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Haaretz follows up on NRG-Maariv's report about Orit Strook and the
Hebrew Wikipedia. Haaretz has the advantage of translating some of
its reports into English. Unfortunately, it now has a
subscribers-only policy, but if you are interested and don't mind
subscribing (for free, for up to 10 articles/month), here's the
link:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/on-hebrew-wikipedia-pro-settler-figure-and-new-habayit-hayehudi-mk-orit-strock-is-a-human-rights-activist.premium-1.509505">http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/on-hebrew-wikipedia-pro-settler-figure-and-new-habayit-hayehudi-mk-orit-strock-is-a-human-rights-activist.premium-1.509505</a>
Note - Haaretz strongly opposes the settler movement.<br>
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Another interesting recent affair on the Hebrew Wikipedia is the
debate over the inclusion of an article about Lihi Griner, a local
celebrity who became famous after participating in the local version
of the "Big Brother". She maintains her fame by taking part in all
kinds of promotion events. The Hebrew Wikipedia usually adheres to
deletionism, so a long debate developed over whether Griner deserves
an article. Eventually the article remained, and the debate was
reported in a popular website's entertainment section. These
interesting debates and reports are all in Hebrew, so I can only
give you a taste of them or link to partial translations when they
exist. Sorry about that, but feel free to contact me if you want me
to look up a certain detail or elaborate on a specific issue.<br>
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Best,<br>
Dror<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">בתאריך 14/03/13 12:12, ציטוט Heather
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type="cite">This is really, really interesting, Dror! Was this a
vote (i.e. decision on the basis of the number rather than the
quality of arguments?)
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<div dir="ltr">thanks a lot for sharing this dror.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:39 AM,
Dror Kamir <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hello,<br>
<br>
Once again, a debate on the Hebrew Wikipedia makes
it to the headlines of the Israeli press. This time,
it is a debate over the article (in Hebrew) about
Orit Strook (also spelled Struk and Struck).<br>
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Ms. Strook has been recently elected to the Knesset
(the Israeli parliament), and is now a prominent
representative of the right-wing Zionist-religious
party "The Jewish Home" (<i>Ha-Bayit Ha-Yehudi</i>).
She is a settler from the Jewish community in Hebron
(this community is considered the most hardline
among the settler movement's communities.<br>
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Owing to her new status, Strook's article now has
the "Knesset Member template", which, among other
details, mentions the person's occupation before
s/he became an MP. In the case of Strook it is
defined as "human rights activist". This is because
she headed the "Human Rights Organization of Judea
and Samaria", an Israeli NGO whose main activity is
defending Israeli settlers and right-wing activists
against (alleged) police violence and issuance of
restraining orders by Israeli authorities. The title
"human right activist" is rarely associated with
activists of the settler movement, and more commonly
used when referring to Israeli left-wing activists
who defend Palestinians against Israeli authorities
and act against the settlement activity in the West
Bank. (Note - no political statement is intended
here, I'm just describing the situation for those of
you who are not acquainted with Israeli politics.)<br>
<br>
Some Israeli Wikipedians (at least one of them holds
left-wing political views, to the best of my
knowledge) challenged Orit Strook's definition as
"human rights activist" arguing that her NGO defends
only the human rights of settlers and ignores the
human rights of Palestinians. According to the
article's talkpage, a similar discussion has already
been held in 2007, when someone suggested to add the
category "human rights activists" to this article
(the category is currently not there, just the
mention in the template). These Wikipedians also
said that this NGO's mission is inconsistent with
the definition of "human rights" in the article
about the subject on the Hebrew Wikipedia. One
suggested alternative was writing that Strook was an
"activist for settlers' rights" or just mentioning
that she was "the head of the Human Rights
Organization of Judea and Samaria". A response to
this suggestion was "Another suggestion would be
that you understand that human rights are not an
innovation of the extreme left in Israel". Well, not
all responses are sarcastic like this one, but this
is the general idea in most of them.<br>
<br>
The debate is now reported on one of Israel's
leading news websites - NRG-Maariv (the reporter is
Arik Bender). According to this report, the issue
was decided by a vote of 28 against 23 to retain the
definition "human rights activist" in the article
about Ms. Strook. I can add that the Hebrew
Wikipedia very often resorts to polling in such
circumstances. Back to NRG's report, it also says
that certain Wikipedians sent questions to Ms.
Strook, asking her whether she supported universal
human rights, including Palestinians, and whether
she defined herself as "human rights activist".
According to the report, Strook sent back an
elaborated reply and denied she was defending only
the rights of Jews. She said she had also defended
Arabs who had been sentenced to death by the
Palestinian Authority for selling lands to Jews.<br>
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<ul>
<li>The Report on NRG-Maariv (in Hebrew):
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/451/918.html?hp=1&cat=404&loc=9"
target="_blank">http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/451/918.html?hp=1&cat=404&loc=9</a></li>
<li>The article about Orit Strook on the Hebrew
Wikipedia
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7"
target="_blank">http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7</a><br>
</li>
<li>The voting debate and process on the Hebrew
Wikipedia (in Hebrew)
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%AA/:%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7"
target="_blank">http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%AA/:%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7</a></li>
<li>The debate on the article's talkpage (in
Hebrew)
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%97%D7%94:%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7#.D7.9B.D7.A4.D7.99.D7.9C.D7.95.D7.AA_.D7.91.D7.AA.D7.91.D7.A0.D7.99.D7.AA"
target="_blank">http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%97%D7%94:%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7#.D7.9B.D7.A4.D7.99.D7.9C.D7.95.D7.AA_.D7.91.D7.AA.D7.91.D7.A0.D7.99.D7.AA</a><br>
</li>
</ul>
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I hope you find this interesting,<br>
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Best,<br>
Dror K<br>
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