User talk:Jewbacca

Yitzchak ben-Zwi

Hi Jewbacca, congrats on your recent work (finally someone who looked at Yitzchak ben-Zwi!) You must have been an anon for a while before moving into your present username - your edits are too good for a newbie! :-)

PS You list a medical school on your userpage. You a doctor/medical student by any chance? We've got a WikiProject "Clinical medicine" here! JFW | T@lk 10:11, 23 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words! I'm still pretty new, only here a week or so, but I've definitely been lurking in Israel related pages, so those missing Israeli Presidents caught my eye to at least get started on. Not a med student, just an undergrad, but work for the med school IT group. Jewbacca 10:14, May 23, 2004 (UTC)

Hechsher

Well done on hechsher. There's also a case for moving the shechita-related stuff from the kashrut page to a seperate one, which will include stuff on cruelty in religious slaughter etc. JFW | T@lk 12:14, 23 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks again, JFW. I haven't read through kashrut too thoroughly yet (just saw that nagging red link for heksher beckoning me). Does kashrut cover just food or how about other matters of kashrut like a Torah scroll, tefillin, etc? Jewbacca 12:22, May 23, 2004 (UTC)

Hi. There is no dagesh in the kaf of הכשר so I changed it to hechsher. Danny 11:17, 23 May 2004 (UTC)

• No problem. I suppose you're right about that. I just followed the null-link in the Kashrut article that had it spelled heksher (until you just fixed it). Thanks Jewbacca 11:22, May 23, 2004 (UTC)
• P.S. I'm rather new here. Is there a tool or easy way of generating the Hebrew unicode? I'm going to copy and paste that into the hechsher article now. --Jewbacca 11:23, May 23, 2004 (UTC)

Zionism

I don't have any real problem with the wording as it now stands, but logically it doesn't make much sense to say that the principal objection to a binational state is that it would end the Jewish character of the state. Of course it would: that's what a binational state means. The sentence should really explain why opponents of a binational state think that would be a bad thing - presumably because it would put the Jewish population at a disadvantage. Adam 03:38, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

• I know many opponents of the binational state are concerned primarily that beyond being at a disadvantage, Israel would cease to exist, and would end up as another Muslim state in the Middle East. That would presumably (given the Jewish refugee problem seen throughout the MidEast) mean that Jews would eventually be expelled from the country. I can't think of the most elegant NPOV way of putting it, but I felt I could take some liberty in the wording given that I prefaced it with "opponents say..." Good point though about the "duh" nature of what I may have written. comments? Jewbacca 03:50, May 25, 2004 (UTC)

May I ask you to add to the Arthur Hertzberg article if you can? Thanks. - Sparky 06:56, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)

If it is your view that opponents of a binational state oppose the idea because they believe that the Arab/Muslim majority that such a state would use that position to persecute the Jewish population and force them to emigrate, then that is what you should say. If others disagree they can say so. Adam 05:01, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

Re: Hebrew language vs. "Canaanite languages"

Hi, please see:

Request for assistance in a conflict between users regarding Canaanite and Hebrew linguistics articles

Your interest and input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. IZAK 10:40, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

• Update: The above discussion was moved to Talk:Hebrew languages. Your input would be appreciated. Thanks. IZAK 06:56, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Ken Jennings

Sorry to get in the middle of your edit to that page. You'll see that I already updated the date and how many days he's won. I didn't see your previous edits until I had already clicked back to Recent Changes. Hope I run across your edits again; I LOVE your username. :-) Mike H 02:32, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)

Chewbacca

Joel, it took me forever to find out the pun in your username. A very oblique reference on your userpage would be immensely helpful. PS Would you be interested to join WikiProject "Judaism"? JFW | T@lk 20:57, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Good to hear from you again, JFW. That's funny! I'm surprised it wasn't immediately obvious. It's my fraternity-bestowed nickname -- a not-so-clean-shaven Jew. Anyway, yes I'd be interested in WikiProject "Judaism", but I've never joined a WikiProject before, so how do I go about doing so? Jewbacca 21:06, Jul 15, 2004 (UTC)

Follow the link to WikiProject "Judaism", see if you can find yourself agreeing with the general mood, and add your name at the bottom. In order to participate, it would help if you participated in the discussion on the talk page, or checked on the general state of things once in a while. It's all very new, and I'm trying to use my experience from the Clinical Medicine project to get this project up and running. So far, the debate has been open and constructive, and will hopefully lead to improved standards in articles pertaining to Judaism, which have previously been quite patchy. JFW | T@lk 21:16, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Zionism

Stop reverting the page. Discuss the issue on the talk page instead. My recent changes were hardly POV, and represented a valid attempt to reach a compromise on this issue. Your input would be appreciated. --Wclark 16:29, 2004 Jul 20 (UTC)

Re: Tomorrow's featurd article

* (Does this belong here in objection or under Discuss?) -- I noticed you're using the British spelling of jewellery (American: jewelery) -- what is the practice we use here? Jewbacca 20:57, Jul 20, 2004 (UTC) (All hail the FAD!)

Wikipedia uses both American and British spelling. The manual of style goes into great details of the who/why/when of AE vs BE.

Current Events

Thank you for your help in English language on Current Events. My English ain't none to good. ;)

lol. Not sure if this is sarcasm or not. See you around wikipedia! Jewbacca 18:45, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)

Not sarcasm at all....my English aint that good and i figured i'd done give you nother example.

interesting differences between the APF and the NYT...18 years old vs 15. road side bomb vs qassam rocket. targeting israeli troops vs israeli towns.

Yea, I see that AFP always messes with the facts. In general if we link to the NYT we like to have another source (though there is surely something better we can put than AFP) since NYT requires registration. Jewbacca 18:51, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)

Yes indeed. Agence France Presse...just like the Tour de France high ranking official that declares Lance Armstrong wont be riding in the Tour next year. "All the new we like to print" ;) (that was sarcasm! ;>) As some folks I know well would say....ing Frogs, were it not for us they'd still be german bed straw!

Wikipedia:WikiProject Hebrew languages

Wikipedia:WikiProject Hebrew languages. Please join Wikipedia:WikiProject Hebrew languages Your input will be crucial.

McGreevey

Why do you think the power obtained by a successor because of an intentional delay in McGreevey's resignation is not relevant. The Times thinks it is. The Times also mentions the Jersey COnstitution in the same editorial. Did you read the editorial? -- Cecropia | Talk 21:35, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Categories for deletion for the reason for my revert. - UtherSRG 22:58, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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I did no racist attacks upon you, I merely wanted to add to the Zionism page peacefully without getting censored. Why must you cry racism when someone does something you do not like?

Occupied Palestine

You might be interested in the debate on this articles deletion: Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Occupation_of_Palestine Jayjg 05:59, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Vote

See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Occupation of Palestine

Poker edits

I noticed your edits to various poker players a few months ago. A few weeks ago I started writing about 40-50 new articles on poker players. Since establishing them I've started to go back and add more information as I do more in depth research. You may be interested in User:CryptoDerk/poker where I keep track of the articles, their progress, and miscellaneous information. CryptoDerk 00:08, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)

Vote: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Violence against Israelis

See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Violence against Israelis. Thank you. IZAK 09:34, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Support

See Wikipedia:Requests for comment/IZAK. Thank you. IZAK 03:10, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sam Spade

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sam Spade

Vote "NO". Opposed to SamSpade's unfriendly views in the Jew article. IZAK 09:08, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)