Robert,
Thank you for your two lengthy explanations about Judaism articles. I appreciate the time you've taken to bring these matters to the attention of us all on this mailing list.
Some of us have begun looking into this, but I predict it will take several days just to understand it all: * We haven't all been following the articles and talk pages as closely as you * Some of us aren't up to speed on Israeli history and other fine points of Judaica
However, your analysis is very helpful, and I have a few suggestions based purely on that:
1. Try to identify Points Of View (which I like to abbreviate as POV)
On the Wailing Wall Women (no humor implied or intended!), it looks like someone's POV that what they did was "non-traditional", i.e., unorthodox. They apparently have concluded that the worshipers were therefore not "Orthodox".
2. Characterize undesirable edits as "biased" or "mistaken"
It sounds so much nicer than to use the L-word (rhymes with fire)
3. Use the "diff" function
Compare the preferred version of the article, with the diff function to illustrate an example of valid information being removed. You can then place a link to this diff on someone's user talk page (like mine :-) and ask them to take a look.
4. No one should remove a POV that they disagree with.
Controversies thrive on differing points of view. It's a great service to our readers to let them know what other people think. If Rabbi Avi Shafran is a source of certain reports, then by all means say so in the articles. I hope there is also an [[Avi Shafran]], so readers can decide for themselves how much credibility to ascribe to him.
Ed Poor Professional Peacemaker