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| Hello Ka Yaffa. I suggest you start doing the test edits for your project on a less contentious subject. You filled up the article with extremely non-neutral statements based on sources that do not comply with Misplaced Pages policy, repeated the same information several times and introduced passages that were not written in proper English. The photo layout was unattractive and did not illustrate the subject. The purpose of Misplaced Pages is to write well-sourced, well-written articles in a neutral tone. Your input to date has been non-neutral, sensationalist, politically slanted, repetitive and poorly worded. You have introduced WP:SYNTH (applying some generality to the specific case here, with no reliable source making that connection), and given coverage to certain incidents that is excessive in the context of an article as short as this. Additionally, non-English sources should be replaced with English ones as you can find them, so that readers on English Misplaced Pages can access them. I hope this explains why the article was copyedited and revised, and will help you in further productive editing. Good luck, --] (]) 11:09, 4 November 2010 (UTC) |
Hello Ka Yaffa. I suggest you start doing the test edits for your project on a less contentious subject. You filled up the article with extremely non-neutral statements based on sources that do not comply with Misplaced Pages policy, repeated the same information several times and introduced passages that were not written in proper English. The photo layout was unattractive and did not illustrate the subject. The purpose of Misplaced Pages is to write well-sourced, well-written articles in a neutral tone. Your input to date has been non-neutral, sensationalist, politically slanted, repetitive and poorly worded. You have introduced WP:SYNTH (applying some generality to the specific case here, with no reliable source making that connection), and given coverage to certain incidents that is excessive in the context of an article as short as this. Additionally, non-English sources should be replaced with English ones as you can find them, so that readers on English Misplaced Pages can access them. I hope this explains why the article was copyedited and revised, and will help you in further productive editing. Good luck, --] (]) 11:09, 4 November 2010 (UTC) | ||
| Hi ] thank you for your comments and edits. I do not believe that the article was filled with non-neutral statements and from the looks of your edits it seems that this is not a question of the article's neutrality but rather your own personal disapproval of the sources. I intentionally incorporated local newspaper sources in Arabic because I think that it is important to include a diversity of voices and perspectives in Misplaced Pages, if a statement is not made in English or Hebrew - it should still be considered valid. I also want to note, that in every instance that I used such a source it was to display a certain sentiment felt by residents and I stated it to be as such. If Ajami residents write in local newspapers that they believe that there is a Judaization project taking place parallel to gentrification - then that should not be considered sensationalist but it is rather a perspective that must be incorporated as it is representative of the Palestinian residents of Ajami. Understanding that you are part of the Wiki Israel project and that is your own personal agenda - please respect that diversity in opinion I am trying to bring forth in this article. For this purpose I have incorporated an extensive array of sources ranging from Jpost, Ha'aretz, Academic sources as well as local online newspapers. | |||
| I have also noticed that you have edited my edits with inaccurate information yet kept my citations, as in the case of the MAKAN article. Again, I do appreciate your edits but please be more considerate and edit in a more productive manner rather than just cutting out sections. | |||
| Thank you, --] (]) 12:06, 16 November (UTC) | |||
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Comment on recent Edits by user: Gilabrand
I am not sure why the article was cut in half but please provide further explanation on this. Thank you and please if you have specific comments post them and I will address them as best as I can. -Ka Yaffa —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ka Yaffa (talk • contribs) 17:10, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
- You do know that WP is a collaboration of people from around the world who can edit articles. This Misplaced Pages Public Policy Initiative sounds interesting but it does not seem to give you academic freedom to OWN the article. --Shuki (talk) 01:17, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Cleaning up the POV and misuse of sources
Hello Ka Yaffa. I suggest you start doing the test edits for your project on a less contentious subject. You filled up the article with extremely non-neutral statements based on sources that do not comply with Misplaced Pages policy, repeated the same information several times and introduced passages that were not written in proper English. The photo layout was unattractive and did not illustrate the subject. The purpose of Misplaced Pages is to write well-sourced, well-written articles in a neutral tone. Your input to date has been non-neutral, sensationalist, politically slanted, repetitive and poorly worded. You have introduced WP:SYNTH (applying some generality to the specific case here, with no reliable source making that connection), and given coverage to certain incidents that is excessive in the context of an article as short as this. Additionally, non-English sources should be replaced with English ones as you can find them, so that readers on English Misplaced Pages can access them. I hope this explains why the article was copyedited and revised, and will help you in further productive editing. Good luck, --Nopleazy (talk) 11:09, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Gilabrand thank you for your comments and edits. I do not believe that the article was filled with non-neutral statements and from the looks of your edits it seems that this is not a question of the article's neutrality but rather your own personal disapproval of the sources. I intentionally incorporated local newspaper sources in Arabic because I think that it is important to include a diversity of voices and perspectives in Misplaced Pages, if a statement is not made in English or Hebrew - it should still be considered valid. I also want to note, that in every instance that I used such a source it was to display a certain sentiment felt by residents and I stated it to be as such. If Ajami residents write in local newspapers that they believe that there is a Judaization project taking place parallel to gentrification - then that should not be considered sensationalist but it is rather a perspective that must be incorporated as it is representative of the Palestinian residents of Ajami. Understanding that you are part of the Wiki Israel project and that is your own personal agenda - please respect that diversity in opinion I am trying to bring forth in this article. For this purpose I have incorporated an extensive array of sources ranging from Jpost, Ha'aretz, Academic sources as well as local online newspapers.
I have also noticed that you have edited my edits with inaccurate information yet kept my citations, as in the case of the MAKAN article. Again, I do appreciate your edits but please be more considerate and edit in a more productive manner rather than just cutting out sections.
Thank you, --User:Ka Yaffa (talk) 12:06, 16 November (UTC)
Recent page makeover
Hi Everyone - Just to update anyone that may be interested in this page: I am a Georgetown student working as part of the Misplaced Pages Public Policy Initiative. I just posted a draft of my entry on to the website and welcome any advice, comments or criticism. I would love to keep building on and improving this page so please let me know if you think it needs more work/editing or feel free to do so yourself as well.
-Ka Yaffa
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