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Invitation to provide feedback

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Category:Works for prepared piano has been nominated for renaming

Category:Works for prepared piano has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Why? I Ask (talk) 00:30, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Damien Short

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Palestine-Israel articles 5 updates

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Io Saturnalia!

		Io, Saturnalia!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:58, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

nomination

I have nominated History of Christianity - again - please take a look and criticize at will. Here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of Christianity/archive2 Jenhawk777 (talk) 23:50, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

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Your addition to World War II Talk

Hello there

Please note that The World War II Talk page "is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject." it is not a place to discuss editors' opinions on new books about WWII. If you have a suggestion for a specific addition to the article please provide it with appropriate sources. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 11:00, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Aemilius Adolphin Your overzealous attempt to unilaterally police the talk page are in fact likely to be considered edit warring, if reported. If it's controversial or other editors disagree, you should not be removing others' comments on talk pages. I am asking you to self revert. (t · c) buidhe 22:10, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

You are right that I was overzealous in reverting your contribution to the talk page. I apologise for this. However, if you start a Talk topic called "Interesting new book" and then ask people to comment on a summary of this book you shouldn't be surprised if someone thinks you are inviting other editors to enter into a general debate about this book. It would have been better to start a topic called something like: "Estimates of Civilian Deaths" and then propose a change to the info box based on cited page numbers of this book. Also the question you posed is already canvassed in the article so it appeared to me that you hadn't even read the article. Nevertheless I should have answered you question on your Talk page or on the article Talk page as I have now done. Again I apologise for not taking your question seriously. I hope you have a great new year and that I wake up less cranky than I was. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 22:45, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

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Nomination of Genocide in the Hebrew Bible for deletion

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History of Christianity

Would you mind taking a look at the "After 1945" section and tell me if the things you found wanting have been fixed? Since I really did try the first time and apparently failed, it would help to know if I am still falling short this time. Thank you! Your input always helps. Jenhawk777 (talk) 03:36, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Nomination of Internal enemy for deletion

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Buidhe. Thank you for your work on Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

There are two sources independent of the group, although it would be helpful to show sustained coverage from independent sources.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Exercise capacity

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Proposed deletion of Daniel Uziel

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Source 1 is worldcat, which is made for any author. Source 2 is a blog. Source 3 is self-published. Every other source confirms a book published + is self-published.

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Istrian-Dalmatian Exodus

Hello Buidhe. Could you validate that this edit where these sources are reliable and in-fact state that the entire exodus of 350,000 Italians was ethnic cleansing? Not even the article on the topic states this outright. Thanks. OyMosby (talk) 22:15, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

I mean I do find this editing problematic, but you really should not be posting this to my talk page, as it might be construed as canvassing. (t · c) buidhe 03:47, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Understood. I had seen that you vetted the sourcing of past additions to the page so figured you would be a good editor to reach out to for insight. I don’t have the best of luck of being able to access the citations. I assumed you might have better methods of accessing academic portals. Cheers OyMosby (talk) 04:14, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

OyMosby Most are available on WP:The Wikipedia Library, which you should have access to. (t · c) buidhe 04:47, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, I was not aware of the Wikipedia Library. Much appreciated! OyMosby (talk) 05:18, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5 closed

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No wood for the trees

I think it's hilarious that in the upper echelons of administratordom, no one seems to be able to conceptualize any possible tool that they could use other than TBANs. In terms of sanctions against individuals alone, the diversity that here eludes is ever present at ANI, where all sorts of bespoke and custom bans frequently emerge. Sometimes these are TBANs with carveouts, but also notably, there are a range of bans that I have seen introduced specific to RFCs or certain types of RFCs. Editors who have frequently opened bad AfDs or RMs to the point of disruption have found themselves subject to bans for those specific RFC types, for example. Thus, in cases where evidence might rely heavily on RM content, for instance, you might think ... Iskandar323 (talk) 05:00, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

TFA

story · music · places

Thank you today for The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia, offered in 2022. - Happy new year! I like the images of peaks on your user page. From vacation - see places -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:13, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Tomasz Jedrowski

Hello, Buidhe. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Tomasz Jedrowski".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:08, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

How would you go about finding sources for conspiracy theories?

like how would you find sources that dont like promote the conspiracy theory? cuz theres hundreds of comments on various sites claiming churchill and the like were all jewish.. but can you really use that as sources?

sorry this is just.. a really wierd thing to try and get a source for because... who really gives them the time of day to make a article talking about the conspiracy... and for them not to be nuts and actually believe it... or can you use them?

sorry i just dont really know how you go about getting sources for something not true HCPM (talk) 07:16, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

HCPM there is a lot of academic research on conspiracy theories. Start with a Google Scholar search of the general topic you want to write about (for example "Jewish conspiracy" will get you a lot of results for the topic you were editing about). Use these sources to expand the article. Be cautious when looking for sources to validate a specific piece of information, because that can lead to cherry picking. (t · c) buidhe 07:36, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

About My Articels (Sayfo)

Hey I have a question why do you want to delete my articles I entered several sources? Canoooo.4 (talk) 15:14, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

Canoooo.4 It's not enough to have several sources if they don't have substantial coverage of the subject, and it does no one any good to start a new article when an existing one has more information on the subject. In general, it's always a good idea to improve existing articles, and only create a new one if it's necessary. (t · c) buidhe 22:12, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

About Lakestan incident

I think the evidence of this war is only the victory of the Kurdish rebels This war needs further investigation. I hope you can help with this issue Dawbak (talk) 16:24, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

I'm very skeptical about the article title, and the scope, but it does seem to refer to real events that aren't covered elsewhere. (t · c) buidhe 23:06, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

You are right, but the evidence says something else and indicates that the Kurds have succeeded in the invasion and massacre Dawbak (talk) 07:54, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Dawbak if the article's content isn't supported by the sources, I would recommend starting a request for deletion and explain why—in that case it's called wp:original research and I would be happy to support the deletion. (t · c) buidhe 13:15, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

It would be great to have a well researched article about 1918–1919 intercommunal violence in West Azerbaijan but this article is certainly not that. (t · c) buidhe 13:23, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

My brother, this war has been edited in Wikipedia. It needs to be revised. Initially, it was written that the Kurds won, but this war has been edited Dawbak (talk) 16:33, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Norse Peak

On 6 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Norse Peak, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Norse Peak (pictured) is the namesake of a wilderness area, a wildfire, and a fleece jacket? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Norse Peak. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Norse Peak), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Transgenders in the Holocaust

On the talk page of Holocaust victims, there is a short discussion about transgenders in the Holocaust. (Talk:Holocaust victims#Add gender identity to the lead (along with sexual orientation). I requested evidence, and much to my surprise is was pointed at Transgender people in Nazi Germany, an article you started. I did not know a thing about that, and in my ignorance I have seen gender changes as difficult, lengthy medical procedures only rather recently performed. Clearly wrong.

Can you make an addition to Holocaust victims to reflect this? The Banner talk 16:15, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in research

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The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of a group of Wikipedians to better understand their experiences! We are also looking to interview some survey respondents in more detail, and you will be eligible to receive a thank-you gift for the completion of an interview. The outcomes of this research will shape future work designed to improve on-wiki experiences.

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DYK for Eurowhiteness

On 14 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eurowhiteness, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Eurowhiteness disputes the belief that the European Union "stands for diversity, inclusion and openness"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eurowhiteness. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Eurowhiteness), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:02, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 8,316 views (693.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of March 2025 – nice work!

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Armenians rebelled in 1915, cont.

Ottoman Armenians, of course, had to be far more circumspect if they sympathized with the Russian cause. This was only true, however, as long as they remained inside the empire. For this reason, thousands of Armenians, mostly Ottoman army deserters, began crossing over to Russian lines in August 1914, aided by Dashnak guerrillas familiar with the border areas. The Erzurum garrison alone hemorrhaged more than 50,000 deserters before Turkey even entered the war, most (but not all) of them Armenians, in part because soldiers had not been issued warm clothing (the first snows that year fell in September, foreshadowing the bitter winter to come) [...] The Turkish Consulate in Kars, for example, reported as early as July 1913 that Russian agents were smuggling weapons to Armenian rebels inside Turkey [...] Not being suicidal, the Erzurum Dashnaks and other Armenian partisans in the region, Adamov promised, “will not likely risk launching the uprising until the Russians are right on their doorstep” [...] A deputation of Ottoman Armenian rebel leaders from Zeytun, in the highlands north of Aleppo, reached Tiflis in mid-February 1915, claiming that they had 15,000 men ready to “pounce on Turkish [army] communications” if they received Russian arms and ammunition. Armenian rebels attacked an Ottoman weapons convoy and an army barracks in Zeytun in early April 1915, killing some five hundred Turkish soldiers before they (along with 20,000 Armenian civilians from Zeytun) were forced to flee into the mountains.

--Sean McMeekin, The Russian Origins of the First World War, pp. 154, 159, 164, 166

You requested a secondary source. Here it is. Sarımtrak (talk) 06:10, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

If you want an honest answer, the reason the article doesn't reflect this source is because McMeekin's views on the Armenian issue is in contrast to the vast majority of reliable, published sources—see wp:fringe. (t · c) buidhe 06:32, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

How many sources do you need to bypass the fringe barrier? I can cite as many sources as you want. All of them show that the Armenians rebelled. Sarımtrak (talk) 06:44, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

You're not going to find the sources that you're looking for when we have many sources for the prevailing opinion in scholarly sources. But I'd argue that a bigger issue is how you are framing the problem. "The Armenians" are not a cohesive entity that can all "rebel" at once. Did Armenians rebel? Some did, most did not. However, to attribute the actions of some people to others in the same ethnic group is exactly how genocide happens, as we are seeing in Gaza. (t · c) buidhe 06:49, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Where is your evidence that the prevailing opinion is that Armenian did not rebel? I can cite more sources for the Armenian rebellion than you can cite against it. What is happening in Gaza is not remotely related to the Armenian events. Turkey is not convicted of genocide, but Israel is being prosecuted in the ICJ. Sarımtrak (talk) 07:07, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Hey Buidhe, I’ve blocked this one as part of a group of accounts harassing you. Let me or other checkusers/oversighters know if this continues. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 15:52, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

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Chapeau

Hi @Buidhe - it's surprisingly difficult to write this, because I'm struggling to find the correct words and phrasing. RfA is a somewhat anxiety inducing process, especially at the very beginning when it goes live. Having watched RfAs over the last six or seven years, I'm often surprised how quickly they can "turn". I would just like to personally acknowledge your responses in the RfA, not to say I agree with them, but because ... this is what I am struggling to write properly ... they demonstrated a confidence in and defence of my abilities to be an admin. Of course, everyone's support is important, but when it's an editor whose work one is very familiar with, one who has shown long-standing dedication to this project, one who I hold in very high regard, and one who works with precision in areas that truly require it given the contemporary world, that's why they meant a lot to me. I have no doubt you have a long list of people who stand ready to help you if you need it at some point, please add me to it. With gratitude and in kindness, Goldsztajn (talk) 23:12, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Eichmann trial article

Hello,

I've taken a look at your contributions to GA articles in the Holocaust topic and I was wondering if you could help make the Eichmann trial article into a GA. I translated most of it from the Hebrew and Norwegian Wikipedias, but sadly due to my work schedule I do not have the time to do the work of turning it into a GA myself, otherwise I would. I'm impressed with the work you've already done on other articles in the topic. Please let me know if you are interested in helping out.

Thanks!

Gommeh (talk/contribs) 19:22, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

I'm a lot less active on wikipedia than I used to be, so no.

One thing the article is really missing is about the political role that the trial served, and the "Consequences and impact" section is missing some negative effects that have been attributed to the trial, imv. In contrast, I would trim some details about how Eichmann was abducted—arguably another article "Adolf Eichmann manhunt" could be spun off. (t · c) buidhe 00:47, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Understood. I've revamped the article since your last comment. Could you please clarify exactly which negative effects you think should be covered? Gommeh (talk/contribs) 14:12, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

GommehGaming101 sorry my comment was not particularly clear.

The article as it is begins suggests the rationale for the trial as self-evidently flowing from Eichmann's crimes. While no one reasonably doubts his guilt, there were specific reasons why the trial was held and publicized:

The Eichmann trial belonged to another category of prosecutions of political crimes, one in which a government aims at utilizing past crimes to build support and legitimacy for itself and invites the pop-ulation to identify with the victims.2 David Ben-Gurion, the prime minister of Israel, intended to use this trial to remind the world of the Holocaust, to teach the younger generation about the past, and to strengthen Zionist convictions.3 In order to do so, the whole history of Nazi persecution of Jews was to be displayed in court, with special emphasis on ideologically important episodes involving Jewish resis-tance and heroism. Many of these historical episodes had nothing to do with Eichmann.[1]

I realize you have a short section on the didactic purpose of the trial, but it's buried in the "prosecution" section rather than presented at the beginning as one of the main reasons it was held to begin with.

The prosecution section doesn't deal with criticisms of historical accuracy and selection of witnesses that were there for other reasons than to testify about the defendant's guilt[2]

The reactions section I would also rework into a section detailing legacy and effects. What were the effects of the trial on, for example, research and popular understanding of the Holocaust, Jewish society in Israel[3][4] and around the world, relations between Israel and other countries? That's not really covered either. I apologize for my wording in the previous comment, it's not usually helpful to think of effects in terms of positive and negative.

You linked to the Nazis and Nazi Collaborators (Punishment) Law, which I did write and I think it does a better job of covering the historical context rather than getting too lost in the details. There is also so much written about this trial that I don't see the need for citing news reports and the trial itself. Its easier to misrepresent primary sources and if info is not covered in the voluminous scholarly literature it's surely undue. (t · c) buidhe 00:54, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Spoken version of "Armenian genocide"

I'm considering creating a spoken version of the article "Armenian genocide," which you improved to featured article status 3 years ago now. As it is both a vital and featured article, and also because the 110th memorial day of the genocide is next month, I believe it would be a very good article to record. I'd just like to ask you if you consider the article as it is currently to be fit for a spoken recording, or if you first have to perform some edits or reforms of the article. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 06:30, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Howardcorn33 It's a FA and no edits are planned. (t · c) buidhe 07:03, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

New LGBTQ article proposal

Hi, Buidhe. We have no article on Transgender erasure, which currently redirects to Queer erasure#Trans erasure. Given a lot of recent activity (not only post-election, but that, too) I think it is inevitable that this will be broken out into its own article. Having seen your work, including breaking out some LGBTQ topics into their own article from a previous section somewhere, I trust you way more to do justice to this topic than some activists I can think of on either 'side' of the topic, and if you have the time, I'd much rather you got there first. I don't have the time to take the lead on this, but I can pop in now and then in a support role if you can lead it. Would love it if you could take this on. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 20:24, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Request

History of Christianity has been completely reworked and is nominated - again- for FA. I believe - I hope - I tried to be sure - I have addressed all your concerns. Thank you for your input. Please take a look.Jenhawk777 (talk) 22:23, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

WikiJournal submission on The Holocaust in Slovakia

Hello. Not sure if you monitor Wikiversity talk page closely. I left a message 3 weeks ago about your submitted article (The Holocaust in Slovakia) to WikiJournal of Humanities. We are just wondering if you would like to continue with the submission process. We will be very much interested to see your effort to bear fruit. If you have a moment, please let us know. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 18:47, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

OhanaUnited Yes I did see the ping but thanks for the reminder. Unfortunately I'm pretty slammed with IRL stuff right now and it will take me some time to remember what I was doing with the article, but I am hoping to get it done at some point. (t · c) buidhe 22:16, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

No problem. We'll keep it on hold. You can continue working on it once things are quiet down on your end and let us know when that happens. Cheers. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 19:18, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

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"Six Million Germans (Nakam)" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of Christianity/archive3

Please come and comment! Jenhawk777 (talk) 23:04, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Pinged you at the FAC page and commenting here that the After World War II section has been reworked to more accurately reflect regional trends in Christianity's growth/decline. Hope you can review the new wording when you get the chance! ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 19:55, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Sayfo Infobox

Hello, can you show me the talking discussion regarding the Infobox for pages like Sayfo, or for specifically the Sayfo page? I haven’t seen anything and I just think it’s weird that the Armenian genocide, Greek genocide, and Great Famine of Mount Lebanon pages get to have an Infobox but not Sayfo. Etcnoel1 (talk) 22:08, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Etcnoel1 Please see Talk:Sayfo where they are linked. (t · c) buidhe 22:15, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Etcnoel1 (talk) 23:12, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Rev-deletion

Hi

Check your email, please.

Thanks Black Kite (talk) 17:33, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

It's now been oversighted. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 17:36, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. Wasn't sure whether it was required, just being careful. Black Kite (talk) 17:45, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

The oversight was correct. Thank you! (t · c) buidhe 04:47, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

Kneecap Article

I think a good compromise would be for the hamas and hezbollah bit to be included in the intro (because it is their biggest controversy) but also include that they denied supporting hamas and hezbollah Denninithan (talk) 04:24, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

Denninithan This discussion should really take place in the talk page, but the verifiable facts here are 1) there is a video that purports to show band members expressing support for Hamas and Hezbollah and 2) the band denies that they have ever supported these groups. I haven't seen any news reports that outright say that the band supports the armed groups which is what you inserted in the lead. (t · c) buidhe 04:31, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

fair point I'll reopen this on the articles talk page Denninithan (talk) 04:39, 4 May 2025 (UTC)