[Wikipedia-l] WP:OFFICE-like action in the Hebrew Wikipedia

[daniwo59 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/28/2008 6:38:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
amir.aharoni at gmail.com writes:

agree  about the PR value - but do we still have to delete the
article and give up  our integrity after just one feeble letter?



No, but the article should be fixed because as it is now, it is a hatchet  
job, plain and simple. In other words, it is just a list of contentious  
statements that he made, and how he pissed off a lot of people. In that sense he  is 
a lot like Pat Robertson. On the other hand, the article is full of weasel  
words: some quoted; some inserted by the authors; and even some bad science for  
the reader (Amnon argues for a young Earth by pointing to coal in Antarctica 
as  evidence that coal cannot come from ancient forests because there are no 
forests  in Antarctica. The article then argues that according to "plate  
tectonics," Antarctica was once located on the Equator.).
 
Let me be clear. I think personally that Amnon Yitzhak is a very scary  
fundamentalist. On the other hand, he is also a great example of the sense of  
alienation among Yemenite and other Mizrahi Jews in Israel, who feel left  out of 
the official historical narrative. Perhaps the article might place him in  the 
context of "yaldei Teiman," Zohar Argov and the rise of alternative  musics 
(see 
_http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8715(199922)112%3A445%3C450%3AIMMSDT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V_ 
(http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8715(199922)112:445<450:IMMSDT>2.0.CO;2-V)  by  my good friend Amy Horowitz), the rise of Shas (see 
_http://books.google.com/books?id=Cw2MG5eYdxYC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=rise+of+s
has+israel&source=web&ots=_O8SC4Qy8O&sig=ber1vqySz9X7vaqc-mF4a45vS_4_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=Cw2MG5eYdxYC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=rise+of+shas+isra
el&source=web&ots=_O8SC4Qy8O&sig=ber1vqySz9X7vaqc-mF4a45vS_4)  for  instance) 
and its rejection by mainstream society  (take Deri and Katzav as  examples). 
Placed in that context, Yitzhak is just another extreme voice of a  
disenfranchised group. Understanding him in that context would make for a  fascinating 
article. Right now, the article is more like a gossip rag.
 
Danny



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