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==Welcome==

{{User:Jfdwolff/Welcome}} [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 00:28, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

=="Election campaign" :-)==

Yes, I just wanted to tell you I'm being considered for WP adminship, so why not use your wikidemocratic right to [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Wernher|vote]] -- and thus support a fellow nordmøring (who grew up in a neighbouring municipality, no less, and had an aunt at Gullstein) in his quest to make Wikipedia an even better virtual world of knowledge! --[[User:Wernher|Wernher]] 20:53, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC) (not very used to campaigning; more of a quiet backroom guy, really)

:Ovsvert! Takk ska du ha :-) --[[User:Wernher|Wernher]] 17:12, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

== Discussion about mamzerim ==

Hi Olve, would you be willing to give your opinion in [[Talk:Jewish_ethnocentrism#Duplicate_material]]? [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg]] 23:32, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

:OK -- I threw in my tuppence there. Nothing really revolutionary to add though... :) -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 20:15, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

== Kevin B. MacDonald ==

Please take a look at [[Talk:Kevin B. MacDonald]][[User:AndyL|AndyL]] 14:44, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

==Template:Jew revamp==

I understand where your coming from, but sometimes we must sacrifice a few lesser items to keep things useable. There was no malicious intent to remove the other ethnic groups, merely to pair it down to the 4 largest ones as listed according to [[Jewish ethnic divisions]] all of the lesser groups are included on this page which is still linked. I would not think it difficult to find this information using this template.  

As for languages I kept the primary languages, as I understand it Judaeo-Arabic is on the way out and [[Jewish languages]] lists it as "highly endangered", therefore my conclusion was simply let it go. I also based the choice upon previous comments at [[Template talk:Jew]]. Please be aware that I modify based upon what I percieve to be a consensus, most folks deemed that Jewish Populations had to stay so I kept it rather than merging the content with [[Template:Jews by country]]. Your best bet at convincing me is to get more people to agree. [[User:Alkivar|Alkivar]] 06:38, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

== Jewish ethnocentrism - delete? ==

You might be interested in the vote to delete and discussion here: [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Jewish ethnocentrism]] [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]][[User_talk:Jayjg|<sup style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</sup>]] 20:03, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

:Thanks for the tip! -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 20:43, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

== Question about the origin of Yiddish word schmuck ==

Doesn't the word actually come from the word for jewel, and is used as a euphemism? [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]][[User_talk:Jayjg|<sup style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</sup>]] 19:27, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Roughly yes, I would say. The Yiddish word &#1513;&#1502;&#1493;&#1511; means &#8216;ornament&#8217; &#8212; as in piece of jewellery or lace/s. A &#1513;&#1502;&#1493;&#1511;&#1500;&#1506;&#1512; (m.) or &#1513;&#1502;&#1493;&#1511;&#1500;&#1506;&#1512;&#1511;&#1506; (f.) is a lacemaker. I would tend to believe that it started out as sarcasm rather than as an euphemism &#8212; but I know my European Yiddish history far better than American usage, so I cannot claim to have the whole story here... -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 22:54, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
:What do you think of this posting:
::''German _Schmuck_ rhymes with English _look_ and means 'jewel'.ÿ Yiddish _shmok_ rhymes with Yiddish _zok_ 'sock', and means 'penis'. It DOES NOT rhyme with the German word and there is no known way in which it can be derived therefrom. The two words are decidedly NOT RELATED, and appeals to a presumed reference to "the family jewels" in Yiddish are misplaced. In other words, Mr. Saphire's reference to "penile and ornamental origins of German-Yiddish _schmuck_" are completely off the mark. There IS NO "German-Yiddish _schmuck_". English _shmuck_ rhymes with English _luck_ and means 'fool'.ÿ It IS derived from the Yiddish word. Our best evidence points to the Slavic origin of Yiddish _shmok_. See, for example, Polish _smok_ 'serpent', 'tail'.'' [http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~mendele/vol07/vol07.150]
:[[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]][[User_talk:Jayjg|<sup style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</sup>]] 15:48, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Definitely interesting! But it seems a bit more confident than it needs to be... First, in the world of Yiddish, the word shmuk ''does'' exist, albeit maybe not in all dialects. Second, there is no 100%watertight wall between German and Yiddish: Almost anything that is said in some German dialect or other is also said in some Yiddish dialect or other. The two languages may be separate entities as written languages, but as spoken languages, there is about as much of a "sliding scale" between dialects/sociolects of German as there is within any similar "Sprachbund" -- e.g., Scandinavian, Low-German/Dutch/Frisian, etc. Third, the pronunciation of the short/lax /o/ and /u/ vowels in English are often similar, and in New York Yinglish they seem to be particularly so. All that being said, the theory of Polish "smok" as the/an etymology is interesting. I do not know of a Yiddish word "shmok" myself, so I can neither confirm, prove or falsify that hypothesis. The word "shmok" (which should be expected from the English form) or "smok" (which should be expected from the postulated Polish etymon) is not listed in Weinreich's Yiddish-English dictionary. My Yiddish is mostly a literary/linguistical one, so there is definitely a possibility for me to have missed a slang term...All in all, I am not really convinced, but providing of more specific references may convince me if the evidence is compelling enough. -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 03:43, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

== Hasidism and/or Chabad ==

Olve, do you know much about either of these topics?  If so, I could use another set of eyes on an article. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]][[User_talk:Jayjg|<sup style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</sup>]] 00:03, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I know a bit, I guess, but thinks are insanely hectic right now. Can it wait till &#1502;&#1493;&#1510;&#1488;&#1497; &#1513;&#1489;&#1514;? And could you remind me then? If it is more urgent, please tell me [[:nn:Brukardiskusjon:Olve|here]] as soon as possible, and I can have a brief look if you tell me what specific thing you want a second opinion about. -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 06:07, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

:&#1502;&#1493;&#1510;&#1488;&#1497; &#1513;&#1489;&#1514; is fine.  There's a discussion going on at [[Talk:Chabad Lubavitch]] about the beliefs of Chabad Hassidim vs. other Hassidim; I was hoping you would weigh in.  Thanks. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]][[User_talk:Jayjg|<sup style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</sup>]] 15:53, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

:Sorry about the delay. That's quite a wasps' nest there...! -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 01:59, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Ashkenazic speakers of Ladino ==

Olve, could you please respond to my inquiry on this subject on the [[Talk:Ladino language]] page?  Thanks.  [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] [[User talk:TShilo12|<sup style="color:#129DBC;">TALK</sup>]] 05:55, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

== Abif VfD ==

Hi, see [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Abif]]. Thank you. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 06:27, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

== NPOV ==

Please check out [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/BCE-CE Debate]], [[User:Slrubenstein|Slrubenstein]]   |  [[User talk:Slrubenstein|Talk ]] 00:00, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

== Yehudei sheqolenique ==

[[Yehudei sheqolenique]], ever heard of them? Can you look at and verify the article at all? Thanks [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 10:30, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

:Nope. Never heard of them. Looks like a big (!) spoof to me... (I know: Famous last words and all that. But it just doesn’t seem to make any sense.) -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 23:12, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

::Thanks for the observations/s. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 06:34, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

== Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Israel ==

Hello Olve: Please contact [[User:Humus sapiens]] who wishes to start a [[Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Israel]] See his request below. Thanks [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 06:35, 23 May 2005 (UTC) 

Hi IZAK (and everyone else here :), Do you think it's time to create [[Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Israel]] similar to [[Wikipedia:Wikiportal/India]], [[Wikipedia:Wikiportal/New Zealand]] and other [[:Category:Wikiportals]]? I'm writing this here because it was ''you'' who made those wonderful templates and we don't have a portal yet where we could communicate. What do you think? [[User:Humus sapiens|<nowiki></nowiki>]]&larr;[[User:Humus sapiens|Humus sapiens]]&larr;[[User talk:Humus_sapiens|Talk]] 05:26, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

*Hi Humus, it's only ''me'' here, but I will pass your message on to "everyone". Yes, your suggestion is excellent, it is certainly time for what you describe, but I have no experience with Wikipedia portals, and if you know how, go ahead and start an Israel portal and I am sure editors of Israel-related articles will support you and join in the effort/s. ''Behatzlachah''. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 05:33, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

== Banu Qurayza ==

Hi, I received this request: "[[Banu Qurayza]] I'd be interested in your thoughts, and if you have time, your help in editing.[[User:Briangotts|Briangotts]] 02:34, 31 May 2005 (UTC)" Are you able to take a look at it, it's also being "disputed". Thanks. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 03:40, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

== Babel - Classical Hebrew ==

Interesting idea, but how many people do you think this would apply to?  Also, would you separate Mishnaic from Biblical?  Finally, I'm not sure if the Babel designation was intended for "non-living" languages. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]][[User_talk:Jayjg|<sup style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</sup>]] 07:15, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

::# How many? Quite a few, I suspect...
::# Separate Mishnaic (/Rabbinic/Mediaeval) from Biblical? “Probably not” would be my take on that.
::# As for the “living or non-living” issue, I can express myself much better in the non-modern-Israeli Hebrew that was a quite living language for many generations up towards our times (and which you find in any edition of a siddur, the ''Mishna'', the ''Mishne Tora'', etc., than in the newly-created Hebrew of the 1900s. I suspect that 
Classical (incl. Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew) can be considered at least as living as a language as Latin (see [[Template:User la-3]]). What one would have to do with Classical Hebrew would be to leave out the “native” level and just include levels 1 through 3 &mdash; just as is going to happen when the native Latin speaker template most likely gets deleted soon. -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 07:50, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

*Uh...with 2.5 votes for "delete" vs. 10 votes for "keep", it actually appears that, at least for now, [[Template:User la]] will be kept.  (my vote "conservamus hunc" is a "keep", btw...)  The template does ''not'' say that it's spoken as a mother tongue, but that the user has a "mother tongue familiarity" (paraphrasing) with the language.  (see [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:User la]] for the vote.) If you can understand "uvnei dan" or "vere'u banav", you're probably at [[Template:User he-class 2]] (or maybe 3), and if you understand parashath balaq and its haftara perfectly, in Hebrew, that is, then you're probably at just User he-class.  Note that we probably shouldn't use [[Template:User he]] for this, since the template itself is written in MIH.  [[User:TShilo12|Tomer]] [[User talk:TShilo12|<sup style="font-size:x-small; color:#129DBC;">TALK</sup>]] 03:54, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

::OK... :-) Well &mdash; if native(-level) Latin has been weighed and found worthy, then I guess Classical Hebrew has a pretty strong case. As for levels... Since I stumble a bit on Haftaràt Baláq, the [[Template:User he-class]] is probably out of bounds. But maybe my preferring to say “ur’ú banáv” could earn me a [[Template:he-class-3]] &mdash; and, accordingly, a ''spectacular'' flunk in MIH. ;-)   The language of the templates should, as you point out, clearly not be in MIH. If this is an idea that catches on, then I am sure we can find a good way to phrase things. :-) [[User:Olve|Olve]] 07:16, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

==RFA==
Have you seen this RFA? [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/FeloniousMonk]] [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]][[User_talk:Jayjg|<sup style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</sup>]] 18:52, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

==[[Who is a Jew]]==

Please see the recent edits. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]][[User_talk:Jayjg|<sup style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</sup>]] 15:53, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

==Tzadik==
Please see the page that I made for [[Tzadik]] and my comments to the [[Talk:Chabad_Lubavitch#Relationship_between_God.2C_the_Rebbe_and_his_followers|talk page of chabad]] regarding ther merging of the section "Relationship between God, the Rebbe and his followers" into [[Tzadik]]. Thanks. --[[User:PinchasC|PinchasC]] | [[User_talk:PinchasC|<small>£€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€</small>]] 04:29, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

== Old Norse Wikipedia ==

While waiting for the creation of the Old Norse Wikipedia, I would like as much people as possible to come on [[m:User:Sajasaze/non/nyorð|this page]] to dicuss the "neologisms" we should use on it. Please take a look.
Yours sincerly.
[[User:82.235.122.163|82.235.122.163]] 09:50, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

P.S. : As you have many usernames, I've sent this message to each of them.

== An honest attempt ==

Your latest post at [[Talk:Norwegian language]] is very disappointing. You have shown an extremely unhelpful and ungenerous attitude while presenting very few reasonable arguments to support your position. For one thing, accusing me for being some sort of instigator of disputes initiated by other users as well as a POV-pusher for sticking to the only applicable policy in these matters is very frustrating. Do you have any idea how much time I've wasted on just making sure that people like the Norwegian anon don't impose their very real POV and personal opinions in articles like [[Scandinavian languages]] (see [[Talk:Scandinavian languages]] for the debate)? I would like nothing better than to focus my time on just improving language articles, but considering how many people take it for granted that their view on language is relevant, no matter how flawed their reasoning is or if relevant sources refure their claims, this is time and again effectively hampered. And trust me, this is not mere opinion clashes; it's trying to prevent people from crapping up articles through editing based on pure, scientifically unsupported personal opinion; something quite common in language articles.

Considering your actual additions to [[Norwegian language]] are limited to some minor comments about orthography, I'd really like to see you make up for this lack of commitment with an honest attempt at a proper discussion instead of throwing your hands up and blaming the entire conflict, including the behavior of abusive third partries, on me.

[[User:Karmosin|Peter]] <sup>[[User talk:Karmosin|Isotalo]]</sup> 23:52, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

== My RFA ==

Hi, Olve. You've commented on [[my RFA|Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Haukurth]] with the words "Oppose for reasons of ethical integrity and Wikipedia’s academic credibility." I humbly ask you to reconsider your opinion. I have replied at some length to various concerns with my participation in the User:Amalekite discussion and I hope you can take the time to read my comments, especially the most recent ones. If there are still concerns you feel I have not addressed please let me know and I will see if I can clarify anything. - [[User:Haukurth|Haukur Þorgeirsson]] 21:59, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

== [[Judaism_and_Christianity#Love]] ==

Hi Olve, I thought you might be interested in this section, recently added to the article, and in the discussion on the Talk: page regarding it. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]<sup>[[User_talk:Jayjg|<small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</small>]]</sup> 18:15, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

:Thanks for alerting me. Wish I had ''much'' more time right now... Could easily spend a week or three on that article. :) [[User:Olve|Olve]] 06:28, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

== Mange takk! ==

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Hey Olve!  Thanks for your support on [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TShilo12|my RfA]].  The final outcome was (57/4/3), so I am now an [[WP:ADMIN|administrator]]. 
If you need help, have a question, or just want to chat (or if I get out of line!), please don't hesitate to [[User talk:TShilo12|let me know]]! Again, thanks! :D 
'''<center>[[User:TShilo12|Tom]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="color:#008000;">e</span>]][[User:TShilo12|r]][[User talk:TShilo12|<sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #129dbc!important;">talk</sup>]]</center>'''</div>

== See [[Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Speedy]] ==

Hi Olve,
See [[Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Speedy]]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Speedy] for ANOTHER vote to rename the following. Also since you were the one who provided the evidence that this was the solution on the Norwegian Wikipedia, could you please add the relevant Norwegian links into this new vote. Best wishes! Thank you, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 13:04, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
:[[:Category:Hebrew Bible/Tanakh]] --> [[:Category:Tanakh]] 
:[[:Category:Hebrew Bible/Tanakh events]] --> [[:Category:Tanakh events]]
:[[:Category:Hebrew Bible/Tanakh people]] --> [[:Category:Tanakh people]]
:[[:Category:Hebrew Bible/Tanakh places]] --> [[:Category:Tanakh places]]
:[[:Category:Hebrew Bible/Tanakh prophets]] --> [[:Category:Tanakh prophets]]
:[[:Category:Hebrew Bible/Tanakh-related stubs]] --> [[:Category:Tanakh stubs]]
:[[:Category:Jewish texts/Ketuvim]] --> [[:Category:Ketuvim]]
:[[:Category:Jewish texts/Nevi'im]] --> [[:Category:Nevi'im]]

== [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Radhanite]] ==

This FAC is being opposed by a POV pusher who has consistantly tried to downplay Jewish contributions to history (while simultaneously shrugging off or sweeping under the rug Muslim atrocities against Jews and others, see, e.g., [[al-Andalus]] and [[Banu Qurayza]]). 
Please review the article when you are able and weigh in on the FAC page, or not, as you feel appropriate. [[User:Briangotts|Briangotts]] [[User talk:Briangotts|(Talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Briangotts|(Contrib)]] 05:57, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

== Hebrew Alphabet ==

Saw this message, what do you think of it? [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 06:27, 25 December 2005 (UTC):
:"I have rewritten the articles on all the Hebrew letters [[User:Sputnikcccp/Hebrew_Alphabet|here]] and before I replace the pages, your input would be appreciated. Thanks! [[User:Sputnikcccp|Sputnikcccp]] 16:26, 23 December 2005 (UTC)"

== Edvard Grieg ==

I wonder if you are familiar with his violin sonata in C minor? Do you think it would be worthy of an article here? --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 06:30, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

== Bible verses and chapters on Wikipedia ==

Hello Olve: ''Shavua Tov'' ! It is important that you see the following proposed Wikipedia policy pages and their discussion pages at [[Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Verses of 1 Kings 4 and 5]] AND [[Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Whole bible chapter text]]. Thanks for giving this matter your serious attention before discussion is closed and the "policy" is set. [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 09:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

== Chabad link in [[Minyan]] Article ==

Hello, Olve, I would appreciate your comments/opinions in the debate I am having with [[User:PinchasC|PinchasC]] here: [[Talk:Minyan#External_Links]]. Thank you. -- [[User:Avraham|Avi]] 17:01, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

==Tartini's terzo suono on Beat (acoustics): can you help?==
On [[Beat (acoustics)]] there is the phrase ''playing pure harmonies on the two upper strings like a c against an open e-string'' whose exact meaning I cannot figure out. As a violinist, could you explain it to laymen?--[[User:Army1987|Army1987]] 21:08, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

:OK &mdash; I have tried to write it a bit clearer, and have also corrected a mistake. It is wordier now, but hopefully a bit easier to understand. -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 03:47, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

== Marginal tonality ==

You added [[:Category:Tonal languages]] to the articles on Swedish and Norwegian, but I can't quite agree with the classification and I reverted them. Yes, both of them feature tone to a minor extent, but it's quite marginal and not lexically unpredictable like in more prominent tone languages. After all, the Scandinavian tones don't signify grammatical features like tense or anything comparable.

[[User:Peter Isotalo|Peter]] <sup>[[User talk:Peter Isotalo|Isotalo]]</sup> 11:32, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

:That would go for [[Punjabi language| Punjabi]] to, wouldn't it? I agree that tonemes are relatively marginal (though rather audible) in Rikssvenska. And they are also present in many dialects of Danish. (I didn't include Danish, since they are more marginal there.) But in Norwegian, and esp. Nynorsk and “Radical Bokmål”, they take on a more central rôle &mdash; compare ''rota'' (T1: ‘the root’; T2: ‘made a mess’), ''husa'' (T1: ‘the houses’; T2: ‘boarded, had in one’s house’), ''Eli'' (T1: man’s name or family name; T2: woman’s name), ''skjelven'' (T1: ‘the being shaky’; T2: ‘shaky’), etc.
:A few grammatical feature&nbsp;/toneme links in Nynorsk and “Radical Bokmål” are:
:* '''T1-en''': monosyllabic masculine singular determinate ''vs.'' '''T2-en''': adjectival form, bisyllabic masculine singular determinate
:* '''T1-a''': monosyllabic feminine singular determinate, monosyllabic neutrum plural determinate ''vs.'' '''T2-a''': verbal past tense; bisyllabic feminine singular determinate
:This goes for the standard forms of the language/s.
:In addition, in dialects which have kept the dative as a separate case, it is frequently found that toneme is central within the inflexion of each word:
:* ''Husa'' (T1: ‘the houses’ (neutrum plural determinate, nom./akk.); T2: ‘(in) the house’ (neutrum singular determinate, dat.)
:Also, isn’t it a bit rash of you to just revert this without discussion? I will leave Swedish out, since your arguments hold for the standard language, but will reinstate Norwegian in the category. -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 18:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

::Convincing argumentation. You make the call on Swedish if you feel like it.
::[[User:Peter Isotalo|Peter]] <sup>[[User talk:Peter Isotalo|Isotalo]]</sup> 14:43, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== Census information ==

Thanks for the support on my Talk: page. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]<sup>[[User_talk:Jayjg|<small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</small>]]</sup> 18:23, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Yeshiva counterpart ==

From your edits to [[Template:User_Yeshiva]] I see that you feel that the template serves to represent any type of Rabbinic students, whether [[Orthodox]], [[Reform]], or [[Conservative]] in their Rabbinical seminaries. However, I disagree and feel that the user:yeshiva [[Wikipedia:Userboxes|Userbox]] should refer specifically to Yeshivas and their counterparts for females which are known in [[Yeshivish]], and probably [[English]] as "Seminaries." So I'm proposing that I should create a new [[Wikipedia:Userboxes|Userbox]] template to represent Jews who are in either Yeshiva or Seminary, and a separate userbox for other types of Rabbinic seminaries because [[Yeshivas]] are not nessecesscescarily Rabbinic seminaries, and surely [[Beis Yaakov]] schools, to which [[Jewish Seminary]] redirects (because it was requested [[Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Culture_and_fine_arts#Judaism|here]] that anarticle for Orthodox girls' schools be introduced to the Wiki) are not Rabbinical seminaries (because Orthodox girls do not become [[Rabbi]]s). So what do you think? Also, can you please move away your userboxes from your talk page because they get in the way? --[[User:Rachack|רח"ק]] | [[User_talk:Rachack|Talk]] 20:55, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

:My “edits”? I ''made'' the template...! </frustrated sigh> <On a more positive note:> If you don’t like the broad scope of it (yes, it does have a broad scope), I have nothing against your making others for specific uses (but please let this one be broad), and I would be happy to help. Maybe something like: {{[[:template:User Yeshiva Orthodox]]}} (could be split by gender), {{[[:template:User Yeshiva Conservative]]}}, (with redirect from “... Masorti”), {{[[:template:User Yeshiva Liberal]]}} (with redirects from Reconstructionist, Reform, Progressive, etc.). For those of us who study in Yeshivot/Seminaries which are non-denominational, those categories don’t fit, however, and the use of the existing, general user box seems to be the best solution.

:Concerning the user boxes, I’ll look into the options for structuring them differently. Please tell me ''how'' they get in your way, so that I can have a better picture of how to fix the problem. -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 21:26, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

{{[[:template:User chareidi Yeshiva]]}}: Great job, Rachack! :-) [[User:Olve|Olve]] 21:47, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

:Thanks. Your userboxes are on top of the top part of your talk page. Might I suggest making a separate page [[User:Olve/userboxes]]. I have done that also at [[User:Rachack/userboxes]]. --[[User:Rachack|רח"ק]] | [[User_talk:Rachack|Talk]] 21:53, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

::Ah &mdash; the good ol’ low-resolution monitor problem... :] OK &mdash; I moved them to the bottom of my user page now. I also took out the tables, so that the boxes can wrap freely. Thanks for telling me about the problem! :-) {{Script/Hebrew|שבת שלום}} -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 22:22, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

== Camisia, qamis ==

If there's a PIE root, kem, for camisia, then camisia is unlikely to be derived from qamis. The derivation would be the other way around. Do you have some linguistic source for the argument the other way? 

Just in terms of the history of clothing, the earliest woven clothing tends to be simply lengths of cloth, worn as loincloths, kilts, cloaks, etc. This would be true of Egyptian, Mesopotamian, early Greek, South Asian, etc. clothing. Cutting and sewing, as for shirts, tends to characteristic of northern peoples making garments of skins. Later, cutting and sewing are applied to cloth. In older clothing, the cuts are designed not to waste an inch of cloth. Truly ingenious cutting and piecing, lots of gores and gussets. Indo-Europeans are much more likely to have worn sewn rather than wrapped clothing, I should think. Would have to look at evidence from steppe graves to be sure. That would strengthen the case for an Indo-European origin for camisia. [[User:Zora|Zora]] 10:12, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

: P.S. I just noticed -- on your user page, you mention POD publishing of ''The Vale of Cedars''. I was one of the proofreaders for that book, when we put it through Distributed Proofreaders.

::See http://www.bartleby.com/61/12/C0271200.html and http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/S240.html -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 00:46, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

== Category Indian Jews ==

There is already a category, Desi Jews. Desi is used for any South Asian. Indian Jews would be a subcategory -- but I'm not at all sure that it's needed. The division between Pakistan and India is quite recent, the Jewish communities of South Asia are very old, and there was, I believe, a fair bit of movement between communities. Did you know about the Desi Jew category when you created the Indian Jew category? [[User:Zora|Zora]] 03:55, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

== Public transport Userbox ==

===>'''Thanks.''' -[[User:Koavf|Justin (koavf)]], [[User talk:Koavf|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|mail]] 23:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

:De nada! :-) [[User:Olve|Olve]] 23:14, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip!  -[[User:Sethmahoney|Smahoney]] 02:45, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from me too! However, another user, [[User:Disavian|Disavian]], seems to have simply edited my own user page to accomplish an equivalent thing. -- [[User:BRG|BRG]] 13:45, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
:Yep. AWB is a wonderful thing. I'd reccomend that you (Olve) check to see if it's included on any userpages before you userpage-spam. Admittedly, I might not have gotten all of them. Just saying... —[[User:Disavian|Disavian]] ([[User talk:Disavian|<sup>talk</sup>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Disavian|<sub>contribs</sub>]]) 05:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
::“Userpage-spam”...? -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 06:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Muchas gracias for the tip :) --[[User:Michaelk|Michaelk]] 09:13, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

==Kashrut Userbox==

Thanks for changing my Userpage reference to the "User kosher" box into the new template reference!  ''Todah Rabah!'' --[[User:Voyagerfan5761|Tuvok]] 02:13, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

== List of Iberian Jews ==

Thanks for the revert, but I've had to do it again.  Some people are very persistent.  Please feel free to activate your e-mail, and e-mail me. --[[User:Newport|Newport]] 11:44, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

== Thank You ==

Hi Olve, thank you for reminding me to be civilised at all times. Although I stand by the views expressed, I regret the manner in which I said them. Many thanks, [[User:Nesher|Nesher]] 20:21, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

:No worries. :) I put one citation in (for now) and added [[:category:rabbis]]. I agree with you that the category [[:category:Orthodox rabbis|Orthodox rabbis]]. The article should be toned down a bit, and it should be made clear that her formal title was ''Tanna’it''. The specific title ''Rabbi'' was not commonly used in the time and place in question to the best of my knowledge, but it is clear from the sources that that is the closest word we have in modern English... {{Script/Hebrew|כֹּל טוּב}} -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 20:28, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

==Asenath Barzani==
Hi Olive! I've added a section Status as Rabbi and suggest presenting evidence/scholarship on her rabbinical status in this section (properly sourced). The issue of whether she had the title Rabbi (unlike Taana'it) seems to be a controversial one, and it's not clear whether it represents a modern scholar's opinion of what her title might or should have been, as distinct from historical documentation of what her peers actually called her. A separate section permits a full discussion of all scholarly opinions as to whether she was or was not a Rabbi. Do you think this is reasonable? --[[User:Shirahadasha|Shirahadasha]] 20:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

:Sounds very reasonable to me. My impression from the works I have read on the topic is that she did not have the title ''Rabbi'', but that the title ''Tanna’it'' was ''a'' Rabbinic title &mdash; along with ''Ribbí'' (''Rebbí, Rabbi''), ''Rab'' (''Rav, Rov''), ''Dayyán'', ''Ḥakhám'' (''Hacham, Haham''), ''Haham Başı'' (''Hakham Bashi''), Rishón leṢiyyón'' (''Rishon leTzion''), etc. -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 20:57, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

== Public transport userbox ==

hey Olve,

just wanted to say thank you for the public transport user box info

[[User:Thewaya|devonwhittle]] 12:59, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

== Sikhism ==

Hi Olve!  Please check out the discussion at [[da:Diskussion:Abrahamitiske religioner]]. [[User:Sukh|Sukh]] | <span style="color: green;" lang="pa">ਸੁਖ</span> | [[User talk:Sukh|Talk]] 19:33, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

== Spanish and Portuguese Jews' categories ==

Shalom Olve: Hope all is well with you. ''Chag Sameach''. I was wondering if you could help out. I am in the process of organizing [[:Category:Jews and Judaism by country]] which usually involves bringing together three or four categories into under a parent category. I have just worked on the Spanish and Portuguese sub-categories and I know you have an interest in this subject. Unfortunately I have discovered overlaps (very common) because editors use the terms "Jews" "Jewish" "Judaism" and "Jewish history" very loosely and this can create redundancies without editors knowing what others have already done. Soooo, please take a look at [[:Category:Jews and Judaism in Portugal]] (this is the parent category that I have just created) and you will see that it holds three sub-categories:

*[[:Category:Jewish Portuguese history]]
*[[:Category:Judaism in Portugal]]
*[[:Category:Portuguese Jews]]

and they only have articles about people, sometimes the same ones.

See also the parent category [[:Category:Jews and Judaism in Spain]], it has two sub-categories:

*[[:Category:Jewish Spanish history]] (which then has many of its own sub-sub-categories)
*[[:Category:Spanish Jews]]

and again, you will se that there is an overlap, and that articles about individuals in [[:Category:Jewish Spanish history]] should actually be placed into [[:Category:Spanish Jews]]. If you could find the time to look through and place the biographical articles into [[:Category:Spanish Jews]] that would be great. And also to try to tighten-up the spread of articles in the various Portuguase categories. Thanks in advnace for your efforts. If you cannot do this let me know. I may ask someone else to help. Best wishes, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] 07:31, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

== Great timing on your first edit to [[Allegations of Israeli apartheid]] ==

Hi Olve.  I was looking through the history of the AoIA article and it seems that your first edit to the article, a revert in a widespread revert war (this edit [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allegations_of_Israeli_apartheid&diff=83511957&oldid=83509935]) happened today -- see [http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl].  It's timing was impeccable.  I was wondering how it is you happened upon that article at that exact time - can you explain?  Just trying to understand the strangeness that has been going on with that article.  --[[User:Deodar|Deodar]] 01:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Anyways, it was really frustrating today since that revert war was based on a misunderstanding.  No one did undo all of SV's edits and I had taken the changes to the talk page.  Going forward, it is best to use the talk page rather than have a pile one, pile ones only encourage one side to be left with bad taste of feeling bullied, as SV mentioned on the AoIA talk page [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Allegations_of_Israeli_apartheid&diff=prev&oldid=83516396] -- something that needs to be avoided.  --[[User:Deodar|Deodar]] 02:51, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:You will probably find that I have edited a lot of articles the first time at some point. Some times, those edits are [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alpha_1-antitrypsin_deficiency&diff=33227852&oldid=29546997 tiny], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asenath_Barzani&diff=60539223&oldid=60501866 other times not]. I try to make a point out of spreading my edits a bit. Lately, I have edited less than usual and am finding myself in a situation where lots of patience and low-level edit “wars” over days and days is something I do not have the time and energy to engage in. I apologise if my revert of the suddenly high-speed re-ordering of the article and my urging people to take things to the discussion page (!) has hurt anyone’s feelings. I have usually tried to keep away from [[Israel|particularily contentious topics]] since saying anything sensible there tends to lead to accusations and insinuations, but sometimes I fail to do that... :] [[User:Olve|Olve]] 20:06, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

::Things seem to have calmed down now, thankfully.  BTW my great grandmother immigrated from Olso, Norway to the north-western United States around 1920 in what was a mass wave of Norwegian immigration to North America.  --[[User:Deodar|Deodar]] 02:06, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

:::1) Good! :-) 2) Interesting! :-) I have some relatives on the US west coast too. And some more distant ones in the more typically Scandinavian Midwest... (Don't know if [[Eric Utne]] is a relative though...) Do you know where your family came from before Oslo? -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 23:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_November_12#Category:Anti-Semitic_people Vote request]==

Please [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_November_12#Category:Anti-Semitic_people Vote], as per wiktionary the correct spelling is [[Wiktionary:anti-Semitic]] NOT '''Antisemitic'''. [[User:70.49.86.196|70.49.86.196]] 22:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

==Safiyya==

Hi, please can you get involved in the talk on the Safiyya bint Huyayy article. Please read through the talk and make out if you agree that she should not be called a concubine in adddition to a 'wife'  of mohammad. In my view, it was a marriege out of fear. Thanks [[User:FrummerThanThou|FrummerThanThou]] 23:52, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

==Shalwar vs. Salwar Redux==
Hi, Since you had posted an opinion on the preferred (Wikipedia) spelling of this apparel, I was wondering if you could respond to [[Talk:Salwar_kameez#Shalwar_vs._Salwar_Redux|Shalwar vs. Salwar Redux]].  Thanks.  [[User:Fowler&amp;fowler|<span style="color:#B8860B;">Fowler&amp;fowler</span>]][[User talk:Fowler&amp;fowler|<span style="color:#708090;">«Talk»</span>]] 21:31, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

== WikiProject Backpacking ==

Hello, I noticed you seem to like [[Backpacking (wilderness)|Backpacking]] and was wondering if you'd be interested in WikiProject Backpacking, a new project geared towards improving backpacking related articles on Wikipedia. If you'd like to join, show support by signing your name at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Backpacking]] and by helping to edit our beta project page at [[User:Leif902/WikiProject Backpacking]]. Thank you, and have a nice day! -[[User:Leif902|Leif902]] 00:47, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


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== Re. [[Aure, Norway]] ==

Hei Olve. I will have to decline your request to protect this article as the current level of vandalism does not justify protection at this time. However, I've added this article to my watchlist and will promptly revert any vandalism to it. One of the vandals has already been blocked indefinitely. Best regards, <strong>[[User:Husond|<span style="color:#082567;">Hús</span>]][[User:Husond/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">ö</span>]][[User talk:Husond|<span style="color:#082567;">nd</span>]]</strong> 20:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

:All right &mdash; if I don't have to watch it more-or-less alone, that will definitely help... :] [[User:Olve|Olve]] 14:03, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

== Do you understand Aramaic? ==

Do you understand Aramaic or know of someone on wikipedia who understands Aramaic; I'm looking to translate some angel names.
Mursiel and Baviel. Let me know if you know or if someone else knows, that seems like an awful lot of knows...ha ha! Thanks. [[User:Lighthead|Lighthead]] 23:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

:Well &mdash; ''bab(a)'' (Bét-Bét) means ‘gate’, so one can say that ''Baviel'' or ''Babiel'' means ‘the Gate of God’ or ‘God is my gate’. The name ''Mursiel'' does not seem to make sense to me, unless it is a typo of, ''e.g.'', [[Muriel]]...  -- [[User:Olve|Olve]] 23:11, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

== concerning BernardZ ==

You are a funny guy!  But thanks - let's hope he gets the message. [[User:Slrubenstein|Slrubenstein]]   |  [[User talk:Slrubenstein|Talk]] 18:35, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

::Well &mdash; let's hope... :] [[User:Olve|Olve]] 18:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
===re: Thank you===
Ingen problem.  [[User:TShilo12|Tom]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="color:#008000;">e</span>]][[User:TShilo12|r]][[User talk:TShilo12|<sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #129dbc!important;">talk</sup>]] 02:55, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

== [[WP:ICELAND|WikiProject Iceland]] ==

Maybe you are interested in this project... --[[User:Michkalas|Michkalas]] 15:26, 26 April 2007 (UTC)


== [[The neo-lachrymose conception of Jewish-Arab history]] ==
I have responded to your comment on the AfD.  Can you please take a look (also at the details I have provided under my keep vote) Thanks --[[User:Aminz|Aminz]] 07:34, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
: Thanks for your comment. Peace --[[User:Aminz|Aminz]] 06:48, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

== Ritual washing in Judaism ==

The [[Ritual washing in Judaism]] article has recently gone a major re-write, with much contentious material inserted. I've tried to clean up some of it, but I'd appreciate it if you could take a look. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]<sup>[[User_talk:Jayjg|<small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</small>]]</sup> 18:21, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

== Artur Carlos de Barros Basto ==

Hi Olve: I came across this article: [[Artur Carlos de Barros Basto]]. It's interesting and needs some work. Thanks, [[User:IZAK|IZAK]] ([[User talk:IZAK|talk]]) 09:52, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany]] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Germany&action=watch finger on pulse]
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== My rfa ==

Well, not this time anyway it seems...[[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MONGO 2|my effort to regain my adminship]] was unsuccessful, but your support was still very much appreciated. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Thank you!--[[User:MONGO|MONGO]] 07:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

== Speedy deletion of [[Template:User Yeshiva Conservative]] ==
A tag has been placed on [[Template:User Yeshiva Conservative]] requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under [[WP:CSD#T3|section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion]], because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<tt>&lt;noinclude>&#123;{transclusionless}}&lt;/noinclude></tt>).

Thanks. --[[User:MZMcBride|MZMcBride]] ([[User talk:MZMcBride|talk]]) 19:49, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

== Rfb participation thanks ==

Hello, Olve.

I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After [[Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Avraham 2/Bureaucrat discussion|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. -- [[User:Avraham|Avi]] ([[User talk:Avraham|talk]]) 19:08, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

== New name ==

Hey, congratulations on the new user name, it suits you! [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]<sup>[[User_talk:Jayjg|<small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</small>]]</sup> 02:08, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

:Thank you! :-) {{Script/Hebrew|שׁבת שׁלום!}} -- [[User:Olve Utne|Olve Utne]] ([[User talk:Olve Utne#top|talk]]) 18:50, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

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[[Image:The Worship of the Golden Calf (Filippino Lippi).jpg|200px|left|Worship of the Golden Calf]]
<big>'''Now with 200% ''more'' Jewishness!'''</big><br>
Yes, folks, we're moving on up. This newsletter is now the newsletter for both WikiProject Judaism, WikiProject Jewish History, ''and'' WikiProject Kabbalah. In the future, I may split them, but for now I think we'll be just fine with one. As always, any questions or comments should be directed to me, [[User:L'Aquatique|L'Aquatique]].

<big>'''A Special Dispatch'''</big><br>
Just a note, not aimed at anyone in particular. By order of the administrative cabal, it is officially not cool (and possibly [[WP:DICK|dickish]]) to call someone an anti-semite ''when'' they aren't being anti-semitic. Anti-semitic is a very charged word, and it's important only to use it when you're absolutely sure it applies, lest it become the subject of a [[Godwin's Law|Godwin-esque law]]. Remember Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.<br>
<big>'''In the News'''</big>
*A new class on the importance scale has been added- C Class- which covers articles better than start but not quite to B Class yet. It is up to the WikiProjects to decide whether to adopt them or not. Currently, there has been little discussion within our Projects, so if you feel strongly either way be sure to note so at your Project[s].
*There is a proposal to reword the section on NPOV regarding religious articles. Please see [[Wikipedia_talk:NPOV#Religion section - Disputes between historians or scientists and religious_views]] to weigh in.
*Thanks largely to the efforts of [[User:Xyz7890|Xyz7890]], a new navbox has come into being featuring Halakha topics. See:  [[Template talk:Halakha]] to join in the conversation about how it can best be improved.
<big>'''To Do'''</big>
* The [[:Simple:Main Page|Simple English Wikipedia]] is beginning a project of creating and improving articles related to religion, including Judaism. At the present time, volunteers are needed to propose our most important subjects for articles to be created. The official working list is [[:Simple:User:Eptalon/Religion-related_worklist#Judaism|here]] and a more extended list is [[User:John_Carter/Simple_English_wikipedia#Judaism|here]]. If you are unsure of proper topics, you might try checking our lists of top importance level articles: [[:Category:Top-importance Judaism articles|Judaism]] and [[:Category:Top-importance Jewish history-related articles|Jewish History]]. (WikiProject Kabbalah currently doesn't have such a list)
:*[Simple English] WikiProject Christianity is considering running a monthly drive wherein two or three top importance articles from English Wikipedia are simplified and moved over to S.E. They have extended an offer to work with us in creating a similar project for Judaism related articles. For questions or volunteer opportunities, please contact [[User:John Carter]].
*WikiProject Kabbalah is in dire need of an article rating system for quality and importance. If you are familiar with that system and have some time on your hands, please create one. It could also use some infoboxes...
<big>'''New Members'''</big>
*'''Judaism:''' [[User:Big maybe|Big maybe]], [[User:Janirai|Janirai]], [[User:Jfdwolff|Jfdwolff]], [[User:Joseph.mahal|Joseph.mahal]], [[User:Joshua_Weiss|Joshua Weiss]], [[User:LisaLiel|LisaLiel]], [[User:Rcjavid|Rcjavid]], [[User:Yehudi|Yehudi]], [[User:Yidisheryid|YY]], [[user:Agent204.15|Agent204.15]], [[User:Gilad73|Gilad73]], [[User:Joseph.mahal|Joseph.mahal]], [[User:Noah03|Noah03]]
*'''Jewish History:''' [[User:Noah03|Noah03]]
*'''Kabbalah:''' None. Won't you [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Kabbalah&action=edit&section=2 join]?

<big>'''New Articles'''</big>
*[[Habib ben Elisha Faturechi]] (Thanks [[User:PhatJew|PhatJew]]!)
*There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. [[Image:Face-grin.svg|25px|Grin]].


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'''Quick Links'''<br>
*[[Portal:Judaism|Judaism Portal]]
*[[Portal:Kabbalah|Kabbalah Portal]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Judaism|Articles for Deletion]]
* [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Religion and philosophy|Request for Comment]]
* [[Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Social_sciences#Judaism|Article Requests]]

'''WikiProject Judaism Stats'''<br>
*281 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism/Members|Project Members]]
*6155 articles
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'''WikiProject Jewish History Stats'''<br>
*69 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Jewish History#Members|Project Members]]
*1124 articles
:*241 of which are [[:Category:Stub-Class_Jewish_history-related_articles|Stubs]]
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:*10 of which are [[:Category:FA-Class_Jewish_history-related_articles|Featured]]
'''WikiProject Kabbalah Stats'''<br>
*12 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kabbalah#Participants|Project Members]]
*165 articles
:*87 of which are [[:Category:Kabbalah_stubs|Stubs]]
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==Wikimania 2010 could be coming to Stockholm!==

I'm leaving you a note as you may be interested in this opportunity.

People from all six Nordic Wiki-communities (sv, no, nn, fi, da and is) are coordinating a bid for Wikimania 2010 in Stockholm. I'm sending you a message to let you know that this is occurring, and over the next few months we're looking for community support to make sure this happens! See [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Stockholm the bid page on meta] and if you like such an idea, please sign the "supporters" list at the bottom. Tack (or takk), and have a wonderful day! [[User:Mike Halterman|Mike H.]] [[User talk:Mike Halterman|Fierce!]] 08:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

==The Judaism Newsletter==
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[[Image:Montefiore100.jpg|200px|right|Sir Moses Montefore, a Jewish activist who died 123 years ago this month]]
<big>'''"Censorship" of names of G-d'''</big><br>
There is an interesting discussion currently taking place regarding whether or not it is acceptable to censor (i.e. G-d, HaShem->YodHey) names of G-d in articles to protect Jews who may be reading or editing the article. You can weigh in here: [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Judaism#Yahweh]].

<big>'''Article Cleanup Lists'''</big><br>
[[User:B. Wolterding]] has generously offered us use of his bot to generate lists that show which articles of ours are tagged for cleanup. You can read more about this service here: [[User:B._Wolterding/Cleanup_listings]] and if you would like to take him up on his offer, contact him on [[User talk:B._Wolterding|his talk page]].

<big>'''In the News'''</big>
[[Image:Wikipro.JPG|75px|left|The Jewish Barnstar]]
[[Image:The_Jewish_Barnstar.png|85px|left|The New Jewish Barnstar]]
*There is a collaboration drive to get [[Holocaust in Lithuania]] to [[WP:GA|good article]] status. For information about how you can help, see the talk page or [[User talk:Piotrus|contact User:Piotrus]].
*WikiProject Kabbalah's only Featured and Good articles have been removed from the WikiProject, on the grounds that neither article ([[Diane Keaton]] and [[David Beckham]], respectively) actually mention the subject's affiliation with [[Kabbalah]]. If you have sourced information linking either of these people to Kabbalah, please add it so the articles can be returned to the WikiProject.
*After a rather heated discussion, there are now ''two'' barnstars for use by the Jewish WikiProjects, {{tl|The Jewish Barnstar}} and {{tl|The New Jewish Barnstar}}, and you can choose which one you would like to use.. Remember: barnstars are for rewarding users who are doing good work on the project or on Judaism, Jewish History, or Kabbalah articles, and anyone can give anyone else a barnstar. If you see a user who you thinks deserves a thank you, give them a barnstar!
<big>'''To Do/Help Requests'''</big>
*If you have some spare time on your hands, we could use an article about a Kabbalah scholar named [[Moshe Idel]]. According to [[User:HG|HG]] there are quite a few sources easily available, you can contact him if you have questions. Be sure to nominate it for [[WP:DYK|DYK]] if the finished article is eligible.
*The folks at [[Shimon Peres]] need some assistance from someone familiar with both the Hebrew calendar and language to help them figure out the subject's birthday. If you can help, please see [[Talk:Shimon_Peres#Birthday]].
<big>'''New Members'''</big>
*'''Judaism:''' [[User:Arigont|Arigont]], [[User:Avi15|Avi]], [[User:CheskiChips|CheskiChips]], [[User:Pini00001|Pini00001]], [[User:Shirulashem|Shirulashem]], [[User:TaliaNadel|TaliaNadel]], [[User:Tyciol|Tyciol]], [[User:Yehoshuafriedla|yehoshuafriedla]]
*'''Jewish History:''' [[User:5768altalena|5768altalena]], [[User:AniMate|AniMate]], [[User:Yosef.garibaldi.gmail]], [[User:Pinnecco|Pinnecco]], [[User:Shirulashem|Shirulashem]], [[User:Tyciol|Tyciol]]
*'''Kabbalah:''' [[User:Shaul avrom|Shuliavrumi]]

<big>'''New Articles'''</big>
* [[Bezalel Rudinsky]] (thanks [[User:Shirulashem|Shirulashem]]!}, [[Jewish tartan]] (thanks [[User:Briangotts|Briangotts]]!), [[Hebrew spelling]] (thanks [[User:Epson291|Epson291]])
*We get a lot of articles that are being created and not announced! By announcing new articles, you attract attention to them, and the more people looking and editing the better they will get. If you would like your new article to appear in the newsletter, add it [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Judaism/New_articles|here]] for Judaism and Kabbalah and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Jewish_history/New_article_announcements|here]] for Jewish History.
*There are some 40 odd standing requests for Judaism related articles. Please make them! I would, but I'm too busy writing this. [[Image:Face-grin.svg|25px|Grin]].


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*[[Portal:Israel|Israel Portal]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Judaism|Articles for Deletion]]
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'''WikiProject Judaism Stats'''<br>
*291 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism/Members|Project Members]]
*6248 articles
:*2356 of which are [[:Category:Stub-Class Judaism articles|Stubs]]
:*18 of which are [[:Category:GA-Class Judaism articles|Good]]
:*6 of which are [[:Category:FA-Class Judaism articles|Featured]]
'''WikiProject Jewish History Stats'''<br>
*77 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Jewish History#Members|Project Members]]
*1141 articles
:*244 of which are [[:Category:Stub-Class_Jewish_history-related_articles|Stubs]]
:*10 of which are [[:Category:GA-Class_Jewish_history-related_articles|Good]]
:*10 of which are [[:Category:FA-Class_Jewish_history-related_articles|Featured]]
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*13 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kabbalah#Participants|Project Members]]
*165 articles
:*87 of which are [[:Category:Kabbalah_stubs|Stubs]]
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==[[Shlom bayit]]==
Just to let you know that a [[WP:Consensus|consensus]] discussion is underway about changing '''Shlom bayit''' to '''Shalom bayit'''. Please add your opinion at [[Talk:Shlom bayit#Requested move]]. Thank you,
==[[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/West Bank - Judea and Samaria]]==
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/West Bank - Judea and Samaria|here]].  Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/West Bank - Judea and Samaria/Evidence]]. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/West Bank - Judea and Samaria/Workshop]].

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, [[User:Tznkai|Tznkai]] ([[User talk:Tznkai|talk]]) 04:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

== Thank you ... ==

... for your comments on my talk page, even though I disagree with some of your points. Regardless of whether I am not living up to some standard (and I think I'm doing OK), I feel that admins ''should be'' held to a higher standard. And as you can see from my comments, I think Jayjg stepped well below those standards. I also don't think there is much of a problem with having the discussion on my talk page; even though it is technically open for anyone to see, user talk pages are acceptable for such disagreements. This is not a personal disagreement (i.e., I'm not making judgments on Jayjg as a person or even as an editor; I'm am criticizing his behavior as an admin). But that's probably a moot point because I think the discussion is coming to a close. Thank you again for you comments. [[User:Ward3001|Ward3001]] ([[User talk:Ward3001|talk]]) 22:33, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

:I got a bit curious here and looked through some of what you, Ward3001 have written about Jayjg over the Winona Ryder issue. I am appalled by [[Talk:Winona_Ryder#Categories|your ''ad hominem'' attacks]] and strongly advice that you take a wiki-break while thinking through your motivation for being on this project. -- [[User:Olve Utne|Olve Utne]] ([[User talk:Olve Utne#top|talk]]) 22:33, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
::I apologized to Jayjg for personalizing the discussion, in case you didn't notice. Are you appalled that he abused the admin tools by threatening to block over a non-libelous BLP issue before giving a word of explanation on the talk page, an action that other editors besides me have disagreed with? As I told Jayjg, it would have taken less than a minute for him to make that explanation, and I have never in my years as editor seen an admin use a block threat so loosely. I again appreciate your comments, and maybe I do need a wikibreak, but not nearly as much as Jayjg needs an admin break. [[User:Ward3001|Ward3001]] ([[User talk:Ward3001|talk]]) 22:42, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

:After your behaviour, maybe you can see that an “(my apologies) BUT....:!!!” doesn’t quite cut it? You can relativise it as much as you wish, but that point stands. -- [[User:Olve Utne|Olve Utne]] ([[User talk:Olve Utne#top|talk]]) 22:59, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
:Anyway &mdash; I think the best you can do after that is give things a bit of time... Then you may have a better chance to be listened to regarding other concerns you have. -- [[User:Olve Utne|Olve Utne]] ([[User talk:Olve Utne#top|talk]]) 23:01, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

For the record: I am not going to spend more time on this issue. Other tasks are waiting in real life... :) [[User:Olve Utne|Olve Utne]] ([[User talk:Olve Utne#top|talk]]) 23:04, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
:Yes, I understand about the other tasks in real life. Thanks. [[User:Ward3001|Ward3001]] ([[User talk:Ward3001|talk]]) 00:25, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

==Speedy deletion of [[:Familial mediterranean fever]]==
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The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sandy Eisenberg Sasso]] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion.  However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. [[User:WikiDan61|<span style="color:green;">WikiDan61</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:WikiDan61|ChatMe!]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/WikiDan61|ReadMe!!]]</sub> 14:37, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

== Any references for this article? ==

Hi, could you [http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheol check this article] and see if you could add references for it, would be good as it currently do not have any. :-) [[User:Ulflarsen|Ulflarsen]] ([[User talk:Ulflarsen|talk]]) 20:32, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

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== RIP ==

I don't think I knew you while you were alive, but I offer my condolences. [[User:QwertyForest|QwertyForest]] ([[User talk:QwertyForest|talk]]) 16:08, 28 December 2024 (UTC)