User talk:Jokeofanarticle

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Welcome!

Hello, Jokeofanarticle, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  Cheers, TewfikTalk 02:21, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Welcome for Jokeofanarticle

Hi Joke,

There are always people who either don't understand Wikipedia, or think they do and are just unwilling to acknowledge the legitimacy of any opinion outside their own, just like in the real world. My experience has lead me to believe that while these factors may be frustrating in the short-term, most editors who stick around are rational and committed to discussion, and we very often can end up with collaborations that are both outstanding for their melding of many viewpoints as for the constructive discussion leading up to them in which representatives of so many parts of the human spectrum exchange ideas and gain priceless perspective on whatever issue they feel passionate enough to edit about in the first place.

In response to the idea about splitting the article into two viewpoints, as I hinted to above, one of the goals of the 'pedia is to create encyclopedic articles that can simultaneously and fairly detail all the relevant points of view in context, that is a WP:Neutral point of view. I suggest you read that page, as it (also a collaboration, like everything else on Wikipedia) explains the idea better than I can hope to, including a detailed discussion of the type of suggestion you made.

I hope that you stick around and help improve the project, TewfikTalk 16:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Israel-Lebanon pictures

Thanks heaps for the photos! They are exactly what we need. (Might need to remove one, though, since having three showing Israeli damage and none showing Lebanese damage is going to be criticised as heavily POV.) Stay safe, too. --Iorek85 04:02, 5 August 2006 (UTC)