Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Israel

Main        Talk Page        Participants        Awards        Article Assessment        Templates        To do        New Articles       This Talk page is dedicated to matters related to WikiProject Israel. SS Empire Comfort Please see WT:MILHIST#Empire Comfort where I have raised an issue that members of this WP interested in the history of Israel, particularly its formation and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War may be able to assist with. Mjroots (talk) 06:06, 13 May 2010 (UTC) Yedioth Aharonot Not sure if this is the right place, but I wanted to bring to your attention that over at [1] people are questioning the use of yedioth as a reliable source on wikipedia. Momma's Little Helper (talk) 02:41, 18 May 2010 (UTC) It is the right place, thanks. --Shuki (talk) 20:09, 19 May 2010 (UTC) Harel Skaat This article needs emergency attention: Harel Skaat is competing in the Eurovision this evening. I noticed that many of the references lead to dead links, and the formatting is terrible. Can someone help?--Geewhiz (talk) 06:49, 27 May 2010 (UTC) Archived subject brought back because nothing has been done Upgrading Music of Israel and other B-class articles I believe there is room to reconsider this article for GA status. It is far from perfect, but then again, no articles on Wikipedia are ever perfect. Many references have been added since the article was reviewed in 2007, and it offers quite an extensive view of the subject. On a general note, I think that editors here are being too picky when it comes to upgrading articles. It seems telling that there are only 6 articles that have reached featured status, and very few in the medium/high categories. Looking at other articles on Wikipedia that have passed GA, I think many Israel-related articles are equally worthy - if not much more so. High standards should be applauded, but there is no need to overdo it, to the detriment of the project.--Gilabrand (talk) 08:56, 30 December 2009 (UTC) This article is indeed approaching GA quality in terms of content. The only thing I think is lacking is more information on trance/electronic/house, from where some of the biggest international names from Israel have come, yet it's the shortest section. Otherwise the article is good, although for an actual GA nomination I believe it needs serious structure and formatting work. —Ynhockey (Talk) 11:25, 30 December 2009 (UTC) Frankly, it is one of the Israeli articles I have a big problem with especially with regard to the lack of uniformity of style and writing. A lot of seemingly OR too. Besides the small trance section, the 'Hassidic and Orthodox Jewish music' is also entirely undeveloped. --Shuki (talk) 12:21, 30 December 2009 (UTC) Just to clarify, I completely agree that the article needs serious cleanup as far as style, structure and consistency go. However, I believe it's in good shape (by comparison) content-wise, covering almost all major points. —Ynhockey (Talk) 01:20, 31 December 2009 (UTC) The article that is in really bad shape is not this, but Jewish music. We should make that article a priority. It is an embarrassment. --Ravpapa (talk) 10:26, 31 December 2009 (UTC) I have brought the above discussion back from the archive, as WP Israel editors continue to sit on the fence. There are several articles in the B category that could easily be upgraded to GA status. It is a crying shame that only Pallywood-type articles like Muhammad Al-Durrah are promoted and everything else just sits because of a certain overcritical stance in this project that does not exist on the rest of Wikipedia. People, get off your haunches and do something.--Gilabrand (talk) 07:50, 14 February 2010 (UTC) Attention, compulsive archivists: Please do not archive material that is still relevant.--Geewhiz (talk) 06:34, 3 June 2010 (UTC) Considering archiving is done by bot, I'm not sure who that message is aimed at. Anyway, I've reduced auto-archiving rate to 60 days of inactivity; I don't believe discussion rate here justifies quicker archiving than this. Rami R 12:17, 3 June 2010 (UTC) Gilabrand, I share your frustration at the fact that many important Israel-related articles are not good enough, but editors can't force themselves to be interested in a certain subject. One of the main reasons I came to Wikipedia was to have fun, and doing serious research on a subject I am not interested in is rather difficult in light of that. If you need help with formatting and style however, please feel free to point out the major issues and I will have a look ASAP. If we're on the subject of such articles, other ones that IMO really need work is Internet in Israel and Transport in Israel. —Ynhockey (Talk) 19:24, 9 June 2010 (UTC) Priority scale where exactly is the afore-mentioned scale? --Sreifa (talk) 16:32, 8 June 2010 (UTC) Do you mean this? —Ynhockey (Talk) 19:29, 9 June 2010 (UTC) rfc on israeli settlement terminology Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Israeli settlements nableezy - 23:05, 16 June 2010 (UTC) I have added a proposal. --Shuki (talk) 00:46, 20 June 2010 (UTC) IDF Spokesperson's Unit In the overview section of the article it says "By charter, the unit is forbidden from engaging in Psychological Warfare and from the dissemination of falsified information". To what does "charter" refer? I'd really appreciate if the author of the article or anybody else could give me a source for this because it could prove important for my work. Thanks in advance. 188.195.127.134 (talk) 15:25, 17 June 2010 (UTC) Hasbara I am not an expert on Wikipedia, but this article is ridiculous. The entire article is designated to the condemnation of Israeli public relations? Why? Similar articles such as White House Press Secretary talk about the responsibility of the individual. Hasbara basically is the equivalent to a press release in the US, yet it's filled with so much hate. Nothing can be done? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CChips (talk • contribs) 15:47, 27 June 2010 (UTC) Leviathan gas field - Cyprus and Lebanon ownership disputes? A Gas company does a seismic survey (I think it was Noble Energy) of a gas field off the coast of Haifa. They say there is a lot of gas for the next few decades of energy and some left over for exporting. Lebanon says it's all theirs or the field extends into its own sea territory. www.smh.com.au/world/israel-warns-lebanon-over-the-rights-to-new-gasfields-20100625-z9me.html Lebanon going to pass a bill to start offshore drilling: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=116456#axzz0s79VLaI5 Can we get some maps and maybe some analysis over what the exact borders of the Leviathan gas field are? Here is the map on the Ministry of National Infrastructures website: http://www.mni.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/D416D03A-BCA1-49D0-8FF3-8A8A3FC71EC1/0/PetroleumRights25_03_10Geogr.jpg There was an article on the financial website globes.co.il that had a bunch of international law people describing why it was actually in Israel's territory but it's in the archive now and you can only read it if you are a subscriber. It was entitled "Experts dispute Lebanese claim to gas finds". Faaaaaaamn (talk) 03:43, 28 June 2010 (UTC) Yarkon River The Yarkon River, which was or has supposedly been polluted, needs a little attention. I've already posted the details on the discussion page. As I'm not sure if anyone (informed) is watching the brief Yarkon River article, excuse me to be double-posting here... especially because the request may require some research, and I assume that people at this project will be more motivated to put such effort in their work than just a couple random Wikipedians. Okay, enough of that, thanks for your help, Ibn Battuta (talk) 02:26, 8 July 2010 (UTC) Hezi Levi I've just tagged this BLP for deletion since the only ref is a dead link (site seems to be inactive) and there's a very shaky claim to notability. If anybody cares to find a good ref/claim to notability they should add them to the article. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 15:37, 8 July 2010 (UTC) Harel Skaat I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I've been working on the Harel Skaat article, and I am requesting a reassessment of the article. Thanks. Hjquazimoto (talk) 02:23, 13 July 2010 (UTC) Nature reserves in Israel template Are Mount Hermon and Gamla actually nature reserves in Israel? Please share your knowledge on this matter here. I would also appreciate any assistance in expanding and improving this important template. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 10:22, 13 July 2010 (UTC) Why I Am Not Here Anymore Hi All. As I founded this project, I still check in from time to time to see how things are going. I still edit articles occasionally, but I kind of dropped off of the Wiki radar without much explanation, so I thought I would stop in and say hello. This note was spurred by an article I found about Jewish and Israel Wikipedia topics (http://frontpagemag.com/2010/07/13/wikipedias-jewish-problem/) Please take the time to read the article, as it explains exactly why I am not here actively editing anymore. Simply put, I was tired of the anti-Semitism. I sincerely applaud your efforts and fortitude keeping WP Israel going and editing for emet (truth). Keep up the hard work. In case you were wondering, I did not give up internet Israel activities, I started a blog (http://www.israelsituation.com) where I do my online Israel work. Occassionally, I send people here to help with the efforts. Mazel tov on all of your sucesses, and b'hatslacha on your future battles. Keep Wikipedia neutral. --יהושועEric (talk) 15:48, 14 July 2010 (UTC)