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[edit] Thank you

Thank you very much for the award, IZAK. It means a great deal and I will truly treasure it. SlimVirgin (talk) 09:17, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Dear SlimVirgin: What a job you undertook, you deserve the award 100% IZAK 09:19, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi, IZAK, I hope it's OK that I'm adding this thank-you to someone else's thank-you section. I just wanted to say, er, thank you, for adding a welcome message to my talk page. As a newbie, that was a pleasant surprise. It was also helpful to get that added insight to some of the behind-the-scenes effort. --Rich Janis 13:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dropping in and saying hi

I like the photo on your user page. lol. Very nice. Just to smile at you for being nice to everybody, I noticed. Regeane Silverwolf 03:59, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Regeane Silverwolf has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

  • Dear Regeane Silverwolf: Thank you so much for the smile, it is greatly appreciated! IZAK 06:40, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Say, "Smile"!

Trampton has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

--Trampton 16:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Dear Trampton, thank you, IZAK 19:51, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Jewish question (disambiguation)

I am very much interested in your views on the above issues. Cheers (and hope you are well).Ludvikus (talk) 16:25, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Thank you Ludvikus. I will take a look. I appreciate your wishes about my well-being, truly. Your sincerely, IZAK (talk) 09:46, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] History of the Jews in New Zealand

Hi IZAK,

I've reverted most of your edits as I didn't feel that copying the life history of two prominent Jewish NZers wholesale onto the page, or the restructuring that this led to, improved the page. Short life summaries might have worked better, but then someone would have to add info on every prominent Jew in New Zealand - and there's been a few, most of them more notable than Polack. I've kept your new categories and the section on relations with Israel. The page certainly needs expanding, but I didn't think that the bios of Vogel and Polack actually cast much light on Jewish life in New Zealand. If you would like another shot at improving the page, a great place to start would be Jewish New Zealanders in the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Helenalex (talk • contribs) [1]

  • Hi Helenalex: Thanks for your feedback. There was virtually nothing on the History of the Jews in New Zealand page so that adding the names of two of the most notable Jews in the history of the Jews in New Zealnd, one actually being a Prime Minister! was a huge improvement over the empty shell that existed there. I only copied over part of the information from their biography articles, and if you felt that it was legit in any case, you could have trimmed it as that would have helped. I will look it over again. Keep in touch and thanks again, IZAK (talk) 09:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request on AfD

I withdrew the AfD, as per your request. Ecoleetage (talk) 11:26, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Thank you so much Ecoleetage, I put in a couple of hours on researching and reworking it. Have a great weekend. IZAK (talk) 11:38, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Final Solution

Like I told you before, we're both on the side of goodness.

[edit] Final Solution to the Jewish Question

Related to this problem I think is the above. The phrase used by scholars, museums, historians, etc., is "The Final Solution." A top Nazi in the Wannsee Conference used the 5-word expression above (once, in the "plan" letter). So the editors there (I'm assuming good faith) feel justified in having that as the title of the WP article. I think it's an insult to the 6,000,000 Jews who died in the holocaust to dignify the article by having WP editors re-create the Nazi usage which is unjustified by what the honorable scholars use. Everyone who's not an anti-Semite uses the expression "The Final Solution" for the Nazi plan, and we all know what if means in the context of European history. Accordingly, the 3-word expression is the appropriate title for our WP article. The 5-word expression is extracted from a final sentence of the Nazi of 1942. Hard to shay "cheers" in this contect, but Cheers to you, brother. --Ludvikus (talk)

[edit] The Final Solution

  1. Just to keep you posted, my brother, I've succeeded (for now at least), in reducing the above 5 words to the 3 below the above.
  2. Apparently, Heydrich used the 5 in a cover letter regarding the Wannsee conference - but that is no reason for us to dignify his utterance with that Capitalized Title, if you get my drift?
  3. The common usage is in the 3 words.
  4. Anyway, I thought it would be a good deed to update you.

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[edit] New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

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[edit] Jewish question

This Article needs badly to be expanded! --Ludvikus (talk) 12:50, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm utterly discusted now with Wikipedia!!! Look at what User:Mikkalai just did (his effective reversion):

The Jewish question connotes Jewish emancipation, removal of legal disabilities, and assimilation in general.

Jewish question may also refer to:

I hope I can find the strength to leave Wikipedia, or this part of it, for a while. How you have the will power to work in this environment (and keep your cool), is amazing to me!!! Best, --Ludvikus (talk) 20:39, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Ludvikus: Thanks for staying touch. Sorry that I have not dived in with more gusto into these topics but I am dealing with a number of other writing projects currently. Than you for the compliments. Sincerely, IZAK (talk) 19:05, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Revisionism

You must check this out too, especially the related sub-articles. It may be a cover for the so-call POV idea that out 6 mil. did not really die in the Final solution. --Ludvikus (talk) 18:29, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

  • The way that's done is with the POV idea that there really are two kinds of Historical revisionism, the good and the bad.
  • The mainstream scholarly view is that there's only one, the bad. --Ludvikus (talk) 18:32, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Historical revisionism = Historical revision (negationism) = Holocaust denial

I'm surprised you haven't responded to my inquery regarding your views on the above. What do you think of the "chutspa"[sic] idea that there's such a thing as good Historical Revisionism? --Ludvikus (talk) 10:06, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of Historical revisionism (revisionist historians)

Keeping you posted, I've created - singlehandedly - the above list. That should make it very clear who, and what, Historical Revisionism - namely, that it is effective just another name for holocaust denial: If it looks like a dock, and it smells like a dock, then it is a dock. Are you going to award me the Star of David WP:Barnstar for this important exposé on behalf of our Jewish people? --Ludvikus (talk) 15:45, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Arab

Hi, as I read it you edited Category: Arab to read " ... any person of the Middle East or North Africa whose mother tongue is the Arabic language;". WP:MoS says only "ethnic Arabs" are to have the term applied to them. I also see that Arab is unable to provide any definitive source for your statement or similar. Do you now have any definitive source - or are we dealing with a fuzzy set here? SmithBlue (talk) 11:26, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Hi SmithBlue: Thank you for contacting me. When I first created Category:Arab it was in June of 2004 [2] when things were still pretty new and to the best of my abilities I attempted to map out some complex topics and categories. I am not sure how much of the following I wrote: "The word Arab is most commonly used to refer to any person of the Middle East or North Africa whose mother tongue is the Arabic language; it is used in this sense for such terms as Arab World, Arab League. In this sense, there are nearly 300 million Arabs." But please note that the phrase "most commonly used" and the generality of it and what follows. I have not edited nor added much to that area in a long time and since then many other editors more intimately familiar with that topic have joined Wikipedia. If you have some questions relating to the subject matter of Category:Arab I strongly suggest that you seek out WP:ARAB and place a request/comment there at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Arab world. Hope this helps and feel free to contact me again if I can be of more assistance. Sincerely, IZAK (talk) 16:50, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image use rationale

I have tagged your image, Image:Jabotinsky Zion Mule Corps.jpg, as missing a rationale. I noticed it was pretty old, so it might be public domain, but I'm not really sure. If it's really non-free, it needs a rationale for each article it's used in. (ESkog)(Talk) 15:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Jewish texts in Aramaic

IZAK, do you mind a new category for the intersection of Aramaic and Jewish texts? Blueberrybuttermilkpancakes (talk) 02:41, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Categories and User talk:Blueberrybuttermilkpancakes

IZAK see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_May_7#Category:Medieval_sites_in_Irael and the following 29(!) nominations. Johnbod (talk) 00:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Nixon greets POW McCain.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Ghetto benches

There I've made some progress - Wikipedia requires me to coincidentally - towards the benefit of the Jewish people. But it's an uphill battle. Your advice and opinions on the matter would be most welcome by me. --Ludvikus (talk) 10:10, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rfb participation thanks

Hello, IZAK.

I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your support. -- Avi (talk) 18:57, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Rav_Joseph_Soloveitchik.gif

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  • Done. -- Avi (talk) 20:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, IZAK (talk) 23:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Holocaust denial at Wikipedia

FYI (--Ludvikus (talk) 20:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC))

[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Jews and Judaism by country

Category:Jews and Judaism by country, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. –

I noticed that you had not been notified, IZAK. Cgingold (talk) 17:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Dear Cgingold: Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. IZAK (talk) 22:11, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rav Kook & gentiles

A heads-up: I've started a discussion, Talk:Abraham_Isaac_Kook#R._Kook_and_gentiles, in response to an editor adding an anti-gentile quote to the Rav Kook entry. I hope you'll join in. Yudel (talk) 19:07, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Abe Beame 1940s.jpg

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[edit] Missing image Image:Jewish synagouge kochi india.jpg

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[edit] AfD discussion

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[edit] 'Commissions'?

Hello IZAK, I thought I might ask your opinion. What do you think of the idea I have to put on my user page an offer to do "commissions" or "write articles on request" (for free of course) i.e. offer to research and write up any articles of a certain limited nature (=just Orthodox Rabbonim, have to be deceased already, looking especially for Rabbonim of the 'old school' who were Gedolei Torah and knew shas ba'al peh). I'd ask people to give me names of Rabbonim they would like an article on and I'd try, subject to compatability with the type of article and type of Rov I like writing on, to write a wiki bio of the said Rov. What do you think? {ps I'm also asking User:Redaktor) Lostvelt (talk) 14:51, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

  • Hi Lostvelt: I do not understand why you have to set up such a system. Just choose topics and biographies that you wish to research and write them up and go for it. You, or any editor, does not need "permission" from anyone to create, enhance or develop articles especially if they are to be based on solid research. What don't I get? Best wishes, IZAK (talk) 04:20, 5 June 2008 (UTC)