Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism/Archive 7

message: Hi everyone: Please see Lost Ten Tribes and Talk:Lost Ten Tribes as to how this article should be presented. This is how I recently found it: . I then edited it to this: . Another user then changed it to this: . Finally, I edited it to this:  which is where it essentially stands, awaiting more input. Your suggestions would help, the topic is important. Thank you. IZAK 07:17, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Input on Ten Lost Tribes needed 

message: Please note that User:Cheese dreams has arbitrarily created a new anti-Bible template  see Template:BPOV that reads: "The neutrality of this article is disputed. It is alleged that this article currently assumes the accuracy of, or concentrates only on the account according to, the Bible. A more critical interpretation, or alternate account, may exist and should be incorporated if it does." . It is being placed Hebrew Bible pages and topics without any discussions or reasons in the TALK pages of Biblical articles. This behavior is highly abusive and needs a response. IZAK 14:10, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anti-Bible template by Cheese dreams 

message: The article in general needs some cleanup, but particularly the last sentence of the first paragraph, which is incomplete. --Improv 03:23, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Jewish music]] needs some attention 

message: Hi. I have created a chart for Torah, Haftarah, and Megillah readings for the whole year. I created the chart for my own personal purposes (at my user page), but perhaps contributors at this project might want to use it!
It can be found at: User:Zabek/Parashah_chart.
I am not so good with the asthetic part of table making (colors, etc.), so perhaps if it is used here people can improve upon it. My the initial technical work is all done. Zabek 05:41, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)
*Dear Zabek: Wonderful job, it should have its space on Wikipedia, however, there is already a page at Parsha, and you should try to add yours there and somehow combine the two. All the best! IZAK 08:56, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parashah chart 

message: Hi, I've nominated moving Elijah ben Solomon to Vilna Gaon in accordance with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names).  Please put your input on Wikipedia:Requested moves.  Thanks.--Pharos 21:25, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Elijah ben Solomon]] 

message: Anyone who's interested in upgrading the Kaddish article, please review and respond to my recommendation on the newly created Discussion page there.  TShilo12 08:06, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recommendation to redo Kaddish article 

message: How do I join this project?--Eliezer 23:57, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Same way as any other WikiProject: Read all about it on the project page and auxiliary pages, and help out. You can add your name to the list of participants (on the main project page). —msh210 18:25, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joining this project 

message: I wikified the page on the Brisker Rav. Does anyone have date of birth and death for him, and perhaps some bibliography? JFW | T@lk 11:47, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: nice article :) Fintor 14:23, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

text: Done :) Fintor 13:00, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brisker Rav 

message: Hi all. Please see the article on Divine Providence which I wrote yesterday -- I'm not sure that the level is appropriate. Thanks 
Fintor 14:23, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll have a look. JFW | T@lk 15:57, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

text: not a bit over-written? Fintor 13:01, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Divine Providence

message: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Talmidaism JFW | T@lk 16:02, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: A thorny VFD

message: Some of you (even non-Yiddish speakers) might be interested in my half-baked plan to revitalize the moribund (only 121 articles) Yiddish Wikipedia.  Please see my idea at Talk:Yiddish_language#Yiddish_Wikipedia, and thanks.--Pharos 05:23, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yiddish Wikipedia 

message: I have never created a disambiguation page before, so I wanted some advice/opinions. There are at least three uses of the name Betar:
#fortress of Bar Kochba revolt fame
#Zionist youth movement
#Beitar Jerusalem Football Club (and, it seems, other sports clubs)
The current page is meaning #2. No current page exists for #1, but there is plenty of information at least for a stub for now.
Should I make Betar:
#a disambiguation page with links to Betar (fortress), Betar (youth movement) and Beitar Jerusalem FC
#about the fortress (one of the namesakes of the movement) and link to Betar (youth movement) and Beitar Jerusalem FC
#about the youth movement and link to Betar (fortress) and Beitar Jerusalem FC
#about the fortress and link to Betar (disambiguation)
#about the youth movement and link to Betar (disambiguation)
Finally, is this the right place to be asking? I thought only the fortress meaning fit into the purpose of this project, if that... But I couldn't find anywhere better to ask.
jnothman talk 06:56, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think choice #4 is the best. --Ezra Wax 14:34, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  On the basis of one vote I wasn't going to shift continents. So I'm leaving the Betar article as the same - referring to Betar (youth movement), having been by far the most common reference before. It is also the first entry on the Hebrew Betar disamibiguation page. --jnothman talk 06:54, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:D|Disambiguation]] of [[Betar]] / [[Beitar]] 

message: I would like to start a wikiproject on Charedi Judaism. Its purpose would be to make certain that the Charedi viewpoint is properly presented and defended, and to correct articles that are inaccurate in a way that denigrates the Charedi view. I think that it needs a project to do it, and am not certain whether it can be integrated into the Judaism Wikiproject.
A concerted effort should be made to flesh out articles that have only a liberal viewpoint presented. A list of articles that are particularly of interest to Charedim would be presented.
I have found many errors that I wanted to correct, but they are often not trivial and unless there is some sort of project to address them, it seems like a waste of effort to even bother and like I might as well give up on Wikipedia and just live with the fact that it is imperfect. --Ezra Wax 15:06, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I have created the project.--Ezra Wax 17:51, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia:WikiProject Orthodox Judaism
What are you trying to achieve that cannot be done as part of this project? JFW | T@lk 18:04, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charedi Judaism Wikiproject 

message: We could really use an article on the biblical account of the Palace of David to accompany the article on the new alleged Palace of David site.  Thanks.--Pharos 23:44, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Palace of David 

message: I've been trying to clean-up what is really a POV apology for reincarnation. With regards to Christianity, this article has been tending to use weasel words to suggest a level of support for reincarnation (and an exegetical debate) that does not exist. I also have some concerns about how it represents Jewish beliefs - but I'm too ignorant of modern Jewish eschatology to be sure. I wondered if someone here might cast an eye over it. (If I don't get bold and Vfd the whole damn thing first} --Doc (?) 22:30, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The section in that article was pretty short; I've made it more accurate now.  Thoughts? Jayjg (talk) 23:16, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Bible and reincarnation]] 

message: Me again, looking for a Jewish perspective. The article on the 66-73 CE war is currently titled Great Jewish Revolt. It has been suggested to me that this is not what it is commonly called. Certainly in New Testament scholarship is most often referred to as simply as the (first?) 'Jewish War'. I've put some comments on the talk page, and would appreciate some feedback. I'm happy for the title to stay, if that's what Jewish scholars call it. --Doc (?) 21:34, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Great Jewish Revolt]] title? 

message: I think this is one of the articles that is sorely missing. He was indisputably the most influential leader of pre-War mitnagdim after the Chofetz Chaim. I have no access to biographical material right now, but Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski needs a writeup. JFW | T@lk 19:18, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Chaim Ozer Grodzinski]] 

message: I just wrote a quick article on Solomon Riemann, but I couldn't find a good stub category for it. It ended up placing it both in (general) biography and Jewish history. It seems to me that there are probably lots of other articles in this same situation. Shouldn't there be a "Jewish biography stub" template? If so, I could certainly create it, but I don't think I'll be able to come up with a good image for it. — Nowhither 22:07, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish biography stub? 

message: Just wanted to bring your attention to Nahum, which will need to be looked at by someone knowledgable in the subject. --Fang Aili 15:18, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Nahum]] 

message: Perhaps there would be interest in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/God Myth. HKT talk</font> 17:28, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Baphomet's new stub 

message: This is a bit off-topic but I received the following query from a Tatar editor with whom I've worked on some articles:
:Hi! Could you start a stub Hebrew edition of Kazan and Tatars articles. Some my friends are studing Hebrew, but thel level of knowlege isn't advanced as well... Please, note, that Semitic 'q' should be used in word 'Qazan'! Thank you, --User:Untifler 13:08, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Kazan]] et al 

message: Greetings. In response to the outcome of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uel, I've started a List of minor Biblical figures. Would anyone here be interested in helping to fill it out? It should contain information on persons mentioned in the Bible, but lacking enough information to justify an individual article. Cheers!  BD2412 talk 02:19, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[List of minor Biblical figures]]  

message: I'd be very interested in hearing from others at Talk:Early_Christianity#"Messianic Jews"? about this edit. Is it appropriate to apply the term "Messianic Jews" to the Early Christians? Seems anachronistic to me. -- Jmabel | Talk 05:31, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Messianic Jews" 

message: I realize this doesn't have anything per se to do with Judaism, but thought it might be of interest to some of the contributors here... Please see Talk:Jordan#Blatherskyte.  Tomer TALK 06:32, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  your attention requested