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Hi, Zero0000. In response to your last comment on the Talk:Hebraization of Palestinian place names, and where you made this edit, do you think the following edit (revised) applies to the Hebraization of place names?

The retentention of the Old Hebrew name for Cesarea Philippi, according to Schürer, effectually began in the 4th century, when the name Paneas was once again used.^[1] The names Lod, Beisan, and Sepphoris were preferred by Semitic groups over their Greco-Roman names, viz., Diospolis, Scythopolis and Diocæsarea, respectively.^[2] By the time of the Middle Ages, Hadrian's intention to banish the Jews from Jerusalem and to apply his own name Ælius to the city, and which was done, according to Philostorgius, "that they might not find in the name of the city a pretext for claiming it as their country," had no longer been realised.^[3] (END QUOTE)

As for Philostorgius, can we not attribute a quote to his name, and where there is a connection to our topic matter? Just asking. While the name "Paneas" may actually be a Greek name, it was used by the Hebrews before its name was changed to Cesarea-Philippi.

Davidbena (talk) 12:57, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

It has all the same faults as the original version. So, no, it is not acceptable. Zero^talk 01:41, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

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To editor Onceinawhile: To editor Huldra: I now have scripts which will make things like this automatically given the bounds in either lat/long form or Palestine grid form. To reduce the distraction caused by the animation, it only cycles 5 times (refresh the page to start it again). This map is larger than desirable (15MB). For only two maps, a smooth transition done in css is nicer and smaller but I didn't yet figure out how to wikify it. Zero^talk 14:26, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Zero0000, I like it. Some questions:

• Would the same script allow for the creation of three separate images all with the same coordinates? That way we could have gifs on some pages and switcher buttons on others – I don’t think we need every page the same.
• Could the gifs easily have labels added to them so readers know what they are looking at?
• Could we easily add Jacotin into the same
• Is this easy for the rest of us to do? If we are going to get this put onto all 400+ depopulated villages and their current Israeli locations, we are going to have to share the burden across a number of regular editors

Onceinawhile (talk) 18:59, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

@Onceinawhile: To your questions in order: (1) Yes, that's what it does before combining them. (2) Yes, the script could either apply text on the map itself or below it. Of course a human would have to supply the text. (3) Not easily. I rely on wikimedia and POM having tile servers with the same tile system. I'm not aware of a tile server for Jacotin so a lot of manual work would be needed. (4) All the software components are free. If you have linux, you probably have them already. If you have Mac, I can walk you through the installation. Let's not mention that other possibility. Zero^talk 02:34, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Zero. On (3), the POM guys seemed to suggest they intend to add Jacotin in due course, so presumably they will have to create a tile system for it. But there is no certainty that it will work well, given the number of errors in that map, so I don't think we should wait. On (4) ok great, that would be excellent. A couple of other points:

(5) I am still quite taken by the "overlays", for which I acknowledge your counterpoints. It is possible to add the creation of these to the same script?

(6) I have created a sortable table of all the destroyed villages at Talk:List_of_towns_and_villages_depopulated_during_the_1948_Palestinian_exodus#New_table_for_comment_-_DRAFT. Should allow for checking whether there are missing articles, and allows for contextualization of the most significant localities.

Onceinawhile (talk) 13:41, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

(3) The problem is that Jacotin's scale is irregular and the positions of the villages are only rough (and sometimes way off). It can't be overlaid on a modern map without anomalies. Also it is 1:100K so the size of the rectangle that shows a useful amount of detail is much larger than for the 1:20K maps. (4) Tell me by email what computer and OS you have and I'll send instructions and a test script. (5) Yes, the overlay is a png with transparent background and combining it with another image is elementary. Also changing it to blue. So you can tip a bowl of spaghetti onto the Mona Lisa's face if you want. (6) It should involve Khalidi and Huldra. Also, for the purpose of making maps the coordinates would be good (either Lat/Long or Pal grid). Zero^talk 14:12, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Zero0000, thanks. I will email you re 4. Re 6, Abu Sitta's work heavily sources Khalidi, Morris and Hadawi / Village Statistics. Onceinawhile (talk) 17:04, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

I am going to try to figure out Wikidata, particularly Wikidata:Wikidata:Infobox Tutorial. That way all the village infobox info can go into Wikidata, as can the images and the maps – it can then be automatically pulled from there together with the coordinates. It will make things much less manual as the way we present things here continues to evolve. Onceinawhile (talk) 21:05, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

I can't find it just now, but somewhere there is a recent discussion of problems with displaying stuff from wikidata in infoboxes, due to the lack of control that this project has over the quality of data on that project. In the case of images on Commons, we solve such problems by using a different image or no image, but if wikidata becomes another battleground over Palestinian villages after all the infoboxes in Wikipedia have been modified, it will be a big mess. Zero^talk 03:59, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the links on this. Very fair – it seems a little to early to create reliance on Wikidata. The project has not yet hit “critical mass”, presumably because too much of it requires programming knowledge, thereby discouraging a large proportion of Wikipedia’s editors from involvement over there. Onceinawhile (talk) 10:31, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Zero0000, I've closed the clarification request you filed. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 23:25, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

To editor Huldra: To editor Onceinawhile: I've added Palestine Open Maps to the GeoTemplate template (the thing that is activated when you click on coordinates). Try Deir Yassin for example; it will show Palestine Open Maps as well as the Israel map choices. On the other hand, if you try Al-Mansi you will see only the Israeli maps. The reason is the "coordinates" argument of the infobox, which has "type:city_region:IL" for al-Mansi but "type:city_region:PS" for Deir Yassin. The template has the IL section inside the PS section, which is why you see both Palestine and Israel choices for region PS but only Israel choices for region IL. A task worth doing is to change the region to PS for all the depopulated villages. Zero^talk 05:45, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Great idea. I have gone through and made the change with AutoJWB. Onceinawhile (talk) 19:25, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

While doing that I noticed the template Template:GeoGroup which is on all the categories. It can automatically pull all the coordinates of any category. I wish I had noticed it before I spent all the time pulling the coordinates semi-manually a few days ago! Onceinawhile (talk) 19:52, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

That is brilliant! (I have no idea as to how you fixed that..)

I especially likes the "download" option :) Nice!

My only (small) objection is that I suspect very few(?) readers will find it...it took me years before I even pressed the longitude/latitude numbers ...(Hey, not everyone are as "cartophiles" as you two are! (you, and User:Padres Hana))

In short: it is a treasure trove, but I wonder how many will find it? Is it possible to make reader more aware of it? -somehow give it a greater prominence? (I suspect not, as part of GeoTemplate template? Is there other ways?)

This really deserves greater prominence, Huldra (talk) 20:56, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

@Huldra: We are planning greater prominence, probably including a direct link on each village page. Zero^talk 02:15, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Exellent! A clear link on each page is what is needed, Huldra (talk) 20:27, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

		The Wizard of Oz Barnstar
		In recognition of Zero's magical achievements in mapping out the disappeared reality of Palestine and its peoples. Nishidunny 07:14, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

From me, too! ;) Huldra (talk) 20:27, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

I guess all of us bristle a little at awards and compliments. Smacks of flattery, adulation, greasing up. Nothing any of several of the constructive editors in the I/P area rank higher than a big toe compared to the majestic stature your achievement in village articles confers on you, uniquely, Huldra. What a silly sentence, come to think of it. But it is true. I don't like handing out barnstars because I consider that, singularly, they imply an underestimation of other contributors. That shed/said, I'll finish my night cap, and put one on to do some sobering reading offwiki. Best regards to you all. A magnificent collaborative collective achievement.Nishidani (talk) 21:29, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

could I call on Your Omniscience to clarify a thing that's threatening to rob me of sleep?

I read the Fawzi al-Qawuqji article today, having time only to fix one thing. But the sentence that he

Was also awarded the German Iron Cross, second class, for his service fighting alongside General Otto von Kreiss' Prussians

stopped me in my tracks. Ever heard of him or a Prussian corps in that area in WW1? One sees this repeated as a meme, verbatim all over the net. Could it be a conflation of the Otto in Otto Liman von Sanders and a distorted memory of von Kress in Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein-both key commanders assisting the Ottomans in the Middle east in that period? I'd ask Barry Jones, but I don't have his phone number, and we only met once in Collins Book Store in Little Collins Street in 1967, not enough to intrude again.Nishidani (talk) 22:01, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Nishidani, see Laila Parsons (6 February 2017). The Commander: Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence 1914–1948. Saqi. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-86356-176-4.. She even found a picture of him wearing the medal. Onceinawhile (talk) 22:29, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Never been in doubt about the Iron Cross, he won it at Nabi Samwil and deservedly. Thanks for the link but I did check that following the indication on his page. No mention, as far as I can see of this meme datum Otto von Kreiss. The point was that overall command of the German expedition in WW! in that area was General Otto Liman von Sanders, and it was he who ordered al-Qawuqji to act as an intelligence agent, infiltrating behind British lines and furnish the general staff with field reports. His closest rapport was with a von Leyser. One would expect that to be Ernst von Leyser, lieutenant of the Prussian Army since 1909.Parsons mentions him as a cavalry officer, but in his German bio there is no mention of that chap on the Eastern front. Wiki is crammed with googled stuff that is never cross-checked, as editors google away, fish up and copy and paste the first source that pops up whatever its provenance. Ah well, no time for this. Sorry for the bother.Nishidani (talk) 07:38, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

@Nishidani: I propose that it originates in the 1972 book "O Jerusalem!" by Collins and Lapierre, which has essentially the same wording "fighting alongside the Prussians of General Otto von Kreiss". No source is given. I don't think that's reliable enough so reducing the text to what Parsons has is probably the best option. Zero^talk 08:04, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

As you were writing that, I was making my corrective edit to the page. Your suspicion is precisely mine, garnered yesterday when I looked into several sources to backtrack what struck me as the usual meme replication. Thanks again.Nishidani (talk) 08:09, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

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I noticed your message to me in Talk:Haifa so I checked the list of unreliable sources and it seems to say that in certain cases exceptions can be made. Direct quote from the list of unreliable sources: "Some exceptions on a case by case basis are possible." It's obviously very partisan in favor of Israel on stuff like it's myths and facts section, but I feel that these concerns are less apt when it comes to simply documenting history of a particular city or town. I think there isn't as much of a problem when citing it in the history section of Haifa so I think a case could be made that we can make an exception this time.--RM (Be my friend) 23:20, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

@Reenem: There are plenty of unreliable history sources. Two points on JVL: (1) Their hosting of Myths&Facts is proof of their shaky relationship to the truth. (2) The JVL page you are citing draws from Encyclopedia Judaica, including the references at the end which are just copied from EJ. EJ is written by scholars and, even though its history articles understandably focus on Jewish history, it is a reliable source for us. However, the fact that JVL cites EJ doesn't make JVL reliable, since JVL sometimes makes silent modifications of its own. I discovered this in a similar article when I saw a few sentences that I knew to be falsehoods and thought "surely EJ wouldn't have that rubbish"; sure enough, EJ didn't have it. The solution here is rather simple: cite EJ directly. I don't know if you have EJ, but I do and I'll move the citation to EJ after checking it. Regards. Zero^talk 09:10, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

I hope you don't mind it I'm bringing this here. The talk is starting to deviate farther and farther from the article and I wanted to keep discussion from deviating any further. In Frank Gehry, I took it to NPOV/N relatively early seeing where it was headed. The gossip about reputation being the most recent one he reverted back on, and the one before that was about dual citizenship. They're already accusing I'm FORUMSHOPPING for having it taken to NPOV/N. When someone's been told of the policy, does not ask questions about the policy, and continues to restore unsourced information? Would it have been better to open a BLP/N case after the first time they restored it? Graywalls (talk) 10:00, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

@Graywalls: Continuously reverting isn't allowed, even if policy is on your side. The best thing is to make a case on the talk page first, for a few days at least. That forces the other side to explain their actions (edit summaries don't count for much). A formal WP:RfC can help, but I wouldn't advise it just for some unsourced text that isn't seriously problematic. After a discussion has failed (from your point of view), you can either walk away or post to a noticeboard. Don't take it too personally, life is too short. Zero^talk 10:41, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

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Hello. I try to find some neutral help and see you are online. Seams there are 1-2 guys who hate me. They attack me all the time, stalking me, try to change my articles and beeing rude to me. An article I wrote is in one diskussion after next. Since nearly 2 Months now!!! I have no Idea what I done to them. I tryed everything. 1 of them starts with vandalism. Doing very rude edits against WP:Bio and against the sources. Just write ppov in the article and this also in a very rude way. See here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michel_von_Tell&diff=980267392&oldid=979733489

I dindt say something and tryed to be nice. Just add more sources. But it dosent stop. They come again and again. All the time with other stuff and often in a rude way. I try to be nice, find solutions, try to explain, bring more sources, offer friendship, everything I can. Again and again but it dont stop. :( See here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:BIanca617#Marking_changes_as_'minor'

I not eaven know whats the real problem of this 1-2 guys? Do they hate me, the person from the article, do they hate girls here, are they anti jewish (i read the person of the article is) or is it normal here to be rude? are there many rude people here? I have no Idea:( In wiki rules they say other stuff? I dont know what to do or who I can talk to. Tryed everthing I can but I cant find a good, nice, fair way and also nobody who is helping me? The article is good and well sourced. Every single sentence has 1-2 sources. What else can I do? And I didnt do something rude:( Just did a well sourced article about a record. Much better and much better souced then most other record articles. Look at the normal once Shridhar_Chillal Lee Redmond - Can you help me? I dont want to fight all the time:( Best regards --BIanca617 (talk) 20:08, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Zero0000, I have decided to give you a link to a most recent video published on YouTube. When I got to minutes 14:20, it sent goose-bumps all across my body. Please watch from beginning to end. Untold Archaeology of the Temple Mount — Rare Footage, 11 October 2020.Davidbena (talk) 23:18, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks David, I enjoyed the video. In 1993 I was allowed inside both the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock as part of a tour group. I understand that is now impossible for a non-Muslim. I don't remember if I have your email but if you send me mail I'll give you two relevant papers. One is a Hebrew paper of Dvira (Zweig) about the mosaics, and another is a paper of Yuval Baruch et al. They show photos of some mosaics from an Umayyad palace that look almost identical and therefore they disagree with Dvira about them. You can see Hamilton's photos of the mosaics here. Baruch et al also say that the wooden beams were tested again more recently and dated only to the Byzantine period. Zero^talk 06:20, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

I also visited inside the Dome of the Rock back in 1975-1976, as also in the Golden Gate. I wish I had been more studious back-then and knew exactly what to look for.Davidbena (talk) 18:18, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

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Hi, I am working on the Silwan article. Looking at the talk discussion, is there any reason why we cannot have your map in the article? Salud.Selfstudier (talk) 11:22, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

@Selfstudier: No reason that I know of. Zero^talk 12:12, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

I'm not arguing about the content, but this isn't under ARBPIA. It's frustrating, but I found out that we can't revert this sort of edit for that reason. Doug Weller talk 15:44, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I agree that the article as a whole is not under ARBPIA, but ARBPIA now covers ARBPIA-related content of articles and not only whole articles (Item 7). I think that the designation of a place in EJ as Israel vs Palestine is ARBPIA-related content, don't you? On the other hand, you are correct that this was not a valid reason for my revert, since the article doesn't have the required templates—in this case {{ArbCom Arab-Israeli editnotice|relatedcontent=yes}}. I'll add them unless you give a good reason why I shouldn't. Zero^talk 01:31, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

See here. Has this issue been covered in the relevant policy debates? Nishidani (talk) 21:08, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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Greetings! I would like to understand why you reverted my addition of 1920 Nebi Musa riots to the CAT Anti-Jewish pogroms by Muslims. Was it not aimed specifically at Jews? Was it not a Pogrom (a violent riot aimed at the massacre or expulsion of an ethnic or religious group)? A speech claiming "If we don't use force against the Zionists and against the Jews, we will never be rid of them" would seem to clearly indicate a desire to expel the Jews and the actions of the mobs over four days certainly seemed to lean towards massacre, as well, with 5 Jews dead, 216 wounded of which 18 critically. Was it not committed by Muslims? I can see no reason why these riots do not meet the criteria for the CAT, so please explain why did you pull the link out? --Eliyahu S ^Talk 20:48, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

@Eliyahu S: I'm opposed to the use of categories to label events in a way that represents an opinion that historians disagree on. The alleged quotation you give is a fine example: in the article a well-known historian strongly disputes it and reports that Zionist intelligence reports of the time state the opposite. It is fine that both views are represented in the article, but it is not fine to select one of those views for categorisation. Zero^talk 03:39, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Are there any parts of my suggested addition that remain unsourced? --Crash48 (talk) 19:31, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Ping again. For your convenience, and to avoid the hassle of putting snippets from Google Books together to read the full fragment being cited, I've posted both referenced pages to https://imgur.com/a/4TMhYwX --Crash48 (talk) 13:16, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi. I remember reading a source/content on Wikipedia describing Britain (specifically Samuel, Brunton, Churchill and Deeds) initial opposition to Abdullah’s ambitions in Transjordan when he arrived to Ma’an on 21 November 1920 (a few months before the Cairo conference and the change in policy). Any idea which? I completely forgot. Also @Oncenawhile:, @Huldra:, @Al Ameer son:. Makeandtoss (talk) 23:45, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan (used to be Abdullah's entry into Transjordan) and Sharifian Solution they don't seem to have all those characters in them tho.Selfstudier (talk) 17:50, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

+== ARBPIA4 ==

Hi. Must I have both of 'ArbCom Arab-Israeli editnotice' and 'Arab-Israeli Arbitration Enforcement' for it to be of any use? Selfstudier (talk) 17:51, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

@Selfstudier: Alas, yes. See Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel_articles#Standing sanctions upon primary articles. The catch is you need either page-mover or template-editor power to add the editnotice. You can apply for page-mover at WP:PERM/PM. You can say that you want to add editnotices, which is permitted for any user (not only uninvolved users). If you are successful, to add an editnotice click the page-wide "edit" button (not the first section edit button) and you will see an "editnotice" link. If you are not successful, either (a) ask me, within limits, (b) ask at WP:RPP. Zero^talk 19:46, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

That got turned down, I think I will just content myself with placing the enforcement one, that's probably enough to deter most troublemakers. I have enough things to do without going back and forth bothering you or requesting things. Thanks for help.Selfstudier (talk) 00:22, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

@Selfstudier: You made the mistake of not specifying you wanted to add editnotices, and the admin response confirms that. Zero^talk 01:50, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

I thought it was clear if I said Israel Palestine, obviously not. Ah well.Selfstudier (talk) 12:45, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

@Selfstudier: The ability to add editnotices is quite a new feature of the PM flag. Zero^talk 13:24, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Your comment helped, thanks. Primefac deferred to another admin and bradv gave me perms for 3 months.Selfstudier (talk) 08:57, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

I added the editnotice at COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine and at West Bank bantustans, if you have a moment just check that I didn't mess it up somehow, please.Selfstudier (talk) 11:24, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

@Selfstudier: If a substantial part of the first article is not about the I-P conflict, consider using the variant {{ArbCom Arab-Israeli editnotice|relatedcontent=yes}} instead. I didn't check, so I have no opinion. Zero^talk 11:45, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, that could be sensible, the previous ups and downs were mostly the usual "Palestine is not a state" /page title kind of thing. The rest, which is mostly factual data summaries, doesn't cause too many problems, just once or twice. I'll change it (and the enforcement) and see how it goes. Thanks.Selfstudier (talk) 11:52, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

That article exists because the length and level of detail involved would not fit if there was an attempt to incorporate the material into the main Amnesty International article. That's why we have articles such as "Criticism of the BBC" etc. AnonMoos (talk) 22:43, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

@AnonMoos: Right, but why is it "Criticism" rather than "Praise"? The title sets up the article to be an NPOV violation. I don't think that an article which collects only criticism can possibly satisfy NPOV. If it has to exist, it should have a neutral name like "Commentary on Amnesty International" and collect both positive and negative opinions. Zero^talk 01:00, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

The title "Criticism of Amnesty International" is not NPOV, unless you think that Amnesty International is inherently beyond all criticism (by divine right or something). "Amnesty International is a stinky garbage" would be NPOV. The potential problem with such "Criticism" articles is that they present a limited and selective view of their subjects. However, this has been accepted on Wikipedia as a lesser evil in cases where discussing such criticisms at a length and level of detail which is justified by their notability results in an amount of text that can't usefully be incorporated into the main article on the subject. Imagine what the main "BBC" article would be like if it included all of the text from the "Criticism of the BBC" and "BBC controversies" articles! And you could be considered naive for asking where the "Praise" articles are -- praise tends to be kind of inert (does not usually attract much attention), while criticism often generates rebuttals and causes controversy and/or is part of a previously-existing controversy, leading to a cascade of acrimony. You may not like it, but that's kind of what human nature is. However, you could get together with the Torrance Community Dance Group and do an interpretive song-and-dance routine in praise of Amnesty International, if you feel that's necessary. AnonMoos (talk) 06:50, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

@AnonMoos: Probably you mean POV, not NPOV. Nowhere did I say that criticism was inappropriate, nor did I say that we should have a "Praise" article. Your example "BBC controversies" actually illustrates my point and is quite similar to my suggestion "Commentary on Amnesty International". "Controversies" suggests a two-way exchange of views, whereas "Criticism" suggests only one-way negative views, a clear and obvious violation of the NPOV policy. What the point of your last sentence is, I have no idea, but I'll assume you are not trying to be offensive. Zero^talk 08:43, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Haven't you ever heard the song "Praise You" by Fatboy Slim? It was number 1 in several territories, and number 1 on the dance music charts in several others. Since the 1990s, I haven't listened to much radio except NPR (and in recent years not even NPR), but I've still heard it, and seen the music video...

Consider that I said "NPOV violation", then -- but it's quite ridiculous and absurd to claim that the title "Criticism of Amnesty International" is itself an NPOV violation (unless, of course, you feel that Amnesty International is intrinsically beyond all criticism). We have an article "Commentary on Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid", but that won't get rid of all "Criticism" articles, since "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" is a book (not an organization)... AnonMoos (talk)

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A while ago you proposed merging Dhimmitude to Bat Ye'or at Wikipedia:No_original_research/Noticeboard/Archive_43#Dhimmitude. I agreed to it and so did @Nishidani: and @Warshy: and there was no disagreement. What is the way to do this? Is it to follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Merging#Proposing_a_merger?VR _talk 21:20, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello Zero,

This user's socketpuppet investigation may be of interest to you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Infinity_Knight , with a CU check confirming same geolocation. This user had reverted one of your edits on the Khairallah Talfah article, then subsequently reverted edits later under a brand new Wikipedia account and then under an IP address. Since you're an administrator that has edited on some of the same articles as the user under SPI, please take a look if you have a chance. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saucysalsa30 (talk • contribs) 21:33, 15 December 2020 (UTC)