeed I was trying to rewrite it. I am claiming it had a lot of perfectly reputable high quality secondary source material re Strauss, that should not have been deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by I.new.around.here (talk • contribs) 23:15, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

BTW User:NYC.Geek is the editor Avaya1 has decided is Strauss or works for Strauss, I am supposed to be the sockpuppet, Icewhiz will you put the formal COI notice on Geek's page?

Avaya1 claimed he deleted material that was peacockery, promotional material, self-promotion, from primary sources and mainly non-encyclopedic. When I looked I found the material he deleted was (IMO) mainly normal wiki content (at least as I understand that concept, I may not). Note, we can have a separate debate if the article was well written, I am just saying the content passed normal standards (I think) - it was Strauss being interviewed on national CNN, etc - cited in newspapers on his areas on expertise. It also included a bibliography of strauss's publications with a link to a list of his OpEd writings. I don't understand how Wiki can establish notability without this info.

Avaya1 I think it would greatly expedite everything, if you could provide your proof that Strauss is Geek (or paid Geek, or whatever)

I am looping in Quisqualis, Avaya1 and were discussing these same issues in the teahouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse and having multiple conversation is confusing

Avaya1 is the one who added the stuff about Israel, I agree that is not what Strauss is known for, and I tried to delete it from the page - and still can't understand why it was added. I am concerned because IMO what Avaya1 added is not accurate he keeps claiming that Strauss opposes US military aid to Israel - IMO that is not an accurate summary of what Strauss said in the OpEd (and even if it was, Strauss appears to be a domestic economic development expert, it is not clear why his views on this topic are notable)

My apologies for being "manic", I was trying to work thru the issues. I will try to do better on talk pages in the future.

Does Wiki have some process for getting some additional editors to look at a page? What are the next steps?

BTW Just to be transparent, my main goal was better understanding wikipedia, so this process is extremely helpful for me. Thank you for your patience.

I.new.around.here (talk) 23:02, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

I would suggest both of you focua on secondary coverage of Strauss and not specific opeds.Icewhiz (talk) 04:46, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Agreed, good advice. However, unless anyone objects, my first steps will be to eliminate from the page a few statements that were recently added, that do not appear to be supported by the sources cited. I.new.around.here (talk) 13:53, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Have you seen what's happened to the article? - the COI and sockpuppet editing seems to be continuing. How should I proceed to report this? Avaya1 (talk) 02:16, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. Notify the user(s) you report. Be careful with youe language - state your suspicion, but do not state it as fact.Icewhiz (talk) 04:56, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Avaya1 has again added back the stuff on Strauss's opinions on Israel. It is not what Strauss is notable for, no secondary source on the page references Strauss on Israel.

Avaya1. has also deleted from the page all the secondary sources CBS, CNBC, CNN, etc that quote Strauss. Avaya1 also deleted that Strauss is an academic, added back claims that are not supported (number of year Strauss worked at Mck) - see Strauss talk page for a discussiom of these issues. I.new.around.here (talk) 12:13, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

The subject writes for a major national newspaper, and has secondary source coverage. The issue with the article is COI. The COI issue should be addressed first. Avaya1 (talk) 01:05, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Historyk IPN

Hello,

Sorry for the previous edit from the account "Historyk IPN", I just have read the information regarding organisation account, here I have added the links again according to the rules. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krzysztof Kapłon at IPN (talk • contribs) 12:09, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Comment & Query

Yes I am a person employed by IPN — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krzysztof Kapłon at IPN (talk • contribs) 12:21, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Jonas Noreika

On 20 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jonas Noreika, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jonas Noreika is commemorated on plaques and street signs in Lithuania, despite his active participation in the Holocaust? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jonas Noreika. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jonas Noreika), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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3RR

Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Copying my warning, eh? There is one edit warrior on that article - vs. multiple users - and is not me.Icewhiz (talk) 21:15, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Please strike out your baseless accusation of disrupting.

I'm serious. I'm not going to tolerate any personal attacks of any form. Especially if it is a baseless slander. I'm too old and I have too much self-respect to allow that to happen. Please strike out you groundless accusations of me disrupting our project as you wrote here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Roman_Dmowski&diff=889108342&oldid=889017775&diffmode=visual Again, please strike out your baseless accusation that offended me deeply. Thank you. GizzyCatBella (talk) 16:16, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Requesting a quotation+page number when a page number has been provided in the well formatted citation (not a "disordered confused source" as you asserted) + a hyperlink has been provided to the page available online.... Is not constructive. As is challenging material readily available in a cursory search in dozens of academic sources. Care to explain why you were looking at my sandbox the other day (+twinkle roll backed it)? Blanking out my question at your talk page struck me as rather rude. Please also explain how you decided to edit today an article I had just edited?Icewhiz (talk) 16:26, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

I really don't want to escalate this any further. I'm asking you again to strike out your baseless acusation. All I did was asking for a quote I could not find from the source. I feel deeply offended by your comment, so please respect that and strike it out. GizzyCatBella (talk) 16:35, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

As you feel so strongly about this - I struck. However, please see WP:DISRUPTSIGNS(3) in relation to cn tagging the obvious (and sourced by other sources in the paragraph) and then asking for a quotation and page number - when the page number had been provided, and the source was linked and available online - I spent some time chasing down these rather obviously available requests. Please explain why you were viewing my sandbox (leading to an accidental rollback) and then showed up in this article today? Icewhiz (talk) 16:56, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. And as for your sandbox, it was an accident. For Dmowski, I have him on my watch list.GizzyCatBella (talk) 17:00, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

You have not edited the article (or its talk) prior to 23 March 2019. That the rollback of my sandbox was an accident (no longer a hack I see) - does not explain your poking around there to begin with.Icewhiz (talk) 17:12, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Please respect the "in use" tag.

On Antisemitism in the UK Labour Party I placed an "in use" tag. This requests other editors to wait until I have finished preparing a long and complicated (but non-controversial) edit, so that it doesn't get messed up by intervening edits.

As it happens, I've encountered an unexpected difficulty, so I'm about to remove the tag, but the principle remains. Surely it isn't hard to wait a little while? Or to actually look at the top of the page?

--NSH001 (talk) 09:25, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

See WP:OWN. You didn't actually do any edits, and I started looking at the article prior to you placing the tag. If your edit involves a change to the citation style (to your preferred Harvard style, which generally is less preferred on Wikipedia) - then please note that is quite controversial. Given the mass editing to the article over the past week - you should probably wait until the article is stable prior to making a mass change (even if non-controversial) - the whole thing is liable to get caught up in a revert given that the article is in flux.Icewhiz (talk) 09:30, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Wrong on every point. I don't "own" the article, in fact I don't recall making any changes to it at all - not surprising, as I normally avoid articles which, because of the way the rules on so-called "reliable sources" work are fundamentally wrong, and with little hope of putting them right (though if anybody can do that, it's Nishidani). No, my role here is providing technical support to Nishidani, and he, as the main author, has the right to use the style he prefers. The fact that I didn't make any edits is just pure chance - something came up that I can't be sure of fixing before I have to leave for a hospital appointment (I might have prostate cancer, so I have other things to think about besides Wikipedia). And no, I am not going to cater for editors who are too lazy to make correct edits, rather than reverting without thought. Please - it's just basic politeness and civility to respect an "in use" tag. --NSH001 (talk) 10:05, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Sorry to hear about the hospital appointment. As for content here - see WP:CITEVAR - neither you nor Nishidani (who is far from the main author on this article) should unilaterally change an article's citation style. As for the tag - I was looking at the article (given the recent massive changes - at the article and prior revisions) - prior to you placing it - and was working on my edits. Your "in use" tag popped up in the middle of my own work which predated it. Icewhiz (talk) 10:11, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

(a) They are not 'massive changes'. They are part of doing what serious editors do, not hang round to tweak or revert what snippets are added, but go systematically through a messy, incomplete text and elaborate where necessary, synthesis where bloat has developed, and replace newspaper reportage where possible with solid academic long term overviews of the topic. The lead you restored was farcical: 'mainstream Jewish groups have expressed concern but leftists defend the party' is totally falsifying and inept, for when the former protest that their fate is Britain is in peril, this is not a 'concern' and it cannot be counterpoised by identifying several distinct groups who dissent from the majority as 'leftists'. POV pushing, understatement etc. Also, you asserted that Lerman, an acknowledged expert, is writing a blog, when his piece, a sober technical analysis of the controversy. appeared on a website run by a notable foundation, no different in substance from the Hudson Institute you cited with approval elsewhere some days ago.Nishidani (talk) 10:24, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

I don't recall citing Hudson. All mainstream Jewish organizations in the UK have spoken up about the antisemitism situation in Labour - this has been covered worldwide. I suggest you take this discussion to the article talk page.Icewhiz (talk) 10:31, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

May I put the Antisemitism in the Labour Party lede in chronological order?

Hi,

As this is a multiyear, ongoing saga, I think such an approach would make things clearer for readers. It wouldn't involve other changes to the content. Thanks, Jontel (talk) 17:55, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jontel:, @Nishidani: - you don't need my permission, you know. :-). I think Nishidani organized it out of chrono order (apologize if wrong). I think his reorganized first paragraph summary/highlight should stand as is (with some fixes to the final sentence). but the subsequent 4 paragraphs should probably be ordered - it is only the short paragraph starting with "Corbyn himself was criticised in 2018 for his 2012 Facebook comment" which is out of chrono - and it might be worth while tacking that onto one of the other paragraphs in chrono order. Icewhiz (talk) 17:59, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

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D Gums

Doesn't say which article. D Gums (talk) 08:48, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

You haven't edited all that many articles as of now, and the warning is general. Icewhiz (talk) 08:52, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Ok, do you want to insert that template at the talks of the other Edit War parties? The tango takes two I believe. D Gums (talk) 08:56, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

I believe you were reverted by three separate editors (so not quite a tango - maybe this kinda dance), and WP:3RRNO may apply to their reverts. Icewhiz (talk) 09:02, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Haaa. Very droll!!!. D Gums (talk) 09:03, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Well all right. I am not going to edit war, but I'll tell you what I will do in about THREE WEEKS TIME. I'm gonna embarrass you by showing you [13] this edit again!! And no I have nothing to do with Sky Bet or any bookmaker. D Gums (talk) 09:11, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Never implied that you did. Just provided a source showing this is not such a sure thing (however, if you disagree, you can always put your money where your mouth is - in the UK). I suggest you refrain from such additions to Wikipedia articles until you have a WP:RS reporting on Leeds clinching promotion - I'm sure that once this happens, there will be no lack of reporting. Icewhiz (talk) 09:14, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

I blocked him for his use of the word Yid which he clearly knew was in the context antisemitic, him not being a Tottenham fan. Doug Weller talk 11:00, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Salomon Morel

Salomon Morel - thanks for your edits on the article. I have a few doubts though about the correctness of the information that you put. Looks like you are attempting to hide nationality of the Salomon Morel from the article. You are making great effort to hide the nationality of SM. Nationality is one thing and citizenship is the other. In Wikipedia article people are referred to by their nationality, not citizenships because you can have multiple citizenships. If you believe that I am wrong about nationality of SM do let me know. Wikipedia is not a battleground for political activist - hope we agree on that. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matcheeks (talk • contribs) 13:54, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

You seem to be conflating nationality and ethnicity - "Jewish" is generally not a nationality. Morel was a Polish national, he served in the security apparatus of the Polish state. His Jewish background (I'm not sure we have any sources stating he was a practicing Jew as an adult) is very clearly stated in the lead - version - second sentence - "He later immigrated to Israel and acquired Israeli citizenship on account of his Jewish background". Icewhiz (talk) 14:00, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

It does not matter whether he was a practising Jew or not. No background of a Holocaust victims is checked to prove that there were practising Jews. His name is not Polish and so isn't his surname. That's your first clue. He was only Polish by citizenship. Other than that what definition of Jew are you likely to accept? Because you are aware that the definition you have taken for Morel will deprive of Jewish nationality overwhelming majority of Holocaust victims. They will merely became Poles of Jewish background. Do you see a problem now? So, all in all, the challenge for you is to have a single consistent definition for Jews during WW2. Both when Jews were victims and when they were perpetrators committing genocide on Germans. Otherwise, with the definition of Jew that you are pushing here, Holocaust victims were Poles that merely were of "Jewish background". That's the core issue here. So, you may have more experience in Wikipedia but you can't change the truth which ultimately is the highest value for editors. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matcheeks (talk • contribs) 14:22, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

He chose to live and serve in the Polish People's Republic. He rose to the rank of colonel I believe, and received a number of decorations. Do inform me, what is the truth here? Icewhiz (talk) 14:34, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

yeah but

It's Ok to create pages to right great social wrongs and serve an off-wiki agenda when the corporate culture tends to favor that agenda. Which only fuels the fury of our critics who claim our encyclopedic neutrality only matters if we are opposing an off-wiki social agenda not in keeping with corporate culture. She isn't bloody notable. Thanks for taking the heat on this. DlohCier ekim 17:04, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. I'll note that my "deletion nomination threshold" for women in STEM (and all the more so for African-American women in STEM) is higher than what I apply for men - not because I think this should be the case (I personally don't !vote that way - I'm color/gender blind in my !voting) - but because I recognize that borderline cases are more likely to be kept at AfD (if on the right side of the RGW divide). In this particular case - it simply wasn't close to any standard of notability. I also, personally, think that creating pages for non-notable people on the right side of the RGW divide is harmful RGW-wise - as instead of showcasing very accomplished individuals - we end up with RGW-wrong people appearing (due to deletion thresholds) more accomplished than RGW-right people. In this particular case, in my opinion, increasing quantity (e.g. shooting for a higher percentage of X-class bios) over quality actually reinforces the stereotype one is aiming to counter via RGW.Icewhiz (talk) 17:11, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Just FYI

You were badmouthed here. Not sure what you wanna make of it -- I've called Andrew out, but I highly doubt he'll retract or apologize: I've never seen him back down or admit fault in such matters. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 12:02, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Those pages really do not pass our notability threshold - I am all for women bios when they pass notability or even if they are a borderline GNG or PROF case - but not for bios very far from PROF and with a local news item + a smattering of PR from their employer (so not close to SIGCOV). I have had worse hurled at me (including on the now deleyed Pehlps' talk - not by Andrew) - I think I will let that just stand there.Icewhiz (talk) 13:03, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@Hijiri88: this (and you comment at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion which had me take a longer look at this and other stuff) - has made me formally resign and remove my ARS user box. Well -OK - stuffiness aside - I never really was an active member in ARS - I do like rescuing (some types of deserving) articles - and two years ago I think I thought the userbox was cool. However I think my current deletion/notability activities are incompatible with ARS - e.g. I'm trying to tighten the WP:NFOOTY guideline (+the underlying WP:FPL) - The AfD of Phelps actually drove me that way - I've always thought NFOOTY was ridiculous - but seeing one wrong being advanced as an argument for another wrong got me motivated. Icewhiz (talk) 17:34, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

AE

WP:AE#Icewhiz nableezy - 17:22, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Hang in there!

Your contributions are valued, and I hope you don't let an abusive WP:AE report by an editor with an axe to grind rattle you. My bet is that administrators will see through the nonsense and nothing will come if it. I know there are probably a couple of instances where we have disagreed, but I've been impressed with your thoughtfulness and sincerity and think you're without question someone who makes this project better. Hang in there! Wikieditor19920 (talk) 14:52, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Really important to be Neutral about Israel-Palestine Issues particularly re groups like Otzma Yehudit

I am concerned that Avaya1 editing regarding Otzma Yehudit and incidents related to it is not in keeping with our commitment to WP:NPV and would welcome your advice. I have seen several examples of this in Avaya1's work across multiple pages, but I will highlight just one page. This is the version of a page Avaya1 created for May Golan who ran for the knesset on the Otzma Yehudit ticket (note this is not the current version of the page after editors such as myself worked on it, but it is the page Avaya1 created before anyone else edited it), I find the Avaya1 original version troubling for multiple reasons:

Avaya1 describes her as conservative, whereas most neutral observers would describe someone running as part of Otzma Yehudit as being far right or even extreme far right (keep in mind American Israel Public Affairs Committee hardly a left wing group, has said they will not meet with anyone from Otzma Yehudit). I realize she recently switched to Likud, but Avay1 wrote this before the switch
Avay1 doesn't mention that Otzma Yehudit is a party which is widely described as being racist and/or following Kahanism nor does Avaya1 link to the wiki article on Otzma Yehudit (it is is almost like Avay1 doesn't want English speakers to realize she was a fringe figure in a fringe far right party)
Avaya1 adopts the (far) right wing framing of calling people illegal immigrants, while I am not saying this is wrong, a more NPV approach would have been to note that many Israelis (and many human rights organizations) claim these people are asylum seekers and make clear that is a disputed term
The tone of the article does not feel in keeping with being an encyclopedia it use phrases such as "May Golan is a common guest on political panels on television channels in Israel. She has also been interviewed on international media organizations like the BBC Reuters, Fox News , I24News and RTI." This entire sentence was unsourced, and its main purpose seem to be positioning her as someone non-Israeli media should interview
It repeatedly reference Hebrew City (seemingly implying it is important) , it seems like a small insignificant NGO
Arguably she is notable for having made statements such as Africans learn to rape people it is their culture, she is proud to be called a racist and saying she won't eat in restaurant run by African because they are full of tuberculosis and AIDs - strangely Avaya1 does not emphasize any of these or similar statements.
I am also concerned that the way this article was written it feels like the intent was to promote her career and legitimacy to non-Israeli media who might not be familiar with her actual situation in Israel

Also, when other editors have tried cleaning some of this up, someone (using anonymous IP editing) has been reverting or re-editing the page to try to minimize the Kahanist / extremist connections.

I find the above troubling, and it appears to me Avaya1 has done similar non-NPV editing on multiple occasions - any suggestions? NYC.Geek (talk) 15:31, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

@NYC.Geek: - May Golan got elected for Likud (well - based on the non-final results, but she's at 33 - so fairly safe at this point). She did run on "Otzma LeYisrael" in 2013 which is not quite the same party (though it did have some common people) - she was 10th on the slate (a slot which had no chance of getting in - they didn't get pass the electoral thereshold). Icewhiz (talk) 15:40, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Regarding Hebrew City - while yes, generally it would be unimportant in other contexts, Golan founded it (to run in the Tel-Aviv elections) - so it is relevant to Golan's bio (as it is relevant to Golan's activities - she identified as Hebrew City head for a few years afterwards - e.g. see JPost in 2016). It. The page in general is an un-referenced mess - which should not be the state for a BLP. It definitely could use improvement in terms of referencing. Icewhiz (talk) 16:24, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Steven Strauss again

NYC.Geek appears to be trying to delete all the article I've created, as part of his anti-Israel anger. Is this a form of wikistalking? He has applied COI tags to celebrities like Tanya Pylavets and seems to want to delete an article about Dorit Revelis.Avaya1 (talk) 10:47, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

If we look at his editing, he appears to be using sockpuppet's again? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dorit_Revelis&action=history

Is there a way to initiate a sockpuppet investigation? Avaya1 (talk) 10:50, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Well, that does not sound nice. See WP:SPI for how to file a sockpuppetry report - but you need strong evidence, not just a suspicion. How did this kerfuffle start? Strauss? If Strauss was the main issue, then given it was deleted then perhaps it is best to step back and make peace?Icewhiz (talk) 11:04, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi, you were following all this. First of all I added the COI tag to the Strauss article, and removed the non-notable content and added a quote from him about Israel. Then I discussed it with you, and the *apparent* (suspected/alleged) sockpuppet of Strauss (User:I.new.around.here) came to your page. Then you discussed this on the articles for deletion page of Strauss's article. And now the user who has been suspected of being Strauss has started attacking Israel-related articles I created. For example, he has added a Conflict of Interest tag to Tanya Pylavets. Her notability is indeed questionable and she could be deleted, although at the time of article creation she had seemed notable in Israeli media (so the article was just made prospectively at the time). But adding Conflict of Interest to a one-time locally famous model's article, was strange. In the case of the Dorit Revelis article, it seems he has deleted a lot of content that was in the sources need quotation to verify to everything he can't understand because it is from Hebrew mainstream sources. Her article does need to be improved, but deleting half of it, and using sockpuppets, because of anger that my edits resulted in the deletion of the page he wrote about himself, is surely some form of rule breaking? Avaya1 (talk) 11:16, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

In terms of going after articles you wrote - (WP:HOUNDING) you have evidence. I would suggest you ask them to stop, if you haven't asked yet. In terms of socking - I heard your suspicion - and while you may be right - I haven't seen (or understood yet) clear evidence. An intersection between a suspected sockmaster and sockpuppet on a single article (Strauss) is not strong evidence. You need evidence they intersect more or behave the same (not just same POV, but same manners, etc.).Icewhiz (talk) 11:28, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

And there's another sockpuppet of his [14], who is editing only the Israel articles I have created. Can you help with this? There are completely the same manners and behaviours, as well as the same behaviour on the same articles. You yourself discussed one of his sockpuppets on this talkpage and his writing style and points were identical as Strauss', as you know (you were talking to him). User:I.new.around.here was created entirely to argue for Strauss, using identical behaviour as NYC Geek. Avaya1 (talk) 11:33, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately, because the Strauss article has been deleted, much of the evidence has been lost. Is there a way to access the edits in the Strauss article, as this is where so much of the evidence is? (This is why I argued against deleting the article, until the COI issue was resolved. But for some reason it was not resolved). Avaya1 (talk) 11:39, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

And another apparent sockpuppet [15], although this time unrelated to my edits or to Israel. He seems to be using Wikipedia to pursue personal agendas. Avaya1 (talk) 11:47, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

{od}} Admins at SPI can look at deleted evidence, yes. I suggest you:

Clearly ask them to stop.
Avoid using "sockpupet" absent evidence.
Compile clear evidence of which accounts you suspect are socks - abd why - with diffs. You may find Wikipedia:Editor Interaction Analyzer useful.

Icewhiz (talk) 11:52, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

So there are multiple complaints I should prepare :

1. Conflict of Interest with User:NYC.Geek and Steven Strauss. Hopefully evidence will be retrievable from the article (this is why I asked not to vote for its deletion, and why it was absurd that User:NYC.Geek was able to vote to delete his own article.) Most of the evidence needed is contained in that now deleted article. So we will need to ask the admins to retrieve the evidence and user data?

2. Use of alleged sockpuppets: User:I.new.around.here, User:Shiva.TheDeleter, User:Bene.Nota - the former two, including in bad faith to argue about Conflict of Interest. The alleged use of IP accounts as well for the same purpose. .

3. After I raised the Conflict of Interest on his article, he started WP:HOUNDING behaviour - attempting to remove content or wanting to delete exactly and only all articles I've created in relation to Israel, and using the same above alleged sockpuppets for this.

4. Apparent pursuit of editing against people who have a connection to Steven Strauss in real life (I guess this might be outside our remit or that of Wikipedia administrators?).

The only issue is I don't know how to launch these complaints and I'm extremely busy at work now. So, without any rush, I would ask for help in preparing these complaints? Or to be directed to someone who could help. It does not have to be immediate, but if and when you have time. Thanks!Avaya1 (talk) 13:34, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Single complaint. Ask them to stop following you - if they continue, then you can complain. I would focus on SPI - but you need good evidence - I will take a look (probably on Sunday).Icewhiz (talk) 14:20, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks - I'll be free on Sunday as well. I've never seen anyone break so many different Wikipedia rules before. He apparently created his own article as self-promotion, then created new sockpuppets to edit war (with the identical writing style) the article when self-promoting material was removed and despite being informed about the COI policy. Then he used his old account to argue for the deletion of the article, which has removed the evidence before we could resolve the COI problem. Afterwards he started trying to delete or remove half of the content of the Israel related articles I created years ago, in a way which cannot be explained except as an attempt at "revenge" - otherwise, why is he suddenly doing this only to articles I have created (or it is part of his idea of "revenge" against Israel - for example, he uses two of his apparent sockpuppets for POV edits on the May Golan article which I had created). He apparently seems to have opened more sockpuppet accounts for the purpose. And finally, he appears to also use his original account and the new sockpuppets to edit against articles of people who have a connection (same workplaces) as Steven Strauss in real life. Avaya1 (talk) 23:05, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

@Avaya1: - if you haven't seen, then Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/NYC.Geek seems to resolve this for now. However, this doesn't always end with a single case. If you have additional trouble I'm willing to help. Icewhiz (talk) 17:47, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi thanks so much. Sorry I was busy at work and missed all this. When I have more time in a couple of days, I will look into the case more. It's an unusual case, considering that Steven Strauss was using sockpuppets to fight the TOI issues in his article, and also that he uses seems to be editing negatively the articles of people who shared his place of work in real life. Should we revert the edits his accounts have made or just let them naturally be resolved? Avaya1 (talk) 16:55, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Note I am not convinced for sure of the COI (though your suspicion does have some basis). Some of their edits may merit scrutiny - up to you - but note some of their edits were constructive.Icewhiz (talk) 17:26, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Who split from Otzma?

I thought it was just a renaming? ShimonChai (talk) 03:17, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Otzma Leyisrael was a combination of Hatikva and the people currently in Otzma - IDI, hewiki. See Hatikva (political party) which I think revolved around Aryeh Eldad. Some coverage in Hebrew - [16], [17]. The background here was the split of the National Union (itself a combination of multiple little parties) and most of it joining Mafdal. Here is Eldad speaking against Otzma running in 2014 (2015 elecctions) - [18]. Icewhiz (talk) 03:49, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Article Deletion Inquiry

Hi there,

My name is Jonathan Peizer and a colleague recently noticed a Wikipedia page that had been created about me some years back (Jonathan Peizer) was very recently deleted. I tried to use the TALK function for (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Spartaz) who had deleted the article to better understand the decision and speak to him about it but it appears he doesn't seem to accept TALK. I am unfamiliar with the wikipedia request for undelete process, but understand I need to talk to the editor involved in the deletion before doing anything. I noticed that there was limited discussion around it but you were one of the folks who weighed in so I have decided to reach out to you and inquire if an appeal is worthwhile.

My impression was a major issue was the issue of references to me.... While I am unsure this will change the decision I'd like to refer to a number of missing references on the Wiki page and Subject inclusion in the following journals, books, articles and interviews. Some are focused on Subject, some written by Subject and some referencing Subject. For better or worse I created one of the first targeted, strategic programs to employ Internet for social development through philanthropy in the mid-90's while at the Open Society Institute:

1) Wired June 1998 pg 106 Netizen Section - Sysop for Soros by Ben Green

2) in MIT presses Uncanny Networks below: -The MIT Press, A Leonardo Book March 2003 ISBN 0-262-12251-0 7 x 9, 392 pp.-

The interviews collected in this book are with artists, critics, and theorists who are intimately involved in building the content, interfaces, and architectures of new media. The topics discussed include digital aesthetics, sound art, navigating deep audio space, European media philosophy, the Internet in Eastern Europe, the mixing of old and new in India, critical media studies in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese techno tribes, hybrid identities, the storage of social movements, theory of the virtual class, virtual and urban spaces, corporate takeover of the Internet, and the role of cyberspace in the rise of nongovernmental organizations.

Interviewees included Norbert Bolz, Paulina Borsook, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Kuan-Hsing Chen, Mike Davis, Mark Dery, Kodwo Eshun, Susan George, Boris Groys, Frank Hartmann, Michael Heim, Dietmar Kamper, Zina Kaye, Tom Keenan, Arthur Kroker, Bruno Latour, Marita Liulia, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Peter Lunenfeld, Lev Manovich, Mongrel, Edi Muka, Jonathan Peizer, Saskia Sassen, Herbert Schiller, Gayatri Spivak, Ravi Sundaram, Toshiya Ueno, Tjebbe van Tijen, McKenzie Wark, Hartmut Winkler, and Slavoj Zizek.

3) And related First Monday Interview: https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/651/566

4) Information Technologies and International Development Journal Vol 1. No.2, Pg 81 Winter 2003 MIT Press Cross-Sector Information and Communications Technology Funding for Development, What Works, What Does Not and Why - Jonathan Peizer

5) Reference in Dynamics of Critical Internet Culture: (1994-2001), https://books.google.com/books?id=2IFanhsEJGwC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=jonathan+peizer&source=bl&ots=DomEKdaMOB&sig=ACfU3U2yO2l7wVl32Skqie01Ykl5vrGs-Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs4-Ko-t_hAhXwm-AKHbS_A-k4HhDoATAJegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=jonathan%20peizer&f=false

6) Dark Fiber: Tracking Critical Internet Culture https://books.google.com/books?id=p_7YWf9WpwYC&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=jonathan+peizer&source=bl&ots=qlcyJ3aD4T&sig=ACfU3U2M54jYHFj_JZzSOPcBJoGP1ppVEg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs4-Ko-t_hAhXwm-AKHbS_A-k4HhDoATAIegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=jonathan%20peizer&f=false

7) Culture and Technology in the New Europe: Civic Discourse in Transformation ... https://books.google.com/books?id=eFdlhkcY-9MC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=jonathan+peizer+wired&source=bl&ots=hrCjCwFUYY&sig=ACfU3U11ycz_q6_86yNd83aTf8m_FeWWyg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY8uiz_N_hAhXnYN8KHdLPDpQQ6AEwDHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=jonathan%20peizer%20wired&f=false

8) Chronicle of philanthropy: https://www.philanthropy.com/article/What-Grant-Seekers-Should-Know/174201?cid=cpfd_home referring to my manual

9) Chronicle of philanthropy: New Book Explores Role of Internet in Social Change https://www.philanthropy.com/article/New-Book-Explores-Role-of/172427 (referring to my book the Dynamics of Technology for Social Change)

11) Chronicle of Philanthropy April 18th, 1996 Foundation's Electronic Frontier Pg. 33 (Story Photo of me)

12) Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/33293/my-favorite-bookmarks-jonathan-peizer

13) Wired Truth Commissioner: https://www.wired.com/1998/06/netizen-19/

14) Connectivity and beyond. Internet and the political democratisation in the less developed countries. Reference page 14: http://www.irfd.org/events/wf2003/vc/papers/papers_global/R31.pdf

Thank you for your time

Jpeizer (talk) 01:40, 21 April 2019 (UTC) April 20, 2019 Jonathan Peizer

The discussion is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Peizer (2nd nomination) - I did not weigh in, I merely deletion sorted it (placing the discussion in Authors and New-York). I don't recall the article and am unable to look at deleted articles. It seems the article was deleted due to WP:PROMO / Wikipedia:Autobiography concerns and not just sourcing (which was not great). Generally - interviews with the subject of an article do not count towards notability. The sources you list above, from a cursory examination, do not establish Wikipedia notability. I would suggest you compile a list of 4-6 WP:INDEPENDENT, WP:SECONDARY, in-depth sources about your self (so - not passing mentions, not interviews - several paragraphs, or better several pages, written about you without an interview of yourself) - source quality and depth is more important than quantity. You should probably discuss this with @Ohnoitsjamie:, and @E.M.Gregory:.Icewhiz (talk) 04:57, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

@Icewhiz: @E.M.Gregory: Thanks for your initial reply, How would I speak with the person that actually deleted the article @E.M.Spartaz:? Or what is the process of posting an appeal? Regarding your stated concern, I didn't post the article, however I did a few edits after the fact because whoever did post it had some inaccuracies about my background. Related to sources you recommend above I'd refer you to a number of additional references:

1) https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jonathan_Peizer 2) https://www.alliancemagazine.org/book-review/the-dynamics-of-technology-for-social-change-jonathan-peizer/ 3) https://fcw.com/articles/2006/07/24/welles-the-dynamics-of-technology.aspx 4) http://moussemagazine.it/influencing-machine-galeria-nicodim-bucharest/ (See references Jonathan Peizer) 5) https://aspirationtech.org/about/board 6) https://www.philanthropy.com/article/What-Grant-Seekers-Should-Know/174201 (Includes background) 7) Morino Institute From Access to Outcomes, Digital Divide Report http://www.morino.org/divides/participants.htm 8) Uncanny Networks The MIT Press, A Leonardo Book March 2003 ISBN 0-262-12251-0 7 x 9, 392 pp.- (Description of Jonathan Peizer Background on page 144 prior to the Chapter Interviewing me) 9) First Monday Interview: https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/651/566 (Includes background) 10) https://everything.explained.today/Jonathan_Peizer/ 11) https://socialsourcecommons.org/appreciations 12) Innovation Network http://www.pointk.org/client_docs/File/TAC_Bios.pdf 13) https://dpya.org/wiki/index.php/1997_-_Open_Internet_Policy_Principles_-_Group_of_International_Experts

Jpeizer (talk) 09:49, 21 April 2019 (UTC) April 21, 2019   Jonathan Peizer

Well - you could try speaking with Spartaz if you want to appeal - however it probably won't be accepted. We generally are quite suspicious of people trying to create (directly or indirectly) biographies of themselves or articles on their companies/products. Your best bet is probably convincing a Wikipedia editor that you are notable (based on sources) and interesting - in the hopes of them writing an article. However - it is highly unlikely you will convince me.Icewhiz (talk) 09:53, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

@Icewhiz: Spartaz doesn't seem to have his talk activated so would you be kind enough to explain the procedure for officially appealing deletion of a page originally put up by someone else but referring to myself? The company posting issue I assume you are referencing did relate to my postings. They occurred over a dozen years ago, and are a totally separate issue. Once upon a time when Wikipedia was young and in need of content it welcomed it from a broader array of sources. After contributing to the Japanese green tea section for years without issue and referencing the information portion of my site dedicated to that, my references began being rejected because the rules had changed and sites deemed commercial because they also sold product were no longer kosher -- or at least some of them. The rules were unfortunately not applied uniformly and I took issue with that at the time.

Spartaz's talk page works for me (and it doesn't seem protected) - try again over there. You could try Wikipedia:Deletion review - however looking at the discussion the chances are very slim to null (both at Spartaz and at Deletion Review). You haven't convinced me that you pass current Wikipedia notability guidelines - your best bet would be to convince an interested editor (not me!) that your bio is both interesting and notable (by dint of reviews of your book(s), profiles of you by reputable sources that aren't interviews and/or written by you). Another option would be to create a bio yourself (or via interested party) and submitted at Wikipedia:Article creation (while clearly stating the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest). The deletion itself seems to have been done properly - I don't think you'll be able to get that overturned. If notability can be established based on new sources and the text is neutral - a recreated article might be possible.Icewhiz (talk) 10:46, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Discussion on WP:DR

There is a discussion here on WP:DR to which you have been named as an involved person. Please check it out.Davidbena (talk) 04:02, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Thank you for your help mediating at the MEK page. Without your help, we would just be stuck in the mud there. You're a great Wiki editor, and one of the few that has ventured to get involved there, and that has been appreciated all along Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 16:17, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Holden's Lightning flight

On 23 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Holden's Lightning flight, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an engineer inadvertently took off in an English Electric Lightning fighter jet after engaging the afterburner by mistake? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Holden's Lightning flight. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Holden's Lightning flight), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Holden

Thanks for giving us Holden: I haven't laughed reading an article for a while, even though the guy must have been terrified while it happened. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 06:03, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Holden has called this a fright in lieu of flight (If I were cute I could've called it Holden's fright - but I thought that would be a tad too cute and not encyclopedic). You can hear him talking about it in this BBC interview (on YouTube). Seems the throttle on the Lightening was not quite designed with "start-stop" in mind - the designers probably thought that if you pushed the throttle all the way - you meant to go-go-go. :-). Icewhiz (talk) 06:15, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Moskal

Moskal was not a paragon of virtues, and his bio is a good place for RS criticism. But we should not add irrelevant criticism to other pages. Criticism of Moskal belongs on his bio, not in his workplace. Just like criticism of Trump belongs in Trump's article, not that of the US, US presidency, or White House. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:15, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Moskal was the face of the organization for 20 years. Both sources refer to PAC and Moskal - not just Moskal. We prefer coverage of a topic in a manner covered in independent, secondary, well regard sources - as opposed to coverage in an organization's (accused itself of rather bigoted behaviour) self-published newsletter. Icewhiz (talk) 12:19, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

"Edward Moskal, the notoriously anti-Semitic chairman of the American Polish Congreess (Kongres Polonii Amerykanskiej, KPA), is a highly regard figure in far right circles".^[1] Similar quip elsehwere.^[2] When covering extremist figures and organizations use of reputable independent sourcing is key. The two cited sources - the organization itself^[3] and "THE NEWSLETTER OF THE SOCIETY OF ST. JOHN CANTIUS"^[4] - are clearly inappropriate for an organization of this character. Icewhiz (talk) 12:25, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

References

^ Racist Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe, Routledge, Cas Mudde, page 156
^ The Populist Radical Right in Poland: The Patriots, Rafal Pankowski, page 96
^ "MILESTONES IN THE STORY OF THE POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS: The First Fifty Years Part 2: 1981 - 1994". Archived from the original on 2009-05-23. Retrieved February 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Via Sacria, March 2005" (PDF). Retrieved January 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

(edit conflict) I suggest discussing this on article's talk page, where you can present the quotes and how they are about PAC, and not just Moskal. Please keep in mind that if the sources say something like "Moskal, president of PAC, made an antisemitic remark", it's a criticism of him, not PAC. Just like a source saying "Trump, president of USA, made such and such comment" is about Trump, not USA. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:28, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

National_Democracy#Today's_Poland

I just added ND there, I think there are many more media and factions that could be linked there. I am sure you may have some suggestions. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:21, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Radio Maryja obviously - they are very closely linked (anything that applies to RM generally applies to ND and vice versa - which is how I got to looking into and sourcing ND actually). Probably a few smaller ones as well (though one needs to be careful (sourced based) - some groups adhere to philosophy that harks back to elements even farther to the right of ND). Icewhiz (talk) 05:27, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Breaking the Stalemate: The Case for Engaging the Iranian Opposition

Hello. Wondering if the book is considered reliable source for this edit. I mean the book is clearly written with specific purposes in mind, i.e. overthrowing a regime. Do you find it neutral/reliable enough for inclusion?--Kazemita1 (talk) 14:07, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

I am unsure of the publisher and author - I need to look into it. However the source is being used in an attributed manner (according to...) - so this is less of a RS question and more NPOV / DUE.Icewhiz (talk) 17:49, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

I would appreciate it if you do. Since, no one in the RS commented on it.--Kazemita1 (talk) 11:41, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Will try to do it tomorrow (on a PC, am on mobile now - not great for real editing)... I do not recognize the author/publisher so I need to read up. Feel free to poke me if I do not reply in a couple of days.Icewhiz (talk) 11:48, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Replied on RSN. It is a shame RSN is dead for serious sourcing discussions (very lively whenever Fox or a US news source is discussed - but for academic sources - particularly in less traveled fields- it is very much "dead"). Icewhiz (talk) 06:11, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Notice of Neutral point of view noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard#Accusations of Anti-Semitism as an ideology of Hezbollah from some very POV pro-Israel editors regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. :) -- =*= XHCN Quang Minh =*= (talk) 04:30, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Requesting Clarice Phelps article

Hello, you had nominated the article Clarice Phelps for deletion. I read about this in a news article, and the deletion appears to have become controversial. Can you give me a copy of the article, so I can (1) see if their allegation(s) are true and (2) see if it can be salvaged with corrections / additional references. I had initially made the same request to User:TonyBallioni, who had closed the deletion discussion, and he redirected me to you. (The link is here.) It would be great if either you or TonyBalloni could userfy this article, so that all Wikipedians can verify this for themselves. I understand that you might be concerned about people repeatedly recreating this article, but I believe you can Speedy delete those if it happens. Thank You. --Jose Mathew (talk) 10:54, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Generally the nominator doesn't have a copy - however I have a few copies stashed away - e-mailing you separately. Also note it is now on draft on Wikipedia. Icewhiz (talk) 10:56, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Bounced an e-mail your way - a version from towards the end the (first) AfD, version prior to nomming, and version in September 2018. The latter two have serious factual issues, the former fails GNG/NPROF but is probably mostly OK factually. Icewhiz (talk) 10:59, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Sorry to disturb you again, but can you direct me to the draft? I understand that you might have been unfairly criticized and am deeply sorry if I am causing you further trouble. --Jose Mathew (talk) 11:06, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Currently at Draft:Clarice Phelps where it may or may not remain. Icewhiz (talk) 11:19, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Anti-German sentiment

Icewhiz symhatises with German Nazis.Xx236 (talk) 11:09, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Generally not. Not all Germans were Nazis (though a significant fraction of them were from the early to mid 30s) - And Germans weren't Nazis in WWI and only few were in the early interwar period (and not that this is an excuse for Nazism - it is not - but the treatment of Germans during this period fostered the rise of Nazism in Germany). I do however sympathize with ethnic minorities living under unjustified oppression - oppression by German, Baltic, Russian, Polish, or other majorities. I will note that after chasing down the hateful incident of a Polish schoolmaster kicking a German schoolboy to the ground and forcing him to sing the Rota, adjudicated by Felix Calonder I created the Bernheim petition as a stub and expanded German–Polish Accord on East Silesia a bit. Icewhiz (talk) 11:18, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

ARCA archived

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Pejorative language in relation to antisemitism

This is not uncommon - I see vile a lot - and I see that you are using it in relation to Hobson's views e.g. 'rabid', diatribe', 'ugly', 'hateful', conspiracy theories'. This seems a long way from Wikipedia's NPOV and could discourage discussion. Can I ask your thinking on this usage? Jontel (talk) 16:03, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Those adjectives are used by academic RSes, which I've cited, in relation to the subject. We follow sources - e.g.^[1]^[2] If you have an issue with language used by academics to describe our "one of the most rabid anti-Semites of the period" subjects and have an issue with "pejorative" descriptions of antisemitism - perhaps you shouldn't be editing the subject.Icewhiz (talk) 16:05, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

References

^ Doctrines Of Development, M. P. Cowen, Routledge, page 259, quote:"Rampant anti-Semitism should be recognized, not least because it is John A. Hobson, one of the most rabid anti-Semites of the period, who is the inspiration, alongside Schumpeter and Veblen, for...
^ The Information Nexus: Global Capitalism from the Renaissance to the Present, Cambridge University Press, Steven G. Marks, page 10, quote: "And in England, the Social Democratic Federation newspaper Justice state that "the Jew financier" was the "personification of international capitalism" - an opinion repeated in the anti-Semitic diatribes of John A. Hobson, the socialist writer who wrote one of the earliest English books with "capitalism" in the title and helped to familiarize Britons with the concept"

That sources use it does not mean that you should. I presume the reason that they and you use it is demonization. That supposedly academic and RS sources use it might make one question how RS and academic they are, if their level of partisanship and inability to be objective results in them using insulting language. I appreciate that emotions run high but that might be a reason to engage with more care. Thank you for responding: I appreciate that you do not have to justify yourself to me so am content to leave it there if you wish. Jontel (talk) 16:55, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

I personally see little issue with referring to antisemitic or other hate speech in disparaging terms - and I tend to follow the language used in RSes - I see little issue in adopting the language used by Professor Steven G Marks of Clemson University who specializes in world economic history published in a Cambridge University Press book - which would seem to fit well with NPOV. Icewhiz (talk) 17:01, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

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Previous listing as a party

My apologies for the above section stating that you are a party. You are not, I made a mistake with the template. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 19:51, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

May 2019

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Endymion.12 (talk) 11:24, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

ARBPIA editnotice?

I don't see it. You can add it or if you'd prefer I add it, provide me with the template. I checked some other ARBPIA articles and I'm not sure of it. Enigma^msg 18:20, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Posted on Rfpp in parallel. I can't - only admins, template editors, and page movers can. It is in WP:ARBPIA - {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}}.Icewhiz (talk) 18:24, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

I added it. The problem is, it posts it on the article itself rather than hiding it like with the other articles. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. I suppose I should not be editing the article itself, rather a template. Enigma^msg 18:26, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

@Enigmaman: See Template:Editnotices/Page/Middle East Media Research Institute.Icewhiz (talk) 18:29, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Should be done correctly now. I'd never done that before. Enigma^msg 18:32, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

New Israel Fund

What happened to this article? Malik Shabazz originally removed any criticism, aside from Pamela Geller and Im Tirtzu - and that seems to be the situation now, even though the lack of reporting the criticisms in the article seems to be massively undue relative to its coverage in the media/sources.

The discussion was here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:New_Israel_Fund/Archive_1#Inclusion_of_PM_and_Regev's_comments_in_criticism_section Avaya1 (talk) 03:12, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

I think I have it watchliated. There was a long wall of text discussiin that went no where.Icewhiz (talk) 03:23, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

So what is the consensus for the including the material (which is currently excluded, even though the current article doesn't reflect what the balance of notable sources say at all)? Avaya1 (talk) 10:58, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

The RfC consensus was to include, with no specific wording - I would suggest tryiing to add this and see if anyone objects.Icewhiz (talk) 11:50, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi, hope you are well. How come there is still no progress on the article, even though the majority supported inclusion of material that reflects the sources?Avaya1 (talk) 17:33, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Well - I'm mostly staying out of it - how about you try to advance this on the article yourself? Icewhiz (talk) 07:17, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Zvi Dror

Just fyi. Cheers.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:38, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

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Question regarding a recent AfD

I'm fairly new to Wikipedia, and have not yet familiarized myself with every rule regarding every category of article. Which is I guess understandable, given there are so many of them. Earlier today, an admin made a new section in Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard regarding my AfD, and left me a message on my Talk page saying "I note that there has been at least on[e] complaint about your use of an article talk page, so you need to watch that.". I asked for clarification, and they did not respond.

I found Just Future For Palestine Flotilla by browsing related topics after the recent Gaza–Israel clashes (May 2019). The article wasn't well sourced, and I couldn't find much info on it. So I went to the talk page, and saw that a couple of other people thought it should removed, I checked the Wikipedia policy on removing articles and agreed it should probably be removed.. So I followed all the appropriate steps, and made the proposal - it even got a few varying responses. A few days later, I was given a warning. I'm still not sure what for, did I do something wrong?

From what I've gathered, it seems there's a rule that states that: "All IP editors, accounts with fewer than 500 edits, and accounts with less than 30 days tenure are prohibited from editing any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.". However, I don't see where this was written. The article, at the time was open for everyone to edit.

If those are the rules, I will respect them. But all I ask for someone to explain what's happening. Alex.osheter (talk) 14:51, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

@Alex.osheter: - as you have just encountered - Arab/Israel editing on Wikipedia is governed by a complex and arcane set of rules (see WP:ARBPIAINTRO, and then: WP:ARBPIA, WP:ARBPIA2, WP:ARBPIA3). Your nomination of the article, while I agree on the merits, did run foul of WP:ARBPIA3#500/30 - which basically states that new editors (<30 days) or with not enough edits (<500 edits) may not edit " any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict." (and yes - what "reasonably construed" means is complex) - the only exception being editing suggestions on article talk pages (and even there - be careful!). In short - yes - you were appropriately warned, and until you have 500 edits - you should stay away from the Arab/Israeli conflict. Unfortunately this is a topic with alot of "bad blood" on Wikipedia. I will also warn you (in anticipation of your future once you pass 500 edits) to be extremely careful with: personal opinions (avoid at all costs), comments on other editors (see WP:AVOIDYOU), and the WP:1RR in the topic area. Icewhiz (talk) 14:59, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Okay, thank you for the explanation! If I may ask one more question: " the only exception being editing suggestions on article talk pages." Does that mean I'm allowed to edit Talk pages and vote in a discussion, or does it mean I can make edits to / revert the main article based on concensus in the talk page (for example: preventing vandalism/enforcing concensus)? I'm only asking for general knowledge, since I guess similar rules apply in other fields as well. I will definitely be more careful going forward. Have a great day, and again, thank you! Alex.osheter (talk) 15:14, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

@Alex.osheter: First off - this is ARBPIA (Arab/Palestine-Israel) specific - almost nothing else has this particular restriction. As for ARBPIA - no - you may not make edits to the main article (nor discuss ARBPIA topics in Wikipedia: space pages such as AfD) - you may only make polite suggestions on the article talk page. In other topics - you may edit the article as well. I will give you a heads that if you editing American politics (WP:AP2) - you also need to be very-very careful - while it doesn't have a "General Prohibition" thing - there are many-many pages with article level restrictions (1RR, and the even more complex "consensus required") - and you need to be very-very careful with your comments on talk pages and with the level of sourcing (WP:RS) you use. Both AP2 and ARBPIA have a bit of "gotcha" mentality - and new users, as well as impolite or forumish users (off-topic comments not related to article contents) - get hauled off to AE to be sanctioned. Icewhiz (talk) 15:21, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Slightly related. The one of the sources in Ashdod is outdated, and I can't edit it because the article itself is related to ARBPIA and I still don't have 500 edits. So if you could edit it, that'd be great :) Just replace http://www.moia.gov.il/ with http://archive.moia.gov.il/ because they moved to a new site. Cheers, Alex.osheter (talk) 08:57, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

You can place an edit request on the talk page of article there - there is a specific ECP edit request you can use (for ARBPIA in general on talk pages).Icewhiz (talk) 09:03, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

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Stefan Michnik

Hi. Why do you think that particular publication is not suitable? It provides the information about the crime of Michnik Tashi _{Talk to me} 19:53, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

As neither are reliable - they are known for promoting conspiracy theories. The information may be correct - but you need a mainstream source, in particular if you are alleging a crime by a BLP.Icewhiz (talk) 19:58, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

How do you know they're promoting conspiracy theories? Do you speak Polish? Tashi _{Talk to me} 20:06, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Rachel Riley talk page

Hi,

I do not want to break any rules. I have provided sources for my assertions as you asked. However, you do not seem to feel that my sources are sufficient support and ask for them to be struck. Can you say which of my assertions you remain unhappy with, despite my sourcing of them, and why, so I can address your concerns? Are you saying that my sourcing is inadequate, that I did not address all of the particular assertions you were concerned about, or something else? Thanks. Jontel (talk) 08:00, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

"she is entirely motivated by pro-Israeli sympathies,", "She is obviously part of a well-orchestrated campaign, and regularly name checks her associates.", "by her Israeli sympathies". Thanking "GnasherJew volunteers" does not make them "associates". Unless you have a source stating this explicitly - this is rather serious stuff you are saying based on your own research. Icewhiz (talk) 08:23, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Jontel (talk) 08:57, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Ways to improve Joanna Tokarska-Bakir

Hello, Icewhiz,

Thanks for creating Joanna Tokarska-Bakir! I edit here too, under the username Slatersteven and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:-

This still needs a lot of work, its barely a whole paragraph.

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Slatersteven (talk) 10:18, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Yes - I know. As she clearly passes WP:NPROF (and WP:V) - I main spaced it early - however it is work in progress and will expand in size over the next hour. Icewhiz (talk) 10:20, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Fair enough.Slatersteven (talk) 10:24, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Ministry of Truth

Check wikipedia - "Chaim Rumkowski was born on 27 February 1877 to Jewish parents in Ilyino, a shtetl in western Russia."

So he was Russian citizen of Jewish nationality.

By mowing to Poland he changed citizenship. But you can not change nationality.

So he is/was of Jewish nationality. End of story.

You can try to play a clerk from the Ministry of Truth by trying to adjust past, but you will fail.

Z poważaniem, PJW— Preceding unsigned comment added by Losowyciagliczb (talk • contribs)

Isn't your username a contradiction, being composed of letters and not, as it states, random numbers? Any why are you signing as PJW then? That doesn't quite jive with the username. Your Orwellian reference to the Ministry of Truth is interesting - are you implying I am a tragic-heroic figure such as Winston Smith? As for Western Russia, well - I would caution you about using Wikipedia as a source, as the Russian empire's western edge in 1877 was the Vistula Land, not Ilyino. I would seem the current Wikipedia article is imposing present day boundaries in an a-historical fashion on the end of the 19th century.Icewhiz (talk) 08:16, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

Nice ethnographic article

Two points. Rather than Haaretz, pl wiki states that ". Podobnie jak Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, Bożena Umińska-Keff łączy istnienie tego przesądu z funkcjonującymi – jej zdaniem – w społeczeństwie polskim skojarzeniami czasów Holocaustu, w których ukrywający się przed nazistami Żyd musiał oddać posiadane przez siebie dobra w celu uzyskania szansy zachowania życia." I didn't have time to read academic sources, but it seems the same argument can be made with academic sources (so, better than journalist views). Second, pl wiki also cites T-Bakir for "Z przesądem wiązane są przysłowia, które przez skojarzenie z wizerunkiem Żyda z pieniążkiem uzyskują nowe, pozytywne znaczenia. ". This, together with the info in the first para of the current section, suggests to me what is known is sociology as Reappropriation, through not sure if the current sources would support this. Might be a nice link/argument to add, if supported by sources. (Also, since you may want to DYK this first, would be good to find a hook that is going to be less, shall we say, controversial?). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:57, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

You know..... When I started this - I though this would be a "light diversion" so to speak from heavy stuff - e.g. something like Holden's Lightning flight I wrote recently. It is more a really quirky curiosity than controversy (unlike, say, JUST act). We have in the body presently - "Tartakowsky notes the re-appropriation of Jewish figures is deeply ambiguous, but is troubling due to the modern political context and stereotyping". Given all the reverts and challenges - I've been mostly attributing all these various viewpoints - but Reappropriation is supported by more than one. Icewhiz (talk) 14:01, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

In terms of DYK - I might do it tomorrow - clock is ticking. I've got all sorts of ideas for hooks - and am open for more - I'll probably put it up (if I do put it up) with at least 4-5 ALTs. Presently I'm thinking of describing the customs - e.g.

".... that images of Orthodox Jews holding coins hang to the left of the doorway in many Polish homes and are flipped over on the Sabbath so that good fortune may fall unto the home?"
".... that Polish football fans buy figurines of Orthodox Jews holding coins for good luck, but blame the Jew if their team loses?"
Maybe something attributed to Joanna Tokarska-Bakir (created too in past week - to can be bold linked) about domestic demons or Totem and Taboo.

Open to suggestions. Icewhiz (talk) 14:06, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

As for Tokarska-Bakir - yes - this is supported by the Polish in Gazeta. There is also an English paper by her from 2019 - [19] on AAPJS which makes the connection - however VM is challenging the 2019 paper at present. I think the French paper (which is excellent - has a good literature review - one could chase down the sources as well - some are available online) - also might have this. Icewhiz (talk) 14:20, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

I wouldn't object to any of the hooks proposed with minor qualification - 'many homes', hmmm. I've never seen it in any of my friends or family. Frankly I'd be surprised if you'd find it in more than 1%. I mean, I've seen this figurine before - a few times in my life, on some tourist markets/shops. It's there, but it is hardly common or famous, so I'd be careful with generalizations. (Granted, it may be noticed more if you are a Jewish tourist looking for Jewish-related tourist items or such...). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:16, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Even 1% would be a whole lot of homes, however a 2015 survey says 18% of respondents had one in their home - perhaps not common in the circles you are in (from my personal experience in other countries I know of some amulets/talismans/symbols that were highly common - but I never (or hardly ever) saw them among the people I was hanging out with) - but data (and several sources) say this is common.Icewhiz (talk) 03:39, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Is 1% - or 18% - many? I'd rather avoid crating an impression that it is something you can find in 'most' houses. Most=/=many, but people can get confused. Anyway, I reviewed it, it's almost GTG just needs a few days of peace and quiet once any NPOV issues are removed. For the record, I don't think NPOV tag is justified as long as the lead is balanced. I'll try to look and comment on any sources if there are some disputes about them. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:19, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

You know, in some native Australian languages they count "one, two, three, many" (which makes alot of sense - you see a pack of kangaroo - beyond a certain number it does not matter). Back to homes - even if it were 0.1% of homes - it would still be many homes (40m pop - 10m households - 10,000 homes - many). If you have better phrasing than "many" I am not averse to it - but it is a proper description.Icewhiz (talk) 12:23, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Jew with a coin

I'm always baffled when I see such phrasing. Obvious antisemitism (sexism, racism, etc.) is obvious. Anyway, I see there's a lot of conflict and I don't quite know how I feel about Piotrus's revert of the lead, so I am going to bow out of this one. But if there is a history, and some shift in popularity after 1989, and if there is mention of "opinions", then certainly the lead needs to have a bit of a historical overview. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 14:15, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

My viewpoint on the subject of the article actually has shifted since writing it (a bit, I guess, like Erica Lehrer) - my kneejerk reaction seeing these used to be one thing - but I think I see both sides of the Grosz (penny of a Zloty) now - As Tortska-Bakir puts it - it is the definition of grotesque, but (as others put it) - it also has its quirks and charms. (the roots of the practice, however, are clear in all sources). The lede needs a bit of an expansion - history too - I've been puffing up the body prior to doing anything there.. Would be be happy if you stuck around in the article - it needs uninvolved editors. Icewhiz (talk) 14:25, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

@Drmies: As I said above, I personally think this is at least partially a case of Reappropriation. Like, (for some people) associating Jews with greed was anti-semitic, but it morphed into reverse (to quote from the article, one scholar called Jews a patron saints of Polish capitalism). In other words, is being 'greedy' deplorable or admirable? Depends on the answer, our perception of such a view changes. Of course, the word 'greedy' is pejorative, but we can replace it with 'thrifty' or 'good business sense', and now it's no longer bad, eh? Consider, lastly, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Weber's argued that Protestants led the West because they were greedy, ekm, had good business sense, whereas Catholics frowned upon 'making money', and so, lost power to the more business-oriented Protestants. IMHO there's little difference between how he described Protestant and how some people saw Jews today - i.e. as successful capitalists and business leaders that inspire others and are role models. Of course, there are also those who see this through the prism of the old antisemitic stereotype, as in greed=bad, greedy Jews = bad Jews. Two sides of the coin, indeed. Hence my view of the lead, that is should mention both aspects of this. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:27, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

I don't think Weber has that much capital anymore, but I am familiar with the thesis, yes. What I find interesting here, and I've been thinking about it all day, is that here we seem to be doing intent: was it intended to be antisemitic? Or, shifted a bit, was the speaker, purchaser, etc. aware of some antisemitic history? Which is kind of funny since, as you know, the the author died decades ago already, and we all know that, for instance, if you put a lawn jockey in your front yard you're an asshole, even if you're not necessarily a racist asshole, since you should know it's a racist stereotype. Closer to Poland, there's a whole bunch of Dutch folk who claim NONONO Zwarte Piet IS NOT A RACIST IMAGE, and the people who say that have no credibility, since their opinion is devoid of both humanity and historical knowledge. Anyway, when determining whether something "is" racist it is more reasonable and appropriate to think in terms of Reader-response criticism then the old-fashioned "what did the author intend". Some (I know, you) will call that "political correctness" and even put that into quotes--I, for instance, tend to think of not being an antisemite or a racist as the proper thing to do in a world that also has other people in it. Drmies (talk) 00:41, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

I look at it as a thing that's just not polite. My mother was Southern - the whole family was. While I'm proud of the family cornbread recipe and chicken fried steak recipe, I do not fly the battle flag ... that's beyond the pale. I can be proud of the hardscrabble roots of my family without having to be an asshole and flaunt something that is hateful in other people's faces. Likewise, my husband is Asatru. This doesn't mean that he wears a swastica - even though in the long-ago past that was a perfectly fine symbol for his faith. Now, it's been tainted and it's an asshole thing to do to wear/use that symbol. It's sad that a symbol that once meant something else has been appropriated but that's just the way things are. Trying to justify something like the "Jew with the coin" that so clearly has its basis in antisemitic tropes is just ... trying to justify the unjustifiable. Blackface is yet another example. It's just ... bad form and nasty and really shows that some folks can't examine their own biases properly if you're trying to say with a straight face that these little figures are not antisemitic. I just spent the afternoon reading Deborah Lipstadt's Antisemitism: Here and Now, which is scary and enlightening and I highly recommend it. Ealdgyth - Talk 01:30, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Through current US eyes - which are hyper politically correct - Jew with a Coin or blackface is unjustifiable. However the US really has gone to a bit of extremes in this regard. In the 1980s US this would have been perhaps a tad offensive - but not beyond the pale. The whole thing is deeply rooted in antisemitic images - e.g. the common slogan (on the bottom of these) of "Jew in your hall, coin in the pocket" dates back a long time - and used to mean "keep the Jew out of the house (in the entrance hall), so he won't steal...." - but is reversed with the figurines in that the Jew in the hall brings wealth. At first blush this is perverse - but owners/makers are mostly driven by luck or keepsakes - and it is a really interesting social reaction.Icewhiz (talk) 04:17, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

I find the whole "politically correct" phrase to be unpalatable. Telling someone you shouldn't insult someone else isn't "politically correct"; it's proper manners, and it's high time we apply that concept more broadly than we did before. Besides, "current US eyes"--there's plenty of people with US eyes who have no problem using racist, sexist, antisemitic etc. terms. Drmies (talk) 04:21, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Well - use a different term than - but look at blackface - the US atmosphere towards this sort of thing was different in the past - e.g, in the 1980s it was not beyond the pale (heck - some current politicians get taken to task now for photos of them in blackface in the 80s that show up now). The US public at the moment is very-very keen on avoiding anything that may seem offensive - this might be a good thing - but it has not always been so in the US nor do other societies follow US patterns fully. Icewhiz (talk) 04:28, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

We are drifting away from the topic. Regarding Poland and the motif, I think that a sizable proportion of people do not even realize that the association of those figurines is the same as association of Jews with greed, and don't consider them particularly offensive (or think of it as antisemitic). This realization will come, in time, and hopefully we will end up with a non-offensive version of the motif - i.e. celebrating Polish-Jewish history without association with the greed stereotype (hint: buy a figurine, remove the coin, you have a nice neutral souvenir?). But I was also thinking about this: I saw a photo of a money exchange shop using this motif, and a debate in a forum if it is antisemitic or not. Well, historically speaking, I think it is likely that many moneylenders in Poland pre-WWII were Jewish. Is trying to call attention to this in one's advertising antisemitic? What if, hypothetically, one was a Polish Jew, whose old family business was money lending and one wanted to use this motif because it relates to one's family history? And, more generally, is saying that historically, many Polish Jews worked in finance/trade industries, antisemitic? How to draw the line between antisemitic stereotype of Jewish greed and the historical fact associating Eastern European Jewry with those business sectors/activities? It is likely that for some people, at least, those figurines represent a genuine positive view of Polish Jewish history, celebrating their mercantile skills and nature, without negative associations. So when one person looks at them and recalls the greed stereotype and feels offended, another looks at them and feels just admiration for the presumably non-offensive of associating Jews with successful and profitable finance and trade activities, or simply, wealth (envy/jealousy aside...). PS. Quick and I think hardly biased source for historical association of EE Jews with finance/trade: YIVO Encycklopedia (and here's a more academic source: [20]). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:48, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Mordecai Schreiber - 2nd opinion on notability requested

I recently stubbed a bio for this author. But now I have second thoughts whether he is notable. What do you think? Feel free to AfD this, I won't mind. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:35, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Presently a "cruise rabbi",[21], I don't think he passes GNG nor NPROF (which I don't think is relevant here, unless maybe as a publisher - big maybe). The difficulty in nomming him is that he might pass NAUTHOR which is very hard to assess with someone with a large number of titles - e.g. see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Radzilowski where I got this wrong and withdrew). He also has a pen name "Morry Sofer".[22] Hebrew doesn't help him (he has also published in Hebrew, but it's mostly English - I don't see much coverage in Hebrew). The books seem to be not self-published (more in a bit) - "The Man Who Knew God: Decoding Jeremiah" is by Lexington, and searching google scholar - [23] - has been covered a bit/reviewed. It also seems (saw the publisher on the other books, some of which were "pre-self-publishing age", and was wondering) that he was also a publisher - " Rabbi Mordecai Schreiber is a retired publisher and author."[24] - which explains why most of the books were published by "Schreiber,Shengold Publishing" (which seems to be a small publisher - bookdepository - but of multiple authors) - which adds another wrinkle here. To assess this - you need to run down his main titles and look for reviews - which is tedious (because of all of the commercial book crud). I'd say there is a fair chance this would be deleted at AfD, but a NAUTHOR (or publisher) shot at notability is plausible (e.g. someone producing multiple independent reviews for multiple books). Icewhiz (talk) 06:53, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Stop using false edit summaries

Re [25]. I believe you've been warned by admins before about falsely claiming that legitimate text - even if you disagree with it - constitutes a "hoax". Calling other people's edits "hoax"es, when they're clearly made in good faith and, well, are NOT "hoaxes", is akin to accusing editors in good standing of "vandalism". Since you've been around long enough you should know better, especially since you've been warned this kind of behavior previously.Volunteer Marek (talk) 05:26, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

I described content, and justified said description on the talk page. I did not accuse anyone of "vandalism". Icewhiz (talk) 05:30, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

You accused other editors of spreading "hoaxes". Which is just as bad. Particularly since you've been warned about this kind of WP:BATTLEGROUND behavior before.Volunteer Marek (talk) 05:37, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

While we're at it, it has also been explained to you, repeatedly, that just because you disagree with how a source is reflected in article text (in a way which differs from your own personal, specific, idiosyncratic, and often absurd interpretation) that does NOT constitute a "BLP violation" against the author of the source. You've been using this bogus excuse to edit war for months now, and it's simply WP:TENDENTIOUS. And tedious. EVEN IF somehow you're right about how a particular source should be presented in article text (though I can't remember last time that was the case), that does not make the other way a BLP vio.Volunteer Marek (talk) 05:54, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Stating that a named BLP said something, when the named BLP said nothing of the sort is a BLP violation. As an extreme example, should one write in an any article that "John Doe stated that an alien conspiracy is afoot" when sources do not support such a statement by John Doe, it would be a BLP violation vs. the hypothetical John Doe. Icewhiz (talk) 05:59, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Statement by Icewhiz

Hello Icewhiz, typically images are not permitted in statements as such I've removed the image from your statement as a clerk action. I've done this at the direction of a member of the Arbitration Committee. Please do not reverse this action with out approval of a clerk or member of the committee. For the Arbitration Committee --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 19:00, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Jewish welcoming banner for the Soviets in 1939? No, actually Soviet election notice in 1941... (extended discussion, caption offwiki) - reflective of Wikipedia's coverage of the Holocaust in Poland

OK, will not restore. I thought a picture in this case was worth a thousand words... This travesty was in two English Wikipedia articles (+ commons, +mirrors all over the place)Icewhiz (talk) 19:08, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

fixed: diff1, diff2, and diff on commons Icewhiz (talk) 19:11, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

To destress

I invite you to review my new article on Samuel Adalberg. Perhaps you can see if I summarized the part about Agudas Yisroel well, and see if there are any Hebrew sources? I am also trying to figure out the Polish name for "Institute for Jewish Studies" and see if there's a better link for the "Gesellschaft für die Wissenschaft des Judentums". --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:06, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

The Hebrew sources all seem closed (snippet views, but nothing easy to work off online). This this particular subject Yiddish (for primary periodic sources) and Polish are probably more important. We do have a Wissenschaft des Judentums. Gesellschaft für is "society for" Wissenschaft des Judentums - however I'm unsure here of the specific society (e.g. our wiki article has a Verein für Kultur und Wissenschaft der Juden). Icewhiz (talk) 11:25, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Source

Hi. You mind me asking which source to use in this edit?--Kazemita1 (talk) 11:23, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Don't mind at all. But what specifically is the question? I replaced ad.nl with BBC (good) and RFE/RL (not as good - but it's just bio detail - no POV) - taking this from sources and text present in Mohammad-Reza Kolahi. What is the question? Icewhiz (talk) 11:28, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Nothing. About the tabloid thing, I found this statement very interesting "On 30 March 2003. Het Parool became the first newspaper in the Netherlands to switch from broadsheet to tabloid format, a move which since has been followed by all other major and local newspapers in the country.". I am thinking if being tabloid in Netherlands is equivalent to being unreliable.--Kazemita1 (talk) 11:39, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Algemeen Dagblad (ad.nl) might be OK - I did not make a definitive statement as I am not an expert in current Dutch newspapers. I do however think that per WP:NOENG we should try to use English sources if they are available, and they do seem available. For instance - this piece from the Guardian could be a good source to use. Icewhiz (talk) 11:52, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Time to withdraw?

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Public execution in Dębica? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:43, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes - we can save time there. @Smmurphy:'s evaluation of Szczygieł, R. (2014). Oddział Narodowych Sił Zbrojnych pod dowództwem Jana Stefki ps.„Mściciel” w latach 1945–1946 w świetle dokumentów UB. Folia Historica Cracoviensia, 20(1), 205-258 was compelling (having short form bios of the men involved pushes this over 1-2 paragraphs in various sources). Icewhiz (talk) 05:53, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Wouldn't happen to ...

Have access to this? Ealdgyth - Talk 21:55, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Sent to your inbox. I used it for the IPN or Grabowski, or something else - might have been one of those jouurnal articles removed in favor of a very local regional Polish internet portal and radio .Icewhiz (talk) 03:40, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

4 does not "almost" equal 2

It was very funny though.--Kazemita1 (talk) 05:16, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

This

Re: [26]. Interesting, reminds me of the Nazi vs German issue. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:14, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

I have a fairly dim view of communist governments (though not as dim as other editors here....) - but they were the recognized government for 40 some years. Some people don't like the modern government of Iran or North Korea - that doesn't mean we do - "theocratic government of Iran", or "Juche government of North Korea" everywhere (I think communist is a bit reductive for North Korea nowadays (in the 1950s it was accurate) - it started out as a communist state, and was in the Soviet/Chinese orbit, but it morphed into a form of government that has its own peculiarities (including hereditary rulers - a dynasty of 3)). Icewhiz (talk) 06:22, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

When people replace for example Polish with communist, I don't approve, as it strikes me as an attempt to remove an association with Poland (ex. this crime was not committed by Poles, but by communists). That's obviously is wrong. However, I can see the value in nothing that Nazi German =/= current German, or communist Polish =/= current Polish and I can imagine that in the future, people of free North Korea would try to draw a line between their current gov't and the past regime in similar way, ditto for Iran and other cases. In general, therefore, I think that saying 'communist Polish' is a fair compromise, and it also informs the reader about the fact that there was a major change in the government style/etc. Ditto I am fine with Nazi German instead of just German or Nazi. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:09, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

I think most would agreee the communist government in Poland wasn't even close to the atrocity level of the Nazis (one could dicker over in Stalin in the USSR, but not Poland) - I don't quite see the analogy as comparable. I don't think we need to qualify unless needed by context (e.g. mixed communist and post-communist in one section - e.g. a section traversing the 1980s and 1990s). I read an article recently by Polonsky which covered radical negationism - which at its extreme views the government of Poland from 1945 to 1989 as non-Polish - Poland being under Soviet occupation throughout. This is a POV held by a small minority (the mainstream view obviously recognizing Soviet influence and pressure - but still seeing the government as Polish).Icewhiz (talk) 13:35, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

State security organizations of communist Poland were basically a department of Soviet NKVD/KGB. That's the same organization and same crimes. Killing less people than Nazi does not make them any better. Poland was a classic Satellite state of the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1989. This is not an "extreme view", but a matter of fact. My very best wishes (talk) 14:01, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Well - the journal article I read disagrees, and states that most historians except for radical negationists disagree as well.Icewhiz (talk) 15:45, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

No one suggests that Communist Poland was not Poland. But it was a country different from the modern Republic of Poland and it was a Soviet satellite state (we have a separate page). Therefore, it was completely appropriate to clarify in the text which country it was. My very best wishes (talk) 18:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Question

You said this (“a redline conduct issue”). Did you mean this edit by VM? Thanks, My very best wishes (talk) 11:52, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Second question. Consider this series of your edits: [27],[28],[29],[30]. Why are you doing this? Is it because all these people have Jewish ethnicity (personally, I think it does not matter at all), or there is another reason? My very best wishes (talk) 17:26, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Please strike your baseless insinuation. The former two I got after reviewing a sockpuppet's edits - I will note the sockpuppet was perhaps somewhat obsessed with communists who happened to be Jewish. On Romkowski I reverted the sockpuppet after spot checking bits that were available online and seeing bits that failed V vs. the cited source. Coupled with obvious NPOV and SYNTH (half the article is not about the subject). A large chunk of the article is sourced to deadlinks (abcnet - long defunct) - making any hope of verifying the content vs. the source rather dim. We generally do not trust banned sockpuppets to be accurate in their use of sources.Icewhiz (talk) 17:43, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

As for the latter two, they reached my watchlist on different dates and are unconnected to the former two. For instance, I probaly got to the last one cleaning up SPSes (an AuthorHouse book in this case) in March.Icewhiz (talk) 17:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! So, if I understand correctly, your answer to my first question is "yes", and your answer to second question is "no"? That helps. No one usually reverts edits by a banned user, unless there is a reason for doing so, for example, you checked the sources and found they do not support statement. Or that could be something else. If you want to add more parties to the case, you can just go ahead and add them or ask an arbitration clerk. My very best wishes (talk) 18:12, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

I did not answer your first question (and answering it will involve a few more diffs - best served in a different forum). I did answer your second question, and I gave you a more complex answer than yes/no. So no, this is not my response. As for reverting banned users - read WP:REVERTBAN] - and in this case there were enough issues with the edit that that is not required.Icewhiz (talk) 18:23, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

A few more diffs related to the first question? If so, could you just paste these bare diffs here without any comments? If you do not want, that's fine. I think about bringing some evidence if the case is open. Explaining your position might help your case. For example, I can bring two first diffs to the Evidence section and provide my own interpretation of your comments. But prior to doing this, I would like to know if I understood your comment correctly. My very best wishes (talk) 18:34, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

My comment was more directed at the rationale given in ARC itself for this, as oppposed to any specific diff. However, I shall be presenting this in an organized fashion later.Icewhiz (talk) 19:16, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

That does not really help because you said specifically in the 1st diff: "As for VM removing "Polish" from a Polish citizen (and state employee) - Morel - who happened to be Jewish - that is a redline conduct issue...". Yes, I can easily associate your comment with specific edit by VM on the page about Morel, but I do not understand how anyone can see it "a redline conduct issue" or why being Jewish was at all relevant. The edit by VM was not about anything Jewish. My very best wishes (talk) 19:36, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

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Arbitration

Look, this is really simple. I provided assertions with supporting links at the page. If arbitrators will find them unconvincing, they will ignore them or perhaps interpret them not to my favor. Same with your evidence. My very best wishes (talk) 19:15, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Your assertion on Pohl, J. Otto. "Stalin's genocide against the “Repressed Peoples”." Journal of Genocide research 2.2 (2000): 267-293. is not supported by the cited source - which does not mention Poles, Polish, or Poland - and is on a different topic all together (Soviet deportations 1937-1951 - as opposed to the national operations of 1937-38 during the Great Purge). While yes - I could rebut your argument on the case - and this would be a rather strong rebuttal as such a misrepresentation taints the rest of the evidence - I asked you to strike. Icewhiz (talk) 19:20, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Please rebut whatever you want. And no, this is not a different, but the same topic. My very best wishes (talk) 19:28, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

A very small suggestion

I would like to suggest a small change in your talk page. Please archive your past discussions. It has reached 128 now. Adithyak1997 (talk) 19:37, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Probably will get to it after ARBCOM evidence/workshop - I update stuff on my userpage when archiving - and going over 128 (or 129 now?) takes time....Icewhiz (talk) 19:51, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

that photo

Can you read the entire text? Is there any indication of a date on there? Thanks.Volunteer Marek (talk) 23:59, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

No date. The only date I've seen is here. I did read the entire text and verified independently of the museum poster (which I think may be somewhat imprecise in the translation) that this is a Soviet election notice (so - just from that - obviously taken some point after the beginning of Soviet occupation (late 1939) and Barbarossa (1941) - the museum poster thinks (by attribution to a German photographer) this was taken just after the Germans entered town - in June/July 1941 - which the image composition doesn't refute on the face of things). I did verify it was St. Roch's Church, Białystok - same building (or if not - a very similar church) + TVP (which has a partial image) says so. The Soviets returned Białystok to Poland after the war - so it isn't likely to be post-war. You could, perhaps, posit a late WWI/Polish–Soviet War (1917-21) from image composition (depending on control of Białystok during the war - which I don't recall) - but that's also unlikely (photography was less widespread, and things were a bit hectic and chaotic for an election - unlike 1939-1941) (+TVP says 1939-41). I'll note that even if there were a date on the notice - it would only be a lower bracket - as the sign (which seems pretty durable from the photo) could've remained in-situ for quite a while after the elections. Icewhiz (talk) 05:06, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

@Volunteer Marek: Take a look at [31] and consider the arguments there about the image composition. And also people's clothing. It is OR, yes (but I am not sure it is an issue on Commons), but both the branches and the people clothing (long coats?) suggest spring or fall, not the middle of summer. Now, I am sure the text TL is correct, but the time is an issue. If it was taken by a German photographer it is weird, but now I am leaning to the idea that it was taken by a Soviet one before the invasion, since I doubt Germans would have any need or interest in staging this or photographing it. Incidentally, I think we can extract a better quality image from the links we have here (second one seems properly cropped/rotated) and upload it to commons? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:45, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

But also no snow (and it snows - [32] - Nov-March in Bialystok). I could believe the picture was taken during spring or fall (based on the trees, clothing, lack of snow). The only thing I have for it being 1941 is this. Icewhiz (talk) 05:56, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

I qualified date on commons, and removed[33][34] the image date from Wikipedia (where in any event it isn't really needed). Icewhiz (talk) 06:32, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

What piqued my curiosity is actually the fact that the elections the board is advertising happened in October 1939 not July 1941: Elections to the People's Assemblies of Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia. I *guess* it's possible that the election announcement was still up nearly two years later when the Germans occupied the town, but I see this as unlikely. October also fits in better with the weather in the photo than July now that you guys mention it though. I'm pretty sure this photo is from 1939 not 1941.Volunteer Marek (talk) 13:26, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

That could be the case - I went in the same direction last night looking at when there were elections to people councils' in Belarus - I was able to verify the 1939 one, but I'm uncertain whether there were or were not elections in 1940 or 1941 (this does not seem to be a well written topic in English - probably in line with the weight of these elections themselves). The sign itself could've stuck around for a while afterwards - Soviet efficiency or rather lack thereof (obviously in all these "elections" - there was a large drive for everyone to show up, and vote correctly .... but cleaning up afterwards wasn't always a priority). Icewhiz (talk) 13:35, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Or it could be just a fake. With the hammer and sickle disc and the board with Yiddish glued into a regular scene of Bialystok in 1939. Either way, it seems that by captioning this photo as being from 1941 you are... dare I say it? Spreading a WP:HOAX on Wikipedia? Now, let me run around to every single drama page on Wikipedia and proclaim that loudly.Volunteer Marek (talk) 05:03, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Until we trace the physical photo, there is always a change it was a hoax (promoting a zydokomuna stereotype), and the museum got duped. And so did the editor(s) who posted it here. Through frankly, Ockham's razor, this is probably a simple photo from 1939 or 1940 that got mislabelled as 1941. Btw, isn't that sign on the road? I am sure it would be moved off the road quickly after the election day, even in the USSR. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:15, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

No reasonable source would call this a "Jewish welcome message". The sign is attached to 3 flagpoles (with red banners) which were probably permanent fixtures, and from looking at the photo (and current satellite image) it seems it is on the sidewalk or courtyard before the church - probably not on a road for automobiles - which is evident by people walking there in the photo. Icewhiz (talk) 06:25, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

I've noticed your edit in the BG article, and I also did [35]. Glad we can occasionally agree on something, at least. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:01, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

A thought on Poray and rescuers

Low quality source with regard to SPS? Yep. But unreliable? Well. In all honesty, it boils down to this, IMHO. Did she include false/hoax information, either on purpose or due to lack of due diligence? And if she did not, I think that for non-redflag claims, like super minor footnotes about some survivor stories, she can be seen as reliable, and should not be removed. Amateur historians do produce valuable findings sometimes, and why we should replace them with better sources where possible, and avoid using them for any controversial/fringe/etc. claims, when their research just fleshes out some minor, uncontroversial detail, what's the harm? Well, that's my take on it. I welcome your thoughts and counterarguments. (Note I am not restoring citations to her work, but having reviewed how they were used in the ghetto articles, I found them totally harmless, occasionally mildly helpful, and never a redflag). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:36, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes - a WP:SPS. And yes - a WP:REDFLAG source - see [36], [37] (in footnote 94) + read “Naród bohaterów,” Nasz Dziennik, October 9, 2004 yourself (I did - last year). Some of the information in Poray's work is correct (and often can be find in Yad Vashem or other Righteous sources - I didn't just outright remove her - in some cases IIRC I replaced her as a source). Other info is liable to be an exaggeration. Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust (our present article needs a major cleanup - it's currently using authors almost exclusively on the the high and very high side (+possibly misrepresenting some) - it needs a major overhaul that I've been putting off (we should mention the few scholars with very high estimates (often with relaxed criteria) - yes - however there is a large body of researchers that sees rescuer estimates to be a small multiple (x2, x3, x10) of the roughly 6,000 YV recognized ones (x2-x10 - 12,000-60,000)) - is a topic full of WP:FRINGE discourse - alot of Radio Maryja / Nasz Dziennik discourse around it. Icewhiz (talk) 05:45, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

e.g. - read this. There's also a number of journal articles covering this in the wake of newer efforts by figures in these circles. Icewhiz (talk) 06:36, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

[38] does not mention her research, just two interviews with her. Ditto for the next one, and no mention in the lat. BUT wait, I understand and I agree that a faction in modern Polish historiography is trying to promote the image of Poland as the nation of Jewish rescuers, and that it is a counter-balancing move the to the research about Polish collaboration and antisemitism. But it does not invalidate their findings, unless you can show that Poray or other are falsifying data. IMHO both the topic of Polish rescue and Polish collaboration are underresearched. What Gross, Grabowski and others are doing is controversial to some in Poland, but IMHO it is good in dispelling some myths. But I the lack of research in rescuers and such is the other side of the coin. I think Gross/Grabowski/etc. POV was under-represented in the articles, and I appreciate your help in balancing them with their addition - but I do not appreciate where such balance is attempted by removing/reducing the discussion of the rescuers. The right solution is to expand both. I don't want to say that one balances the others or such, this not our role as editors (through I note that even professional historians have trouble making such assessments due to various biases). My point is that removing information on rescuers, or challenging the sources on them when they are not redflags, is not different, from the NPOV perspective, then someone trying to whitewash Polish antisemitism and such by trying to censor related information. I would like to remind you that it was me who started the article on Polish collaboration during World War II. It is a shameful topic for Polish people, but it needs to be discussed and Polish people need to be educated about this. I have also always supported the creation of the article on antisemitism in Poland (through nobody did so yet). But in the same vein, Rescue of Jews by Poles is just as an important research area. When some Polish scholars (politicians, etc.) are using it to distract from the antisemitism/collaboration issues, this is not to be applauded. But they do have a point that the reverse is also true, and some scholars, and media, are trying to unduly stress Polish faults without mentioning the rescue attempts and such. Our job is to present all such dimensions. And coming back to Poray, she may have an agenda (who doesn't), and her works are used by nationalists who try do minimize Polish antisemitism and such, but so what? That they abuse her work is not different then abuse of nuclear energy for the creation of nuclear weapons, etc. The facts are neutral, their interpretation is not. She is an amateur researcher, but so far we did not find any evidence she faked her data or such. Many of her cases can be verified with more reliable sources, and she is cited by some proper scholars who don't challenge her findings. Criticism of her is simply, as in the sources you cite, that her works and similar are used to counteract accusations of Polish antisemitism with tales of Polish good deeds. This is irrelevant to us. Both dimensions should be discussed, in a balanced way, on Wikipedia, and if we use her works for a few tiny footnotes like stories about some Polish rescuers, what's the problem? She is an amateur historian, but it seems she is treated like an expert in that field by the virtue of her work being cited by others (ex by Tilar J. Mazzeo in [39]). I wouldn't cite her for any claim that would say that Polish rescue of the Jews balances or outweighs crimes against them, or such, but for saying that "Jewish family X was rescued by Polish person Y", where's any red flag in this? Seriously, the current ArbCom and such are really about minor issues like this. If you could meet other editors half way, and agree that use of Poray, for example, for such minor claims, is ok, I am sure they (we?) would be more open to considering any arguments you may make. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:10, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Your assumption "good faith" vs. self-published sources is not inline with WP:SPS - even if there were no red flags. In this particular instance - red flags abound (the organization pushing her publications online, coverage of Poray in RSes - much of it due to "Jewish ingratitude" in relation to the Nasz Dziennik interview, and the topic area itself (Polish rescue attempts) being used by religious extremists to promote a counter-historical narrative (coupled, with antisemitic tropes such as "Jewish ingratitude")). Even without these red flags - she should be tossed on self-publication alone which is for the most part completely ignored by anyone serious in the field. Icewhiz (talk) 06:15, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

As for [40] - citations there (and in a handful of other cases - popular audience books, not academic) - were copied from Wikipedia (clear from citation format and web archiving). A WP:CITOGENESIS issue given the widespread pushing of Poray (was in approx. 60 articles IIRC) across articles in the topic area on Wikipedia. Icewhiz (talk) 06:17, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

SPS are allowed when they are published by experts in the area, and/or when there is consensus among editors that they are nonetheless reliable. Again, I am asking you to look beyond how her works are abused by some fringe nationalists, and instead, on whether information she researched and compiled are redflags or not. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:59, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

She's not an expect in the field - she's was an advocate of a very fringe narrative and engaged in antisemitic discourse herself - as evident by the very scant coverage of Poray (which focuses on this aspect). Icewhiz (talk) 07:01, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

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Two words

I think you can save two more words from your evidence. It's incorrect to call People's Party (Poland) right-wing, it was a centrist coalition formation composed of both left and right-wing groups. Cheers. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:40, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

@Piotrus: - to be precise, I said he was in "a politician in the right-wing of People's Party (Poland)", not "right wing", however great minds think alike - 06:30, 20 June 2019 - I cut out the whole People's Party all together (10 minutes prior to your message).Icewhiz (talk) 06:44, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I also think that his removal from university is irrelevant, since it was due to political infighting, not his critique as a scholar or such. I'd encourage you to consider the relevance of such claim as well. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:16, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Possibly - however his ejection was related to his brand of politics. I'm currently removing adjectives, conjunctions, transition words, and other connective verbiage in order to reduce word count. If I could pull Komposita trick in English, I could really cut down on the word count.Icewhiz (talk) 07:20, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Editing other parties' evidence

I would appreciate it if you did not try to move my evidence. The ArbCom page explicitly states:

"Editors who change other users' evidence may be sanctioned by arbitrators or clerks without warning; if you have a concern with or objection to another user's evidence, contact the arbitration clerks by e-mail or on the talk page."

Aside from such actions being just petty, it's not up to you to decide where my evidence goes. If you have a problem with where it's located, notify a clerk. Thanks.Volunteer Marek (talk) 19:29, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

I did not modify your evidence one iota. And preach what you speak - by moving your evidence around the page - you did the same in relation to other users (myself included).Icewhiz (talk) 19:32, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Jew_(word)#Perception_of_offensiveness

Any sources you can find on how this word has been used offensively in the past and how it may be changing? I couldn't find much (you can see what I did in the edit history of the article...). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:11, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Well - in Russian it became a pejorative in its own right - Zhyd (applied to non-Jews as well). I am not aware of any sources discussing a change - e.g. I don't think that "Jew Lawyer" has become anything other than a pejorative (even with Trump - e.g. "Schwartz would often hear Trump talk about Jews – a group that he quintessentially characterized as shrewd accountants and lawyers, the writer said.""[41] - that's an outlier in speech, and if at all with all the anti-Trump reaction... Well. More of an outlier). So I'm unsure there is any change in English - in some Eastern European countries - maybe (e.g. as in Jew with a coin/"Lucky Jews" - becoming a good luck charm or mascot). For pejorative use, you might see: [42], [43]. Note that in American English, "Jewess" has become offensive in its own right (not just when attached as a noun/adjective)- Merriam Webster or bottom of page. See also Triple parentheses (and sources there) - the same crowd tends to affix "Jew" to various things. Icewhiz (talk) 11:23, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you

As someone who lives in Israel and is interested in subjects related to it, I've come across a bunch of your edits and wanted to let you know how awesome you are!

Thank you for everything and keep fighting the good fight! MaskedSinger (talk) 17:57, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

If I ever have questions or am looking for help here, would it be possible to hit you up?MaskedSinger (talk) 18:20, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Sure. Happy to help.Icewhiz (talk) 18:36, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

RE: Post-truth (moved from my user page)

Regarding the pogroms - there are almost no facts, both stories are based on hearsay. So accepting that only Poles were responsible would be another post-Truth. Your one, nut still post. Criminal investigations (exhumations) are opposed by Jews. Unfortuantely noone studies German documents. As far as I know the IPN two-volume documentation is valid. It's a pity that the IPN refuses to publish English translation of the first volume. There existed Germany-controlled underground organization in the region, its members believed that the organisation was Polish. There existed Polish-Jewish conflict in pre-war Poland, mostly in the former Tsarist part of Poland. The majority of Jews refused to be Polish and the majority of Poles didn't accept Jewish citizens. There was no solution of the problem, but the Polish state punished crimes. No Polish state meant crimes. "Intimate Violence" (I have only draft of the first chapter) describes the political conflict. The mentioned pogroms caused about 1,200 deaths, which was about 1% of 1941 pogroms. You don't contribute to at least 90% of the pogroms (Romania, Ukrainian nationalists, Latvia). Isn't it some form of post-Truth to decribe few percent (Poland, Lithuania) but ignore 90% of the victims? You refuse to contribute to general Holocaust pages.

Not all shtetls were towns, some of them were villages. It's good to know a subject to discuss it.

Your intro is false. You have fought your war against Poland, you have dehumanized Polish people. Xx236 (talk) 06:59, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

I have not "dehumanized Polish people" - I have worked to rectify a problem in the topic area. If (the many more) German atrocities were presented as Polish - I would be aghast at that as well. I have in fact contributed to other Holocaust related pages - e.g. Bernheim petition, Holocaust in Telšiai, Jacob Bunka are recent creations. Icewhiz (talk) 07:09, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Ok, I know we don't see eye to eye that often but adding the food and drink tag to the milkshaking AfD genuinely made me chuckle, so here's a cookie. Simonm223 (talk) 12:47, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Well - if they're nice - and use one with lots creams - one could enjoy licking off the cream from one's face as with a Pieing? No? Icewhiz (talk) 12:57, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Hi user Libhye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Libhye is changing Tel Aviv-Yafo (the official name used everywhere) to Tel Aviv-Jaffe. Considering Tel Aviv-Yafo is the official name and used in every document and airline ticket, how come this change to longstanding naming is being allowed to be done (and without any consensus)? Avaya1 (talk) 11:57, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

They can be WP:BOLD and do that - and you can revert - and then have a discussion. It's not that "Tel-Aviv - Jaffa" isn't used at all - e.g. see [44]. It's a question of which one is the WP:COMMONNAME. Icewhiz (talk) 12:03, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Tel Aviv-Yafo is the common name. Moreover, Jaffa is used, but Tel Aviv-Jaffa (as an agglomeration) is much more uncommon (even in English - see Google search results). Changing all the names on all the articles, despite opposition, requires consensus first. Avaya1 (talk) 12:06, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

I see you moved / reverted back at least some of these. I don't see Libhye reverting your revert - or am I wrong? Be careful with 1RR. I suggest you open a talk page section on at least some of the articles (if you haven't done so already), and possibly alert Libhye to the discussion. Icewhiz (talk) 12:10, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

I've opened a talkpage for discussion. I assume this is not IRR, because it's not related to Israel-Palestine conflict, but rather just the name of the city agglomeration. Avaya1 (talk) 14:32, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

On the grounds of better safe than sorry I'd assuming this is ARBPIA (It's on the edges - it's really just a transliteration issue and prior older English (or Latin) names - but....). Icewhiz (talk) 14:39, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Argentina-Hezbollah

Hi! Could you please put Argentina below "Arab League" and above "Australia" in the infobox of Hezbollah, coonsidering the "entire organization as terrorist" as sources cited? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.27.176.205 (talk) 20:09, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

@181.27.176.205: - It's already there (diff - Midrashah did it a few hours prior to your post) - below France and above Netherlands (not sure of the ordering there, not sure I really want to touch the ordering). The Arab League is in a "Suprastate organizations opponents" - Argentina belongs in "State opponents" where it already appears. Icewhiz (talk) 05:17, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

Holocaust in Poland

I recommend reading Unequal Victims by Israel Gutman, if you have not already done so. Anyway, it is out there on the internet for sale at a reasonable price. Regards!--Woogie10w (talk) 22:37, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

It's by Gutman and Krakowski. Krakowski participated (which didn't make him neutral) and later was a political officer. The book was published in 1988, there are hundreds of new books, eg. by Zimmermann (AK).Xx236 (talk) 11:04, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Krakowski survived the Holocaust, and in his later years was an historian. I think I might have read this book many years ago - but it might worthwhile reading again.Icewhiz (talk) 11:07, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Michael Dion

Hi there, Regarding your deletion nomination for Michael Dion. Please look at the history. You'll see that the page has been tampered with. It originally started out as Michael Dion the record label owner, producer and music industry executive. This is what it used to look like. And over a short period of time, all that related to the original Michael Dion has been deleted (Buried) and now a new Michael Dion maybe 40 years younger has been placed over the top as per How could this go unnoticed? The nomination for deletion needs to be cancelled and the mischief maker who has done this damage needs to be chastised. Thanks.
Karl Twist (talk) 04:42, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

I did notice this (though I wasn't 100% sure if they were different or not - I did not see an age in the hijacked version) - nom - "Older versions of the article have what appear to be routine announcement of job changes" - most of the nom refers to the prior version.Icewhiz (talk) 05:02, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Well-deserved along with my thanks

		The Greek Barnstar of Virtue
		For your extraordinary contributions to the AfDs that helped save two important articles related to Greece and Cyprus. I am still not sure if you are versed in the Greek language but whatever the case may be you are a very astute judge of Greek sources. Thank you. Dr. K. 08:31, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
		_{this WikiAward was given to Icewhiz by Dr. K. on 08:31, 20 July 2019 (UTC)}

Thanks! And thank you for showing up on that ping - AFDs for topics covered in non-Latin languages can be tricky when mainly non-native speakers show up - in this case via a NPOV/N and RS/N post (raising quite justified concerns - divorced however from notability from other sources).Icewhiz (talk) 12:17, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

I agree. I try to avoid debates so I go by the additional references route whenever I can. Thank you for the ping. If you happen upon a similar case in the future, don't hesitate to ping me again because I don't normally watch AfD. Βy the way, I have a hunch you speak Greek but I may be wrong. So, here we go: Icewhiz, ευχαριστώ πολύ για τη συνεισφορά σου στη διάσωση του άρθρου του Πετρόπουλου. :) Dr. K. 17:00, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome, but speak would be stretching it... I can make out some words reading (skewed to classic Greek, and my speed reading isn't great because the script is not one I read often), and listening I catch words in songs (and food) - but I am very poor speaker. Icewhiz (talk) 17:16, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

I think you are being too modest, given your ability to analyse the Greek sources so well, and to understand my message in Greek. Regardless, your interest in rescuing articles in this topic area is really appreciated. Thank you again Icewhiz. Take care. Dr. K. 17:47, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

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xxx-born and MOS:ETHNICITY

I noticed you have been removing "is an xxx-born American" or similar from the first sentences of biographies, citing MOS:ETHNICITY. I don't think these edits fall under MOS:ETHNICITY; saying "xxx-born" merely indicates the country in which one was born, not their ethnicity. Jayjg ^(talk) 14:59, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

@Jayjg: - quoting from MOS:ETHNICITY - "Similarly, previous nationalities or the place of birth should not be mentioned in the lead unless they are relevant to the subject's notability." (bold my own). Also see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography#Birth date and place - "Birth and death places, if known, should be mentioned in the body of the article, and can appear in the lead if relevant to notability, but not in the opening brackets alongside the birth and death dates.". So yes - while birth place is not an ethnicity - MOS:ETHNICITY actually does address birthplaces (as something to be generally omitted) - as the birth place often serves as a dog whistle for ethnicity (I'll note that I also removed really silly birthplace mentions - e.g. people who were born someplace else while their American parents were temporarily abroad - but lived their entire life in the US after repatriating as babies/children). As presently formulated - MOS:ETHNICITY treats religion / ethnicity / sexuality / birth place / previous nationalities - in the same manner (to be generally precluded from the lead unless relevant to notability). Icewhiz (talk) 15:04, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

You are correct, I was incorrect. Thanks for the response. Jayjg ^(talk) 15:07, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Icewhiz, would you mind making clear in your comment at Johnuniq's RfA that it was not John who used the term "militant feminists"? You've written "Referring to editors as 'Isn't it about time that these militant feminists were dealt with once and for all?' is clearly belittling and insulting (+battleground). Yet Johnuniq believes this is not belittling and insulting ..." I see that at least one person misunderstood and thought that John had said it, and when I first read it, I had to read it again because I knew he wouldn't say anything like that. SarahSV ^(talk) 18:56, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)Yeah, but it does look like John at least defended the person saying it and that's nearly as bad. But yes it parses confusingly. Simonm223 (talk) 19:08, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Refactored - I wrote this after writing/reading my question - and it is possibly confusing without reading the question+answer first.Icewhiz (talk) 19:10, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

That's better, many thanks. SarahSV ^(talk) 19:16, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Racism in Poland

addressed, please discuss in relevant article talk page

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

You've been informed before, on several occasions, that claiming "stable version" is not a legitimate argument for edit war, yet you have, once again, tried to use that as a justification for reverting [45]. Per WP:STABLE a "stable version" is an informal concept that carries no weight whatsoever, and it should never be invoked as an argument in a content dispute. Maintaining a stable version is, by itself, not a valid reason to revert or dispute edits, and should never be used as a justification to edit war. Stable versions are not superior or preferred to disputed edits in any way (...) obstructing good faith edits for the sake of preserving "stable" content is disruptive. You can't plead ignorance here since the clarifications made to WP:STABLE [46] were made precisely because of your repeated abuse and misquoting of the policy [47] [48]. Please don't repeat this kind of WP:TEND behavior.Volunteer Marek (talk) 19:36, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

I restored a citation (as well as some content), to the journal of modern history, that was broken by an IP and subsequently yourself in a blanket revert. The citation was indeed in the STABLE version - however that was not why I restored the source for the content - as before, you seem to confuse an observation with an arguement - in neither case did I revert due to "stability" - and was made clear to you previously as well. You did not provide any reason for removal of this superb citation in your blind blanket revert. If you have an issue with The Journal of Modern History - please do take it up at RSN - I look forward to the astounded replies there. Please do try to work collaboratively to reflect what academic sources write on the topic.Icewhiz (talk) 19:44, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

You did not just restore a citation. You also restored text which misrepresented the source, relying on the "stable version" as a spurious justification.Volunteer Marek (talk) 19:58, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

As explained to you repeatedly - I did not rely on "stable version" - please do listen - I made an observation, not an arguement. There is no misrepresentation in the additional sentence - Hagen quite clearly writes "Even though in various ways the Polish regime in fact fell short of fascism, the cumulative effects on the Polish Jews of its hostile policies, as well as of Endek aggression and the consequences of demographic growth amid still widespread economic depression, were threatening them by 1939 with conditions comparable to those to which the German Jews had been reduced". - and this sentence is a straightforward summary. If you dislike The Journal of Modern History - take it to RSN.Icewhiz (talk) 20:03, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

I am listening. Here is what I hear:

False Claim 1 "I restored a citation". No, you did more than just restore a citation.

False Claim 2 "in neither case did I revert due to "stability"". Actual edit summary " In STABLE version of article"

False Claim 3 " If you have an issue with The Journal of Modern History - please do take it up at RSN - I look forward to the astounded replies there". Nobody's disputing the reliability of JoMH. You are doing that thing where you falsely pretend the dispute is about one thing, whereas it's actually about something else. This is a straight up, false and WP:TENDENTIOUS use of a strawman fallacy.

False Claim 4 " Please do try to work collaboratively ..." I am trying very hard to work collaboratively with you, despite everything, but as the above 3 false claims illustrate it's actually you who are engaging in disruptive editing.

Volunteer Marek (talk) 20:40, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

I already addressed this above:

I indeed restored a citation that left a whole paragraph uncited. Yes, I also restored a sentence that was removed without any reasonable rationale (the IP stated "This is revisionist nonsense" - in relation to content from The Journal of Modern History).
An observation is not an arguement - this was not stated as a reason for the action.
You are indeed removing content sourced to JoMH (as well as five other academic sources - from which you removed 4k of content).
Please do try to reflect mainstream academic sources on the topic.
This particular discussion on my talk page has run its course - please do not respond in this thread again, and stick to the article talk page.Icewhiz (talk) 20:47, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

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Edit warring at Brunel and Bugatti

Clearly you've latched onto MOS:ETHNICITY and are running some sort of WP:MEATBOT process across all articles where origin is mentioned in the lead, and mechanically removing it. However if you read ETHNICITY, you'll see that it should only be in there if it's relevant, i.e. they're someone for whom their travel from one country to another is a crucial part of their encyclopedic significance. Brunel and Bugatti both meet this.

I can understand that you're unfamiliar with these bios. You've made no edits there otherwise, nor to the talk page. Both of them, particularly Bugatti, have a somewhat convoluted history. However in such a case, when your removal is challenged, the appropriate action is WP:BRD – to discuss these changes. Not simply to edit-war to repeat them. You have discussed neither. We regard this as WP:edit-warring and it is deeply frowned upon. Please revert these, or at the very least attempt to discuss them. Particularly for the Bugatti article it's a poor article, but the sourcing for both of these, and for its significance, is massive. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:10, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Contrary to your assertion, I examined the subjects prior to removing these. On Bugatti - I reverted following WP:SILENCE on the talk page. Placing ethnic markings in articles is also something that is frowned upon - per MOS:ETHNICITY - you provided no rationale in either article supporting inclusion. It is not sufficient for travel from point A to point B being something that is covered in sources on the subject, but rather the ethnicity or place or birth should be "relevant to the subject's notability." - a bar that isn't met on either subject (Brunel, for instance, is quite possible notable for activities in the US (where he also became a citizen prior to leaving to the UK) - but his activities in France are marginal at best to his notability). Please do engage on the talk page and provide an actual policy justification - e.g. how their activities in Italy or France are relevant to their notability.Icewhiz (talk) 11:19, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Interesting discussion. I have been troubled by the gratuitous insertion of ethnicity, but hadn't read MOS:ETHNICITY. An excellent rule. Thanks for applying it.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:28, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Balloons

Noticed this: [49], and wondered if Hamas balloon attacks might be worth creating a stand-alone an article in Category:Terrorism by method.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:25, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

See Incendiary balloon - which I wrote after these started (though I will note that I was more interested in the history of the method (e.g. it led me to write up SMS Vulcano - the first ship to launch an aviation combat sortie - in 1849....). Icewhiz (talk) 14:29, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

I phrased by quesiton poorly, what I was wondering is whether it is now time to have a stand alone, as do Operation Outward and Fu-Go balloon bomb.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:33, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

The on-going "bombardment" (beginning with the kites, progressing to the balloons, a few sporadic drones or quasi-drones), as it may, from Gaza may merit a standalone article. It would definitely pass notability thresholds, and I don't think that cramming Gaza material into the weapon article is the right way to go (as it would be UNDUE on a method of warfare with a long history). I will watchlist it if you create it and might chip in a little bit - but I won't do the major legwork on it. Icewhiz (talk) 14:36, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

3RR

Your recent editing history at Islamophobia in Poland shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

In addition to inserting false information which was not backed up by a source, including an invented, manufactured quote, [50] you're at 3 reverts now with your restoring of the COATRACK off topic material.Volunteer Marek (talk) 19:54, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

@Volunteer Marek: - Please do count again, and then strike your false accusation - as I have not reverted 3 times. I have been working on adding new content to a newly created article. You have been asked repeatedly to stop WP:HOUNDING me - please do stop. There is no need for you to jump into each article I got involved in. Thank you.Icewhiz (talk) 19:58, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Oh - and when an academic source covers something in a journal paper in the topic in question - then no, it is not off topic. Please do avoid removing content on spurious grounds - when on-topic sources include the information.Icewhiz (talk) 19:59, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Talk:Feminism in Poland

Please sign.Xx236 (talk) 11:14, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. Icewhiz (talk) 11:16, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for Communist propaganda

"Polish women enjoyed liberties (abortion, labour market, childcare)" - a masterpiece. The barnstar for destructive edits.Xx236 (talk) 12:16, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Quoting from the source:

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One would assume that Dr. Kasia Narkowicz - who specializes in "State violence, Islamophobia, racism, gender and religion." published in Gender, Place & Culture (peer-reviewed, aiming to provide "a forum for debate in human geography and related disciplines on theoretically-informed research concerned with gender issues." [51]) would be a reliable source. Icewhiz (talk) 12:27, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

As for propaganda - he're a tune -

German
German - DDR celebrations in 1989 (personally, I'm always amazed at how these things continued until the end).
Polish.
Yiddish - by the Krakow revolutionary choir. the conductor says they are doing this in Yiddish due to rising antisemitism (2018) - a touching gesture. I think they mangled the pronunciation a bit, but it's a good show.
Yiddish (a tad of Hebrew at the end - the last refrain) - I think she does a better job.

And well - gotta toss Катюша in here. The factories churned out outdated tractors and Ladas that kept on breaking down - but music they knew. Icewhiz (talk) 13:54, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Asking for advice based on your RfA comment

Hello Icewhiz,

Thank you so much for voting in my RfA. I appreciate your comments and concerns. I have learned from the experience to better myself when I try again in the future and to help improve the encyclopedia with more pristine. I am carefully looking at every oppose comment and using the information provided to strengthen my skills. I am asking you personally for advice as your comment was highly detailed and full of constructive and well justified criticism. I appreciate your concern deeply and am asking what I can do to make myself better in the fields you think I lack in. I appreciate any help.

AmericanAir88^(talk) 19:50, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi. I suggest focusing on tougher AfDs - I would suggest by following a few deletion sorting lists in topics you are interested in. Try to also comment first or second - and don't be afraid to !vote (if based on policy and sources) against prior !votes - e.g. flipping (by influencing subsequent !votes and possibly flipping prior !voters as well) an AfD around after 2-3 Delete (or Keep) !votes is impressive (and satisfying) - and something worth pointing out at RFA. Also maybe try "saving" a few articles (by improving with WP:HEY - e.g. as I did at B144 which you nommed (I believe on COI concerns that had some basis). I think you have a good shot at RFA2 - the opposes were (ignoring the silly 88 comments - though you might want to think about AA88) mainly based on AfD record / comments - and most of the AfD regulars can be swung by good AfD participation. I would avoid relisting (too many pitfalls for non-admins). If you intend to state at RFA2 you intend to close AfDs - you need a very good grasp of deletion policy. Notavote is probably strongest at AfD - closers frequently disqualify and/or weight down !votes that are not based on policy. You might also want to follow WP:DRV.Icewhiz (talk) 20:05, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Also - I think your AfD noms (the ones I recall / looked at) - are solid - whichever way you locate these (I suspect some are from related AfDs) - is working.Icewhiz (talk) 20:15, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

@Icewhiz: Thank you so much for this. I will take all of your advice and handle tougher AfDs. I appreciate this advice. I am still hesitant about the AA88 change (I'm giving my name some time and then in a few months, see if people are still against it). I will no longer relist as much as I did unless its a clear call. Everything I do will be based on proper judgement and consensus. As for my nominations, I frequently get them from recent page curation or the orphaned article backlog. I am part of WikiProject Orphanage and while helping find articles to de-orphan, I stumble upon several that qualify for AfD. Thank you again. AmericanAir88^(talk) 21:01, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Orphanhood is a good notability proxy. Best of luck next time around. Icewhiz (talk) 21:06, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

August 2019

Your recent editing history at Polish League Against Defamation shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. -185.41.130.3 (talk) 11:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

So nice of you to post this notice (+diff over at User:TU-nor) after I warned you. However, I did not revert 3 times. In any event, this has been reported to AN/EW. Icewhiz (talk) 11:35, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

OP here blocked - diff AN3. Icewhiz (talk) 12:47, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Disruptive removal of notability tag, edit warring

See here. You removed the notability tag with a blatantly false edit summary (the policy reason was articulated on talk in three different instances). Obviously, you disagree about the notability of the topic - after all, you created the article. But that is not a legitimate reason to remove the tag. It is most certainly not legitimate to remove it under false pretenses. Let the discussion continue and let other editors express their opinions. Otherwise, it just looks like you're trying to provoke a third revert on my part so you can go running to WP:3RR again.

Please self revert.Volunteer Marek (talk) 08:16, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Please WP:AGF, which this message fails to do. More than one editor has explained to you that your assertion here is not grounded in Wikipedia policy. Icewhiz (talk) 08:17, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

And frankly - it would be nice if instead of tagging and excising very-well sourced information from mainstream sources (such removing all of the content (and very selectively copying elsewhere) - undone here) - if you could work collaboratively on expanding LGBT-free zone. I only started LGBT-free zone ‎yesterday - there's plenty to expand here as quite a bit of content has been written on the topic - I intended to expand this significantly today - however angry messages at various fora are proving to be a distraction from actual editing. Icewhiz (talk) 08:31, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

No, what's a lack of good faith is removing a merge tag within minutes of it being added and then justifying it with "well, you didn't start a discussion". Well, gee, if you haven't immediately started edit warring then maybe I would have had a chance to start that discussion.

Please also do not make false claims. "More than one editor" = YOU + an editor who objected to the article being made into a redirect. That does NOT give you the right to remove the tag, which is there precisely so that we can get input on the notability of the article. Likewise it's also false that you, or anyone else, have "explained" ... well, anything. You merely asserted that the topic is notable, then stubbornly repeated that assertion in a classic WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT.

Please show some good faith and restore the tag so that other editors can discuss the matter.Volunteer Marek (talk) 08:50, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Poland

.

Hi,

The edit you made on Poland is rather bizarre as basic LGBT rights are guaranteed by Constitution. A singular event, while quite significant, isn't a reason to extend the article on something which is not an issue of the government but rather concerns individual nationalist groups which are a mere minority. Even Eastern European countries do not have this section. Hence, I do not see why it should be included. As I said, it can be summarized in one sentence that for instance "While this is legal, a...% of people disapprove or are against etc. We are basing the article on other country profiles. Oliszydlowski (talk) 09:04, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Well - it seems that local Polish municipal government and regional assemblies are declaring their regions as LGBT-free zones. This is not happening in other countries in Eastern Europe AFAIK. Icewhiz (talk) 09:06, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

And some states in US have passed insane abortion laws - which unlike these empty inane declarations, have actual criminal provisions attached to them - yet according to the SCOTUS the right to choose is guaranteed by the US constitution. Somehow, we don't have you running to the article United States and filling it up with text about the Georgia Abortion Law of 2019 or the Missouri Abortion Law of 2019 or similar. Hell, we don't even have articles on these laws because they are by themselves not notable (and hopefully they'll quickly get thrown out by lower courts as unconstitutional and they'll stay non notable). And of course ALL of these abortion laws have received widespread coverage. This declarations here are even less notable seeing as how they are non-binding and just constitute some obnoxious posturing by some politicians.Volunteer Marek (talk) 15:00, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

VM - you are posting quite a bit on my talk page today. Please do moderate the amount of posting you do here. WP:RSes tend to think these Polish exclusion zones and homophobic rhetoric in the past few months is a rather "big deal". We follow sources. Icewhiz (talk) 15:03, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Muhd Amrullah

Hi. The above article which you nominated for deletion has been restored following a request at WP:REFUND. --kingboyk (talk) 12:37, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Icewhiz (talk) 12:39, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Placed a reminder to myself to AfD in a week if no additional sources are added (I stand behind my prior WP:BEFORE - but - could always be proven wrong). I'll notability tag this in the meantime. Icewhiz (talk) 13:09, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, that seems reasonable and I appreciate it. My hands are tied as the article was deleted as refundable and the closing admin has confirmed that. I considered refund and then immediately speedy deleting as A7 but I can't in all good conscience say it's eligible under the criteria. Cheers and thanks again. --kingboyk (talk) 13:36, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

I agree it is not an WP:A7. Possibly WP:G11 given indef of original creator - [52] - but that would be a stretch. In any event - it sat in mainspace for 4+ years - a few more weeks matter little in the grand scheme of things. Icewhiz (talk) 13:40, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Named in Temporary Injunction

Hi Icewhiz, in the open Antisemitism in Poland arbitration case, a temporary injunction has been proposed which relates to you. Please review this decision and draw the arbitrators' attention to any relevant material or statements. Comments may be brought to the attention of the committee on the proposed decision talk page. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 21:59, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of New Polish School of Holocaust Scholarship (conference)

Hello! Your submission of New Polish School of Holocaust Scholarship (conference) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:28, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Mass removal of German-occupied

I've noticed that over the last few months you have been removing the phrase "German-occupied" from a number of articles on my watchlist (like [53]). I'd kindly suggest that you stop doing this. Those clarifications are helpful to reader, and removal of such term seems like hiding or minimizing the fact of Nazi aggression. I am sure this is not what you intended, but I am cautioning you, this is not helpful. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:12, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

You've never edited the article previously. Please address content issues on the relevant talk page - in this particular case "German-occupied... German" is thoroughly redundant. I will further note that that insertion of clunky "German-occupied" phrases (in situations in which the occupation is completely clear) is associated with a very particular, and non-mainstream POV, per Dr. Waitman W. Beorn. Icewhiz (talk) 12:16, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Nope, sorry

Sorry, I don't feel like stopping reviewing Wikipedia:WikiProject Poland/Article alerts/User:AlexNewArtBot/PolandSearchResult or checking my watchlist (all of which I have been doing long before you even registered on Wikipedia) just because on the off-chance your harassment sensor will trigger. Please take a cup of WP:TEA and cease your baseless WP:NPA of stalking at others. Oh. Do tell me, how did you know, within few minutes, that I undid your edit at Judenfrei? I didn't click undo (since I wasn't removing all of your changes, only a small part of them), so it shouldn't pop up on your alert. So, who's following whom, eh? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:34, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

It's on my watchlist. Icewhiz (talk) 12:35, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Jolly good. So now you see it is possible to notice people's edits without looking over their shoulder, eh? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:47, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

As I said on your talk page - I don't mind interacting with you. However, there is a certain threshold (which your editing today clearly passed - stats in diff, on articles that if they are on your watchlist - you've never previously edited). Now - can we return to our regularly scheduled editing and close this discussion?Icewhiz (talk) 12:50, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

As long as understand that sometimes people interested in similar topics will end up on similar articles. If anything, I'd think that discussing someone's history of editing using analytical tool is more stalk-ish than just editing them. But by all means, let's just AGF and try towork in afriendly manner, I am always happy with such a conclusion. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:42, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

rainbow Madonna

I wonder if this would make for a notable DYK. Symbol likely has influence outside Poland... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:49, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Work in progress...... See in an hour or so. Icewhiz (talk) 12:50, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

I'll ping you once it's mainspaced - I have a draft I'm working on, but I only mainspace after establishing notability in the draft - it's going up soon. I cropped the image exactly because it would be a great DYK hook and image. Icewhiz (talk) 12:55, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland (temporary injunction)

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Volunteer Marek (talk · contribs) and Icewhiz (talk · contribs) are prohibited from interacting with or commenting about one another, except that they may submit (directly to the committee) responses to a proposed decision in these proceedings. Arbitrators supporting will desire immediate implementation under net 4 rules.

For the Arbitration Committee --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:29, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland (temporary injunction)

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IBAN violation

Icewhiz, your participation in this discussion (diff of participation) constitutes a violation of your IBAN adopted just two days ago by the Arbitration Committee. Your comment was just two comments below that of the editor you're IBAN'd with, and responds to exactly the same issue and point made by that editor. It's difficult to see how this isn't an attempt to bait the editor you're IBAN'd with. I would strongly advise you against doing anything approaching anything that could be seen as violating the injunction, including commenting in the same discussions, editing the same pages, or referring (directly or indirectly) to the editor with whom you are interaction banned. Any further violations will see an immediate block and/or ban from the topic area. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 22:48, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

L235, the two-way iban doesn't prohibit commenting in the same discussions, editing the same pages, or referring (directly or indirectly) to the editor with whom you are interaction banned, it prohibits interacting with or commenting about one another. Why do you suggest that commenting in the same discussions or editing the same pages would be seen as a violation of the IBAN? Such a rule would basically be a TBAN for whomever "gets there second". As you know, both the editors are very active in this topic area, so are you suggesting they both leave, or one of them leaves, or that they rush to be the first one to comment in every discussion and edit every article? I think you're interpretation is overly-broad–kind of in a classic way for IBANs, right?–and your accusation of baiting is assuming bad faith. And, are you writing on your individual behalf or on behalf of the clerks or committee? – Levivich 02:06, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

@Levivich: Thank you for your question. I have not said that commenting in the same discussions or editing the same pages would be seen as a per se violation of the IBAN. My post above said that (a) under the circumstances, Icewhiz's participation in the discussion was a violation of the interaction ban and (b) I advise Icewhiz to avoid participating in the same discussions and editing the same pages to avoid violating the ban. Though Icewhiz did not directly reply to the other IBAN'd editor, it seemed clear that they were referring to and responding to the other editor in the points that were being made.

You are correct that I was wrong to imply that Icewhiz actively attempted to bait the other editor, and I apologize; rather, the participation in the discussion was the sort of edit that someone who would want to bait the other edit would make while trying to test the boundaries of the IBAN.

I have not imposed a sanction against Icewhiz to enforce this IBAN. This wasn't a block, a topic ban, or even a logged warning. I hope you see that I am doing my best to assume good faith even after the Committee has taken the extraordinary step of adopting a temporary injunction, one that is intended to signal to the parties that caution is wise, which if I remember correctly is the first time that one has been issued since 2016.

Though my message above followed internal discussion, I alone am responsible for its contents. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 02:38, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

@L235: - I have NPOV/n watch listed, and this is a centralized discussion board. I referred to arguements and edits by MyMoloboaccount, My Very Best Wishes and François Robere at the top of the post, and not to anything else. Per WP:IBAN - "Although the interaction-banned users are generally allowed to edit the same pages or discussions so long as they avoid each other, they are not allowed to interact with each other.. It was not my intention to bait anyone - I provided academic sources (+Reuters) to the question raised. You are suggesting that some other standard than the standard provisions of an IBAN applies here - which has me confused as I am trying to strictly adhere to the IBAN. I am generally trying to stay as far as I can - and will try to stay away even farther. I am spending quite a bit of time writing new articles (mostly on LGBT issues and Islamophobia) - and am doing less on existing articles.Icewhiz (talk) 03:53, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Backlog Banzai

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Aba Kovner

The page incorectly links post-war Nekama as a partisan unit. Similar error exists in pages of his colleagues. Xx236 (talk) 13:23, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Kovner led a partisan unit during the war. The same people were the the basis for Nekama. The war time name might be the same.Icewhiz (talk) 13:28, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Removed the link in ww2 as the target only covers post war and is linked in post war. The unit names are similar (nakam vs. nokmim) - and IIRC involved many of the same people.Icewhiz (talk) 13:34, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

On IPN

Please take care not to move from neutral POV to biased. Criticism should be moderated and neutral (as should praise). But just to be clear that I am not an IPN partisan, I'd like to draw your attention to article I wrote on pl wiki a few months back that hasn't been TLed to English yet, but would make an interesting DYK, and doesn't reflect well on IPN: pl:Adam Puławski. I am just not sure it meets en wiki notability criteria. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:40, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

I've replace biased, non-independent sourcing (possibly even non-reliable sourcing as well as unsourced) - with 3rd party independent coverage in academic sources. I will note that - your diff here is decidedly non-neutral - as you are devoting a whole section to an open letter (signed by various not so mainstream figures) - signed in response to extremely widespread criticism of the IPN on this matter in 2006 - which you fail to mention.Icewhiz (talk) 05:49, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

As for pl:Adam Puławski - maybe. I've been aware of this. e.g. see Talk:Institute of National Remembrance/Archive 1#Dr Adam Pulawski - removal from post (April 2018) - which was challenged on the IPN's page. I think it is DUE for inclusion on the IPN's page (as I believe there has been subsequent academic coverage following the NEWSORG coverage - back in April 2018 we were discussing sourcing close to the event). I am unsure he passing notability on enwiki - he probably doesn't pass WP:NPROF, maybe if you stretch WP:NAUTHOR, and I'm unsure of WP:GNG. The event itself (the termination - or more accurately suppression of a publication + rubberboxing) is clearly highly significant in relation to the IPN itself. Icewhiz (talk) 06:02, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Well I was unable to find coverage in English on Puławski after April 2018 - though it does seem he's covered quite a bit in Polish (Gazeta Wyborcza, predictably). You might want to throw this source - [54] - "gnizing and researching the inconvenient truths about its own legacy of antisemitism. The penetrating works of courageous Polish scholars (such as Barbara Engelking, Jacek Leociak, Jan Grabowski, Dariusz Libionka, Adam Puławski and a number of others) have revealed the most agonizing aspects of the history of wartime Polish–Jewish relations. In the wake of the new legislation, however, that progress has been seriously hampered and the findings of these historians, and even their patriotism, has been called into question" - where he is mentioned in one breath with a few other very notable historians - at plwiki. Icewhiz (talk) 06:10, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

I'd suggest that re:lead, we work on the new paragraph on talk, collaboratively. Maybe invite some neutral editor through 30 or RfC, I think that worked well in the Just article case, unless I am confusing my articles. As for the praise para, I think the incident is notable, similar to a bunch of criticism that's already present, through maybe it could be shortened a bit. Lastly, unrelated, I just stubbed Moshe Rosman, and perhaps you could add his Israeli university homepage to external links, I had some trouble finding it. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:43, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Added to Rosman. This is his hewiki page. IPN - no hurry on the lead - I suggest however before we discuss or do anything heavy - how about you craft a counter-proposal (an incremental edit)? Surely we should reflect the current updated role of the IPN (per recent legislation) as well as coverage in recent academic pieces (I did a literature review - I basically went over all recent in-depth pieces in google-scholar - I'm afraid I haven't found an academic publishing an in-depth piece on the IPN that was positive post 2015). I would also note that I get the feeling that the IPN's history (and reception) is segmented - e.g. 2000-2005 has a mixed positivish reception, 2005-2010 - very negative, 2011-2015 - mixed again, post 2015 - again very negative - I have this in bits and pieces from various sources (though Mink is good for this up to 2014 or so) - and it might be worth while reflecting - the institution is very much affected by the director chosen and the party controlling the Sejm (or to be precise - when PiS controls the Sejm and they implement their "history policy" platform - this has a marked effect on the institution). Icewhiz (talk) 07:03, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

If you went to all that trouble, I am impressed - any chance you could organize this lit review in a wiki page? I think you may be right w/ regards to coverage / reception, but we have to be careful with OR. It's one thing to say a review was positive, it's another to try to use our lit review to say things about trends, I think. Still, this is a fascinating topic that is likely worthy of an academic paper in itself. I will try to draft something on the talk page, for now feel free to put your version, the one I removed, there, so we have a starting point. Incidentally, remember Jewish Paradise? I am finishing a real academic paper on this topic, in case you'd be interested in an early review. I did use in it a lot of the sources you found, even some stuff that is no longer present in the article. In either case, any thoughts on how the term "Jewish Paradise" is used in Hebrew/Yiddish? As in, is it used as an example of antisemitic adage, or just as a reference to the historical Golden Age? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:30, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

I don't think "Jewish Paradise" is used - the reference AFAICT is to the Latin-Polish. Some modern Jewish (and non-Jewish) writers on Jewish history have used it (in Latin) when writing from a positive angle on Jewish Polish history. In Hebrew it sounds odd (as paradise is implicitly Jewish...). A brief search in Hebrew led me to POLIN museum coverage and Nazi use of it (probably in German).

IPN - well - I threw the sources at the article as I read them. As for trends - yes it would be OR or SYNTH without a source spelling it out (though Mink sort of does (up to 2014), and others might (me missing it as I skimmed over papers) - it is a trivial observation) - I left it out absent an ironclad source.

IPN lead - I suggest you give the lead a go yourself. It could be trimmed a bit. You edit, I counter edit, you counter edit - and we might have an updated lead.Icewhiz (talk) 06:44, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Israeli Settlement

@Icewhiz: I have filed dispute resolution at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Talk:Israeli_settlement#Irish_bill Selfstudier (talk) 18:29, 30 August 2019

DYK for Islamophobia in Poland

On 31 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Islamophobia in Poland, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the historic wooden Kruszyniany Mosque (pictured) was targeted in 2014 during a wave of attacks on mosques in Poland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Islamophobia in Poland. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Islamophobia in Poland), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

valereee (talk) 00:02, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

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Bielski partisans edits and the interaction restriction

Considering that this article has been edited heavily by you and VM last year, I think it might be prudent if you self-reverted. I think some of your edits are removing content that VM added, or otherwise the two of you revert-warred last year. I think that some AE admin or ArbCom should issue a clarification on whether any of you are allowed to edit such articles, and if so, how to deal with this issue, as it clearly has scope for abuse, even if unintentional, with things like 'first mover' - does it mean that you and VM can now effectively split articles you disagreed in the past between you, based on who edits them first post interaction ban? I'd again encourage you and VM to ask for clarification and/or adopt a policy of not editing such articles until it is given. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:23, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Seems like I was a bit late with my warning, sorry. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:49, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

No, Piotr, you weren't late, brad was early. Apparently giving ice more than 8 minutes to self-revert was more courtesy than brad saw fit to extend, and apparently brad doesn't think it's batshit crazy to block someone for three days for "undoing" an edit that is over a year old. As you've correctly identified, Piotr, there is now a "first mover" advantage, where–apparently–neither editor can change anything that the other editor has ever written anywhere. I guess it's not as bad as deleting the main page. – Levivich 03:54, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

The edits were from several hours ago, and I took my time investigating them. I was already drafting my block notice when Piotrus commented here. – bradv🍁 03:58, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Next time, brad, do what Piotr did, and post a request on the talk page for a self-revert. You know Icewhiz would have reverted if you asked/told him to. You just nixed a 7-year-editor's clean block log over an edit from a year ago. There is no ongoing disruption that required a block. Remember what VM posted at the arbitration case page and only got warned, but not blocked, for? I mean, Jesus H. man, where's your sense of de-escalation, balance, fairness, etc. Really, really heavy handed and unreasonable, in my opinion. – Levivich 04:02, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

@Bradv: Assuming for the sake of argument that it even was an IBAN violation, faced with such, you had several options: 1. ask to self-revert, 2. revert and issue a warning, 3. do nothing and see if he self-reverts in response to Piotr's request above, 4. block for 24 hours, but you chose 5. block for 72 hours. That's a "send a message" block, which is unnecessary and thus uncalled-for, for a first offense. Pardon the ping but please consider this my "formal" request that you unblock and issue a warning/clarification of the IBAN instead. – Levivich 04:22, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Levivich, I hope there won't be a next time. The "ongoing disruption" is what warranted the IBAN, which the block is meant to enforce. Icewhiz can appeal this block via the proper channels, which I have mentioned below. – bradv🍁 04:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Ok. I hope there won't be a next time, too. – Levivich 04:58, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

@Levivich: - can you shoot an e-mail my way? I want to run something by you. I have e-mail enabled on my account - so it's just an "Email this user" from the the sidebar at the left of talk. Icewhiz (talk) 06:32, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

IBAN violation (2)

Your recent edits to Bielski partisans constitute a violation of your interaction ban with Volunteer Marek. Specifically, you are not permitted to undo each other's edits to any page, whether by use of the revert function or by other means, and this series of edits removes material added by VM during your dispute from June–July 2018. (1 2) As this is a first offense, I have blocked you for 72 hours as an arbitration enforcement action. This block can be appealed by email to the Arbitration Committee. – bradv🍁 03:31, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

@Bradv: - I removed information that had been tagged for over two months, from a dubious source. If I was "interacting with anyone" - it was with Piotrus - [55] - from 9 July 2018. I am not IBANed with Piotrus! Icewhiz (talk) 04:00, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

The content in that diff was ~~originally~~ previously added by VM in the first diff I posted above. This is just one example, but the entire series of edits is a rehash from your dispute last year. The point of the temporary IBAN was to calm the dispute between the two of you, not give one of you license to rehash an old debate without the other party able to respond. If you think I have made a mistake or acted unfairly, you are welcome to appeal by email to the arbitration committee. – bradv🍁 04:33, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

@Bradv: - You are incorrect. It was actually first added (after looking at the edit history) - [56], [57], [58][59][60][61] - by MyMoloboaccount on 19 June 2018. When I edited - I was looking at the current state of the article, I didn't repeat edits from last year (in fact - I left MyMoloboaccount's source in as citation for 3 different points - version - citations 8, 11, 32). I would've self reverted if requested. Icewhiz (talk) 05:09, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

I've corrected my statement above. – bradv🍁 05:15, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

@SoWhy: - Please note this discussion (I should've been perhaps clearer). The discussed edit is not an addition (I took me a bit to dig through all the diffs) - it was added by someone else - MyMoloboaccount on 19 June 2018. The alleged offending interaction is a rollback/blanket revert (saving an old version) back to MyMoloboaccount's version (+copy edits by several parties). Icewhiz (talk) 09:35, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
@Hut 8.5: - if my edit (which I made following seeing tags being on the passages) following 14 month old lull was a revert, it was a partial revert of Piotrus, whom I not IBANed from - [62] - the last of several intervening edits (and what shows up in the edit history in default view). And again - I would have self reverted if requested, I was not aware that interacting with Piotrus (who reverted someone else) would be seen as an IBAN. The material was first added by MyMoloboaccount back in 19 June 2018.Icewhiz (talk) 19:03, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Holocaust distortion on Wikipedia, 15 year hoax

Draft

Copied to User:Icewhiz/KL Warschau conspiracy theory.Icewhiz (talk) 06:22, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Comments

While I am uncertain I shall continue editing on this Holocaust distortion website, I am publishing this somewhere.Icewhiz (talk) 11:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

I commend you (and other involved editors) on improving this article (which never before popped up on my radar). It looks much better now, through looking at the diffs above I don't think her fringe theory was given much weight on English Wikipedia; the old version you cite doesn't even seem to mention any number of victims, either mainstream or fringe. Either way, it's good to warn against her fringe theory in the article. Keep up the good job, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:32, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

We were mentioned gassing in all (or at least all I checked) versions prior to August 2019. Several versions had 200,000 in the text or even - 400,000 in the infobox as well as numbers that add up to several hundred thousands. The initial version stated: " According to various estimates between 1942 and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims daily. Many of the caught were first transferred to the KL Warschau complex. Among those grouped in Warsaw the majority was either shot to death or gassed in a provisional gas chambers located in a railway tunnel near the Warszawa Zachodnia train station.". So - many/majority of the 22 month * 30 days * 400 victims = 264,000 were exterminated (shooting and gas). Even worse were higher tier articles - German camps in occupied Poland during World War II - diff - "Many non-Jewish Poles and other prisoners were also murdered in these camps; an estimated 75,000 non-Jewish Poles died at Auschwitz-Birkenau and up to 200,000 at KL Warschau." - present in main space for 13 years, 3 month. Icewhiz (talk) 13:39, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Oh - and Piotrus - if you are unable to see the problem in German camps in occupied Poland during World War II - where you've been reverting quite a bit lately - highlighting Polish victims, presenting a victim count - diff - that presents the nature of the victims in a manner different from most mainstream sources - most sources do not breakdown victims by "Polish citizenship" vs. "other citizenship". In fact, I think the only sources that do (or did) so are sources under the control of the Polish state (both communists in the past, and some post-communist sources mainly during right-wing governments). See - Kucia, Marek. "Auschwitz as a symbol of martyrdom of the polish nation, 1947 and 2017." Holocaust Studies (2019): 1-12. -

Yet in Poland, a country where ethno-nationalism has always been strong and that became almost mono-ethnically Polish after the war, the phrase ‘the Polish Nation and other Nations’ like the word ‘nation’ was understood largely in the ethnic sense. A consequence was that the Jews – the largest category of Auschwitz deportees, prisoners, and victims – were listed last in official Polish publications as the Polish word for them (Żydzi) begins with the last letter of the alphabet. More importantly, regardless of whether the word ‘nation’ was understood in the civic or ethnic sense, the phrase ‘martryrdom of the Polish Nation and other Nations’ placed the suffering and death of the Poles first, above the victimhood of others. This was a legal rendering of what Jonathan Huener called ‘a Polish-national martyrological idiom’ that was characteristic of Poland’s postwar commemorative vocabulary in general and in reference to Auschwitz in particular.". .... ", at present Auschwitz as a symbol of martyrdom of the Polish nation essentially means that the Poles (in either meaning) were the first to suffer and die at the camp, and their suffering and death marked the beginning of Auschwitz and other Nazi camps and victimhood of all other groups."

This type of presentation has been the topic of study in Holocaust historiography, but is not generally accepted by the vast majority of sources. Our Wikipedia article was stating - diff - "Many non-Jewish Poles and other prisoners were also murdered in these camps; an estimated 75,000 non-Jewish Poles died at Auschwitz-Birkenau and up to 200,000 at KL Warschau" - if you can't see the problem - then - well - Houston, we have a problem. Icewhiz (talk) 06:39, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

I would also point that in diff - beyond Western Ukraine and Western Belarus issues and use of a probably non-reliable source (definitely not needed per WP:NOENG - there are copious English sources here) - is a rather strongly false statement (in the lead no less) on the impossibility of "Impartial scientific research". Most research in camp prisoner statistics was conducted and finalized well-prior to 1989 (in Germany, France, the United States, Israel, among other countries) - and is generally regarded as "Impartial scientific research". The statement may be true in regards to research within the iron curtain (and the source itself might be referring explicitly - or in a parochial fashion implicitly - to within Poland - did not check), but not outside of it. While post-Communist Belorussian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian research is of some definite scientific value (and perhaps even undercited in the field) - the more highly cited mainstream research is conducted outside of these countries - and numeric estimates were available long prior (in relation to the camps - based on German records (camps themselves, rail system, ghetto oversight, SS, German occupation governments, etc.) - transports and camp operations were backed up by meticulous record keeping (unlike the Holocaust by Bullets) - allowing for very accurate estimates (down to a town/ghetto level) of where prisoners were transported from and what happened to them ... Non-German records (which is what opened up post-Communism) is mainly of value for pre/post-war). Icewhiz (talk) 06:57, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Ełk riots

On 2 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ełk riots, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the anti-Muslim Ełk riots in Poland led to the launch of the ironic The Kebab War website, which listed attacks on kebab eateries? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ełk riots. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ełk riots), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

valereee (talk) 00:02, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Arbitration enforcement action appeal by Icewhiz

copied by ‎Starship.paint, thank you

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

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Appealing user: Icewhiz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Icewhiz (talk) 06:35, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Sanction being appealed: block - diff for IBAN violation (Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism in Poland/Proposed decision# Interaction ban)

Administrator imposing the sanction: Bradv (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

Notification of that administrator: The appealing editor is asked to notify the administrator who made the enforcement action of this appeal, and then to replace this text with a diff of that notification. The appeal may not be processed otherwise. If a block is appealed, the editor moving the appeal to this board should make the notification.

Statement by Icewhiz

The block was logged as an AE action. This appeal is in accordance with Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures#Standard provision: appeals and modifications.

timeline/facts:

03:23, 1 September 2019 - Piotrus, involved in EEML and present case, posts on my user page saying "I think it might be prudent if you self-reverted"
03:31, 1 September 2019 - 8 minutes later Bradv blocked for IBAN infraction - claiming this 06:20, 31 August 2019 edit was an IBAN violation in relation to this edit - 16:18, 27 June 2018 - a blanket revert/rollback from over a year ago.
The offending edit is currently 55 revisions back in the editing history, and is not visible in default history view.
The most recent addition of this material is by 14:28, 9 July 2018 Piotrus.
The material was also tagged by Francois Robere - 11:50, 19 June 2019. It is sourced to the "official mouthpiece" (per Grabowski, Jan. "Rewriting the History of Polish-Jewish Relations from a Nationalist Perspective: The Recent Publications of the Institute of National Remembrance." Yad Vashem Studies 36 (2008)) of an institution that promotes " historical revisionism" [63] and generally described in scientific literature as a "Ministry of Memory" or an institution involved in "memory games".[64]

I am appealing this sanction on the following grounds:

I would've self-reverted (and stated so) if given the chance (more than 8 minutes), as I believe in better safe than sorry and self-revert in any situation with the slightest ambiguity.
The arbitration enforcement action, beyond being selective and unfair, is not in accordance with the WP:IBAN policy and its usual interpretation per community norms and past enforcement. Users subject to an IBAN are generally supposed to avoid undoing (or editing) each other edits and/or comment on one another. They are also expected not to follow one another - usually the community has placed this at 30 days. A block for an alleged interaction - some 50 revisions (beyond default article history) and over a year ago - with many intervening edits on the same content flies in the face of standard IBAN provisions.
Bradv's enforcement action is tantamount to a site ban (with an exception for creating new articles). which is not the proscribed remedy. Without a reasonable limit of past revisions to inspect (e.g. verifying not interaction/undo of IBAN party, not in past 30 days) - checking an arbitrary (and totally undetermined - so entire article history) - on every single article - is a Sisyphean task for any article with an extensive history.

Statement by Bradv

Statement by (involved editor 1)

Statement by (involved editor 2)

Discussion among uninvolved editors about the appeal by Icewhiz

Result of the appeal by Icewhiz

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Please copy my AE appeal

@Levivich:, @Sir Joseph:, @Shrike:, @Debresser:, @K.e.coffman:, @François Robere:, or any talk page watcher I didn't ping - please copy the "Arbitration enforcement action appeal by Icewhiz" section above to Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement. Icewhiz (talk) 06:38, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

I helped you do it. starship .paint (talk) 08:05, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! Icewhiz (talk) 08:08, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Happy to help. starship .paint (talk) 08:10, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
@Starship.paint: - can you please also notify bradv (just post a link to AE in his page) + update the AE request with the notification diff ? Icewhiz (talk) 08:11, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Done. starship .paint (talk) 08:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Icwhiz haqs fought a war against Poland. Do you really support him?Xx236 (talk) 09:58, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Beyond calmly drinking coffee at the moment (not a tea person) and generally not involved in warfare with Poland (or elsewhere) - I will answer for Starship.paint - copying an AE appeal is a matter of editorial courtesy. It has nothing to do with supporting or opposing an editor. In other topic areas - e.g. WP:ARBPIA - there have been several instances in which so-called "opponents" copied appeals (heck - I think I might recall an instance in which the editor who filed the report/comment that led to the block - filed an appeal at the request of the blocked editor). Icewhiz (talk) 10:01, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

@Xx236: (1) I believe in the right to appeal, especially after WP:FRAM, so I would do the same for literally any editor who doesn't post an obviously disruptive request, (2) Being blocked sucks, (3) Check my history and you'll find zero instances of me supporting Icewhiz. starship .paint (talk) 11:15, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Jew with a coin

On 3 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jew with a coin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in some Polish homes, an image of a Jew holding a coin (example pictured, left) hangs to the left of the doorway, and is customarily turned upside down on the Sabbath so that good fortune may fall upon the household? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jew with a coin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jew with a coin), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

@Casliber: - in response to diff (I am responding just in case there are any concerns while this is on the main page, though there should be none) - neither the page nor the hook suggest that all those who buy this carry out this custom. The hook says some (and could say actually say "many" as it was in some versions - we are speaking of hundreds of thousands (or millions? need to do the math) of homes). The page has quantitative data on the extent of the motif, which is owned by 18% of surveyed Poles. Practice, use, superstitions, etc. do indeed vary in adoption - however a significant fraction are aware of the custom of turning it over on Sabbath (some 13% of surveyed Poles - note this also includes some 35% of survey respondents who were not aware of the motif at all). Some 24% of those surveyed knew of the custom of putting a grosz coin behind the frame. Many of the painting style objects are sold with provisions to hang them both ways - "An important detail: the picture must be equipped with two hooks. Indeed, one must be able to hang it both ways" - source. The hook chose one particular, and I hope "hooky", custom to showcase as the hook. This particular custom is significantly covered in the academic literature covering this object. Icewhiz (talk) 08:04, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Arbitration proposed decision listed

The proposed decision in the Antisemitism in Poland arbitration case has been released, and it contains one or more findings of fact or remedies which relate to you. Please review this proposed decision and draw the arbitrators' attention to any relevant material or statements. Comments may be brought to the attention of the committee on the proposed decision talk page. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:28, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Following a request for clarification, and after consultation with the Committee, we would like to clarify that notwithstanding the IBAN in the preliminary injunction, as long as you stick with the sectioned format and do not ping or respond directly to the other party to the IBAN, you may post responses to the PD directly on the PD talk page. If you have any questions as to whether a particular edit would violate the IBAN, you may submit it to the clerks for review at clerks-l

lists.wikimedia.org before posting it. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 05:57, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

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IBAN violation

It seems you have potentially violated your IBAN again [65] --MyMoloboaccount (talk) 17:07, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Closed no action.Icewhiz (talk) 19:19, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

DYK for LGBT-free zone

On 11 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article LGBT-free zone, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that as of August 2019, around thirty LGBT-free zones have been declared in Poland, including four south-eastern voivodeships (depicted on map)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/LGBT-free zone. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, LGBT-free zone), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

valereee (talk) 00:01, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Well, THAT's been getting some attention. I'll be interested to see how many views there are. --valereee (talk) 19:37, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

21,633 views - not too shabby :-). My 2nd best after Holden's Lightning flight (which did not have a picture) - but the LGBT article is serious social subject matter vs. an amusing anecdote / RAF historical footnote. Thanks for your help - these subjects in Poland can be tricky editing, particularly when they intersect with the Church. It made some twitter noise too (there is also a recent story that Gazeta Polska US got kicked out of Carnegie hall (IIRC) for the stickers) - and the map has been used a bit too (also prior to the DYK).Icewhiz (talk) 03:53, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Thank you for creating the interesting article LGBT-free zone! Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 10:41, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019

Hello Icewhiz,

Backlog

Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.

Coordinator

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This month's refresher course

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Per our conversation

Hi, I’m sorry to bother you over here but Is as wondering if I remove the revert, could I repost the article as it is now after 24 hours or so (because I tripled the size of it and I hope the hours of work weren’t for nothing /( ). I appreciate your help with this. Yallayallaletsgo (talk) 16:09, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

You should self-revert and discuss. Do not reinstate material for 48 hours at least. I have the impression that sourcing quality varies in the material you inserted - I would focus on discussing material backed up by high quality sources first.Icewhiz (talk) 16:28, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Someone else reverted it before I could, should I self revert anyway? Yallayallaletsgo (talk) 16:36, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

If someone else reverted, a self revert is no longer possible.Icewhiz (talk) 16:43, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

If I put it back to the version I made, and then revert it would it be ok? Otherwise how long will I likely be banned, if you have an idea? Yallayallaletsgo (talk) 17:16, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

I woukdn't touch the article at this point - if you edit you would be reverting Nableezy's additional removal of material. Do not edit the article for 48-72 hours and discuss. If reported - we need to check of you were technically aware + you should say you intended (after it being explained to you - e.g. here) to self revert - but were reverted. You want to avoid any bans - they accumulate like a "rap sheet".Icewhiz (talk) 17:21, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Ok, will do! Thank you so much for helping me out with this, I truly appreciate it. Yallayallaletsgo (talk) 17:50, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Icewhiz, maybe in addition to the tactics of editing you might consider discussing with this user the content of their edits. Like asking what typo was corrected here. Or here or also in that edit how changing what a sourced sentence says would be problematic, all while claiming to correct a typo. That would be helpful to all involved I think. nableezy - 18:55, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

I urged the editor to self revert following a post on their TP (which I was watching due to a totally unrelated issue) - I have not yet examined the disputed content at any length (other than seeing that source quality in the 5K of material was variable). Icewhiz (talk) 19:02, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Sure, fine, it's just that this editor appears to want to listen to you, so maybe tell them something that matters. Like dont be so dishonest as to label this a typo correction. nableezy - 20:52, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

WP:DONTBITE - it seems they are fairly new - and they have much to learn. And yes - that should not have been a "typo" and they are overusing (to put it mildly) the minor flag. However - we also shouldn't clobber them with too many comments - I think what is most important here (as a first stage) - is engaging on the talk page, and compromising (and per WP:AGF - I am assuming some of the content is good - but I have yet to inspect) - I would like to see them presenting a case to include the more strongly sourced portions of their edits (assuming some of it merits inclusion).Icewhiz (talk) 21:02, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

9 years is not new, and beyond that I am not asking you to bite. Is that edit summary honest? Should edit summaries be honest? Give that advice, then maybe work on should you lie about what a source says by changing the sentence it is cited for like here. That would be useful. nableezy - 21:14, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

8 years and 1,358 edits (of which some 900 are from 2012-3 followed by a long break) is fairly new in "edit age" - particularly when their top edited articles include Yael Shelbia (model), Range Rover Evoque, and Nesquik - topics in which (I think) there is little conflict nor DS. You raise valid points - however I would avoid overloading them with criticism at this point. I may try later in a few days.Icewhiz (talk) 21:29, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello icewhiz

I am ip user 2.62.205.253.Please look at my contributions.I believe you are a neutral editor.That page is pure bogus.All citations are fake original research and has nothing to do with content.0 google hits & fake citations.I added a deletion template i found on wikipedia.Users are so rude.They call me disruptive while all my edits were valid.You are a neutral editor and i am sure you will agree with me.Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.40.62.232 (talk) 18:22, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Soviet Partisans

There's a disturbing bit of rewriting of history going on at Soviet Partisans, with the Polish nationalist editors audaciously seeking to impose a policy of censorship by which mainstream Russian sources are not allowed to be used for content.AlexanderIvanenko (talk) 18:38, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

I personally would advocate sticking to English language academic sources that don't take sides (discounting partisan sources in English as well) - there is no shortage of academic sources in English on this topic.Icewhiz (talk) 19:36, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Icewhiz, the same people who want to establish a "No Russian sources allowed" rule on that article have at the same time used Polish-language and Finnish-language pseudo-historical sources to advance their whole "Soviet Partisans were bad guys" agenda.

"Soviet Occupied Poland "The study by the historian Bogdan Musial states that Soviet partisans, instead of engaging German military and police targets, targeted the poorly armed and trained Belarusian and Polish self-defense forces.[63] Additionally, the Soviet partisans were instructed to collaborate with the Nazis by providing the German forces intelligence on Polish non-communist resistance formation."

Section on Finland is based on unintelligible, unverifiable sources Eino Viheriävaara, (1982). Partisaanien jäljet 1941-1944, Oulun Kirjateollisuus; Veikko Erkkilä, (1999). Vaiettu sota in a language spoken by no one outside of a country containing 5 million people.AlexanderIvanenko (talk) 20:26, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Musial, while an academic, is very much on the edges of the debate here in his thesis on Soviet partisans (and on Soviets vs. Nazis) - I suggest you read his dewiki page (much of his writing is in German - from his long period living there, and most discussions on him are in German) - which covers controversy and reception at quite some length (around 77% of dewiki's body is on controversies around him or negative reception). Icewhiz (talk) 08:17, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

ANI

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. --Jack90s15 (talk) 17:59, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark

G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism in Poland closed

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

Icewhiz and Volunteer Marek are indefinitely prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, each other anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions).
Icewhiz is topic-banned from the history of Poland during World War II, including the Holocaust in Poland. This topic ban may be appealed after one year has elapsed.
Volunteer Marek is topic-banned from the history of Poland during World War II, including the Holocaust in Poland. This topic ban may be appealed after one year has elapsed.
The sourcing expectations applied to the article Collaboration in German-occupied Poland are expanded and adapted to cover all articles on the topic of Polish history during World War II (1933-45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Only high quality sources may be used, specifically peer-reviewed scholarly journals, academically focused books by reputable publishers, and/or articles published by reputable institutions. English-language sources are preferred over non-English ones when available and of equal quality and relevance. Editors repeatedly failing to meet this standard may be topic-banned as an arbitration enforcement action.
The committee acknowledges the lengthy delay in preparing the proposed decision for this case. We apologize to the case participants and to other editors interested in the topic area, and thank them for their patience.

For the Arbitration Committee, CThomas³ (talk) 19:29, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism in Poland closed

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[2] The Populist Radical Right in Poland: The Patriots, Rafal Pankowski, page 96

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[Cowen-5] Doctrines Of Development, M. P. Cowen, Routledge, page 259, quote:"Rampant anti-Semitism should be recognized, not least because it is John A. Hobson, one of the most rabid anti-Semites of the period, who is the inspiration, alongside Schumpeter and Veblen, for...

[Marks-6] The Information Nexus: Global Capitalism from the Renaissance to the Present, Cambridge University Press, Steven G. Marks, page 10, quote: "And in England, the Social Democratic Federation newspaper Justice state that "the Jew financier" was the "personification of international capitalism" - an opinion repeated in the anti-Semitic diatribes of John A. Hobson, the socialist writer who wrote one of the earliest English books with "capitalism" in the title and helped to familiarize Britons with the concept"

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