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Talk:Valley of Elah

message: "Valley of Elah ... so called after the large and shady terebinth trees (Pistacia atlantica) which are indigenous to its parts..."  Pistacia palaestina surely? Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:30, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: That does seem odd that the article claims it gets its name from the terebinth tree under the name of the Atlas Pistachio tree (Pistacia atlantica) rather than the Elah/Terebinth tree (Pistacia palaestina/terebinthus), while at the same time all the later wikilinks link to the Elah/Terebinth. — al-Shimoni (talk) 20:51, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Here, we're running into English and Hebrew etymology. The name "Elah" is a Hebrew word, taken from the old Hebrew word for the tree Pistacia atlantica. In old Hebrew, there is only one word for both Pistacia terebinthus and Pistacia atlantica, and that is elah. Likewise, in Arabic there is only one word for these two species of tree, and that word is butm. It is only in modern taxonomic names that we find that they assign special names to these trees. By the way, the English word for this tree is NOT "elah," but rather "terebinth," which, in turn, is a loan word from the Greek, "terebinthos." Modern nomenclature, especially those used in modern taxonomy, often use extensions of these old names. There is nothing to worry about here.Davidbena (talk) 21:03, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terebinth 

message: Why is there no map or location information? Rskurat (talk) 11:57, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location
Talk:Wand'rin' Star

message: I am disappointed that this article seems to focus only on the success of the song as a UK disk. The song itself has significance and stage history. I think it was introduced by Burl Ives on stage.  Apparently it was designed to be sung within less than a full octave in anticipation of an actor with limited singing ability. Sussmanbern (talk) 15:14, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting! If you can find reliable published references for this information (books or magazines will do), feel free to add it. I can't find any from a quick Google search, but that is to be expected for things that came out in the pre-Internet era. Graham87 02:48, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  In both the Broadway musical and the film, Wand'rin' Star is sung by Ben Rumson. In the play, Rumson is played by James Barton, not Burl Ives. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 16:42, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

text: I add further that I think it is very important that the lyrics used in the original Broadway version were almost completely replaced in the movie version; the two versions have very different motifs. Sussmanbern (talk) 01:08, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Disappointed
Talk:Hebrew Book Week

message: Hello w shalo'wm. How is this related to Judaiem? Isn't this event a generalized thing? Let me know because I am curious; never heard of the Hebrew Book Week before. Thanks. - Omar 180 21:14, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question - is this really Jewish or general occasion? 
Talk:Harugeri

message: I know it's not how it's done. Putting up a user note on the article page. But the edits were from an IP user who most likely can't see posts on his talk page. These were not vandalism and I felt the user could contribute to the article if he could be directed to the discussion page. 1redrun Talk 15:14, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: User note on article page

message: This article has been copy edited. I'd like to point out that personally I don't know much about India and nothing about this town whatsoever. I edited the available info/text to the best of my abilities in accordance with Wikipedias quality standards.
It would be great if somebody could supply sources or even pictures to incorporate into the article.
To the original author: The article has been shortened and cut in accordance with Wikipedias quality standards. Without all the initial information supplied here it wouldn't have been possible to filter important information. Thank you.
1redrun Talk 11:40, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyedit
Talk:PRN

message: If anyone can figure out what the PRN as in "injection site" or "saline lock" stands for, I'd be grateful.
https://shop.life-assist.com/catalogitemdetail.aspx?igrn=331  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.queso (talk • contribs) 03:07, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this is a particular use of the "Pro Re Nata" acronym already on the list. Thus, a "PRN injection site" is a site at which repeated injections may be required "as needed". However, I am not a specialist, so I will leave it to Dr.queso (or some better-informed contributor) to decide if/how to amend the article.FredV (talk) 14:06, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

text: Agreed; that was my conclusion after a few days of looking into it and asking around, although I still haven't found a source. Thanks for your suggestion!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.queso (talk • contribs) 04:25, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  PRN Injection Site
Talk:Chajes

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. Unopposed proposal, closing per WP:RMNOMIN. (closed by non-admin page mover)  ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:58, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hayyoth (names) →  – no member of the family has ever used the spelling "Hayyoth" in Latin characters nor pronounced the name in such a manner. The standard spelling for five centuries in Latin characters is CHAJES 2A02:6680:2100:771D:41D6:61D4:DB2C:4B58 (talk) 10:29, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 6 September 2023
Talk:Shlomi (Hebrew name)

message: Hi all,
this is just to give a shout that since I started this article (during my session of moving away Shlomi from being exclusive to the Israeli development town, inspired in part by the fact that Shlomi happens to be my first name), and have some propriety and attachment to it, I am going to find the relevant sources and citations for it.
One question, though: can I quote my own homepage as a source? It's not even a weblog (whose posts are as far as I know, also acceptable as credible sources for wikipedia), but rather an old-fashioned home site made out of static HTML (but generated from templates) pages. Will it be considered “original research”? If it is, don't sweat and I'll try to dig some other sources. 
Shlomif (talk) 11:54, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Generally speaking, self-published sources are not considered reliable (WP:SPS, WP:USERG). You can cite them in some circumstances though, as per WP:SELFPUB. Just follow WP:SELFCITE and use common sense, and you should be fine. Good luck. —Rutebega (talk) 20:48, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm Going to Take Care of Finding Sources
Talk:Erev Shel Shoshanim

message: This song was written in 1957, and yet the lyrics are here on this page. What are the terms of Israeli copyright law? Are the lyrics really public domain?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8081:2600:400:7D64:DB2C:5A19:8698 (talk) 21:48, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright? 

message: As the audio links do not work in this page, I added an MP3 version of the song that I synthesized so that people would be able to listen to this music. I am not entirely sure if what I created is some special version of the song - it is a choral version, SATB with piano accompaniment. If anybody feels that this addition to the page is not necessary, feel free to remove the link. --GoldenChaos 02:42, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added MP3 

message: Is this a Judaism article?  Or a Hebrew Music article?  I fail to see how this relates to religion.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.225.10.85 (talk) 22:08, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category?
Talk:IsoBuster

message: Woah!! This badly looks like a thinly-veiled ad copy-pasted from Isobuster's site. Flagged as ad.
This is a pretty program and i thing it should be on wikipedia  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.197.238.83 (talk) 21:15, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Ab (Semitic)

message: Aba means father in Euskera, which is not a Semitic language. This may be due to coincidence, or to a very ancient prehistoric cognate. Das Baz, aka Erudil 15:38, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Euskera

message: Documented research would be welcomed as to whether the words Abba and Allah are linguistically related (cf article Yahweh and Allah). ADM (talk)
:No, they are not. AnonMoos (talk) 23:00, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Abba and Allah

message: If an Arab man has only female children, can he use "Abu" followed by the name of his eldest daughter? Badagnani (talk) 22:13, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yasser Arafat was called "Abu Ammar" when he didn't have any children at all... AnonMoos (talk) 23:02, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: Please, receive a kind salute. Can someone create a redirect page for the forms Abba and Aba. I had a hard time trying to find this article. Thanks in advance.George Rodney Maruri Game (talk) 21:10, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect page request 

message: Now I don't know much of anythign about Biblical Hebrew, but I know that the regular no frills form of father is אבא. So is אב alone meant to reflect Biblical Hebrew? If so, I think that that should be made clear and also mention how it is in Israeli Hebrew. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 21 Tishrei 5772 23:06, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm looking at my Biblical Hebrew concordance right now, and the plain unsuffixed form אב occurs at Genesis 44:19 etc. for at least 20 examples.  If a suffixed form is used, it's likely to be אבי (which is the first person singular possessed, and also the construct state).  אבא is an originally-Aramaic form, which doesn't occur in the Bible at all... AnonMoos (talk) 23:14, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm, well given the Aramaic influence in Modern Hebrew, that would explain the origin of אבא. So what would be a good source for this? For mentioning the difference in modern? I also notice btw, that it shows אם being another form of אמא, which I am guessing is the same story. By construct for אבי, you mean like My father of (something) (my knowledge of the Bible and Hebrew vocab is very limited. :()? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 21 Tishrei 5772 23:33, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hebrew form 

message: I have removed the second sentence from the first paragraph. It did not have any citations for its claims, did not add any real relevant information to the page and was worded in a way which seemed almost designed to be controversial. The page history shows that this sentence went through a number of 'edit wars', but there is no discussion of these edits or the logic behind them on this page. I would not object to it being reworded in a neutral way for readdition, but I did not see this as worthwhile.-Athaler (talk) 16:29, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems to be pretty much pure vandalism in the form in which you removed it... AnonMoos (talk) 09:39, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed second sentence
Talk:Baal (disambiguation)

message: This disambiguation page has been cleaned up by the disambiguation wikiproject. DesertAngel02:49, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: What do you think? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:36, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Baal (disambiguation) --> Baal 

message: Fyrael, I'm sorry, in Hebrew we include in disambiguation pages etymologically similar words as well. I didn't knoe it's different here. פעמי-עליון (talk) 11:01, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Belus River]]
Talk:Two Steps Behind

message: Hi, I was wondering if I could add the genre "glam metal" to this song. There is a reference here: https://whatculture.com/music/10-metal-bands-that-went-acoustic?page=5
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks! AgentKozak (talk) 15:09, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Added better source. See article. AgentKozak (talk) 15:54, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsure on Genre add
Talk:Gadol

message: I apologize if this edit is not in proper format, but I am not a computer wiz. That being said, I have tried very hard in the past year to put a lot of good work into the Wikipedia page for Gadol, and have done lots of good work in terms of adding dates, neglected figures, published material, location of activity, along with footnotes. But for whatever reason, Gedolim associated with the Mizrachi keep being removed. I thought putting up a list endorsed by Rabbi Fendel would end the vandalism, and it did for a period of time, but recently again, Rabbi Soloveitchik of YU (who WAS listed in Fendel's last work, after he accidentally omitted him in a previous work) was removed from the list! If anyone can get this page to stop being vandalized based on hashkafa, I would greatly appreciate it. I never removed anyone for Hashkafic reasons, I only added missing gedolim (from ALL streams. I don't play politics. Sfardish, Yekkesh, Hasidish, Modernish, Tzionish, Haredish, etc. In shamayim (or gehennom, where appropriate) Hashem won't ask what type of Kippa you wore. For example, I once added the missing Steipler Gaon from an earlier larger version of the list when I noticed he was missing, as I added the Baba Sali, etc, etc.) Sinat Chinam is the cause of Galut, so please stop participating in hashkafic removals of certain names. Rav Soloveitchik was considered a gadol by R Aharon Kotler and R Moshe Feinstein, and was amongst the leaders of the American Agudah in 1940, even giving the seminal hesped for the Agudah for R Hayyim Ozer Grodzenski, before he re-aligned himself with Mizrahi. Remember that Rabbenu Yonah wrote a whole sefer (shaarei teshuva) and endeavored to travel to Rambam's grave in Israel and supplicate there for seven consecutive days in order to do teshuva for his deprecation of Maimonides and his philosophies. Are those who endeavor to do likewise to Rav Soloveitchik ready to face the consequence if they turned out to be wrong, especially considering the highest esteem R Kotler and R Feinstein had for Rav Soloveitchik?
— Preceding unsigned comment added to article by 199.102.168.8 (talk); moved from article to talk-page by -- -- -- 22:56, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism of Gadol page
Talk:Genizah

message: I will attempt to take a photograph of the genizah at my synagogue the next time I can get there. It should be in the next week or two. I'm not 100% sure they have one, but there's a very good possibility, so I'll try. Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 04:51, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Needless to say, I couldn't find one. They actually didn't know what a genizah even is. Hmm... Tuvok[T@lk/Improve] 08:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Working on photo
Talk:June 1990 massacre of police officers in Eastern Sri Lanka

message: The use of "in" twice seemed awkward and clunky to me. Anynobody 08:04, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renamed from Massacre of police officers in Eastern Sri Lanka in June 1990 

message: Both of these (this one and Kalmunai massacre) look like reasonable articles, but they're really about the same topic.  I recommend merging them into one article, though I have no strong preference what the title is. --Elonka 20:42, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Talk:Kefitzat haderech

message: The word Kfitzah in Hebrew has two meanings: the common one - jumping, and the rare one - clamping, closing, clenching (as in kfitzat yad). In Kfitzat haDerech it is used with the second meaning - the person doesn't "jump" through the way, but "clenches" or "clamps" thw way itself. You can find more info about it in Hebrew Wikipedia and in Even-Shushan dictionary. I wonder how we should translate the term. Ben Gershon (talk) 14:36, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jumping is not the correct translation 

message: Kfitzat derech means "breakthrough" in hebrew (As in 'scientific breakthrough' or 'conceptual breakthrough'). "Shortcut" is "kitzoor derech".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.77.4.43 (talk) 18:22, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Breakthrough" rather than "Shortcut" 

message: The talmudic and rabbinic discussions of kefitzat haderech (at least the ones I've come across) don't descibe it as an instantaneous transportation, or even as travelling at a noticeably fast speed; rather, it's just a miraculously early arrival: You set out on what should be three days' journey and arrive by noon, or you're 20 miles from town and Shabbat is going to start in an hour, and yet you arrive before sunset.
Anyway, the article seemed to be vague, repetitive and lacking references.  I tried to fix that.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Garry SF (talk • contribs) 05:54, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Kefitzat Haderech teleportation? 

message: Frank Herbert described it as “a shortening of the way.” This would be from the Hebrew לְכַוֵּץ [lekawwetz] which means to contract. The verbal noun is כְּוִיצָה [kwitzah] and the construct would be כְּוִיצַת [kwitzat]. The phrase would be, then, כְּוִיצַת הַדֶּרֶךְ [kwitzat ha-derekh] which would mean the contraction of the way. The English contraction was derived from the Latin contractio which meant to shorten.  JacobLMetz (talk) 11:50, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kwisatz Haderach
Talk:Kidon

message: The body of this article is lifted almost word for word from Frederick Forsythe's novel "The Fist of God". Description of the Kidon teams and their methods of operating is on pages 6-7 of the paperback edition. I'm not sure if that's kosher as it doesn't look like Forsythe is being credited in the article.Dwmarch (talk) 07:36, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I've reverted back about a year to the last version without this blatant copyright violation. Since The Fist of God is a fiction novel it is not a reliable source so it can't be rewritten using it as a source. 121.74.0.46 (talk) 07:34, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The article was reverted back to the The Fist of God version. Removing copyright violation once again. --Super.zhid (talk) 20:58, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

message: *Mossad: the elite women who work for 'the family’ Tiamuttalk 19:49, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  source on kidon women
Talk:Together We Are Beautiful

message: Quote: "The song was sung by the main character, Ken, in the opening episode of the first season of the BBC2 sitcom, Early Doors, whilst his character was carrying out bar/landlord duties"
Are you sure - wasn't it "The Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston he was singing?--Tuzapicabit (talk) 16:17, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I checked it out. It was "Together We Are Beautiful". __meco (talk) 16:57, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early Doors
Talk:Together in Electric Dreams

message: The sound track very much reminds me of "Xanadu" which was sung by Ireen Sheer.--80.141.186.5 (talk) 17:38, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Xanadu 

message: Am I going insane or there's someone slowly vandalising this page with unrelated actors and fictional characters?
I don't remember the music video featuring fictional characters from Slam Dunk and some k-drama actors. Chorvaqueen (talk) 09:52, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Am I going crazy or someone's quietly vandalising this page a few lines at a time?
Talk:Olei Hagardom

message: where is the section describing their terrorist activities, same as ISIS.Juror1 (talk) 00:45, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Source should be "published sources that are directly related to the topic of the article" as per WP:OR as source doesn't even mention the topic of the article it should be removed .--Shrike (talk) 10:48, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh I gave you a source directly related to the topic of the article. Original research is about prose, that prose is sourced to at least one reliable directly related to the topic of this article. nableezy - 21:18, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't mention "olei hagardom" so how you decided its related? --Shrike (talk) 05:55, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Why should a book in English have to use a particular Hebrew phrase in order to be related? The claim that "also known as the Stern Gang or Stern Group" is OR is frankly bizarre. You know it can be sourced over and over. Anyway, the book by Nasr is clearly directly related to the topic of the article. It even mentions the execution of many of these 12 people (Ben Yosef on p18, Hakim and Bet-Zuri on p19, Haviv, Nakar and Weiss on p20, I can't see the whole book). Any source that concerns Etzel/Lehi versus UK is obviously related. Zerotalk 08:33, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

text:  Here is an academic article specifically about the olei hagardom. On the second page it has "also known in English as the Stern Gang". So much for this silly argument. In passing I noticed that "olei hagardom" gets only 16 hits in Scholar and many of those are irrelevant. I believe this title would fail RM. Zerotalk 09:03, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

text: Haaretz specifically mentions Olei Hagardom. The prose is very much supported by a source specifically about this topic. nableezy - 16:14, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  OR 

message: In the initial blurb: "The term does not include members of the Nili organisation hanged by the Ottoman government during World War I."
Under expanded list, 4 more names were added to the original list under Begin, 2 of which were members of Nili .
To me, these two parts of the article are inconsistent. Does the term "Olei Hagardom" include the Nili members or not i.e. refer to the original 12 or the expanded 16? Scotty1141 (talk) 10:07, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: We need to base this on reliable published sources. Please bring some. Zerotalk 12:50, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original vs Expanded List?
Talk:Tire Me

message: here's a link to the soundtrack info from IMDB if someone wants to cite it in the actual article
http://imdb.com/title/tt0113305/soundtrack
thanks!!--Scottymoze 20:21, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

message: If it won a grammy of course it's notible, but It needs a major clean up. I like Rage, but I don't know enough about them to find the correct resources, some help would be much appreciated. --Mrmoustache14 (talk) 02:56, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean up
Talk:Time Bomb (Rancid song)

message: I always was under the impression that "Time Bomb" was a cover from GBH's first album. Yet there's no mention here, on the album or on the Rancid article. Is this a misconception ? I'll have to double check the liner notes. zubrowka74 17:24, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  GBH Cover ?